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Alan Wake coming to Steam? [Steam registry entry appears]
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Amen, brother.
Was just about to play through AW for a second time with all the news of the sequel going about, but I guess I'll hold off on that now.
Glad Remedy came to their senses, but some of the negative comments in this thread are quite unnecessary.
blackMamba1187
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But will it be locked at 30 fps... I'm so buying this.
Dead Prince
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should i get excited or not. if it's on steam will wait for a steam sale then.
LiquidMetal14
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As a new release, I wouldn't pay more than 30 so I hope they price it accordingly. This type of game deserves at least HD visuals. At the very least, we should get that.
below Average? Did you even play Alan Wake?
HollovVpo1nt
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Remedy gave their arguements to why they think the lineair design was better for the game, now let and it go and live with it. Sheesh.. Oh and below average? Play the game.
Phonomezer
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Then don't buy it.
The awesome sandbox game that was hardly a game at all. It was a prototype, an idea, a tech demo. And it did not work well enough for what they had in mind with the game. Luckily they made an awesome story driven game out of it. Plus - the technology is still there, the engine is capable of everything what you saw and you will see it in the Alan Wake game that we know today.
I should stop responding to this, maybe....
Yes. I felt like I was being generous with below average too.
Remedy's arguments being "It's a narrative experience!" and "We never promised a PC version!" - both of which occurred after MS signed on as publisher; not to mention the latter is utterly false. There's no denying MS wanted - or rather, attempted - to capitalise on the Remedy brand by tying Alan Wake to the X360.
Edit: Clarity.
I just don't see how anyone could say it was below average. You make it seem like it was worse than Two Worlds 1
dragonelite
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Yet on 360 it is rendering unused areas were we do not go to explore.
Just read the digital foundry analysis.
I would say you were right with the below average, I think average to below average is a fair rating for the game.
"Yet"? What is it you're attempting to argue against, exactly?
What? No two worlds is like bottom of the barrel awful garbage. 0/10.
Below average is like a 4/10. Still a ways ahead of shit like that but not a good game.
Even if it stayed PC or not Remedy themselves said that going full sandbox made no sense narratively.
They tried it and it didn't work for them, the 'levels' are absolutely huge anyway.
EDIT: Found the quote from Sam Lake
HollovVpo1nt
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What does 'we never have promised a pc version' have to do with the nature of the game. I simply don't see the link. Same hoes for 'It's a narrative experience'. Why is that such an unbeleivable thing? They are the developers, they create and test the game. If they think that having an open world is nice, but makes no sense, why wouldn't they change it? If anything, console gamers tend to like open world (GTA, Saints Row, Just Cause) better than or just as much as lineair games. So it's not like the decision was made to serve the console crowd. If you know something I don't, please enlighten me (pun intended
).I think he means that if they would have wanted to make it open world, it would be fairly easy and has nothing to do with the game's platform exclusivity.
What does 'we never have promised a pc version' have to do with the nature of the game. I simply don't see the link. Same hoes for 'It's a narrative experience'. Why is that such an unbeleivable thing? They are the developers, they create and test the game. If they think that having an open world is nice, but makes no sense, why wouldn't they change it? If anything, console gamers tend to like open world (GTA, Saints Row, Just Cause) better than or just as much as lineair games. So it's not like the decision was made to serve the console crowd. If you know something I don't, please enlighten me (pun intended
Are you daft? The game changing to a linear title happened years after the game was announced and demoed. Forgive me, but when Remedy say "we only lost months of development when removing the open-world element" yet mention with the same breath that "we never promised a PC version", I'm nothing but sceptical.
That doesn't fly when the focus of the game shifted alongside the announcement that it became exclusive to a relatively underpowered platform.
Coincidence, or not. Whatever - the game would have been the same on PC as it was on 360.
Yeah that's the part that made me suspicious too.
Given the circumstance surrounding the game becoming X360 exclusive, I sincerely doubt it. Do I care? No, not at all - I loved the game. Do I think MS forcing their hand as publisher impacted the creative vision? Absolutely. I can't prove it, and I make no pretence to the contrary, but given the development history of the game, I can't help but believe it.
Edit: To clarify, I'm not saying the game would have been better had it released to the PC; rather, I find it too coincidental that Remedy began singing a different tune after MS jumped on board. That's all.
Agreed. This along with Fable 2 and two downloadable titles were the only things making me consider a 360 purchase nowadays.
That's a bit naive I think, I did not expect that view from you.
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That's a bit naive I think, I did not expect that view from you.
Partly redeemed
Haha.
The point I'm trying to make is that I believe the scope - not the quality - of the game was lessened when it became an X360 exclusive.Edit: I'll happily eat crow if Remedy come out and delineate why they changed the focus of the game and explained Microsoft's lack of creative pressure, but until then I'm filing it under "too coincidental to be coincidence". Is that naive? Perhaps. But when an open-world title becomes a linear (or "closed-world") game in addition to a console exclusive, that - to me - raises some flags. I will not argue nor pretend that Alan Wake would have been superior as an open-world title, but until proven otherwise I will believe that the game changing focus to an X360 exclusive was at least partly responsible for the game becoming less ambitious in scope.
Edit 2: Again, for clarity, do I care? No. I thoroughly enjoyed the game. And before somebody pegs me as one of those blokes who considers open-world titles a touch above everything else, let it be known that Portal 2 and Alice: Madness Returns are my two nods for GoTY. I hope fellow GAFers understand where I'm coming from when utilising the admittedly crude formula of (PC flagship title - PC release) / (X360 exclusive) = final scope of project.
GotEmRunnin
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360 sale that much more justified.
Haha.
Have you played the game out of interest?
angular graphics
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Worst case scenario:
dx9
no aa (deferred engine you see)
16:9 locked aspect ratio
30 fps cap... but it dips!
graphics options: vsync, brightness
the same crappy bik cutscenes
360 textures
mouse lag
:O
Sho_Nuff82
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I think I will buy this for PC, provided that it's heavily discounted after all this time.
It'll be $60 + GFWL. :/
I said in this very thread that I loved the game.
you forgot the worst part, GFWL
angular graphics
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Oh crap, you are right, this is a MICROSOFT game! I just realized it. :S
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Deleted member 80556
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Awesome! Now I will be able to play it on Steam!
Now I just need a way to purchase things off Steam. Dammit. So close.
Now I just need a way to purchase things off Steam. Dammit. So close.
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