Alan Wake definitely NOT 720p..

Picked up RDR and Alan Wake today. As I'm typing, I'm playing Alan Wake. Recently there was talk that Alan Wake wasn't 720p. Remedy has claimed that it is 720p. I'm playing AW right now and it's clear that it's lower than 720p resolution. Character models and facial models are top-notch during cutscenes.. but in-game.. it doesn't look at all impressive. Environments have jaggies all over. Most noticeable are pieces of wood that are extremely low res. Just think back to some of the levels in Halo 3, but sometimes worse. I know gameplay is more important, but graphics are just important nowadays. And they need to match the quality of gameplay.

It's funny how Alan Wake looked amazing in trailers, gameplay videos, screenshots but it's barely next-gen.. when RDR which didn't look so good in videos and screens, turned out looking amazing. I just didn't think I would be bothered by it.. but I kinda am.. after waiting over 3 years for this game. It's very disappointing to see the least, but what can you do?

After thinking back on reviews.. they're pretty spot on. 8.5 is pretty accurate.. and I've one of the avid fanboys that really wanted this game to score well. I have to say, Alan Wake fan or not.. it's a pretty spot on score.

I guess I'm spoiled by Gears of War series, Uncharted 2, and RDR.

After thinking back on reviews.. they're pretty spot on. 8.5 is pretty accurate.. and I've one of the avid fanboys that really wanted this game to score well. I have to say, Alan Wake fan or not.. it's a pretty spot on score.Elian2530

8.5 is a bad score? I am sorry but that is hilarious because 8.5 is a great score.Agent_Kaliaver

Picked up RDR and Alan Wake today. As I'm typing, I'm playing Alan Wake. Recently there was talk that Alan Wake wasn't 720p. Remedy has claimed that it is 720p. I'm playing AW right now and it's clear that it's lower than 720p resolution. Character models and facial models are top-notch during cutscenes.. but in-game.. it doesn't look at all impressive. Environments have jaggies all over. Most noticeable are pieces of wood that are extremely low res. Just think back to some of the levels in Halo 3, but sometimes worse. I know gameplay is more important, but graphics are just important nowadays. And they need to match the quality of gameplay.

It's funny how Alan Wake looked amazing in trailers, gameplay videos, screenshots but it's barely next-gen.. when RDR which didn't look so good in videos and screens, turned out looking amazing. I just didn't think I would be bothered by it.. but I kinda am.. after waiting over 3 years for this game. It's very disappointing to see the least, but what can you do?

After thinking back on reviews.. they're pretty spot on. 8.5 is pretty accurate.. and I've one of the avid fanboys that really wanted this game to score well. I have to say, Alan Wake fan or not.. it's a pretty spot on score.

I guess I'm spoiled by Gears of War series, Uncharted 2, and RDR.

Elian2530

Picked up RDR and Alan Wake today. As I'm typing, I'm playing Alan Wake. Recently there was talk that Alan Wake wasn't 720p. Remedy has claimed that it is 720p. I'm playing AW right now and it's clear that it's lower than 720p resolution. Character models and facial models are top-notch during cutscenes.. but in-game.. it doesn't look at all impressive. Environments have jaggies all over. Most noticeable are pieces of wood that are extremely low res. Just think back to some of the levels in Halo 3, but sometimes worse. I know gameplay is more important, but graphics are just important nowadays. And they need to match the quality of gameplay.

It's funny how Alan Wake looked amazing in trailers, gameplay videos, screenshots but it's barely next-gen.. when RDR which didn't look so good in videos and screens, turned out looking amazing. I just didn't think I would be bothered by it.. but I kinda am.. after waiting over 3 years for this game. It's very disappointing to see the least, but what can you do?

After thinking back on reviews.. they're pretty spot on. 8.5 is pretty accurate.. and I've one of the avid fanboys that really wanted this game to score well. I have to say, Alan Wake fan or not.. it's a pretty spot on score.

I guess I'm spoiled by Gears of War series, Uncharted 2, and RDR.

It is in 720p. Probably just varied low texture quality making it look like crap and not a progressive resolution issue.

Picked up RDR and Alan Wake today. As I'm typing, I'm playing Alan Wake. Recently there was talk that Alan Wake wasn't 720p. Remedy has claimed that it is 720p. I'm playing AW right now and it's clear that it's lower than 720p resolution. Character models and facial models are top-notch during cutscenes.. but in-game.. it doesn't look at all impressive. Environments have jaggies all over. Most noticeable are pieces of wood that are extremely low res. Just think back to some of the levels in Halo 3, but sometimes worse. I know gameplay is more important, but graphics are just important nowadays. And they need to match the quality of gameplay.

It's funny how Alan Wake looked amazing in trailers, gameplay videos, screenshots but it's barely next-gen.. when RDR which didn't look so good in videos and screens, turned out looking amazing. I just didn't think I would be bothered by it.. but I kinda am.. after waiting over 3 years for this game. It's very disappointing to see the least, but what can you do?

After thinking back on reviews.. they're pretty spot on. 8.5 is pretty accurate.. and I've one of the avid fanboys that really wanted this game to score well. I have to say, Alan Wake fan or not.. it's a pretty spot on score.

I guess I'm spoiled by Gears of War series, Uncharted 2, and RDR.

Elian2530

Picked up RDR and Alan Wake today. As I'm typing, I'm playing Alan Wake. Recently there was talk that Alan Wake wasn't 720p. Remedy has claimed that it is 720p. I'm playing AW right now and it's clear that it's lower than 720p resolution. Character models and facial models are top-notch during cutscenes.. but in-game.. it doesn't look at all impressive. Environments have jaggies all over. Most noticeable are pieces of wood that are extremely low res. Just think back to some of the levels in Halo 3, but sometimes worse. I know gameplay is more important, but graphics are just important nowadays. And they need to match the quality of gameplay.

It's funny how Alan Wake looked amazing in trailers, gameplay videos, screenshots but it's barely next-gen.. when RDR which didn't look so good in videos and screens, turned out looking amazing. I just didn't think I would be bothered by it.. but I kinda am.. after waiting over 3 years for this game. It's very disappointing to see the least, but what can you do?

After thinking back on reviews.. they're pretty spot on. 8.5 is pretty accurate.. and I've one of the avid fanboys that really wanted this game to score well. I have to say, Alan Wake fan or not.. it's a pretty spot on score.

I guess I'm spoiled by Gears of War series, Uncharted 2, and RDR.

GET OVER IT PEOPLE. some of my most enjoyable video games this gen have had HORRRIBEL graphics problems, only to be rectifired in the sequel. Mass effect 1 had a horrible frame rate on the xbox, but i loved it to bits. Dragon Age has some of the worst background textures i have seen this gen, but isepnt 50 hours in it! the fact is Microsoft rushed the xbox out the door and we are paying the price with the underpowered Xenon GPU.

I agree that it's not the best looking game on the 360, but it has by far the best lighting. The game often looks better than anything else when you take a look at just how realistic the light effects with the torch are. It's top notch in my opinion. If anything looks bad graphics-wise, it's Too-Human.

As for 8.5 - it's nothing the grumble about. 8.5 suggests it's a great game (which it is).