I really like first Alan Wake, love Control. I even consider myself as Remedy fan. However, Alan Wake 2 is such a massive dissapointement to me. Story is nonsense and not going anywhere, and again as someone who loves mindfuck storytelling Alan Wake 2 is anyting but.
What about gameplay? Oh boy, how we call this a game at all? Combat is sucks, like they don't even understand what a level design is. You just walking slowly looping endlessly with same old shit jump scare. Combat encouter is rare, and annoying while you are at it. It's not even hard, it's a nuance.
The only reason I finish this is because I spent my hard earned money on this title due to overwhelming reception (and turns out critics and majority of people are moron).