Just finished Alan Wake...impressions

I'm just gonna gamefly this since its short, but ive been anticipating this game for a long time. The dialogue ive seen and heard so far is/was ridiculous though developers/publishers really need to get better writers cause it sort of takes me out of the game, it's weird to laugh when your supposed to be scared in a horror game.

The game is out and i still don't know if its even 720p imo. If it was 5h+ longer i would have bought it day one without hesitations but since its only 8h long i'll just rent it :( . Sad becouse that was my most anticipated game since E3 2005... really sad.silversix_

how many hours is it? cheers,daveg1

[QUOTE="daveg1"]how many hours is it? cheers,Salt_The_Fries

Good to know you loved it. I´ll get my copy this friday :D

Good to know you loved it. I´ll get my copy this friday :D

PAL360

[QUOTE="PAL360"]

Good to know you loved it. I´ll get my copy this friday :D

Salt_The_Fries

[QUOTE="silversix_"]The game is out and i still don't know if its even 720p imo. If it was 5h+ longer i would have bought it day one without hesitations but since its only 8h long i'll just rent it :( . Sad becouse that was my most anticipated game since E3 2005... really sad.Salt_The_Fries

The combat got too repetitive for me personally. Shine light, shoot, shine light, shoot. Using flashbangs was better but the game just felt too repetitive for something with that much development time. Interesting story though and i liked the previously on alan wake at the begining of each chapter.

The combat got too repetitive for me personally. Shine light, shoot, shine light, shoot. Using flashbangs was better but the game just felt too repetitive for something with that much development time. Interesting story though and i liked the previously on alan wake at the begining of each chapter.

dachase

I agree, I have just started episode 4 and I find the combat repetitive, it grew old fast - The most exciting it tends to get is sparking a flare or dropping a flashbang. Thoroughly enjoying the story though, from what I have played it deserved the score it received.

Theyre selling the game in Poland since nearly a week :S Im quite impressed with AW...after reviews i expected much worse game. Very atmospheric....story telling is brilliant and the visuals are suprisly good (while characters arent as good as U2 onec, the lightning is definitly best on consoles + itsone of the very few games console games that is jaggie free). However fights gets abit repetative (alltough very exiting), and id like to have more gameplay during daylight. I loved AW but i dont agree with TC that it deserved a 10..for m its 9.0..not more not less. One of the strongest titles of 2010 so far (but i praise ME2 and GOW3 much higher).Magik85

[QUOTE="Magik85"]Theyre selling the game in Poland since nearly a week :S Im quite impressed with AW...after reviews i expected much worse game. Very atmospheric....story telling is brilliant and the visuals are suprisly good (while characters arent as good as U2 onec, the lightning is definitly best on consoles + itsone of the very few games console games that is jaggie free). However fights gets abit repetative (alltough very exiting), and id like to have more gameplay during daylight. I loved AW but i dont agree with TC that it deserved a 10..for m its 9.0..not more not less. One of the strongest titles of 2010 so far (but i praise ME2 and GOW3 much higher).Salt_The_Fries

The games been released in many stores already.

Will someone PLEASE tell me when this game came out?

LegatoSkyheart

Will someone PLEASE tell me when this game came out?

LegatoSkyheart

[QUOTE="LegatoSkyheart"]

Will someone PLEASE tell me when this game came out?

ducati101

lmao lemmings at their best cryin for more milkage even when a game isnt even out yet lol..........bravo lemmings bravo :shock:

Syn_Valence

Who's crying for milkage? :?

[QUOTE="kingman03"]

[QUOTE="blues35301"] It is really not, the story is just kinda out there, like far fetched but lots of movies are like that. It is still a hell of a lot better than story/dialogue in a lot of games that don't get that knock like say Halo, Gears and so on. Even Mass Effect didn't have great dialogue. Its fine.blues35301

I gotta find some clips of Barry now to see if i can hear his voice.

[QUOTE="PAL360"]

Good to know you loved it. I´ll get my copy this friday :D

Salt_The_Fries

Ahah indeed! Alan Wait 3 more days :P

[QUOTE="blues35301"]

Forgot to mention that this game truly feels like you're playing a horror story and I think that is attributed to its pacing. It is never just solid gunplay through and through which a lot of games that try to be cinematic screw up on.

Also the scariest/creepiest game I have played, and I've played most of the big ones. This game is best described in superlatives IMO.

forza420

1. Yay! This thread just made my hype rise a lot! Preordered yesterday, so should recieve it thursday (tend to get my preorders a day early), cannot wait.

[QUOTE="kingman03"]

[QUOTE="blues35301"] It is really not, the story is just kinda out there, like far fetched but lots of movies are like that. It is still a hell of a lot better than story/dialogue in a lot of games that don't get that knock like say Halo, Gears and so on. Even Mass Effect didn't have great dialogue. Its fine.blues35301

[QUOTE="LegatoSkyheart"]

Will someone PLEASE tell me when this game came out?

AAllxxjjnn

[QUOTE="blues35301"][QUOTE="kingman03"] What I was thinking when they said that "...these reviewers can't be serious...so many other games have the worst one-liners I've ever heard...Alan Wake can't be that bad." But I'm glad to hear that you think it's not, cause I didn't wanna buy this game and have it be ruined by some stupid one-liners throughout the game.

pmurph13

There is actually a ton of the same voicework for characters The female sheriff in this game is the same voice as the female cop in Max Payne 2 that has a very very brief role when Mona breaks out of jail.

If you were a die hard Max Payne fan you'll love the connections. To me Max Payne are 2 of the best games ever made.

for those who played fatal frame, how do you rate this compared to fatal farme2 ????

Started my second playthrough and the game is still pretty damn good. Like I said in the original post though the major flaw of the game is only being able to play it for the first time once.

Were you unhappy about the texture graphics?

Were you unhappy about the texture graphics?

metroidprime55

[QUOTE="metroidprime55"]

Were you unhappy about the texture graphics?

blues35301

Is is as scary as it was advertised to be?

[QUOTE="blues35301"][QUOTE="metroidprime55"]

Were you unhappy about the texture graphics?

metroidprime55

Is is as scary as it was advertised to be?

Dam I wish I had an Xbo360 to play this. If only they would make a PC version. Curse all the illegal downloaders.

Really, do you really carry a flashlight the whole game...

IDK what the reviewers were smoking that gave this game anything less than a 9. IMO the first 10 of the generation. Better than Uncahrted 2.

The best game I have played since Resident Evil 4. If anyone wants to ask me anything go ahead. Game was brilliant.

Incredibly well written, great plot twists, fantastic pacing, story as original as gaming gets. Combat is fun and incredibly intense. I haven't ever experienced a game that let on this level of tension.

The games biggest flaw is that you can only experience it for the first time once.

For people that were intrigued by the premise and first details when Alan Wake was announced you will thoroughly enjoy it. If you were one of those who didn't see what the big deal was you will probably give it in the AA range and think its just pretty good.

blues35301

Really, do you really carry a flashlight the whole game...

Aboogie5

[QUOTE="Aboogie5"]

Really, do you really carry a flashlight the whole game...

blues35301

[QUOTE="blues35301"][QUOTE="Aboogie5"]

Really, do you really carry a flashlight the whole game...

Aboogie5