TouchMyBox
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That damn picture is making me want to lay down $1500 in monitors and videocards.
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Alan Wake PC FAQ
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moahahhaha yeeees, I can't believe I'm getting this "re-hyped" for a game I already played and finished.
This is going to be a great experience, hopefully running the game at max settings @2560x1440 like those screens won't end up costing me an arm and a leg.
indigo-cyclops
Member
God damn this is going to look amazing. And its out so soon.
Angry Fork
Member
Will there be an LE version on steam that will include some of this? I want the extra stuff but refuse to wait until March 2nd to get AW.
Buttonbasher
Member
Best physical Limited Edition I've ever got. Totally worth getting.
TheLucifer
Member
Yeah, we'll have both the normal edition and the CE, but Remedy still has to confirm what will be inside. I think that almost everything that could be in a digital version (basically everything except the sticker and maybe the poster) will also be on Steam.
One week left: god, it's too much...
Csokis
Member
Oh my, I totally forgot how "dense" the game felt/looked even on 360. Looks so good, I can't wait.
Sharp! They seem to have some framerate issues, though
CPU Benchmark.
(Kerne means cores, btw.)
Ravensmash
Member
So...would I likely be able to run this on an AMD 3500m w/ 6620g?
I kind of want to double dip...
I kind of want to double dip...
^^ Uh wow so no easy 60fps I guess.
It's weird because the lighter enemies did not require full boost to make them vulnerable.
The PC gameplay looks beautiful.
It's a shame that guys at IGN confirmed what I feared - using mouse + keyboard you can't aim without draining flashlight batteries. There's nothing between not aiming and aiming with the focus
It's weird because the lighter enemies did not require full boost to make them vulnerable.
They have 4xAA enabled though. Consoles settings @1080p + FXAA should get around 60 fps easily I think.
DanDeschain
Member
Definitely picking this up. Looks great.
This might helP:
yeap lol... this is going to suck
edit : maybe that 4x msaa is really crippling, would like to see how it changes the performance with the 0x and 2x values. Damn this has to be the most demanding game out there outside of maybe metro 2033.
Oh well, no 60fps for me with MSAA enabled, but hot damn, that YouTube video already looks much sharper than the Xbox 360 version. Even with the shitty compression. I'm looking forward to it.
Assuming the foliage is part of the process, there's a lot of shit to apply AA to.
Assuming the foliage is part of the process, there's a lot of shit to apply AA to.
BoobPhysics101
Banned
Should be a few tweaks that'll get me 60 FPS. It looks like they didn't spend a ton of time optimizing for PC, performance definitely sounds like a port. I doubt the graphics will match the performance.
HomerSimpson-Man
Member
Whelp, looks like I'm not hitting 60fps@1080p with maxed settings but will hit it easy at 720p settings. Probably would have to ease on on MSAA and shadows at 1080p, especially the latter just kills framerate like crazy when cranked up high.
Wat. It looks like a damn demanding game with all the alpha and foliage.
Not to mention the lighting.
It really does look great.
Yeah that was just what I was thinking as well, there's tonnes of AA being applied so I hope reducing/removing AA will make it 60 fps on the fastest single gpu out there :I
Yep, weird that so many people expected an easy 60 fps.
In fact I'd say that they've done a great job with the optimization. Shadows are sharp, every light source casts one and the volumetric light is also pretty high-res. Better transparency rendering as well.
Looks great.
GPU benchmarks:
Christ... My GTX560 will cry. No AA for me I guess lol
BoobPhysics101
Banned
Doesn't look as good as Crysis 2 or Battlefield 3 yet is similarly demanding.
Then again, it IS a port.
FXAA is rarely that demanding, at least not from my own experience. My bet is on MSAA being a big performance hit in AW.
MSAA takes a big hit I guess. Looking at the big screens I would never get the impression that the graphics of this game are not demanding.
Nah, I remember on my buddy's PC BF3 with MSAA on ran at 40fps, with just FXAA and MSAA off it was 60 most of the time. FXAA should be good for this game considering all the foliage and the fact it's mostly set at night. If not, there's always SMAA and you can turn the HUD off so text wouldn't even need to be softened.
Twenty7KVN
Member
Hmmm interested in seeing how it scales in sli/crossfire.Looks great.
GPU benchmarks:
Ciastek3214
Junior Member
I hope my trusty Phenom X4 955, GTS 450, nd 2x2GB GoodRam can handle this game.
Remedy is too talented a developer to go under so i hope people buy this and American Nightmare along with whatever else they make. Alan Wake was such a good game that got unfairly shit on cause of the PC betrayal and the false hype of an open world nature. The gameplay was incredibly polished and the visuals were amazing. Story was also very interesting.
PowerK
Member
Oh, that's quite simple really.
Just like Plants vs Zombies running fine on iPhone should run fine on modern consoles/PCs without real muscle on a console/PC (assuming the game didn't receive any graphical feature updates).
That being said, my guess is Remedy just went nuts and cranked everything (resolution, AA, shadow samples, etc. etc) to 11 and the visual quality benefit over much more reasonable settings is minimal. I call it "Metro 2033 syndrome".
Just like Plants vs Zombies running fine on iPhone should run fine on modern consoles/PCs without real muscle on a console/PC (assuming the game didn't receive any graphical feature updates).
That being said, my guess is Remedy just went nuts and cranked everything (resolution, AA, shadow samples, etc. etc) to 11 and the visual quality benefit over much more reasonable settings is minimal. I call it "Metro 2033 syndrome".
Minimum/Maximum detail comparisons: http://www.pcgames.de/Alan-Wake-PC-...imalen-Einstellungen-Bilder-des-Tages-867591/
Has this been posted yet? It's looking pretty fantastic. It's a shame that it took nearly two years, but I'm glad to see this game freed of it's console limitations.
Has this been posted yet? It's looking pretty fantastic. It's a shame that it took nearly two years, but I'm glad to see this game freed of it's console limitations.
Oh, that's quite simple really.
Just like Plants vs Zombies running fine on iPhone should run fine on modern consoles/PCs without real muscle on a console/PC (assuming the game didn't receive any graphical feature updates).
That being said, my guess is Remedy just went nuts and cranked everything (resolution, AA, shadow samples, etc. etc) to 11 and the visual quality benefit over much more reasonable settings is minimal. I call it "Metro 2033 syndrome".
Are you comparing PvZ with Alan Wake? Thats crazy. The above bench was done with all settings cranked up, I assume you could achieve nice fps if you sacrifice some AA.
Love comments like "where are the dx10 effects?". Like - how would such effects look like? And yeah, looks fantastic - like the 2560x1600 screens shown by pcgh.
It's supposed to be around 7.5gb. According to the Steam forums, Remedy have said that they aren't able to do a preload for some reason, but there are no links to confirm it.