Overview
RusВ игре чередуются ночные и дневные отрезки, практически полностью отличающиеся друг от друга в плане геймплея.В игре самую важную роль играет свет. Фонари со светом – малые уголки безопасности во тьме. На свету здоровье главного героя восстанавливается с высокой скоростью. Если встать под фонарь, то тьма, преследующая протагониста отступит. В игре довольно часто встречаются генераторы света, которые сначала надо включить посредством нажатия на клавишу. Монстры, противостоящие Алану Уэйку, уязвимы для света, однако свет уничтожает лишь тень, защищающую монстров. После того, как тень рассеяна, врагов можно уничтожить обычным оружием. Также возможно уничтожить их очень ярким светом от световой гранаты, сигнальной ракетницы или прожектора, периодически встречающегося по ходу игры.Игровой мир охватывает 100 км² (36 кв. миль) с прямой видимостью в 2 километра. Практически всех людей в маленьком городке можно встретить несколько раз, и чаще всего, особенно персонажи, встречающиеся в начале, имеют большое значение в сюжете игры. Алан Уэйк сможет заходить в здания и изучать их изнутри. Одной из основ игрового процесса является полноценная поддержка и необходимость перемещения на автомобиле. Однако от открытого мира разработчики со временем отказались.Название Alan Wake (как и предыдущий проект Remedy — Max Payne) имеет двойное значение. Объединение первой буквы имени главного героя с его фамилией образует «A. Wake», или «Awake» (рус. проснувшийся). В одном из трейлеров слышна фраза «Alan, wake up» (рус. «Алан, проснись»), в игре она звучит несколько раз. Имя героя Alan созвучно с «alone» (рус. одинокий), что намекает на популярную серию «Alone In The Dark».EngAlan Wake is a third-person shooter, described by its developers as a combination of “the mind of a psychological thriller”, and “the body of a cinematic action game”. In interviews, the game’s creators hold that the game does not belong squarely in the survival horror video game genre. The game is primarily set in the fictional idyllic small town of Bright Falls, Washington. The main gameplay happens in various areas of Bright Falls – such as the forest, a national park, or a farm – during the nighttime; these are punctuated by calmer, non-combative sequences set during the day.The player controls the eponymous protagonist, Alan Wake. In the game, a “darkness” is taking over humans, animals and objects. These enemies, dubbed the “Taken”, are murderous shadows that attack Wake, wielding weapons of their own, ranging from mallets and knives to shovels and chainsaws. They vary by speed, size, and the amount of damage they can take, and some can even teleport between short distances. Besides the Taken, the player must combat flocks of possessed ravens and animated objects.The Taken are protected by a shield of darkness, initially rendering them impervious to attack; they can only be injured with a firearm after exposure to light, which burns the darkness away. This puts significant emphasis on flashlights in conjunction with conventional weapons, such as a revolver or shotgun. Flashlight beams act as a reticle. The handheld lights Wake can carry can be boosted, which destroys the darkness faster, but also reduces the light’s battery level. Besides the conventional shooter gameplay need for reloading ammunition, the player must also insert fresh batteries into the flashlight when they run out, or wait for it to recharge slowly. The strength of the darkness protecting an enemy can vary between Taken. The amount of darkness remaining is represented by a corona of light that appears when aiming at an enemy, and a stronger darkness may recharge over time. When a Taken is finally destroyed, it disappears.The player is often encouraged to take advantage of environmental light sources and placing, and to use other light-based weapons and accessories, such as flare guns, hand-held flares and flashbangs. Wake can use searchlights to take out massive waves of Taken. Streetlights and other light stands can provide a safe haven, which the Taken cannot enter, and will regenerate the character’s health faster. Otherwise, health regenerates slowly with time, when not taking any damage. In certain sections of the game, it is possible to use a car to traverse between locations in Bright Falls. When in a car, the player can run down Taken on the road, or boost the vehicle’s headlights to destroy them.A major element of gameplay is the optional discovery and collection of manuscript pages from Alan Wake’s latest novel—Departure. Although Wake does not remember writing this book, its storyline seems to be becoming real around him. These readable manuscript pages are scattered around the game world, out of chronological order; they often describe scenes that have yet to occur and act as warning and instructions for proceeding through upcoming challenges. Other optional collectibles include coffee thermoses scattered around the game world (100 in all), as well as discovering television sets which show different episodes of the fictional Night Springs series, radios airing talk and music from Bright Falls’ local radio station, and textual signs around the town. The radio shows and signs provide a deeper understanding of the town’s history and culture. The game’s DLC episodes introduce other collectibles, such as alarm clocks, and video game boxes.