VERY BAD news, might be the worst I've ever heard

Too bad they didn't just give the game a proper ending. Back in my day, you made a good game, and if it was a success you might make a sequel or two. Nowadays, the logic seems to be that you make a game, break it into 3 parts, and if part one sells then you get to release the rest of it. Sega tried doing that with Shenmue, and look where they ended up. So why is this approach all the rage suddenly?Timstuff

[QUOTE="wolverine4262"][QUOTE="Mestitia"] I very much doubt that, when they first showed it at E3 it was PC exclusive fo sure.Arach666

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[QUOTE="wolverine4262"] Yeah, it was PC and Next gen consoles...xscrapzx

[QUOTE="xscrapzx"][QUOTE="Ravensmash"] No, the open world idea was only in development for around 6 months, before they realised it wouldn't work with the tight narrative, that they wanted to focus on. And having played it, I'm glad it's not open world - the narrative flows perfectly. Arach666

I honestly don't have any interest in this game. Make stuff thats more awesome, like Red Dead.

They should have called it Alien Wake, with no flashlight and open world and allround be more interesting and I would have bought it maybe. Pretty much be a completely different game, lol

bad_fur_day

Gears and Halo aren't worth $60.

LegatoSkyheart

Ok I know it has been said before but I'm going to repeat it. Why the hell didn't you actually back the game and advertise it Microsoft? Someone in Redmond really needs to be beat for this.

I'm beginning to hope MS doesn't publish the 2nd game and Remedy pulls a Bungie and goes to EA or Activision to get it published.

coasterguy65

The only problem is... if (No NPD yet, vgchartz lol) it really didn't sell particularly well, will EA or Activision take up the option?

I still love my 360, but I am really not liking Microsoft at this point. Ditching a sequel to a game like Alan Wake will certainly not help. I guess other than sales, maybe a sequel would not be Kinect friendly enough for them. Go ahead, Microsoft. Just keep adding to the pile of disappointments that you are heaping onto your core base that made you what you are.

I still love my 360, but I am really not liking Microsoft at this point. Ditching a sequel to a game like Alan Wake will certainly not help. I guess other than sales, maybe a sequel would not be Kinect friendly enough for them. Go ahead, Microsoft. Just keep adding to the pile of disappointments that you are heaping onto your core base that made you what you are.

ironcreed

Echochrome II uses Move with a flashlight mechanic to it.

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I honestly don't have any interest in this game. Make stuff thats more awesome, like Red Dead.

They should have called it Alien Wake, with no flashlight and open world and allround be more interesting and I would have bought it maybe. Pretty much be a completely different game, lol

SpiritOfFire117

Thats cool and everything, but why do I care about some average dude called fricken Alan. Calling Red Dead Redemption, John Marston is a pretty lame idea too.

Too bad they didn't just give the game a proper ending. Back in my day, you made a good game, and if it was a success you might make a sequel or two. Nowadays, the logic seems to be that you make a game, break it into 3 parts, and if part one sells then you get to release the rest of it. Sega tried doing that with Shenmue, and look where they ended up. So why is this approach all the rage suddenly?Timstuff

Only 360 game I have enjoyed so far. Gears, Gears 2, Forza 3, and Halo 3 all disappointed me. They better make a sequel.

MS seems to be taking a wait and see approach with all of their titles like this outside of Gears and Halo. The wait and see probably means wait and see if they convince enough suckers to buy kinect then they wont have to bother spending money on these titles.

MAYBE IF THEY ACTUALLY ADVERTISED IT!!!! MS is really pissing me off....Anyway, cant wait for the dlc.wolverine4262

Although, this game wasn't good enough for me to keep in my collection (and I keep almost every game I buy in my collection), I would like a sequel. The story was one of the best this gen. If they could make the gameplay you know...fun, then the sequel would be great.

That's what happens when you release a game next to two of the biggest games of this gen.

Such is the life of a video game dev. You win some, and you lose some.

treedoor

No excuses, good sells will always gonna be good sells no matter what....

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I honestly don't have any interest in this game. Make stuff thats more awesome, like Red Dead.

They should have called it Alien Wake, with no flashlight and open world and allround be more interesting and I would have bought it maybe. Pretty much be a completely different game, lol

bad_fur_day

Thats cool and everything, but why do I care about some average dude called fricken Alan. Calling Red Dead Redemption, John Marston is a pretty lame idea too.

Kewl man. None of this cause me to want to play Alan Wake though.

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[QUOTE="SpiritOfFire117"]No I like the the flashlight/dark presence idea better. Also the main character's name isn't "Alien". :?

SpiritOfFire117

Thats cool and everything, but why do I care about some average dude called fricken Alan. Calling Red Dead Redemption, John Marston is a pretty lame idea too.

I would have been interested in the first game had it been on PC and not the game it turned out to be... but I'm not surprised by this, MS is making a ton of bad decisions lately. Kameo 2 being canceled, Kinect, Alan Wake's exclusivity, etc.

Port it to the PC....tagyhag

I'll buy their Windows, but not their pos console.

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Thats cool and everything, but why do I care about some average dude called fricken Alan. Calling Red Dead Redemption, John Marston is a pretty lame idea too.

jg4xchamp

Man Alan wake is probably the best single player action adventure this gen after uncharted 2mayceV

[QUOTE="mayceV"]Man Alan wake is probably the best single player action adventure this gen after uncharted 2fifamessi