deadrushluke04 Reviews

Alan Wake (2010 Video Game)

Like Playing a Stephen King Novel

[10/10 · 16 March 2021]

I played this when it came out back in the day. I didn't know much about it. There were some teasers in Game Informer a couple of years before it came out; but by the time it was released, I'd pretty much forgotten about it. After playing it, I will never forget this game.

It's beautiful and compelling. The storytelling is like a well-oiled machine that continues to impress as the story grows. The characters are thought out and intriguing and the atmosphere is serenely creepy.

The symbolism with the darkness and the light could have easily been too on the nose but they really made it work and with that created such an intense and engrossing game that I found it very difficult to stop.

Alan Wake is everything a horror game should be. It never did get enough credit. Like I previously stated, I played it when it first came. It was a beautiful game then and I still think it looks pretty good. One of the most pleasantly surprising games I ever played. Absolutely recommend it!

Spell (2020)

A Little Old, a Little New

[6/10 · 22 January 2021]

Was this one amazing? I wouldn't use that word. Was it serviceable? That I can concur with. In the wake of awful Tyler Perry Movies and the negligence of black cinema as a serious locomotive in cinema, this one took me by surprise. Not with it's story so much, but with its courage to be horror the way it can be: without prejudice. Like I stated previously, the story isn't exactly extraordinary; however it surprised me a few times with the quality of acting, atmosphere, and just the overall awareness of what the production was trying g to accomplish. I look forward to more like this one. Not a black movie or white movie. Just a damn well-rounded horror flick to the like that we don't much get any more.