Alan Wake Is The Videogame Equivalent Of A Michael Bay Movie

A lot of Micheal Bay hate, yet I bet everyone here has seen at least one of his movies and enjoyed it.

I really don't see a comparison or any similarities between AW and a Michael Bay movie.

from hearing the basic premises of all these games.

Gears of War or Uncharted would fulfill the ideals of a Mike Bay movie.

A lot of Micheal Bay hate, yet I bet everyone here has seen at least one of his movies and enjoyed it.

sleepingzzz

Alan Wake? When I think Michael Bay game I think of something like Just Cause 2. I'd post some explosion screens but Gamespots images are down and I'm too lazy to search elsewhere.

Not a single person watches robot chicken here? By far one of their bests. He's fairly terrible (IMO).

Edit" Youtube link was spam, lame

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Here's from their site.

Not a single person watches robot chicken here?

caughtjoo

Alan Wake trumps Heavy Rain in every meaningful way, to be sure... but I would agree that they are both raising the bar toward videogames delivering an experience traditionally found exclusively through TV and Cinema...67gt500

"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 bookJuarN18

And why can't games have good stories? Obviously with a pron movie the main focus is going to be... well, never mind. :P But you could argue that the interactivity in video gaming merely increases the potential for storytelling.

Sure, it's much harder to tell a good tale in a game than in a movie or book because of having to weave it into gameplay, but when it works, it's amazing. See; Half Life 2, Heavy Rain, Mass Effect (one), Knights of the Old Republic, Team ICO games...

Not a single person watches robot chicken here? By far one of their bests. He's fairly terrible (IMO).

Edit" Youtube link was spam, lame

http://video.adultswim.com/robot-chicken/michael-bay-presents-explosions.html

Here's from their site.

caughtjoo

I used to watch it but I rarely watch TV these days.

A lot of Micheal Bay hate, yet I bet everyone here has seen at least one of his movies and enjoyed it.

sleepingzzz

I'm betting I'm the only one who enjoyed the first Transformers movie. Yes, I said it :P

[QUOTE="67gt500"]Alan Wake trumps Heavy Rain in every meaningful way, to be sure... but I would agree that they are both raising the bar toward videogames delivering an experience traditionally found exclusively through TV and Cinema...jg4xchamp

LOL, I hope this thread was made for MW2, instead.

I dont even have a 360 and im drooling over wake.

And why can't games have good stories? Obviously with a pron movie the main focus is going to be... well, never mind. :P But you could argue that the interactivity in video gaming merely increases the potential for storytelling.

Sure, it's much harder to tell a good tale in a game than in a movie or book because of having to weave it into gameplay, but when it works, it's amazing. See; Half Life 2, Heavy Rain, Mass Effect (one), Knights of the Old Republic, Team ICO games...

angelkimne

I can't disagree more. In my honest opinion, Alan Wake was the best game I've ever played and the pacing was great. The biggest complaint I have is that about halfway through Episode Five, I got to a point where I felt that combat was annoying and I wanted to get on with the story, which is both a compliment to the fantastic story and a complaint towards the repetitive combat.

Three words.

Red. Dead. Redemption.

Fix you right up there. :D

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

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

Are you sure you didn't play Modern Warfare 2?

[QUOTE="angelkimne"]

And why can't games have good stories? Obviously with a pron movie the main focus is going to be... well, never mind. :P But you could argue that the interactivity in video gaming merely increases the potential for storytelling.

Sure, it's much harder to tell a good tale in a game than in a movie or book because of having to weave it into gameplay, but when it works, it's amazing. See; Half Life 2, Heavy Rain, Mass Effect (one), Knights of the Old Republic, Team ICO games...

JuarN18

WowGO PLAY THE GAME. OR GET THAT BIAS OUT OF YOUR HEAD!!

Are you sure you didn't play Modern Warfare 2?

Avian005

I do believe the story is crazy, and the explosions, but some of the dialogue is pretty good. But yeah that is much closer to Michael Bay then Alan Wake

LOL, I hope this thread was made for MW2, instead.

I dont even have a 360 and im drooling over wake.

samuraiguns

It's a great game and I suggest you find a friend with a 360 and play it there. (ITS THAT GOOD)