Alan Wake looks amazing on PC (Poll/ 56k Warning)

So now Hermits suddenly care about Alan Wake huh?

SpinoRaptor24

So now Hermits suddenly care about Alan Wake huh?

SpinoRaptor24

Somebody is forgetting when it was cancelled for PC

[QUOTE="Teufelhuhn"]

[QUOTE="mitu123"] Ugh, I wouldn't, just me though, I like to go over 60FPS.

seanmcloughlin

Tearing is far less annoying than low frames or input lag

[QUOTE="Animal-Mother"][QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

Yeah me too. Everything completely maxed out and I rarely go below 45 fps on a 560Ti. Most times Im hovering between 55 - 60 fps.

-Unreal-

It looks ok, but there are better looking games out there on PC, that's for sure. The main reason to even get Alan Wake is for the store. The game play is pretty average as well.

[QUOTE="-Unreal-"][QUOTE="Animal-Mother"] Ya I have a 6950 Vsync on or off?mitu123

Cosign Mitu on this one, V-sync off for me 90% of the time.

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

[QUOTE="Teufelhuhn"]

So, you like non-stop tearing? :P

Inconsistancy

Tearing is far less annoying than low frames or input lag

Very true points.

I usually leave it off anyway for the extra frames. Framerate limiter comes in handy for saving power

[QUOTE="mitu123"]

[QUOTE="-Unreal-"]Always turn V-Sync on. The only reason for putting it off is benchmarking and if there's problems relating to V-Sync.kozzy1234

Cosign Mitu on this one, V-sync off for me 90% of the time.

me too me too :P

See what I did there? I used his name :P

So now Hermits suddenly care about Alan Wake huh?

SpinoRaptor24

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

[QUOTE="Teufelhuhn"]

So, you like non-stop tearing? :P

Inconsistancy

Tearing is far less annoying than low frames or input lag

[QUOTE="Teufelhuhn"]

[QUOTE="mitu123"] Ugh, I wouldn't, just me though, I like to go over 60FPS.

seanmcloughlin

Tearing is far less annoying than low frames or input lag

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

[QUOTE="Teufelhuhn"]

So, you like non-stop tearing? :P

Inconsistancy

Tearing is far less annoying than low frames or input lag

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

[QUOTE="Teufelhuhn"]

So, you like non-stop tearing? :P

mitu123

Tearing is far less annoying than low frames or input lag

Me too. Big time. When I started on my PC first I didn't really notice but now if I turn it on I can notice huge lag. I noticed it most in something like Portal. It suffers huge lag from Vsync

So now Hermits suddenly care about Alan Wake huh?

SpinoRaptor24

[QUOTE="HaloinventedFPS"]

>2 people voted terrible

seriously? it was put there for a joke

freedomfreak

I've been wanting to say for a while: why must people spoil their polls with silly joke options?

the lighting is the nicest part, the textures in some areas could really use some work. Luckily you're constantly moving from light sources so you don't notice it much.

It's a good looking game, but I wouldn't say it's in the same league as high end pc exclusives.

It's also an extremely demanding game, even on a gtx 580 with a custom oc and an i7 at 4.2 gigz, with 6 gigz ram I still dip below 60fps in certain spots.

I'm thinking it might be an optimization issue, this game shouldn't tax this much.

So now Hermits suddenly care about Alan Wake huh?

SpinoRaptor24

Erm... Hermits were mega-excited for the initial concept before Remedy partnered with MS Game Studios and pretty much changed the whole game.

[QUOTE="HaloinventedFPS"]

[QUOTE="Teufelhuhn"]

It looks like...a 360 game running at higher resolution. Meh.

Teufelhuhn

most PC games are just 360 games running at a higher resolution, your point is?

the lighting is the nicest part, the textures in some areas could really use some work. Luckily you're constantly moving from light sources so you don't notice it much.

It's a good looking game, but I wouldn't say it's in the same league as high end pc exclusives.

It's also an extremely demanding game, even on a gtx 580 with a custom oc and an i7 at 4.2 gigz, with 6 gigz ram I still dip below 60fps in certain spots.

I'm thinking it might be an optimization issue, this game shouldn't tax this much.

ReadingRainbow4

Game looks really good in motion

the lighting is the nicest part, the textures in some areas could really use some work. Luckily you're constantly moving from light sources so you don't notice it much.

It's a good looking game, but I wouldn't say it's in the same league as high end pc exclusives.

It's also an extremely demanding game, even on a gtx 580 with a custom oc and an i7 at 4.2 gigz, with 6 gigz ram I still dip below 60fps in certain spots.

I'm thinking it might be an optimization issue, this game shouldn't tax this much.

ReadingRainbow4

Nvidia and AMD havent got drivers for it yet

and a remedy dev on the steam fourms said patches are coming

so im sure it will be more optimized soon enough... hopefullly

and yeah a good texture mod would be nice

[QUOTE="ReadingRainbow4"]

the lighting is the nicest part, the textures in some areas could really use some work. Luckily you're constantly moving from light sources so you don't notice it much.

It's a good looking game, but I wouldn't say it's in the same league as high end pc exclusives.

It's also an extremely demanding game, even on a gtx 580 with a custom oc and an i7 at 4.2 gigz, with 6 gigz ram I still dip below 60fps in certain spots.

I'm thinking it might be an optimization issue, this game shouldn't tax this much.

HaloinventedFPS

Nvidia and AMD havent got drivers for it yet

and a remedy dev on the steam fourms said patches are coming

so im sure it will be more optimized soon enough... hopefullly

and yeah a good texture mod would be nice

That's true, I hope mod support is encouraged.

A silent hill mod with this lighting system would be bad ass.

Took forever to release, same gameplay as XBOX, already beated the game. Do not want.

HaloInvented plays graphics

[QUOTE="loosingENDS"]

Looks exacrtly like on 360 with a bit crisper image

0.001% difference maybe

Of course 360 is a beast in graphics, so that is a good thing

Adamantium4k2

Such denial and damage control...:lol:

1080p/60fps vs 540p

16xAF 8xAA vs no AA

:lol:

[QUOTE="Teufelhuhn"]

It looks like...a 360 game running at higher resolution. Meh.

HaloinventedFPS

most PC games are just 360 games running at a higher resolution, your point is?

[QUOTE="Adamantium4k2"]

[QUOTE="loosingENDS"]

Looks exacrtly like on 360 with a bit crisper image

0.001% difference maybe

Of course 360 is a beast in graphics, so that is a good thing

Strutten

Such denial and damage control...:lol:

1080p/60fps vs 540p

16xAF 8xAA vs no AA

:lol:

[QUOTE="Adamantium4k2"]

[QUOTE="loosingENDS"]

Looks exacrtly like on 360 with a bit crisper image

0.001% difference maybe

Of course 360 is a beast in graphics, so that is a good thing

Strutten

Such denial and damage control...:lol:

1080p/60fps vs 540p

16xAF 8xAA vs no AA

:lol:

loosingENDS is the guy that is dumb and stupid that thinks that a 6-7year old console is the same like a modern pc's.

and as a matter of fact a 6 years old GPU 8800 will play Alan Wake with much higher rez, settings and fps.

Looks like a higher res 360 version. Looks great but there are more impressive games on PC.

PAL360

I agree. It is the prime example of, "I don't need a pc I have a 360." Higher res this, slightly higher res that, but same game.

[QUOTE="PAL360"]

Looks like a higher res 360 version. Looks great but there are more impressive games on PC.

Heirren

I agree. It is the prime example of, "I don't need a pc I have a 360." Higher res this, slightly higher res that, but same game.

You need to understant that playing a game with much bigger resolution, better graphic settings, and higher fps completely change the game experience.

[QUOTE="Heirren"]

[QUOTE="PAL360"]

Looks like a higher res 360 version. Looks great but there are more impressive games on PC.

MK-Professor

I agree. It is the prime example of, "I don't need a pc I have a 360." Higher res this, slightly higher res that, but same game.

You need to understant that playing a game with much bigger resolution, better graphic settings, and higher fps completely change the game experience.

Completely? I don't think so. In fact, there are times when I see a really really high resolution texture contrasted against a bad one and I actually find it distracting.

It's aged a lot, I don't think its that amazing.

[QUOTE="MK-Professor"]

[QUOTE="Heirren"]

I agree. It is the prime example of, "I don't need a pc I have a 360." Higher res this, slightly higher res that, but same game.

Heirren

You need to understant that playing a game with much bigger resolution, better graphic settings, and higher fps completely change the game experience.

Completely? I don't think so. In fact, there are times when I see a really really high resolution texture contrasted against a bad one and I actually find it distracting.

A typical mulitplat with "1280x720, low-medium settings, 25-30fps", looks and play really bad(compared to pc) on console, on the other hand playing a game with "1920x1200, max settings, 60fps" looks and play much better.

Now Alan Wake on xbox is unplayable for someone that is used to play at high resolution.960x544 vs 1920x1200 than is 442% bigger resolution (and that doesn't even include better shadows, SSAO, draw distance, godray quality, etc)

Dem graphix :P

Dem graphix :P

Peredith

how can anyone say this game looks bad? :|

how can anyone say this game looks bad? :|seanmcloughlin

A typical mulitplat with "1280x720, low-medium settings, 25-30fps", looks and play really bad(compared to pc) on console, on the other hand playing a game with "1920x1200, max settings, 60fps" looks and play much better.

Now Alan Wake on xbox is unplayable for someone that is used to play at high resolution.960x544 vs 1920x1200 than is 442% bigger resolution (and that doesn't even include better shadows, SSAO, draw distance, godray quality, etc)

MK-Professor

In reality it doesn't work out that way.

Everything on the 360 is output in 1080 upscale, it looks alot better than the native low rez.

Technically it is just a visual trick, but the result in the right dev hands is excellent.

When I played it on 360, I didn't even think it was low rez, the game looked excellent, and in motion it looks alot better than the screenshots.

Ultimately the production of the 360 game is focused around the controller, everything from the camera angle to the aspect ratio is made for a controller, whereas on PC this is probably an afterthought.

So it's basically higher native rez, but you lose out on the native controller scheme.

Alot of people will pretend using a controller on a PC is the same, but it never feels right, feels like controlling a tank.

Buy the game and enjoy it, but don't pretend you're getting a better experience because you're not.

You're getting a taste of the superior games we enjoy on a regular basis.

Except you're getting it with all the headaches of PC gaming, the upgrading and troubleshooting, insecurity of buying things on DD, inability to rent, inability to share games with friends, the poor couchability, etc etc.

You're trading all that for a native higher rez vs an upscaled one.

Name something GOOD that come out for PC exclusively in the last 5 years that isn't an RTS or MMO. Uh huh. You can't because there's nothing good.

You're willfully missing out on the good stuff in exchange for platform loyalty.

You could be playing something like Alan Wake every month, instead you are stuck playing garbage games like WoW. You already known you won't be getting the next Ghost Recon, and you'll be lucky if you get the next Max Payne and GTA 5.

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]how can anyone say this game looks bad? :|GiantAssPanda

Yeah actually some others somewhere said it just looks like the 360 version in 1080p. Others said it looks bad. I think it looks fantastic

Name something GOOD that come out for PC exclusively in the last 5 years that isn't an RTS or MMO. Uh huh. You can't because there's nothing good.

LazySloth718

Just because you find MMOs and RTS games too complicated does not mean you can simply discount them.

As for good I'd have to go with the STALKER games :P

[QUOTE="LazySloth718"]

Name something GOOD that come out for PC exclusively in the last 5 years that isn't an RTS or MMO. Uh huh. You can't because there's nothing good.

tenaka2

Just because you find MMOs and RTS games too complicated does not mean you can simply discount them.

As for good I'd have to go with the STALKER games :P

[QUOTE="Peredith"]

Dem graphix :P

seanmcloughlin

how can anyone say this game looks bad? :|

Now Alan Wake on xbox is unplayable for someone that is used to play at high resolution.

MK-Professor

Eh, a good game is a good game. If I went to somebodys house and they had an SDTV with a PS3 hooked up, asked me "want to play SF4?", I would NEVER laugh and respond, "get that low res $h*t outta my face!" A good game is a good game.

[QUOTE="MK-Professor"]

Now Alan Wake on xbox is unplayable for someone that is used to play at high resolution.

Heirren

Eh, a good game is a good game. If I went to somebodys house and they had an SDTV with a PS3 hooked up, asked me "want to play SF4?", I would NEVER laugh and respond, "get that low res $h*t outta my face!" A good game is a good game.

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

[QUOTE="Peredith"]

Dem graphix :P

cain006

how can anyone say this game looks bad? :|

Fine then

Maxed out on my system. Please don't insult the game with those horrible shots.

/\ game looks nice but inconsistent /\ Is it optimized well? I wouldn't mind seeing a video of how the higher resolution improves the lighting.

/\ game looks nice but inconsistent /\ Is it optimized well? I wouldn't mind seeing a video of how the higher resolution improves the lighting.

Heirren

/\ game looks nice but inconsistent /\ Is it optimized well? I wouldn't mind seeing a video of how the higher resolution improves the lighting.

Heirren

it runs very well

Might take some videos myself and post them

It pushed the 360 pretty well, I agree.