I've played and finished Alan Wake, it was a little meh for me, I mean, it plays nice I'll admit, but doesn't look as amazing as some hyped it up to be, and the animations can be terrible, especially the mouth movement of the lip syncing, it's completely off, lol...
But aside from that, I found the actual storyline to be really great, and the atmosphere was amazing, I mean, I thought Dead Space set the standard for atmospheres, and this is like "Uhh... no, fuck you space guy, it's my turn!"...
Although the gameplay can be VERY repetitive, but I didn't mind too much... run, shine torch at hillbilly, shoot hillbilly, repeat. Oh, and maybe dodge the odd log or mine cart that gets flung in your direction...