The only thing that genuinely made me jump was when youTotally wasn't expecting it.go into a bathroom to grab the keys so you can open a garage door and hop into a car, and a Taken jumps out of a stall on your way out.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the scariest moment in the game near Lover's Peak. I decided to upload it.
Scary Moment in Alan Wake: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNZ2KF5X5oc
The room was dark and all the stalls were shut. It was pretty obvious but yeah, a good moment.
The room was dark and all the stalls were shut. It was pretty obvious but yeah, a good moment.
I know! It was becausehe literally jumps out at you, like the flaming ganado that bursts out of the locker in RE4. All the other enemies approach slowly by comparison.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the scariest moment in the game near Lover's Peak. I decided to upload it.
Scary Moment in Alan Wake: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNZ2KF5X5oc
I don't have time for bullshit stories and repetitive, endless encounters in games anymore. This one has both.
The whole game is running off of it's own nonexistent logic. It's like fantasy books where wizards can cast whatever spell "just because". I read up on the DLC and it appears to be more of the exact same thing. And I'm still hearing that obnoxious screeching noise from the light hitting the enemies in my head. Wired put it best: "Alan Wake starts strong but finishes weak; neither the gameplay nor the story deliver on their potential by the time the credits roll."
The game is beautiful (besides the facial animation) but it's going to my Steam "pile of shame". It's too bad, because I love Max Payne 1+2, and the first hour or so had promise.
Edit: I should add that there are certainly clever moments and brilliant little jabs, but the plot as a whole is pretty disappointing.
I really appreciate, much like how Tom Hanks is considered the nicest guy in Hollywood and his name is "THanks", this game blurs the line between nightmares and reality and his name's "AWake."
"You've read my books?"
"Yeah! You're a pretty good writer. Maybe a little heavy on the metaphors."
GFX question for you guys. It's not directly related to Alan Wake but since it's a very dark game the problem is worst than for a brighter game.
So I noticed that when I bought my new computer a couple of months ago with my Radeon 6870 everything was too bright in windows and in games. So basically I'm stuck with using Powerstrip in windows to reduce the Gamma by a LOT if I don't want to have a ton of color banding. I also often have to reduce the brightness all the way to the bottom in games to reduce the banding to minimum. So for example in Dead Island and Alan Wake I'm all the way to the left at 0 and in Dead Space 2 I even had to go in the ini file to put a negative value to Brightness to get something not completly ugly. BTW I didn't change monitor when I bought my PC and it was fine before with my old NVIDIA card.
The problem is always worst during cinematics because of the compression (I doubt I could do much about that) but I'm wondering if anybody know a good solution for that in game?
It's really starting to get on my nerves...that shit is annoying!
Was QR code also in XBOX360 version as well ?
Isn't it a Twin Peaks reference?Does anyone here know the significance of these chairs (if there even is one)? When I played the game on Xbox I saw them and they seemed strange but I never knew if there was some hidden meaning. Now that I am going through the game on PC and just finished Episode 3 I am reminded of them. Are they from Max Payne or did Remedy just decide to put elegant chairs in very obscure areas for no good reason?
Isn't it a Twin Peaks reference?
Isn't it a Twin Peaks reference?
Wait, this wasn't twin peaks the game?
I really love the soundtrack to this game, but personally preferred this song the most:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERbVhQHvrUw
I was at my friend yesterday and I've played through the entire chapter 3 (funnily, this is the chapter I've finished playing the game on X360 ). Wow, what a gorgeous game; this game really shines on PC. Lighting effects look marvelous.
And while I was complaining about repetitiveness of the game before, this time I found the game to be much more enjoyable. Maybe that's because of the harder difficulty level, or maybe that's because now I know that it isn't worth to hog all the flares and grenades (the game will constantly provide you new ones anyway) so I used them when in need .
I'm looking forward to finally play through chapter 4. It started really, really interesting.
What do you do when you run out of ammo? I'm at a point where I have to face 4 enemies with 10 rounds. I die every time and get reloaded to the same spot...
What do you do when you run out of ammo? I'm at a point where I have to face 4 enemies with 10 rounds. I die every time and get reloaded to the same spot...
I wanted to chime in here. We are very happy with the sales and hitting #1 on Steam at launch was nothing short of amazing. We recouped our development and marketing expenses during the first 48 hours. And yes, we're certainly very excited about PC.
Alan Wake PC sales seems going pretty good.
http://forum.alanwake.com/showpost.php?p=141586&postcount=24
What do you do when you run out of ammo? I'm at a point where I have to face 4 enemies with 10 rounds. I die every time and get reloaded to the same spot...
So, I finished the game plus the two DLCs, and I am still confused. I don't even know what's real anymore.
High resolution texture pack (and DX11 patch) would be awesome.48 hours huh?
Well honestly Remedy, how about you had fixed some of the shamefully low resolution textures that can still be found in the PC version and then maybe you would still recuperate after, say, 72 hours.......
Its so annoying lining up a good screenshot and then having some 256x256 fence texture look like something out of Doom......
So am I being an ass for not enjoying this more? I respect a lot of people's tastes ITT but I'm not feeling it. Feels like an over-zealous Steven King/Twin Peaks fan made the game. I don't know how much of the crappiness is intentional (Wake's writing) or just honestly poor writing. As noted earlier in the thread, there are deus ex machinas and things that just don't make sense. For example, why doesn't Alan just strap every goddamn lantern he comes across to his body? He's a tool and stupid and keeps making horrible decisions, something I hate in bad fiction. And Barry....ugh.
Right my wrong attitude. Tell me the hidden awesomeness in this game. Because right now I feel like it's a huge step down from Max Payne 2.
So, I finished the game plus the two DLCs, and I am still confused. I don't even know what's real anymore.
gaf I need help deciding which version to get. I'm not sure if my PC rig (i2500k @ 4.0ghz + ATI 5850) would be enough to run the game with high settings @ 1080p or if I should just play it on my 360.
Alan Wake PC sales seems going pretty good.
http://forum.alanwake.com/showpost.php?p=141586&postcount=24
Why do people do this? Is it a stelth brag post? YOUR COMPUTER IS LIKE 10X THE POWER OF A 360
Even if you wont max every single setting even at medium @ 1080p its going to look better than a 360. You will be able to run it on high.
it's not about how much more powerful is my PC rig than 360, I asked this just to know if the game runs well with those settings, nothing to brag about.
gaf I need help deciding which version to get. I'm not sure if my PC rig (i2500k @ 4.0ghz + ATI 5850) would be enough to run the game with high settings @ 1080p or if I should just play it on my 360.
Why those settings? The 360 version ruins at a mix of low/medium at 540p and can't hold 30fps. It goes without saying the PC version its going to run better for you, like all PC versions.it's not about how much more powerful is my PC rig than 360, I asked this just to know if the game runs well with those settings, nothing to brag about.
I have a 5850 and Phenom II X4 970 @ 3.5ghz. It ran great with everything maxed at 1080p with an average of 40 fps or so more, but I didn't notice any unbearable lag like there is in other games that aren't at 60 fps.
it's not about how much more powerful is my PC rig than 360, I asked this just to know if the game runs well with those settings, nothing to brag about.
What he means is that you probably realized before making that post that the PC version would look and run many times better than the 360 version, even if you can't max it out.
What he means is that you probably realized before making that post that the PC version would look and run many times better than the 360 version, even if you can't max it out.