There is a lot going on with this game.

Pro:
- First 5 hours and you are ready to declare this the best thing since Half-Life games. A 'must play', so you know what people are talking about when they mention Old House and Bureau of Control. A true rarity these days in a world where everything is so same-same. Well this one sticks out.
- The game is a huge production that mixes old Twilight TV series with X-files and whole bunch of other things in the Alan Wake universe. End result is truly something special. Or so you think for a while.
- Unique look and feel. Great writing. Great overall design. Lots of surprises and quite often a genuine 'wtf did i just see' going on.

Con:
- There is a ton of stuff in the game that really is like Konmari 'these things dont bring me joy' -kind of slog bull that i see is a byproduct of modern game design where you just have to have really rough boss fights, 'crafting' stupid and useless mods. Useless inventory management. Sudden difficulty spikes (like getting almost one shot when entering a room). Running around doing stuff that is pointless (but at the time you dont know what is important and what is not) and takes you away from the main stuff that is the good stuff. Side missions generally are a big waste of time MOSTLY until suddenly you come across something that is again worth it. The more i do these even if they happen to be on the way to a primary objective the less i like this game and more it annoys me. Big time. There is a clear heaven and hell in this game when it comes to design: Some stuff is worth a lot of praise, others is something that want me to uninstall.

In the end though very much worth it on sales just to see what it's about. The main story stuff in this game is special it alone warrants a purchase. Don't know about the ending as it takes considerable time to progress particularly if you are of the easily distracted kind but after this many hours it has been quite decent ride minus certain things.

rubber duck

Eleven powers!! + cool graphics