You will be caught up if you watch that, it covers Alan Wake, the Alan Wake DLCs, Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, and Control/DLC.
Alan Wake 2 is kind of a double sequel to Alan Wake and Control, with American Nightmare being a standalone little story that occurs in between. But that is an absolute shit ton of games to need to play in order to experience the new one, I say watch the recap and jump right in!
Plus, you spend half the game as a new protagonist, so even when the player notices connections and plot threads from something like Control, your main character doesn’t even notice, so you won’t ever feel like you are missing out because you know just as much as your character (if that makes sense!)
I would say it is important only because Alan Wake 2 is extremely story heavy. But, here is a video that covers the story so far, presented by the lead writer Sam Lake.
You will be caught up if you watch that, it covers Alan Wake, the Alan Wake DLCs, Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, and Control/DLC.
Alan Wake 2 is kind of a double sequel to Alan Wake and Control, with American Nightmare being a standalone little story that occurs in between. But that is an absolute shit ton of games to need to play in order to experience the new one, I say watch the recap and jump right in!
Plus, you spend half the game as a new protagonist, so even when the player notices connections and plot threads from something like Control, your main character doesn’t even notice, so you won’t ever feel like you are missing out because you know just as much as your character (if that makes sense!)