Alan Wake Is The Videogame Equivalent Of A Michael Bay Movie

All action and cheap thrills, but in the end a very shallow experience.

Just beat it. Good game, but something is keeping it from being great. I felt it was missing something, but I didnt know what at the time. After thinking about it for a while I realized what it lacked: subtlety. This game is one set-piece after another. It's so meticulously placed and in-your-face I can almost hear the devs behind me saying 'isn't this cool?! oh my god did you see that?'. This is a game I would have loved back in my early teens, but now I just wish games would strive to be more than just the videogame equivalent of a popcorn-summer-blockbuster-flick. Alan Wake is one of the many examples of why games havent achieved art yet.

It's a shame. The tech behind this game is incredibly impressive, and the game is very immersive..

I haven't even played Alan Wake yet but I'm pretty sure it's nothing like a Michael Bay movie.

Heavy Rain = WinBlack-Stealth_I

Heavy Rain is the video game equivalent of a mystery cliche.

[QUOTE="Black-Stealth_I"]Heavy Rain = WinYangire

Heavy Rain is the video game equivalent of a mystery cliche.

Not exactly a bad thing.

Heavy Rain was pretty good and so is Alan Wake. Mmmm... think I'm gonna give a slight edge to Wake mostly becouse this game reminds me so much of Max Payne.I sure love Max Payne. :)

Completely wrong.

Michael bay movie?

Really?

Absolutely not.

It doesn't have terrible writing.

It doesn't have baysplotions.

It doesn't have weak characters who feel like they have a higher purpose.

No baysplotions

Not even close. There were some predictable parts, but Michael Bay? Hell no.

Completely wrong.

Michael bay movie?

Really?

Absolutely not.

It doesn't have terrible writing.

It doesn't have baysplotions.

It doesn't have weak characters who feel like they have a higher purpose.

No baysplotions

Animal-Mother

did we play the same game? the writing is atrocious. The characters, for the most part, are pretty weak as well

Completely wrong.

Michael bay movie?

Really?

Absolutely not.

It doesn't have terrible writing.

It doesn't have baysplotions.

It doesn't have weak characters who feel like they have a higher purpose.

No baysplotions

Animal-Mother

Baysplosions. Haha.

did we play the same game? the writing is atrocious. The characters, for the most part, are pretty weak as wellBoogie_J

[QUOTE="Animal-Mother"]

Completely wrong.

Michael bay movie?

Really?

Absolutely not.

It doesn't have terrible writing.

It doesn't have baysplotions.

It doesn't have weak characters who feel like they have a higher purpose.

No baysplotions

Boogie_J

did we play the same game? the writing is atrocious. The characters, for the most part, are pretty weak as well

All action and cheap thrills, but in the end a very shallow experience.

Just beat it. Good game, but something is keeping it from being great. I felt it was missing something, but I didnt know what at the time. After thinking about it for a while I realized what it lacked: subtlety. This game is one set-piece after another. It's so meticulously placed and in-your-face I can almost hear the devs behind me saying 'isn't this cool?! oh my god did you see that?'. This is a game I would have loved back in my early teens, but now I just wish games would strive to be more than just the videogame equivalent of a popcorn-summer-blockbuster-flick. Alan Wake is one of the many examples of why games havent achieved art yet.

It's a shame. The tech behind this game is incredibly impressive, and the game is very immersive..

Boogie_J

i have doubt u ever played that game or even own a 360. its an amazing game one of the best games this year. u posted an alan wake hate threads and 360 xbl hate thread before this thread. stop trolling the 360 is only 199 go get it and stop hating.

[QUOTE="Yangire"]

[QUOTE="Black-Stealth_I"]Heavy Rain = WinBigBoss154

Heavy Rain is the video game equivalent of a mystery cliche.

Not exactly a bad thing.

The problem is that Heavy Rain had way too many holes for the story to be ok. Like when [spoiler] Scott drives into the mansion and kills 40 guards and it isn't mentioned again. That's just ridiculous. [/spoiler]

Alan Wake is a psychological thriller, laced with suspensful mystery.

If anything, it's Uncharted 2 that's like a Michael Bay movie, with enough bullets flying to restock a munitions shop.

Alan Wake is a psychological thriller, laced with suspensful mystery.

If anything, it's Uncharted 2 that's like a Michael Bay movie, with enough bullets flying to restock a munitions shop.

Alan Wake is a psychological thriller, laced with suspensful mystery.

If anything, it's Uncharted 2 that's like a Michael Bay movie, with enough bullets flying to restock a munitions shop.

AdobeArtist

No. Uncharted 2 has good character development, good interaction between characters throughout the game, and an enjoyable story, and the action sequences are enjoyable. Michael Bay movies have none of that. Gears of War is a Michael Bay movie. Boring action, lame ass characters, and a non-existent story.

[QUOTE="AdobeArtist"]

Alan Wake is a psychological thriller, laced with suspensful mystery.

If anything, it's Uncharted 2 that's like a Michael Bay movie, with enough bullets flying to restock a munitions shop.

Kahuna_1

No. Uncharted 2 has good character development, good interaction between characters throughout the game, and an enjoyable story, and the action sequences are enjoyable. Michael Bay movies have none of that. Gears of War is a Michael Bay movie. Boring action, lame ass characters, and a non-existent story.

Uncharted 2 had such vanilla characters. They were all exact action movie archetypes.

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If anything, it's Uncharted 2 that's like a Michael Bay movie, with enough bullets flying to restock a munitions shop.

AdobeArtist

I remember you making a thread along this lines some time ago... some sort of comparison between Alan Wake and Heavy Rain. I haven't played either, but based on the comments here it seems you were playing the game and analyzing to support your preconceptions.

Alan Wake is a psychological thriller, laced with suspensful mystery.

If anything, it's Uncharted 2 that's like a Michael Bay movie, with enough bullets flying to restock a munitions shop.

AdobeArtist

[QUOTE="AdobeArtist"]

Alan Wake is a psychological thriller, laced with suspensful mystery.

If anything, it's Uncharted 2 that's like a Michael Bay movie, with enough bullets flying to restock a munitions shop.

Kahuna_1

No. Uncharted 2 has good character development, good interaction between characters throughout the game, and an enjoyable story, and the action sequences are enjoyable. Michael Bay movies have none of that. Gears of War is a Michael Bay movie. Boring action, lame ass characters, and a non-existent story.

Seems like the TC bailed

Go watch The Rock right now. Michael Bay was occasionally good once.InsaneBasura

[QUOTE="InsaneBasura"]Go watch The Rock right now. Michael Bay was occasionally good once.AAllxxjjnn

[QUOTE="AdobeArtist"]

Alan Wake is a psychological thriller, laced with suspensful mystery.

If anything, it's Uncharted 2 that's like a Michael Bay movie, with enough bullets flying to restock a munitions shop.

Kahuna_1

No. Uncharted 2 has good character development, good interaction between characters throughout the game, and an enjoyable story, and the action sequences are enjoyable. Michael Bay movies have none of that. Gears of War is a Michael Bay movie. Boring action, lame ass characters, and a non-existent story.

OK, I can work with that. I just hope you don't see AW as a Michael Bay flick :)

You obviously never seen a Michael Bay Movie.

[QUOTE="Hahadouken"]Michael Bay movie? Horrible analogy IMO. Gears is a complete Michael Bay movie. Call of Duty could be a Michael Bay movie if it had a few more slapstick one-liners in there. Ditto Halo. (By this I don't mean that they are bad or lack substance, just that thematically and atmospherically, these games are more in line with Michael Bay movies than AW is). I get where you're coming from with the all-style no-substance thing, but I think there are better comparisons to be made than Michael Bay.Giancar

[QUOTE="Kahuna_1"]

[QUOTE="AdobeArtist"]

Alan Wake is a psychological thriller, laced with suspensful mystery.

If anything, it's Uncharted 2 that's like a Michael Bay movie, with enough bullets flying to restock a munitions shop.

AdobeArtist

No. Uncharted 2 has good character development, good interaction between characters throughout the game, and an enjoyable story, and the action sequences are enjoyable. Michael Bay movies have none of that. Gears of War is a Michael Bay movie. Boring action, lame ass characters, and a non-existent story.

OK, I can work with that. I just hope you don't see AW as a Michael Bay flick :)

Of course not haha. I liked Alan Wake a lot, really good game. Bought my 360 to play it.

"Hey Michael we want to make this game into a movie...'

"Cool, how many robots are in it?'

"Well, none... y'see it's about this novelist who has insomnia who travels to a peaceful town to cure his writers block and..."

"But if there are no robots how will we shoot the robot fight scenes?"

"Er... well it's not that kind of story Michael, y'see he has these nightmares which stop him sleeping and....'

"Are there explosions in his nightmares? Is he scared of the explosions?"

"What? No..."

"Then how will we shoot the explosion scenes?"

"You don't understand, it's not that kind of story. It's more like -"

"Wait, how many robots did you say were in it again? I need to be clear about the robots figure..."Ninja-Hippo

Pretty much.

As usual though, South Park says it best: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeSUuj98Rx0 (sorry for the quality, I don't run Youtube okay, get off my case! :P)

I feel like one of the few who actually enjoy Micheal Bay's movies... :?

I feel like one of the few who actually enjoy Micheal Bay's movies... :?

xYamatox

"Story in a game is like a story in a porn movie. It's expected to be there, but it's not that important."

I can't agree more with that quote, if you want thrills go read a book

[QUOTE="AdobeArtist"]

If anything, it's Uncharted 2 that's like a Michael Bay movie, with enough bullets flying to restock a munitions shop.

Giancar

More laughable than comparing Alan Wake to a Michael Bay movie?

Uncharted 2 wasn't anywhere near as shallow as a typical Michael Bay Movie but the action scenes were definitely reminiscent to those in his films.

I feel like one of the few who actually enjoy Micheal Bay's movies... :?

xYamatox

I feel like one of the few who actually enjoy Micheal Bay's movies... :?

xYamatox

[QUOTE="Giancar"][QUOTE="AdobeArtist"]

If anything, it's Uncharted 2 that's like a Michael Bay movie, with enough bullets flying to restock a munitions shop.

The_Game21x

More laughable than comparing Alan Wake to a Michael Bay movie?

Uncharted 2 wasn't anywhere near as shallow as a typical Michael Bay Movie but the action scenes were definitely reminiscent to those in his films.