Navigating the game’s semi-open areas can be a little tricky, but the maps have a lovely papery feel.
In the first playable moments of Alan Wake 2, you control a naked, balding, middle-aged man stumbling in confusion around a forest. After a few seconds of staring at his hairy butt while I guided him around, it dawned on me that this wasn’t going to be your typical big-budget videogame.