The Good: Birdman
When American Nightmare released in 2012, it introduced a handful of new enemies, many of which originally came from the cancelled prototypes for Alan Wake 2 that Remedy had started working on following the release of the first game. One of my favorites was the Birdman, an enemy who could burst into a gaggle (murder? flock?) of ravens at will. I loved fighting these guys, even though I’m not necessarily a fan of…
The Bad: Ravens
These guys.
I get the symbolism here, and I love a good homage to Alfred Hitchcock, but there are too many birds. This series is lousy with them, and this fact is made especially distressing when you consider how much of the animal kingdom Remedy had to play with. Any woodland critters were up for the Taking, and we got a legion (or six) of Ravens.