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[R6Rider]

Alan Wake 2 took influence from Resident Evil to make players feel "more vulnerable"

Alan Wake 2's director shared insights into the sequel in the latest issue of Edge

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"Camera perspective and things like that, yes, there are good references from the recent Resident Evil games that we did look at," Rowley says. "But not just because, oh, you know, it worked for them," the director continues, "it's more like, how does that help us build the kind of experience we want? More claustrophobic; making the player feel more vulnerable; making the enemies feel more physical and dangerous."

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Interested in this one, but I'm only just now getting around to playing through the first (Remaster). So many games releasing soon.

 

[Hudo]

If there's no try-hard creepy voice at the title screen going "Alan...Wake...Twoooooo", I'm gonna be disappointed.

 

[OverHeat]

Might buy even if its Epic game store

 

[Thief1987]

Alan Wake's ability to sprint for the whooping 3 seconds is not enough to make players "more vulnerable"?

 

[Sleepwalker]

You become a tank in RE usually tho after the first few hours. Not that I don't like that.

 

[Stafford]

Its influence was immediately noticeable when they first showed gameplay. Had the beginning part of that footage not said Remedy they could have fooled me that it was a new RE. How close the camera to the protagonist was for example, it just reminded me of the RE remakes instantly.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Will they have more stamina?

 

[R6Rider]

Will they have more stamina?

Yes, 4 seconds of sprinting instead of 3.

 

[The Fartist]

If there's no try-hard creepy voice at the title screen going "Alan...Wake...Twoooooo", I'm gonna be disappointed.

 

[jm89]

First alan wake made you feel plenty vulnerable.

Enemies just popping out from all over the place in the forests.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Yes, 4 seconds of sprinting instead of 3.

 

[Skifi28]

I've felt like a walking arsenal of destruction in most RE games I've played recently.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

I think I'd be more hyped if Max Payne had more speaking experience, and could turn some of his game's promos into more than circular nonsense. For someone with no reference to the IP, all of his stage appearances have been like

It's a wonderful game called Alan Wake 2 which is named so because it's the second Alan Wake game, Alan Wake being the protagonist of Alan Wake one. In this game you play as a black female cop, who isn't Alan Wake, and at any point you can switch between this woman and Alan Wake himself at various crossover points but you don't need to switch characters at certain points, you can play the whole game with the cop but it's also Alan Wake's story because it's named Alan Wake and Alan Wake is called Alan Wake because it features Alan Wake and you carry the seven and it makes for glorious forest jungle cop bang bang horror novelist

 

[The Cockatrice]

Alan Wake was ahead of its time in certain aspects. I replayed the og on steam recently, not the remaster and it still holds up very well. Shame the second is yet another epig exclusive, but I'll get it on PS5 if it has a 60FPS mode and its not at fucking 720p.

 

[simpatico]

plz god no invincible stalking enemy. it's never been good

 

[Bartski]

AW blew me away on 360 when it was new but having played through the remaster recently in preparation for the sequel... some things did age really badly, especially combat. Looking forward to how they re-designed it taking all the right inspirations.