Alan Wake vs Deadly Premonition – 12 startling similarities

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One of 2010’s best horror games has a disturbing amount in common with its best-worst

Not only do the town sheriffs of Greenvale and Bright Falls play big parts in their respective games, they even follow similar character arcs. While neither one really hinders your progress, both Alan Wake’s Sheriff Sarah Breaker and DP’s Sheriff George Woodman (along with deputy Emily Wyatt) initially treat you with a little bit of suspicion.

Give them a little time, though, and pretty soon they’ll let you completely usurp their authority and lead the charge while they follow behind, procuring transportation and whining plaintively about how you should really think about letting them do their jobs sometime.


Above: OK, so he’s got a reason, but what about Wake?


Above: WHAAAT

And in Deadly Premonition, they even have to tolerate things like you showing up at their houses late at night to ask unbelievably inane questions.

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Mikel Reparaz
Mikel Reparaz
After graduating from college in 2000 with a BA in journalism, I worked for five years as a copy editor, page designer and videogame-review columnist at a couple of mid-sized newspapers you've never heard of. My column eventually got me a freelancing gig with GMR magazine, which folded a few months later. I was hired on full-time by GamesRadar in late 2005, and have since been paid actual money to write silly articles about lovable blobs.