Recent reviews by dbdk422a

Blindfight at its worst.- Played in 4k res
You normally do not see your enemies. You have no clue by what monster and from which direction you are attacked. And as walls and other obstacles are not (semi-) transparent, you often even do not see yourself. Your are often stucked in a place for no obvious reason, and death is inevitable.
And of course: You do not even know in which direction you attack: You just cannot see the mouse cursor - it is way too tiny.
Your companion is a complete idiot - but that is a minor problem, as the enemies are also stupid beyond belief. Just run in circles - for the most part, the enemies will seek you instead of attacking your companion.
The only real enemy in this game are the controls: You normally do not see anything that is absolutely necessary.
So instead of playing DS3, just click your mouse buttons: That is way less frustrating and way more fun.

Visual novel against christian church
You walk from A to B, have some silly encounters, see a long cut scene which cannot be skipped.
Next: You walk from A to B, have some silly encounters, see a long cut scene which cannot be skipped.
Next: You walk from A to B, have ... - you get the picture.
As the cut scenes cannot be skipped and as the "game play" is boringly repetitive, I decided to actually watch all the cut scenes. You are literally beaten with terms like "religion", "church", "pope", "cardinals".
So in summary: On the one hand: The complete lack of any bearable, let alone likeable character, the effectively non-existent "game play" and the endless attacks against "religion" / "church". On the other hand: Lots of very positive reviews for an incredibly old game - in every bad aspect old. Why?
For its own "game" merits (or rather lack thereof) this game cannot be recommended to anyone. And if you are into religion, be prepared to be very offended.

It crahes.

An insult for every gamer
Mainly brainless button smashing at its worst. No sense, no fairness at all, just horrible "game" (?) design. You die a lot, you cannot save between save points - which are horribly far away from each other. Thus the "game mechanics" (brainless button smashing) is repetitive, but also the environments, the enemies etc.
To make this disgusting mess a little "interesting" (???), it is fully loaded with some of the worst blasphemy. You figtht against "heaven", against God. So satanists would be allured, but even they must surrender considering this awful junk of stupidity.

Boring as ...
Here is the story: Enter the arena, kill all the baddies, enter the next arena, kill all the next baddies, enter the next arena ... - you get the picture.
But hey, look, Ma, it's hell! Yeah, sure, a boring desert, a few baddies, that is hell. What else could it be? And if you kill the baddies in hell, they go to ... wait! Is this a complete joke?
The arenas in Q3A were much more interesting, the bots in Q3A were much more challenging than this sleeping pill. The levels in D1, D2 and D3 were much more interesting, the enenmies in Q3A were much more challenging than this sleeping pill.
Do yourself a favor: Skip this attempt of a game.
Edit:
I gave the game a second try with a new system. I thought it was bad. In fact, it's worse.

Boring, unfair, ugly
What to like in that game? In over six hours, I tried to find something - without success.
Okay, it is an old game, so it does not look pretty. But is at least the gameplay nice?
The forgettable story can serve as an excuse for the game. Who does play a shooter because of its story, anyway? However, a bunch of unlikeable charakters with the protagonist as the worst example is not a very clever design.
Admittedly, in survival horror, you do not have enough amunition to kill erverybody. But then, you do not need to. However in Alan Wake, you must kill everybody, but thanks to the completely unfair design, it is - let's say, difficult. And thanks to the missing possibility to save your game, be prepared to start over and over again.
Or better: Just skip this whole junk.

hORROR
No, you cannot skip all cutscenes. That alone is nearly a catastrophe for any game,. However in TEW, you die a lot, that is to say, A LOT. And you have to start over and over and over again. And to top all that questionable fun, you first have to endure the cutscene.
Aovid.

Blasphemy
Showing hatred against the cross, abusing a cross as a mere tool like a hammer: Even pagans must be disgusted by those blasphemies.
And even if you do not care about morality: This "game" is rather an interactive movie. A normally boring, at times annoying and frustrating "puzzle" design. Avoid.

Horrible puzzle design
Do not bother. There is some important ingredient awfully missing in the game, and that is logic. Yeah, you could spend your life wandering around cluelessly, waiting that you might accidently click on the right spot, but that is not what an adventure should be. Just a game failure.