Alan Wake 2 hands-on preview

It's hard for me to justify 70$ for a game that probably only has 12-18 hours of content

Its not 70 and more playtime doesnt mean the game will be better. Im tired of bloated games with garbage content just the stretch out the playtime. 14-16 hour is perfect lenght for a story focused games
 
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It's hard for me to justify 70$ for a game that probably only has 12-18 hours of content
The game isn't $70.

Secondly, this is the mindset that is destroying AAA gaming. Endless fluff, padding, and boring/bland empty Open Worlds with repetitive side quests and re-skinned bosses.

12 hours of varied, high quality content is a better value than 70 hours of fluff and low quality open worlds
 
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Is that supposed to be hot or sexy or what exactly? It looks like the most average black woman you can find on the street not sure what the plus is on that unless humanity's definition of sexy has changed to standards of Mortal Kombat female models lmao
I dont think you understand what the word average means.
 
It's hard for me to justify 70$ for a game that probably only has 12-18 hours of content
Why?
I would prefer more 6-15 hours games than 50-100 behemoth with bloat.
I can replay a shorter game many times. I've finished half life 2 good 15 times. Uncharted 4 like 7 times...
 
Seeing a trend where successful IPs with male leads are being shoehorned with a POWERFUL INTElLLIGENT BOSS female co-lead.

Thankfully, I think we can play the entire game as Alan if I'm not wrong.
Remedy = European developer
European Dev = Mostly White
White People = White guilt, "patriarchy", virtue signaling, ESG, self loathing

And thus you have all the ingredients of your average white developer.
 
It looks good and I would love to know more about the story but I hope at least near the end there are more unusual locations. I just don't want to keep seeing the typical streets and forests all the time. He's in another dimension so it should get stranger at some point instead of being a dark mirror of the real world.
 
so essentially it's Resident evil 4 crossed with Control. At least the vibe I get with it.

The metroid-vania esque backtracking akin to resi 4 sounds interesting.
 
Is that supposed to be hot or sexy or what exactly? It looks like the most average black woman you can find on the street not sure what the plus is on that unless humanity's definition of sexy has changed to standards of Mortal Kombat female models lmao
That's quite the pick up line.
 
Will wait for Steam sale...
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Alan is in the dark place and showing too much of that would spoil that.....and his gameplay is gonna be similar if not exactly the same.
Saga is new which is why they are previewing her.
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Is that the dlc outfit? If so, I'm gonna preorder it.
 
Quick stealth information for those curious, I'm doing a playtest for Remedy starting tomorrow. That's the only thing I can say other than it's not Alan Wake II as it's an early build of a game.
 
Quick stealth information for those curious, I'm doing a playtest for Remedy starting tomorrow. That's the only thing I can say other than it's not Alan Wake II as it's an early build of a game.

Interesting. Generally speaking, how far out is the game when you do this type of playtest? 1 year, 2 years ? More ?
 
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Quick stealth information for those curious, I'm doing a playtest for Remedy starting tomorrow. That's the only thing I can say other than it's not Alan Wake II as it's an early build of a game.

Control 2 and/or Max Payne.....if they are working on a third/fourth game these guys are trying to pull off some Insomniac shit.
 
Interesting. Generally speaking, how far out is the game when you do this type of playtest? 1 year, 2 years ? More ?
This is my first time doing this, but according to Remedy's website they can do playtesting for just about every stage of development. A month ago I saw they were recruiting for a playtesting session in September so I summited and now I'm in!

"You can only mentioned that you've been involved in a Playtest for Remedy." I really loves what this studio is doing since Max Payne so I'm very happy to get this chance, and I won't say more haha. I also respect the (very hard) work that goes into making a videogame so... mouth shut. I just thought it would be nice to know that they are doing a playtest session this month for those who love this studio like me!
 
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nice, we know what games are there in development so either way this should be interesting. Enjoy

This is my first time doing this, but according to Remedy's website they can do playtesting for just about every stage of development. A month ago I saw they were recruiting for a playtesting session in September so I summited and now I'm in!

"You can only mentioned that you've been involved in a Playtest for Remedy." I really loves what this studio is doing since Max Payne so I'm very happy to get this chance, and I won't say more haha. I also respect the (very hard) work that goes into making a videogame so... mouth shut. I just thought it would be nice to know that they are doing a playtest session this month for those who love this studio like me!
 
Alan Wake II, aka, "Why I need to complain about a black woman being in a video game" for most people. Even though it's been confirmed Alan is still playable for half the game since he's in the dark place and the agent is playable for the bright falls parts.
 
Alan Wake II, aka, "Why I need to complain about a black woman being in a video game" for most people. Even though it's been confirmed Alan is still playable for half the game since he's in the dark place and the agent is playable for the bright falls parts.

Lol, remedy should just recast Alan Wake as Adele Wake and fuck the haters in the ass.
 
Alan Wake II, aka, "Why I need to complain about a black woman being in a video game" for most people. Even though it's been confirmed Alan is still playable for half the game since he's in the dark place and the agent is playable for the bright falls parts.
Gamers are the only people who will complain about outrage culture and those who get triggered by very minor things, only to be the main culprits of said outrage culture and get triggered by very minor things.
 
Gamers are the only people who will complain about outrage culture and those who get triggered by very minor things, only to be the main culprits of said outrage culture and get triggered by very minor things.

Couldnt have said it better myself.


The Mortal Kombat 1 threads were always a trip because the characters werent dressed like cosplaying strippers and were called ugly but the character models in that game are some of the best ive ever seen and even Ashrah grew on me by the end of the campaign....and she was called butt ugly on GAF.

And Li Bae.....oooomph what an upgrade:
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For the Max Payne 1 & 2 Remakes, do you think Remedy are gonna "tone down" Mona Sax? I mean, her character was specifically designed to be a Femme Fatale type but I have the feeling she's "too problematic" nowadays and Remedy might be too afraid of the Twitter and Reddit retards to stick by their designs.
 
For the Max Payne 1 & 2 Remakes, do you think Remedy are gonna "tone down" Mona Sax? I mean, her character was specifically designed to be a Femme Fatale type but I have the feeling she's "too problematic" nowadays and Remedy might be too afraid of the Twitter and Reddit retards to stick by their designs.
What do you mean with "too problematic"? I don't see any problems, honestly.
 
Is it me or aim assist is crazy ?

Otherwise, i like Remedy, i support them as a studio but i'm not very excited for the game. And i feel it's going to be another commercial failure but i hope i'm wrong.
 
It just looks like DLC.... /s

Seriously, it looks lovely and I already have it pre-ordered. October is shaping up to be an insane month for game releases.
 
This look like one of the games in 2023.

Not sure if i'm ready for to pay full price on the epic store for this one...
 
For the Max Payne 1 & 2 Remakes, do you think Remedy are gonna "tone down" Mona Sax? I mean, her character was specifically designed to be a Femme Fatale type but I have the feeling she's "too problematic" nowadays and Remedy might be too afraid of the Twitter and Reddit retards to stick by their designs.

Me neither but it's just a gut feeling that they're gonna "tone her down" somehow. (I hope I am wrong).

Tone her down how exactly?
Whats there to tone down?

Make her kill less people?
Make her look less like her actor?
How do you tone down Mona Sax, theres near literally nothing to tone down unless you just make her a new character at which point you might as well make Max a new character too......at which point the game might as well NOT be Max Payne anymore.
Shes supposed to be second only to Max in terms of body count, and she no damsel in distress so she gets the job done...............till:

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And if you are assuming shes "too sexy" well thats just bullshit, changing Max and Monas crazy sexual tension doesnt make much sense.
It just depends who the actors are going to be for Max and Mona......doesnt really matter who they pick, GAF will say Remedy have gone woke cuz the actress doesnt look as hot as Kathy.....even if Kathy is like 100 years old now.

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I did not like Alan Wake back in the day, the game was very tedious in terms of gameplay. They also had this weird mix of Stephen King and Twin Peaks which did not work for me.

That being said I think Control was fantastic, loved everything about it. Also actually a likable female protagonist that did not feel like your standard woke token chick. I am still mad about them race swapping Saga Anderson. Why do that shit?
Graphics and atmosphere seem awesome but really not sold on Saga. I do have faith that the gameplay is better than the original though.
 
Not my first rodeo with epic exclusivity.

I'll always wait for steam version. It's their loss if they want to gimp hype from launch day and then make a pikachu face when sales don't really match the money hat they were given.
Oh shit I forgot this is EGS. Yeah, definitely waiting for Steam.
 
Tone her down how exactly?
Whats there to tone down?

Make her kill less people?
Make her look less like her actor?
How do you tone down Mona Sax, theres near literally nothing to tone down unless you just make her a new character at which point you might as well make Max a new character too......at which point the game might as well NOT be Max Payne anymore.
Shes supposed to be second only to Max in terms of body count, and she no damsel in distress so she gets the job done...............till:

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And if you are assuming shes "too sexy" well thats just bullshit, changing Max and Monas crazy sexual tension doesnt make much sense.
It just depends who the actors are going to be for Max and Mona......doesnt really matter who they pick, GAF will say Remedy have gone woke cuz the actress doesnt look as hot as Kathy.....even if Kathy is like 100 years old now.

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Chill the fuck out, bro. I was just hypothesizing here that they could down some of the scenes between her and Max. Which is what I am hoping they won't do.
 
Chill the fuck out, bro. I was just hypothesizing here that they could down some of the scenes between her and Max. Which is what I am hoping they won't do.
Thats what I dont understand.
Whats there to tone down?
The violence integral to the Max Payne series?
The sexual tension between them?
What?
 
Thats what I dont understand.
Whats there to tone down?
The violence integral to the Max Payne series?
The sexual tension between them?
What?
I am sorry I brought this thought up. I dunno. It was just a feeling that Reddit and Twitter might not like it because they're complaining about everything when a woman is depicted in some form of media and maybe Remedy might be afraid of this and therefore decide to change stuff around.
I hope that's not true. I cannot say what they could touch because to me, everything is as tastefully done as it could be.
 
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