Alan Wake's American Nightmare

I played Alan Wake December 2024 to January 2025 and thought it was a solid third-person action horror game. Yesterday I finished the next game in the series, Alan Wake's American Nightmare. The experience was similar in a lot of ways. However, the focus on combat was greater and the story was weaker. The premise of fighting the "taken" corrupted by darkness was still there. Alan always has his trusty flashlight along with a variety of weapons. Unfortunately, what felt like a 1.5 hour game was stretched out by making you play several scenes a total of three times under the guise of a time loop and rewriting reality. All of this is framed by Rod Serling Twilight Zone styled narration. The game was short enough that I was motivated enough to finish it. I didn't enjoy it as much as the first game, though.