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[JohnnyFootball]

Good. Next time do a physical release. Also, next time release on the biggest PC storefront. Play stupid games, get stupid prizes.

Epic funded the game. That was likely a condition to get it made.

 

[Certinty]

One of the best games I played all year, if not the best.

But even then, I wasn’t overly interested in it to begin.

No physical edition, exclusive to the Epic store on PC and released in the most packed period of gaming we’ve had in years, i’m honestly not sure what they expected, especially after how the first game did.

 

[JohnnyFootball]

Its getting a lot of critic praise, but i thought the game had a very generic story, great direction, poor combat, and a simple premise.

I'm not sure why its so beloved by some, i figured it wouldn't sell well.

Yeah, I hated the combat. The first game had much better combat and it wasn’t super great.

 

[kyubajin]

I'll buy it when it gets a physical version.

 

[StereoVsn]

No physical copies for the console and basically no PC sales due to Epic exclusivity. Hopefully Epic’s cheque was sufficiently substantial.

Personally I think they made some dumb decisions.

 

[ungalo]

Do i understand correctly ? It wasn't in the top 100 of most played games in November ?

I guess people bought it on day one at the end of October and finished it quickly but still, it seems really bad. I thought the game made a decent amount of noise thanks to reviews and streamers.

I guess what matters is that Remedy secured a contract to make the game in the end. They certainly will not be able to do more in terms of ambition with numbers so low.

 

[Fake]

This game sucks plus 'aLl DiGiTaL', not to mention this stupid Epic Game Store brilhant ideia.

Is not a hard math, but hey at least the game won some awards at the TGAS.

 

[Muffdraul]

I bought it. I only played it for about an hour because I just wasn't in the mood for something that slow and deliberate and methodical. I haven't given up on it, though. I'm saving it for my big end of year holiday that begins as soon as I leave work on Friday and then I'll have nothing but time over more than two weeks of staycation.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

The first AW game didn't even sell well to begin with and that game was bargain binned and even included in Xbox 360 bundles with a downloadable code. So expecting AW2 to sell like hotcakes isnt realistic.

Also, going by the videos, you barely even play Alan??? Seems every vid I saw you play a Black chick FBI agent.

That'd be like buying an Iron Man video game and you play as Dazzler for most of it and in trailers.

 

[Shut0wen]

I havnt finished the game but im guessing you having to play control and AW doesnt help either. Thing is its digital only so epic wont care, it'll eventually make its money back, wouldnt be surpised if the game hasnt sold 2-4 million by next year

 

[GrayChild]

Guys, my uncle works at Remedy and he said that this is what they think about everyone who didn't buy Alan Wake II:

 

[mdkirby]

It will have done fine. Remedy aren’t square enix, they don’t need ridiculous number to consider their games a success.

 

[SCB3]

Fucking sad, but hey, atleast they had the opportunity to make it and it was a success... just not sales wise. My GOTY also

Yea my thoughts exactly, my number 2 after Zelda this year, a shame

 

[ungalo]

No physical copies for the console and basically no PC sales due to Epic exclusivity. Hopefully Epic’s cheque was sufficiently substantial.

Personally I think they made some dumb decisions.

Remedy was paid during all the time of production, it's probably enough for them. The real question is about Epic, if they're happy with this.

If it was supposed to be pushing the store, it failed again, no matter what they try even if the exclusivity is legit here since they publish the game, people just refuse to buy on EGS.

And i think the fact it didn't launch on Steam is probably more impactful than the lack of physical release.

So after the money they just burned i'm worried about the Fumito Ueda game, or the one from Playdead.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Guys, my uncle works at Remedy and he said that this is what they think about everyone who didn't buy Alan Wake II:

Going by the bad sales, they must be thinking that 24/7. lol

 

[YCoCg]

Remedy got paid either way, anything more is just a bonus, thanks Epic! One of the best games of the year for the Herald Of Darkness part alone.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Remedy was paid during all the time of production, it's probably enough for them. The real question is about Epic, if they're happy with this.

If it was supposed to be pushing the store, it failed again, no matter what they try even if the exclusivity is legit here since they publish the game, people just refuse to buy on EGS.

And i think the fact it didn't launch on Steam is probably more impactful than the lack of physical release.

So after the money they just burned i'm worried about the Fumito Ueda game, or the one from Playdead.

I'd bet any money the average casual gamer either: doesn't know about, care, or played Alan Wake 1. So expecting the sequel to push Epic's e-store is absurd. If that's what Epic was thinking with the exclusivity deal, they must think the Alan Wake franchise which is a whopping two games across 13 years must fart out gold nuggets.

 

[rofif]

This awful game didn't sell well after all that undeserved hype? Maybe there is hope for this industry.

Epic games store wouldn't stop sells of a series people actually give a fuck about which isn't Alan Wake

It selling bad sadly doesn't have anything to do with it being bad.
Sometimes bad games sell and good games dont.

One thing we can hope is that someone looked at this and will identify that it sold poorly because of no physical release (which is of course not true lol)

 

[twilo99]

The World is full of philistines.
What a shock.

Thanks for adding a new word to my vocabulary.

 

[StereoVsn]

Remedy was paid during all the time of production, it's probably enough for them. The real question is about Epic, if they're happy with this.

If it was supposed to be pushing the store, it failed again, no matter what they try even if the exclusivity is legit here since they publish the game, people just refuse to buy on EGS.

And i think the fact it didn't launch on Steam is probably more impactful than the lack of physical release.

So after the money they just burned i'm worried about the Fumito Ueda game, or the one from Playdead.

Both is a factor, especially outside US, but yeah, lack of Steam release but then more.

I didn’t realize Epic full on banked the development and yeah, that’s a different situation then since who knows if the game would even happened without that sweet Fortnite cash.

 

[ByWatterson]

It looks really amazing, but I just don't see it as a $60 title. It's a sale game - short-ish, not a setpiece rollercoaster, not really a "moment" game.

I'll get it eventually, as I have with their previous titles.

 

[TheUsual]

It's on sale on EGS plus there's an additional Epic Coupon going on right now. Picked it up for $28 after tax.

 

[Fake]

Joke or not, this is pretty much every premisse people that love AW2 have with someone that disagree about this game not being good.

 

[PCFanboy64]

It's my favorite game this year by a longshot. Amazing visuals and sound lead to great immersion. It also caused me to get a new PC... didn't care on upscaling from 700somethingp to be able to play it.

 

[VitoNotVito]

Still no physical version. F you Epic.

 

[winjer]

Companies will brag when their game sells well enough, even if it's "just" a million or two, in copies.
That neither Remedy nor Epic state how much it sold, is probably an indication it didn't even break the 1 million mark.

 

[Skifi28]

No last gen version, no physical, no steam. It's like they were trying their best to sell as little as possible. I'm sure they'll be fine and the budget was probably low enough to not need massive sales, but it could have still been so much more.

 

[twilo99]

It selling bad sadly doesn't have anything to do with it being bad.
Sometimes bad games sell and good games dont.

A good game not selling well for whatever reason I can see, but a bad game selling well makes no sense and its more the case of :

"I think its bad and therefore shouldn't sell well"

If a game is selling well, its very likely a good game.

 

[JCK75]

I'm bias AF against EGS so I hope it's true.

 

[VitoNotVito]

Still no physical version. F you Epic.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

It looks really amazing, but I just don't see it as a $60 title. It's a sale game - short-ish, not a setpiece rollercoaster, not really a "moment" game.

I'll get it eventually, as I have with their previous titles.

Yup.

To me, the only games worth buying full price are giant open world games or games with tons of replayability, or if you want to be competitive day one with the rest of the crowd online or in league play shooters and sports. You dont wanna be the Xmas noob or miss out on people in leagues at the start of the season.

The rest of games I wait for deals. Even though I split costs doing Xbox home sharing where technically a full priced game is 50% off with a buddy, I still wait. I'll wait for it to be 50% off then my costs are half that! lol And by that time, maybe the game will be on GP which is even better. Recently, only games we bought at full price are Diablo 2/4, COD, Elden Ring.

 

[bender]

Over/Under on this hitting Game Pass or PS+ before it reaches six months old?

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Crappy woke walking sim.

Good news

It's not woke at all.

Maybe they shouldn't have taken the epic money and released it on steam.

 

[willothedog]

They should've added lots of quick time events, the simple PlayStation folk like those.

 

[tmlDan]

Yeah, I hated the combat. The first game had much better combat and it wasn’t super great.

also, the enemy variety - there was NONE. Like 3 diff types? pretty pathetic.

 

[YCoCg]

Joke or not, this is pretty much every premisse people that love AW2 have with someone that disagree about this game not being good.

Let's be honest it's why SOME people on this forum hate it though, this is one line of dialogue in a game that's a god damn novel and Alan's parts being insanely good, despite this game also providing us with one of the best whitest space rock operas in ages and seeing this part in-game was a blast.

 

[whyman]

Very sad, its one of the best games ever made. Really solid.

 

[rofif]

A good game not selling well for whatever reason I can see, but a bad game selling well makes no sense and its more the case of :

"I think its bad and therefore shouldn't sell well"

If a game is selling well, its very likely a good game.

Bad games sell great all the time.
Look at all the games that got mainstream streamers attention on twitch.
We had plenty of those this year alone

 

[rofif]

Let's be honest it's why SOME people on this forum hate it though, this is one line of dialogue in a game that's a god damn novel and Alan's parts being insanely good, despite this game also providing us with one of the best whitest space rock operas in ages and seeing this part in-game was a blast.

Yeah that part was fucking amazing. Although kinda hard to watch it multiple times after some time.
It's not like I hated all the game

 

[WitchHunter]

They made a deal with the devil, fuck them.

Why peepz hate epic?

 

[BackBackPunch]

I wanted to get this one, but I'm a little hesitant. I'm not really sure I like Remedy's games that much. I started Control and only got maybe 3 hours into it and totally lost interest. Didn't enjoy Max Payne. I am a true crime fan, though, so I dunno.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

PHYSICALly impossible because it's EPIC

 

[tmlDan]

Let's be honest it's why SOME people on this forum hate it though, this is one line of dialogue in a game that's a god damn novel and Alan's parts being insanely good, despite this game also providing us with one of the best whitest space rock operas in ages and seeing this part in-game was a blast.

The atmosphere, audio, and this part were the good parts of AW2 - the rest left a lot to be desired

 

[MiguelItUp]

I wanted to add that I thought the production was and is outstanding. A lot of really cool visual stuff and just overall production. Game looked great, cool audio and effects, etc. But yeah, the combat, some elements of the story, and the characters. Maybe even some of the writing? It just didn't hold me. It's so unfortunate. I'm really glad that people enjoy it or more. I was hoping I would be one, but I dunno. Being able to finish Starfield over this is pretty damn telling IMO.

 

[twilo99]

Bad games sell great all the time.
Look at all the games that got mainstream streamers attention on twitch.
We had plenty of those this year alone

Nah, if the game is shit it simply won't sell no matter what streamers do, and most streamers usually play games that can get them viewership, which again, if the game is bad why would people care to watch someone play it?

 

[rofif]

Crappy woke walking sim.

Good news

yeah it's this for me but the truth is that NOBODY would know this before really playing and finishing the game.
I was fooled for at least half of the game before I realized that hey.... I shot 7 dudes in past 3 hours, I solved 17 woke figure puzzles, walked across different "27fps" forests

 

[ungalo]

It's not woke at all.

Maybe they shouldn't have taken the epic money and released it on steam.

with which publisher though ?

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

EGS is a launcher where games go to die.

 

[GymWolf]

Only kojima can sell "peculiar" games with questionable gameplay just because his name is on the cover.

 

[MikeM]

Go digital only and Epic exclusive, go broke.