New Alan Wake images and trailer!

Here it is:

http://www.gamersyde.com/news_7249_en.html

It's shame this game is Vista only.

Cool. Despite me only using XP, I'm not concerned about it being Vista-only. I'll probably get Windows 7 someday and dual-boot that with XP, skipping Vista altogether, and I'll be able to play the game then. Judging by the game's progress, it will have been out for a year at the very most by the time I get Windows 7.

Anyway, hopefully it really will look that good in-game (on the PC; obviously it won't look anywhere close to that on the consoles).

Cool. Despite me only using XP, I'm not concerned about it being Vista-only. I'll probably get Windows 7 someday and dual-boot that with XP, skipping Vista altogether, and I'll be able to play the game then. Judging by the game's progress, it will have been out for a year at the very most by the time I get Windows 7.

Anyway, hopefully it really will look that good in-game (on the PC; obviously it won't look anywhere close to that on the consoles).

JP_Russell

I completely agree. I am completely ignoring Vista and I'm crossing my finger that Microsoft can really pull a decent OS with 7. I guess one of the reasons it is taking so long to develop is because there must have been some conflict between Remedy and Microsoft for it being Vista only and that OS not being much suppoted by consumers. Just speculation really, but it is a possibility.

The PC version will surely look fantastic. It's is supposed to take advantage of quad core and DX10 features. Hopefully they will support Nvidia PhysiX too. It is a shame it is taking so much to be released because the graphics won't be as amazing as when the game was first anounced, but they will be pretty good anyway.

Looks pretty cool - character models weren't that great. Still I was hoping to see some gameplay!

It was great to see that they used Roger Federer as the Alan Wake model though!! Go Roger!!

Has it been confirmed as Vista exclusive?

I was hoping that since it was first hinted that this was a Vista exclusive a few years ago during that time Vista was still new so now approaching 2009 with Windows 7 on the horizon and Vista not exactly as popular with the masses MS had hoped for things might change and bring XP back to the fold.

Either way I have Vista so this game has always been on my list!

What genre does this game fall under btw, action adventure?

Here it is:

http://www.gamersyde.com/news_7249_en.html

It's shame this game is Vista only.

pilouuuu2004

don't worry, there will be a hack for XP (just like Halo 2)

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Here it is:

http://www.gamersyde.com/news_7249_en.html

It's shame this game is Vista only.

Darth_Kane

don't worry, there will be a hack for XP (just like Halo 2)

My understanding is Alan Wake is DX10-only (hence it having to be Vista-only), so hacking it to run on XP would be impossible.

mmmh the enviornment looks great, but the characters models don't seem to have improved a lot since Max Payne 2. Gog

i highly suggest you go back and play max payne 2. the character models are improved by an incredible amount. they almost look as good as crysis' character models and that game has the best.

WINDOWS 7 is VISTA with touch screen, speech system, and some enhancements. It will get a UAC reduction, DirectX11, all available to Vista. Unless you own a Laptop, Windows 7 is not a major upgrade from Vista. It is to some students however.

[QUOTE="Gog"]mmmh the enviornment looks great, but the characters models don't seem to have improved a lot since Max Payne 2. blues35301

i highly suggest you go back and play max payne 2. the character models are improved by an incredible amount. they almost look as good as crysis' character models and that game has the best.

They may look better than MP2 but they are a far cry from Crysis.

Compared to

Or this

Crysis:

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[QUOTE="Gog"]mmmh the enviornment looks great, but the characters models don't seem to have improved a lot since Max Payne 2. Gog

i highly suggest you go back and play max payne 2. the character models are improved by an incredible amount. they almost look as good as crysis' character models and that game has the best.

They may look better than MP2 but they are a far cry from Crysis.

theyre not that far from crysis. i mean look at alan wake model. TEH JACKET!! lol

edit: and ive played crysis thoroughly on very high all dx10 at 1280x1024

Looks pretty cool - character models weren't that great. Still I was hoping to see some gameplay!

It was great to see that they used Roger Federer as the Alan Wake model though!! Go Roger!!

biggest_loser

they didnt....that was a joke i think. they used some finnish actor

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Looks pretty cool - character models weren't that great. Still I was hoping to see some gameplay!

It was great to see that they used Roger Federer as the Alan Wake model though!! Go Roger!!

blues35301

they didnt....that was a joke i think. they used some finnish actor

No I can assure you that they most certainly did! Check out my thread on some of the other people used for inspiration.

WoW, so Alan Wake is a ripoff of John Carpenter's In The Mouth Of Madness... Saves me some money...Johnny_Rock

You haven't even played it yet.

[QUOTE="Gog"][QUOTE="blues35301"]

[QUOTE="Gog"]mmmh the enviornment looks great, but the characters models don't seem to have improved a lot since Max Payne 2. blues35301

i highly suggest you go back and play max payne 2. the character models are improved by an incredible amount. they almost look as good as crysis' character models and that game has the best.

They may look better than MP2 but they are a far cry from Crysis.

theyre not that far from crysis. i mean look at alan wake model. TEH JACKET!! lol

edit: and ive played crysis thoroughly on very high all dx10 at 1280x1024

I agree. They're not far from Crysis at all. It's rather close if not better! We have yet to see the other characters up close.. so I reckon Remedy really improved the graphics since the showing in 2005 to keep things up to date.

Good to know the game is still alive - yet I'm not going to get excited about it till they give us something a bit better than a cinematic trailer.

Agreed that the faces are pretty ordinary

[QUOTE="Johnny_Rock"]WoW, so Alan Wake is a ripoff of John Carpenter's In The Mouth Of Madness... Saves me some money...biggest_loser

You haven't even played it yet.

Well, it's not word for word, but even from the trailer, it's obvious the storyline is very, very similar. And yes, of course I will play it. I was just hoping for an original idea.

Funny you should call it a "rip off" of a Carpenter film, considering how much "borrowing" and remaking he has done. If if the story is similar, I don't think you can play In the Mouth of Madness, so so what?