Alan Wake: The Signal

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  • Summary: In this first downloadable content pack we find Wake facing a threat unlike anything he's ever encountered before -- and yet one he's intimately familiar with. In order to make sense of it all, he must follow the Signal.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. IGN
    90
    As a free download, The Signal is certainly a treat. The story is as warped as ever with taught writing and a style that never becomes too self-serious.
  2. Eurogamer Italy
    90
    The Signal is everything Alan Wake should have been. In about 2 hours of gameplay, the developers created a great atmosphere, a fantastic gameplay and the right amount of variety. The lack of different kind of situations was the main issue with the original game. The "floating words" idea is fantastic, and brings an awesome and original feature inside a previously boring gameplay.
  3. VideoGamer
    80
    The fact that it's free (supposing you bought the original game new) makes it well worth a play, just don't go expecting any plot revelations or answers to the game's more fundamental questions.
  4. GamingXP
    78
    The Signal is a solid DLC with fresh gameplay ideas, but a short playtime (90 min.) and not so much progression through the story. Looking forward to The Writer.
  5. Gamer 2.0
    72
    The Signal is a great addition to the Alan Wake story but there is not enough here to really understand the reasoning behind it.
  6. Eurogamer Portugal
    70
    Continues the narrative and challenges the player the way it should in the atmosphere and the environment. It is a good first sample of the depth of the story created and leaves us eager for the next episode.
  7. Metro GameCentral
    50
    This doesn't solve any of the original's problems with storytelling and variety, it just makes them worse.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 3 out of 5
  1. Larux18
    Dec 21, 2011
    9
    Great DLC, it's intense and challenging and it gets you to understand what happened after the incomplete ending, it's just a great additionGreat DLC, it's intense and challenging and it gets you to understand what happened after the incomplete ending, it's just a great addition that keeps scaring. Sure, we have already done most of the things in the main game but this DLC brings new stuff that you haven't seen. You should really get this DLC if you loved Alan Wake just like me.… Expand
  2. SuddenJonatan
    Aug 29, 2010
    9
    The first dowloadable Alan Wake DLC, which comes free with new copies of the game, is an intense and satisfying DLC. You continue where theThe first dowloadable Alan Wake DLC, which comes free with new copies of the game, is an intense and satisfying DLC. You continue where the game left of. You will se new strange places and meet new enemies. The DLC is not exactly long, its between 55 minutes to 1h and 10 minutes. But its just perfect. You will find out more about the darkness in this DLC to the game that in my opinion shoud be GOTY 2010. A 9/10… Expand
  4. Jackthegamer
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Completely useless DLC that ads nothing to the story and it also has the hardest encounters with enemies which quite frankly annoyed me.
  5. huffnat890
    Sep 22, 2010
    2
    This DLC was a complete waste of my time and money. I loved the game. I thought it was fantastic but this DLC just sucks. Sure it adds moreThis DLC was a complete waste of my time and money. I loved the game. I thought it was fantastic but this DLC just sucks. Sure it adds more story (just a little) but a game should have more fun gameplay too. This howevere is the most incredibly dull DLC i've ever played. Don't worry about any jump scares because there wont be because youre told ahead of time exactly what happens. There is very little combat and what combat there is, is meant to be avoided. You will spend a good majority of the DLC just shining your flashlight on words. That's the opposite of fun. It drags on too. Trust me by the end of the dlc you'll be so bored you will either quit or be begging for the end which just seems to never come.… Expand
  6. Ghoster
    Sep 14, 2012
    1
    Original game was one of the best games regarding story and gameplay. This 1st DLS doesn't have anything of this. It doesn't have story atOriginal game was one of the best games regarding story and gameplay. This 1st DLS doesn't have anything of this. It doesn't have story at all. Everything become just survival shooter. Hope next DLC would be better.… Expand

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#89 Best Xbox 360 Game of 2010
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#73 Most Shared Xbox 360 Game of 2010