You want Alan Wake 2 to go out with a bang, not a whimper.

But for me at least, The Lake House often simply fizzled rather than igniting something deeper.

Kiran herself is a very affable presence.

Kiran Estevez stands bathed in a red light in Alan Wake 2’s The Lake House DLC.

If only it relied more on these puzzles as the expansion went on.

To its credit, there is a lot to poke around in inside the Lake House.

What is going on here, though, is kinda absolutely fascinating to me.

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Admittedly, the paintings don’t quite do it for me.

Alan Wake 2 accessibility options

Various difficulty levels.

Multiple subtitles and font sizes options.

A paint monster emerges from the darkness in  Alan Wake 2’s The Lake House DLC.

Seperate volume sliders for music, sound effects and dialogue.

On/off toggle for motion blur, film grain and lens distortion.

Adjustable key and controller bindings.

Kiran Estevez fights two Taken in an office in Alan Wake 2’s The Lake House DLC.

Controller and mouse aim assist.

Options to tone down audio and visual intensity of horror flashes.

Why does it not go harder on all this stuff to make it feel more distinct?

Kiran Estevez places a cube energy core on a machine in Alan Wake 2’s The Lake House DLC.

A copy of Alan Wake 2’s Deluxe Edition was provided for review by Remedy Entertainment.

Kiran Estevez says ‘Come on’ as she enters yet another large temporal maze in Alan Wake 2’s The Lake House DLC.

Kiran Estevez looks at a white board in  Alan Wake 2’s The Lake House DLC.

An ominous automated typewriting machine from Alan Wake 2’s The Lake House DLC.