Does the Finnish version contain the Verizon TV Ad?
I don't know, I haven't seen it. I think I missed only one tv show on my first playthrough, so the odds are that it's not there.
I asked because apparently there's a related achievement - "Boob Tube"
That ad was so badly placed too - you are in the Clinic, trying to escape the Dark Presence chasing you and oh let's stop and watch an ad from Verizon and Mustang.
Arise!
Picked up Alan Wake out of the bargain bin. Finished the first game on Normal and Nightmare and now onto the DLC episodes.
- It strikes me as an attempted remake of Silent Hill and / or a narrative written by putting a lot of mainstream horror cliches together and hitting frappe.
- Alan's voiceover is just irritating after a while. It doesn't help that the vast majority of his manuscript pages come across as more new James Patterson than old school Stephen King.
- The previous writer, Thomas Zane, is a lot more interesting and his manuscript page is the only one that stuck with me as being at home in a decent horror novel.
- It's only survival horror on Nightmare; there are too many resources scattered about when you are playing Normal for it to feel that "should I run or fight?" aspect of a good survival horror title.
- Using light to fight the darkness is a good mechanic, but it would have been nice for there to have been a view more variations on the theme.
I think I'll aim to complete the game 100% (including DLC) more from the point of view in seeing how it ends than actually loving the game.
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