Michael Crowley

Still to date one of the most beautiful wastes of my time I've ever seen. I still hold the the characters near and dear to my heart, but no matter what choices you make in the game it has zero effect on the ending. They definitely tried to leave an open ending, but after the final boss fight (which could take you days to complete) it basically just ends. No explanation on why anyone did anything or if anything you did at all made a difference. They had the formula perfect in Alan Wake, but ending a game with nothing at all is the stupidest nail in the coffin I have ever seen. Why as the villain doing what he was doing, why is there a new villain, what happened to the hero, and what happened to literally any single character you met along the way. I'm very glad they are redoing this entire storyline with Alan Wake 2, free of Microsoft's stupidity. The only thing dumber than this game's lack of an ending is Microsoft hiring people who never played a videogame to tell artists like Remedy what to do.

It's a fantastic game. Thoughtfully well crafted, extreme attention to detail, and well deserving of game of the year. As important as these factors are in game, any gamer knows the hope toward the future once a game is completed is extremely important. It doesn't have to be a sequel and it doesn't have to relate to the world of Balders Gate in any way, but players want to know there is hope for more of a gameplay style they learned to love somewhere in the cards. The studio that created this game thanked its players for the game of the year award by announcing it will be severing all ties with not only the title, but the dungeons and dragons ip as a whole. This means any and all hope of another true to form dungeons and dragons style video game is currently destroyed. I'm sorry but I can't recommend a game to someone when it's only gonna leave them disappointed.

When I watched this, I wasn't expecting something on the level of fruits basket and tora dora but here we are.

It’s good. It seems like a lot of the same in the beginning. Old dude has a rough past, lives on the the down-low, makes a living doing a job that allows him to stay in shape so he just so happens to be ready when it hits the fan. That story has been told well a thousand different ways and this another great addition to the list. The score is pretty tight, the animation is great where it counts, and the voice acting is superb (I only saw the English). Race is an import factor in the ironic sense that it isn’t import factor. This dude just ended up where he was at because he had talent. The only reason he is in the position he’s in is becuase someone had faith in him, and he chooses to honor that faith. It’s a story that emphasizes the point that everyone’s “old way” was a new way at some point.

If you are a fan if the series, this is the bees knees.