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Finally, somebody has the stones to stand up to those Goddamn combine harvesters. Man, they piss me off so much. In this brand new trailer for Remedy's Xbox 360 exclusive, titular novelist Alan Wake kicks the sh*t out of a harvester. This isn't just any harvester though. This is the harvester ... OF SORROW!

Silly name aside, this is looking like it'll be a damn hot game. I worry that the long delays will have affected the quality, but hopefully Remedy can knock it out of the park and deliver a great title. Horror games with a genuinely spooky atmosphere (and are good) tend to be few and far between. Too few, if you ask me.








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KwikPwn's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/09/2010 09:06
KwikPwn
Metallica song, black album.
TewDee's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/09/2010 09:16
TewDee
http://instantrimshot.com/
TristanMike's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/09/2010 09:17
TristanMike
Metallica song, ...And Justice for All album.
Poisontear's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/09/2010 09:17
Poisontear
Alan wake seems pretty resistant against damage.
KwikPwn's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/09/2010 09:18
KwikPwn
No, it's on and justice for all I think, it's been a long time.
lawrencek's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/09/2010 09:26
lawrencek
Harvester of Sorrow is #6 from ...And Justice For All.

Also, it's just a combine! How come video games have to name every thing wrong! A quad bike from BFBC2? It's just a quad, or a four wheeler! :P
CelicaCrazed's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/09/2010 09:38
CelicaCrazed
What the hell Remedy!? As if we need to give people more reasons to pave over our farmlands!!
El-Sveppi's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/09/2010 09:45
El-Sveppi
I hope it doesn't do the Michael Bay style 360 camera spin every single time you pull out a flare, because that would get old, fast.
deaddays's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/09/2010 09:47
deaddays
Haha, I like how Alan takes mild damage from getting smashed into by whirling blades of a harvester. Hell, if I was Superman, I'd take on a harvester too.
PenKaizen's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/09/2010 09:51
PenKaizen
"And I've got a brand new combine harvester, and I'll give you the key."
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/09/2010 09:55
mix
I really want to play this game, someone buy me a 360!!!!!!
natetehgreat's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/09/2010 10:11
natetehgreat
Did he just take that combine down with a handgun? Must be a really good handgun.

I think it would be a bit scarier and more tense if Alan actually had to evade these possessed vehicles. My disbelief can be suspended only so high.
BileSoup's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/09/2010 10:23
BileSoup
I was just thinking the other day that in the event of a zombie holocaust it would be pretty freakin rad to mow zombies down with a combine.
Occams electric toothbrush's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/09/2010 10:25
Occams electric toothbrush
Combine Harvesters scare me. Seriously. They just have a way of staring at you without eyes.
Sir playedallot's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/09/2010 10:31
Sir playedallot
I really hate that vanishing of beaten enemys. Puff, the Magic Dragon.
Corak's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/09/2010 10:33
Corak
I expected Harvester of Sorrow to be playing during that clip, boo. Interesting clip, I'm definitely keeping my eye on this game, haven't pre-ordered yet, but its definitely on my radar.
BS3 Owner's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/09/2010 10:33
BS3 Owner
This game looks SIIIIIICK!!!

@ Mix
Dito. *Please Someone!*
Pudge Controls the Weather's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/09/2010 10:37
Pudge Controls the Weather
Forget Metallica, they should play WURZEL

"Oh I got a brand new combine 'arvester, an' I'll give you the key
OOH AR OOH AR"
Nicojay2's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/09/2010 10:39
Nicojay2
@ natetehgreat
It's not the size of your weapon but how you use it. :)
Your comment about evading possessed vehicles reminded me that there needs to be a modern game adaptation of the movie Maximum Overdrive.

Alan Wake looks competent. I'm still waiting on details that will excite me about the game.
DUGDAWG's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/09/2010 12:17
DUGDAWG
I'm digging the atmosphere of Alan Wake. I think this looks pretty cool.
Stigmeyer's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/09/2010 12:18
Stigmeyer
Yeesh, the only thing this game has going for it is atmosphere. Granted, atmosphere alone has gotten me to buy games, but I don't know about this one. I agree that he is WAY too powerful apparently. That thing should've shredded him!! And the mine car from the previous vid should have splattered him. And that slo-mo looks more annoying than cool if it happens all the time when you fight these enemies with lights. Ugh, I had high hopes for this game.

Oh, and PC version would still be great.
Rockvillian's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/09/2010 12:30
Rockvillian
it's MOVING DAY!!!!
REPTAR's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/09/2010 13:59
REPTAR
Everything has gone haywire because an evil farming corporation released a virus, known to the resistance "hayfever", that turns people into lobbyists/murderers for the corn industry. The end of the game revels a twist that before Alan Wake was a writer, he was a Republican Congressman and member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce who was trying to block federal funding for corn growers to produce ethanol. Another twist will come when we find out that Alan Wakes father is the CEO of Cargill and their will be a cutscene with Alan saying; "Damn you father! Why would you do this?!" and then his father will respond "I did it for you, son, or should I say... BROTHER!" and he will proceed to take off a mask. His brother will then began a monologue about how he didn't die in the barn fire that Alan accidentally started when they were kids. Alan will then to his knees and the camera will go to an overview shot of Alan spreading his arms and yelling to the sky, "WHYYYYYYYYY!!". Then his brother, who's name we find out is Randolf-Krammer, repeats the same monologue only in a much more menacing why so it sounds like its different. Alan then falls completely on the ground and keeps yelling, "NOOOOOO and it should have been meeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!". Mutant corns plants begin to pop up until the screen is covered and turns to black. And thats the end. Unless you get the secret ending. Also at some point their will be a montage figthing corn lobbyists to the Bob Dylan song "Maggie's Farm". That is all.
Harbinger o Deth's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/09/2010 18:32
Harbinger o Deth
The song would have been so bad ass, that I might have actually bought the game. But since I only have a PC and a PS3(no shitbox 360), I'll just have to hope for a port.
Lipscomba's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2010 10:21
Lipscomba
I don't know but, I'm just not feeling this game! I guess i'll wait until the reviews are in.
Tuxy79's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2010 17:26
Tuxy79
Wow, this looks impressive.
Press Space to Smack a Ho's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2010 19:58
Press Space to Smack a Ho
I dunno if the Fins can make videogames that are also Metal. Wake and Payne certainly never fit the bill.

Reaching further back, though, Death Rally was pretty f'in metal.

... So not sure if the harvester in this case is tilling some sorrowful wheat of any sort. Maybe the wheat is just a little bit melancholy.
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