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Review Information Time played: 10 hours Platform: PS5 After burning through countless flashlight batteries, hearing one too many metaphors, and inevitably failing to find every Thermos flask full of coffee scattered throughout the world, Alan Wake Remastered serves as a fitting reminder of just how brilliant Remedy Entertainment’s psychological thriller was all those years ago. Released exclusively for the Xbox 360 in 2010 and later ported to PC, Alan Wake is the type of game that seemingly only the storytelling aficionados at the Finnish studio Remedy could make. From Max Payne to Quantum Break and more recently Control , developer Remedy tends to focus on creating a compelling plot that ultimately dictates the game’s mechanics. In Alan Wake, the game’s story revolves around darkness and light but is also interwoven with the struggles of a successful author. It’s this achingly simple premise that provides the foundation for everything in the game, and it still feels rem...