So this backstreet boy guy is running around a small New England area town? Man, If I wanted to play this game, I would throw on a scarf and just walk around my neighborhood while looking mentally disturbed.
Hehe. :p
If you've played Remedy's previous games, Max Payne and Max Payne 2, then I think you'd be excited about this. They both had very good stories, and amazing action sequences. It was basically like being in an oldschool John Woo movie like The Killer or Hard Boiled.
Alan Wake is taking a step in quite a different direction. Horror. There frankly are only very few games in this setting, and most of them aren't that scary. I guess Resident Evil is good, but only on the consoles. Ditto for Silent Hill, but the sequels kinda got a bit crap. Given the developers previous games, I think Alan Wake has loads of potential.