Everyone else has got a survival mode, so why can't Alan Wake have one?
As more details emerge about Alan Wake: American Nightmare, the title moves steadily from the ranks of downloadable follow-up to a game that didn't quite hit it big at retail to a straight-up attempt to change the conversation about what Alan Wake is. And Remedy wants you to know that Alan Wake is a dang action game, in case you were curious about it. From the details about the new "Fight Till Dawn" mode for the 2012 XBLA title to a recent preview at Destructoid detailing what appears to be an experience that requires an actual arsenal, it's clear that Remedy would like Alan Wake less survival horror and more "survival action-horror."
The "action" comes from the automatic weapons.
Here's the official synopsis for the game as well as the new mode:
The previously unannounced “Fight till Dawn” arcade mode places Wake in the battle of his life. Players must survive a full night of enemy onslaughts while racking up their score. With loads of new enemies to battle, players will require a deep arsenal of weapons; from old stalwarts like the flare gun to wild new favorites like the nail gun and old school Remedy favorites like the Uzi. Thankfully, safe havens and unlockable weapons dot the landscape, allowing for a momentary respite from the darkest of nights. Surviving until dawn is only the beginning as online leaderboards pit friends head to head to see who the real champion of light is.
The main story mode in Alan Wake’s American Nightmare is part of the ‘Night Springs’ TV show fiction and offers an exaggerated pulp action adventure where the horrors of reality have the all too easy habit of coming true. Alan Wake finds himself stuck in an altered reality filled with dangerous shadows; he must leap into action and pursue his evil doppelganger, Mr. Scratch, across the Arizona mesa towards the town of Night Springs. Scratch, a supernatural serial killer, has his evil plans set on Wake’s wife, Alice. Wake must learn to control reality itself and unravel the secret to Mr. Scratch’s demise while using the power of light to put an end to the darkness.
Alan Wake: American Nightmare will be available sometime in Q1 of 2012.
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