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Alan Wake II |OT| I'm blinded by the lights.........
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Bartski
Gold Member
Credits!
Strong ending, actually gets even better and really creepy during the final few chapters. NIghtless Night was peak crazy, Sam Lake steals the show actually acting, comes across as more convincing than the lead who plays Alan imo.
I was surprised how deep it ties in with Control, way beyond an easter egg.
I cleared 98% of the game without any guides just to learn a bugged-out collectible killed my platinum. Sours me on the whole thing a bit but not enough to score it below an 8/10 and call it a huge win for Remedy.
Strong ending, actually gets even better and really creepy during the final few chapters. NIghtless Night was peak crazy, Sam Lake steals the show actually acting, comes across as more convincing than the lead who plays Alan imo.
I was surprised how deep it ties in with Control, way beyond an easter egg.
I cleared 98% of the game without any guides just to learn a bugged-out collectible killed my platinum. Sours me on the whole thing a bit but not enough to score it below an 8/10 and call it a huge win for Remedy.
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
Playing the game on anything which does not have mesh shaders support is pointless - performance will be terrible. As for if the game is worth getting GFN for.... it depends if you played and liked/loved the first AW and Control or just about any other Remedy game. If you haven't played AW and Control, play them instead first - AW, then Control and all of its DLCs.
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Heart_Attack
Member
How much of the game do you play as the black chick?
Chuck Berry
Gold Member
Man Tim Breaker has gotta be alternate reality Jack Joyce, right?
….Right?
….Right?
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Fairly early in the game.
Without spoiling, just a yes or no answer please. Does the game end in a conclusive way (i-e no obvious DLC traps).
Please spoiler tag a yes or no answer.
Saiyan-Rox
Member
Sorry how can Saga just deduce shit? It's actually annoying the hell out of me
MidGenRefresh
*Refreshes biennially
If I have to guess, it’s Wake’s writing affecting reality.
Buggy Loop
Gold Member
I think most peoples that stream via GeForce now are quite satisfied with it?
EviLore
if I recall used it many times For a slow paced game, I don’t see why not
Saiyan-Rox
Member
Probably right on that, the way it's shown it's like she suddenly figured it out with zero info.
simpatico
Member
Maybe I should just drag myself to Microcenter and spend the day getting it over with. This one hurts.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Also, if anyone's ever played a game like Deadly Premonition .. just roll with it.
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Loving the games atmosphere.
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
And the significance of Ahti, and understanding how objects of power work.
I don’t think this game is as good as it is without playing Control. It elevates it to be so much more.
Windom Earle
Member
Decided to boot up the original (not the shitty remaster) and super surprised how well this holds up graphically. It did push the 360 well beyond its limits back in the day so no surprise. OG Bright Falls in 4k 144fps is quite a treat! Might actually play this now to fully catch up on the story first...
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Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
GeForce now ultimate first time user here. I’ve got 1000 mbs download speed. It’s only using 50-75 mbs. Maxed out 4k all graphics max, always over 60fps with dlss quality.
When I used stadia it was always blurry and compressed.
GeForce is perfect and 100% clear as if it was your own 4080 running the game. It completely changed how I plan to play games moving forward. Already going to get a second Ethernet cable now to plug into my TV so I can stream straight to it at 4k as well.
DeaDPo0L84
Member
Has anyone figured out a way on PC to add the pre-order items? I feel so dumb, I bought the game hours after it released so I missed out.
Bartski
Gold Member
Yes.
It does leave one question unanswered possibly for the DLC but definitely a satisfying conclusion to this story
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
I don't agree with this, AW2 is amazing on its own (and better than the first game), but Control without a doubt makes it even better. I think it was intentional to also try and make people who haven't played Control yet - finally buy and play it. But here's the thing, unless you really into video games and active on video game forums, there's really nothing in AW2 to let you know that Control exists and that you should play it before AW2... and that's a bit of a problem.
analog_future
Resident Crybaby
I just gotta share somewhere that I upgraded from a 7900 XTX GPU to an RTX 4090 prior to this game coming out, and my god... the 4090 is such an astronomical leap.
The 7900 XTX was great, but what it provided was higher resolution/higher FPS versions of PS5/XSX games.
The 4090 makes me feel like I'm playing completely different versions of these games altogether. With CP2077, AW II, and others, it's like playing next-gen games 6 years early.
I'm blown away.
The 7900 XTX was great, but what it provided was higher resolution/higher FPS versions of PS5/XSX games.
The 4090 makes me feel like I'm playing completely different versions of these games altogether. With CP2077, AW II, and others, it's like playing next-gen games 6 years early.
I'm blown away.
Insane Metal
Member
I really like the game but sometimes I just have no idea what I'm supposed to do. Should I use the lamp thing? Do I need to go back and forth between realities? It's not very clear at all.
Salz01
Member
Game is great to look at. At times I’m having fun with it, at times it seems like a chore. Exploring and puzzles are good. The gun play sucks. The marketing was a bit off on this one. It’s way more adventure story then a resident evil clone. The 30 fps isn’t bothering me to much on PS5: but they should really try to implement a 40fps mode with TVs that can support it.
Chuck Berry
Gold Member
I guess it’s just coincidence that this rundown, dark subway looks a lot like Roscoe St Station and whatever other subway systems Max Payne was running through back in the day.
This game is a literal treasure trove of various types of callbacks to ALL of their games since Max Payne 1. There was a MP2 reference I found early on in Alan’s world that brought back some seriously weird nostalgia.
This game is a literal treasure trove of various types of callbacks to ALL of their games since Max Payne 1. There was a MP2 reference I found early on in Alan’s world that brought back some seriously weird nostalgia.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
I see an American Nightmare nod!
All the wall posters in Alan's chapters have some real interesting things to read.
All the wall posters in Alan's chapters have some real interesting things to read.
In many ways it looks better than Alan wake 2. Higher resolution, more saturation and contrast.Decided to boot up the original (not the shitty remaster) and super surprised how well this holds up graphically. It did push the 360 well beyond its limits back in the day so no surprise. OG Bright Falls in 4k 144fps is quite a treat! Might actually play this now to fully catch up on the story first...
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Based on the few online comparisons, they're interchangeable. SX may or may not be a bit more stable than PS5 in the performance mode, but that's just from one comparison. There may be other differences, we don't know.
I can, however, say that I have run into some audio skipping issues on Xbox myself. Can't comment on if PS5 has something similar too.
And I am playing in Quality mode. Performance is stable, surprisingly more stable than I expected, but the IQ takes a noticeable hit.
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simpatico
Member
Any word on how well it does over wifi?
Ulysses 31
Member
Ooof, around 30 fps with no upscaling (5120x1440) and max settings at the start of the game.
Definitely putting that 4090 to work.
Definitely putting that 4090 to work.
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
You play on sx?
because saga missions suck ass performance wise in quality mode on ps5. Frequent long lasting (whole areas) forest drops below 30fps
You should play the game more. They explain things. At least that one.
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Can't say I've noticed that on SX so far, but then again I'm playing the game very slow. Just about to start her Watery trailer mission.
DeaDPo0L84
Member
Increasing fov from 1.0 to 1.5 is
TVexperto
Member
I disagree, I think the ending is awful and confusing. You got to do several small missions as well as piece together clues in the case board which could be anywhere from 50 mins to 1 hour, maybe even more if you get lost lol.
Windom Earle
Member
Yes. Do this. (1.3 worked best for me). But keep in mind the change won't take effect until you change a graphical setting once (can just change it back afterwards).Increasing fov from 1.0 to 1.5 is
KyoZz
Tag, you're it.
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
On WiFi you can’t do 4k. It locks you to 1080p. I fried up cp2077 maxed out on my tv doing WiFi and it looked great but I would recommend wired net.
The compression blurry stuff happens when WiFi is in play which was stadias issue.
I think wired 4k is also something like 16gb a hour of bandwidth so if your IP throttles you won’t be making use of it. It also limits 4k to 8 hour sessions. Which is fine for me since I don’t get to play 8+ hour sessions except very very rarely.
Wire up and enjoy.
Chuck Berry
Gold Member
Saw my name in the credit I was like
You mean... Time Breaker, right?
Motherfucker……
Chuck Berry
Gold Member
We’re in Carcosa now Alan…
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KyoZz
Tag, you're it.
We’re in Carcosa now Alan…
I hope you find every room where you can talk to him. He has some... interesting things to tell
Just starting the game she made a deduction that didn’t make sense she would know, but this is Alan’s story, so I’ll wait until I finish and see what happens.
Chuck Berry
Gold Member
I hope you find every room where you can talk to him. He has some... interesting things to tell
Yeah exactly that’s what got the gears turning almost immediately. The dreams, seeing himself as someone else. I mean it’s so right there. So good
Negotiator101
Member
Gonna get this tonight just need the Gaf seal of approval?
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
The woods around Watery are so oppressive.
They are nailing the shit out of the atmosphere in this.
100%.
They are nailing the shit out of the atmosphere in this.
100%.
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
Omg. I just finished all saga missions that I could and finally switched to wake for first time since that was an option….
Now that mission is incredible and probably by coincidence perfectly follows up after that saga mission.
Good job remedy. The game went to 11. What is going on lol. This shits on that one mission in control
Now that mission is incredible and probably by coincidence perfectly follows up after that saga mission.
Good job remedy. The game went to 11. What is going on lol. This shits on that one mission in control
Luipadre
Member
Its a masterpiece, Remedys magnum opus imo