10 Challenges That Ruined Video Games
2. Alan Wake - Too Much Coffee For One Man
Finding hidden collectibles in gaming is usually quite a fun activity. Going off the beaten track to grab something shiny breaks up the main game monotony.
But as games got bigger in scope and size, so did the amount of trinkets to find. Pigeons, drug packets, and in tortured writer Alan Wake's case: coffee thermoses.
One hundred of the beverage counters, dotted about Bright Falls landscape. There must be some really careless hikers around there.
At first, it's fun to see them shining on the horizon, a little light in the dark. But soon after, as set pieces get bigger and enemies tougher, it just becomes more of a grind.
For those intending to do it, there is a tracker in the main menu. However, that's just a total. There's no chapter/act breakdown to tell players which ones they've missed.
So you could be, like me, stuck on 97/100 since its release way back in 2010. What with the remaster now available, that means starting that kleptomaniac habit from flask one again. No thank you, no one needs that much coffee.