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This is actually something im looking forward to. It arent many games like this on the xbox so I think it should fill a gap there. I having this nagging felling though that it might be a bit of a letdown, I mean games should not take this long to make. I hope Im wrong though.
It's taken so long because MS saw that the PS3 was getting a proper psychological action thriller and pulled the usual me too me too act and had a whole lot of catching up to do.
Plus they needed to add moar guns and testosterone in to grab that adolescent Xbox audience.
Plus they needed to add moar guns and testosterone in to grab that adolescent Xbox audience.
I wonder if the publishers haven't released that much info because they know it sucks. Kinda like how movie producers won't let critics screen there movie early cause they know its bad. curious
I'm still stoked for this game. I love the story aspects and the horror vibe/Twin Peaks style I'm getting from the whole thing. I'm curious how it's all going to come together, but from the previews I've read the game is supposed to be awesome. That plus the developer has a great track record (Max Payne is one of my favorite games of all time with one of the better executed stories in gaming)
Oh, and that one preview that talked about Alan Wake grabbing the page of his book that tells him it was trap right before it springs...Gave me chills dude. I'm pumped
Oh, and that one preview that talked about Alan Wake grabbing the page of his book that tells him it was trap right before it springs...Gave me chills dude. I'm pumped
@ Astalano
Yeah, how dare they take their time on a game to perfect it and make it fun to play without rushing it out the door!
Yeah, how dare they take their time on a game to perfect it and make it fun to play without rushing it out the door!
@JustLikeBuck
I didn't know about that o-o.
And even if it's true, the basic premise of the game still remains intact.
I didn't know about that o-o.
And even if it's true, the basic premise of the game still remains intact.
In theory it sounds fantastic, and the screens look really good too. Now I just hope it plays well after all this buildup. I like it when games emphasize the psychological aspects over action and it looks like that might be the case here.
But PS3 version please? It looks great, but I can't play it :(
But PS3 version please? It looks great, but I can't play it :(
@Sexchocolate, are you certain that every case of two similar games coming out for both consoles at the same time was one of Microsoft rushing to copy Sony?
Describing the Xbox audience as 'adolescent' hardly makes you seem impartial.
Describing the Xbox audience as 'adolescent' hardly makes you seem impartial.
I hope Sterling doesn't get to review this game.
I can see his complaints about it "too much trees!!" "it wasn't spoiled before it came out!"
;D
I can see his complaints about it "too much trees!!" "it wasn't spoiled before it came out!"
;D
They're right Sexy. Alan Wake was announced long before Heavy Rain.
Also, I'm pretty sure the plot twist is the trees did it.
Seriously though Sexy. I'm buying you a 360 and you're gonna like it.
Also, I'm pretty sure the plot twist is the trees did it.
Seriously though Sexy. I'm buying you a 360 and you're gonna like it.
@justlikebuck: It was Remedy's choice to restart from scratch, not Microsoft's (which probably peeved them off to no end).
Well I for one hope it is good and remain interested. To be honest though, I have only really been interested as of like the last month or so now that it seems this game is actually going to be released. My expectations aren't particularly high so I imagine they won't be hard to meet or exceed.
I'm in. I'm going off the E3 promo, which gave me a Tommyknocker's type vibe or more acurately a Stephen King vibe. At least no one is braying "hollywood like interactive movie!!" as far as I read. That's enough to keep my interest.
I don't even understand why people have been excited for Alan Wake for the past few years. You usually can't just come out and say, "We're making a new game and it's gonna be great," and expect people to get excited, but for some reason, it happened with this game. I'm actually looking forward to hearing more about it, so that we can actually judge whether it looks worthwhile.
I care as little about Alan Wake as I do about Heavy Rain. I'm not fond of cinematic crime/supernatural thrillers no matter how wierd they make the controls or how artsy/real they've made the environments. I tend to find the quality of stories in games to be pretty shitty, pedestrian, and surprisingly highly pretentious. They tend to be bland, amateurish, or assinine. Certainly they tend to be disappointing. So when games "bet" themselves mainly on their storyline I tend to hold out very little hope for them being entertaining. Then secondarily they try to piss and moan about how revolutionary they are as if pure (misguided) ambition is a thing to be valued for its own sake.
So I'm not particularly excited about Alan Wake. (or Heavy Rain).
So I'm not particularly excited about Alan Wake. (or Heavy Rain).
@TheCheese33
No, fuck Remedy for not releasing it on the platform I was only going to buy it on. If they don't want my money, so be it. I'm not wasting 60 euro on one game when I could spend the same amount on up to 15 games.
No, fuck Remedy for not releasing it on the platform I was only going to buy it on. If they don't want my money, so be it. I'm not wasting 60 euro on one game when I could spend the same amount on up to 15 games.
@Astalano
Or, you could spend the money on old NES games or Gameboy games, and get 50! Or you could spend it all on rusty cans, and get hundreds!!
Or, you could spend the money on old NES games or Gameboy games, and get 50! Or you could spend it all on rusty cans, and get hundreds!!
Everytime I see video or images for Alan Wake I immediately think of the Alone in the Dark game for the 360, only...you know....without bugs.
@ Mulk Calathar I see you just discovered a thesaurus and that you aren't at all familiar with Remedy, who absolutely nailed story and gameplay in both Max Payne games. I get it's not the type of game you'd be into but to insinuate that it's "pretentious" and "pedestrian" before it's even out is just fucking stupid.
Hahahahahahahahahahaha @ HEL105. Priceless.
PS, your comment made me remember that it's Friday, and I forgot to take out the recycling!
PS, your comment made me remember that it's Friday, and I forgot to take out the recycling!
I am excited for Alan Wake! one reason only.. because it is the only game that i look forward to playing on the xbox! i hate all shooters and haloz and gears of war i want more of a variety and finally something different for the xbox! im sure this game is going to be good and give me a good reason to play the xbox since the first day i got it!
I stopped being interested as soon as they showed gameplay and it looked like some shitty RE4 ripoff. I think they game they wanted to make originally has already been done. It's called Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, and I'm happy with that.
Thulsa, anyone who graduated high school should not need a thesaurus for any of those words, and I'm sorry you didn't figure this out, but the story of Max Payne was stupid as hell. Valkyr? LOL.
And I think Alan Wake and Heavy Rain will have stupid stupid and pedestrian writing because the writing in games is almost uniformly stupid and pedestian. That's just basic pattern recognition. Stories of games are typically (maybe instituionally)written by the sort of people who wrote 'Mansquito' for Syfy.
If you want to exhibit the taste of a bottom feeder and pretend that Remedy are anything but silly and corny writers...well hey, that's fine. But any game that hangs on it's story rather than action or something else is betting its future on third rate shit and desperately hoping that gamers won't know the difference.
And I think Alan Wake and Heavy Rain will have stupid stupid and pedestrian writing because the writing in games is almost uniformly stupid and pedestian. That's just basic pattern recognition. Stories of games are typically (maybe instituionally)written by the sort of people who wrote 'Mansquito' for Syfy.
If you want to exhibit the taste of a bottom feeder and pretend that Remedy are anything but silly and corny writers...well hey, that's fine. But any game that hangs on it's story rather than action or something else is betting its future on third rate shit and desperately hoping that gamers won't know the difference.
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