ative pacing and a brains-over-blood-spray approach gave Wake's memorable thriller journey through demonic woodlands and twisted townscapes loads of impact. It's a shame those same thrills and chills are mostly absent in American Nightmare, replaced instead by morbid humor and a lighter-hearted narrative. The dusty Southwest setting and a bigger emphasis on gunplay are among several new elements that keep the formula from getting stale, but this diversionary side trek is a very different animal from the proper story-continuing sequel players are hungry for.
Though it ties in loosely to the series' nebulous overarching plot, American Nightmare plays out as a stand-alone episode of Night Springs, the franchise's well-done spoof on the classic sci-fi TV Show The Twilight Zone. The game further plays on the yin-yang themes of light and darkness that permeate the original Alan Wake and its downloadable content add-ons. Wake is cast in the role of the Champion of Light as he struggles to thwart his doppelganger-turned-nemesis Mr. Scratch.
Their frequent interactions set a pleasantly demented and comical tone, thanks to Scratch's maniacal ramblings and murderous vignettes that pop up on TVs scattered around the three main settings you trek through. Wake himself even takes an amusing "yeah, yeah, been here before" stance at times, which fits well with the way the latter half of the tale spins out. This overt goofiness is balanced out by the urgency of Wake's situation. Scratch can hop between the real world and the dark realm Wake is trapped in. He's set on getting his hooks into Wake's wife Alice and takes every opportunity to taunt the frustrated protagonist as he gets closer to achieving his malicious goal.
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