Alan Wake is a third person action shooter game with a little bit of horror story where your wife is taken by the shadows and your goal is to save her from darkness. The unique mechanic in this game is a very interesting approach to light/darkness contrast, in the possession of a flashlight you have to break your enemies "shadow shields" with the focus of your beam before being able to injure them with regular guns, which can make some very intense battles when you are very outnumbered. Unfortunately the light/darkness mechanic doesn't go too far from there, which we consider a waste, making the game pretty much the same thing from the first 30 minutes to the very end.
Considering you are a puny human that can not withstand more than a couple of hits, you have to rely on a cinematographic dodge to escape imminent blows, as well as a very familiar arsenal that you come across to ditch out damage if you so choose.
The game itself is very linear, made in a way to resemble a TV series with different episodes break down, the music and the plot are very good and definitely worth a mention.
Final Score: 7 out of 10.