{"id":8873,"date":"2022-10-21T15:22:01","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T15:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/21\/review-alan-wake-remastered-a-modern-classic-returns-with-major-visual-downgrades-on-switch\/"},"modified":"2022-10-21T15:22:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T15:22:01","slug":"review-alan-wake-remastered-a-modern-classic-returns-with-major-visual-downgrades-on-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/21\/review-alan-wake-remastered-a-modern-classic-returns-with-major-visual-downgrades-on-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Alan Wake Remastered &#8211; A Modern Classic Returns With Major Visual Downgrades On Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Still life in the old dog.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Chapter 1 &#8211; An Overdue Return<\/h3>\n<p>In the pleasant, reasonably well-kept living room of my small, comfortable home, I sat down on the sofa with a warming mug of strong, milky coffee and booted up my Nintendo Switch. As the main menu flashed into existence before me, a new icon caught my eye. It was bold in its simplicity; a name encompassed the otherwise black image, with a silhouetted man standing within the capital letter \u2018A\u2019, flashlight in hand. The name was instantly recognisable, yet I hadn\u2019t seen it in what felt like years. It was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/alan_wake_remastered\">Alan Wake<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>My mind was instantly thrown back to the year 2010 when I was a scrappy 21-year-old holding down a part-time retail job while just starting what would ultimately be a fruitless three-year course at university. I remembered that Alan Wake had been released on the Xbox 360 to critical acclaim, and the game itself had a strong impact on my life. It starred a seemingly ordinary man \u2014 the titular protagonist and writer \u2014 who embarked on a desperate search for his missing wife, Alice, in the small mountain town of Bright Falls. He soon discovered that the town held dark secrets and a penchant for the supernatural.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/switch-eshop\/alan-wake-remastered\">full article on nintendolife.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[#item_image]Review: Alan Wake Remastered &#8211; A Modern Classic Returns With Major Visual Downgrades On Switch<!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Still life in the old dog.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Chapter 1 &#8211; An Overdue Return<\/h3>\n<p>In the pleasant, reasonably well-kept living room of my small, comfortable home, I sat down on the sofa with a warming mug of strong, milky coffee and booted up my Nintendo Switch. As the main menu flashed into existence before me, a new icon caught my eye. It was bold in its simplicity; a name encompassed the otherwise black image, with a silhouetted man standing within the capital letter \u2018A\u2019, flashlight in hand. The name was instantly recognisable, yet I hadn\u2019t seen it in what felt like years. It was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/alan_wake_remastered\">Alan Wake<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>My mind was instantly thrown back to the year 2010 when I was a scrappy 21-year-old holding down a part-time retail job while just starting what would ultimately be a fruitless three-year course at university. I remembered that Alan Wake had been released on the Xbox 360 to critical acclaim, and the game itself had a strong impact on my life. It starred a seemingly ordinary man \u2014 the titular protagonist and writer \u2014 who embarked on a desperate search for his missing wife, Alice, in the small mountain town of Bright Falls. 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