15 Most Overrated Video Games Of The Decade (So Far)

6. Alan Wake

Developer Remedy leaving the Max Payne franchise to pursue something new was only going to go one of two ways; either it would be totally worthwhile, the team developing new and unique ways to experience third-person combat all over again - or we'd get something like Alan Wake; a game dripping with surrealist Twin Peaks-vibes, yet has nothing worthwhile gameplay-wise to stick around for.

The plot started innocently enough with Wake trying to finish a project by taking a vacation up into the mountains, but from there on out it descended into complete madness, topped off by an ending that felt ambiguous to a fault - but then again, that's probably what Twin Peaks fans would want.

Gameplay was based on a cool light/dark mechanic that meant you first had to shine a light on foes to open them up for actual firepower - a sweet idea that got very old within the first few minutes. And once you'd been playing for hours with nothing in the way of upgrades as the plot continued to do somersaults, it didn't make for anywhere near as tight an experience as the previous two Max Payne games.