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My name is Alan Wake. I'm a writer. |OT|
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lowrider007
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Fortinbras said:
Fortinbras said:
:lol
The eurogamer review was bad.
Also 7's are bad when pitted against gaf's usual high expectations when it comes to console exclusives.
Fallout-NL
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Damn, that Eurogamer review killed my hype.
And yes, a 7 is definitely 'bad' when you're expecting 'one of those games'.
And yes, a 7 is definitely 'bad' when you're expecting 'one of those games'.
Big-ass Ramp
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lowrider007 said:
eurogamer reviews are always bad
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CozMick said:
There's some of it here. Building the Technology video has a lot of daylight footage as well. Also...
Fortinbras
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lowrider007 said:
You are right. The review actually is bad(ly written). I can't take reviews seriously when text and score don't match. It doesn't read like a 7. More like a 4 or 5.
That happens a lot nowadays.
Relaxed Muscle
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Fallout-NL said:
The problem is it wasn't a 7, damn, the reviewer didn't say a good thing of the game for 5 pages.
Relaxed Muscle
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Dries said:
No, they aren't...
Combichristoffersen
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Q8D3vil said:
It seems to be getting mostly around 8s. How is that 'hammering' the game?
Oh, right, I forgot. Anything below 10/10 is shit and not worth playing, much less buying
TheLegendary
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Relaxed Muscle said:
Fixed.
Hype train still full speed ahead. I enjoy games with minor flaws. Just like my women.
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Dries
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Relaxed Muscle said:
http://forum.alanwake.com/showthread.php?t=3552
Here's a nice overview. See that it's getting pretty good scores?
Big-ass Ramp
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I really don't care about this game, but I think you guys are getting disappointed over nothing. 8-10s on average is a good score; it's a good game. Don't go canceling your preorders.
Relaxed Muscle
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Dries said:
Well I was going by Metacritic, which only 7 or so of the 22 reviews are 9-10.
eurogamer.de gave it a 9/10
edit: conclusion:
He would have given it a perfect score if the replayability were a bit better. There are also the "big-moments" missing.
"The mix of storytelling and flawless crafted gameplay makes Alan Wake a honed experience. ...
Alan Wake is something extraordinary and enriches the gaming world"
edit: conclusion:
He would have given it a perfect score if the replayability were a bit better. There are also the "big-moments" missing.
"The mix of storytelling and flawless crafted gameplay makes Alan Wake a honed experience. ...
Alan Wake is something extraordinary and enriches the gaming world"
TheLegendary
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Metacritic Summary Stats
Mean......................... 84.22727273
Standard Error............. 1.372159511
Median........................ 85
Mode......................... 80
Standard Deviation..........6.435998596
Sample Variance............ 41.42207792
Kurtosis..................... 0.458036223
Skewness.................. -0.688545565
Range....................... 25
Minimum................... 70
Maximum.................. 95
Count......................... 22
Mean......................... 84.22727273
Standard Error............. 1.372159511
Median........................ 85
Mode......................... 80
Standard Deviation..........6.435998596
Sample Variance............ 41.42207792
Kurtosis..................... 0.458036223
Skewness.................. -0.688545565
Range....................... 25
Minimum................... 70
Maximum.................. 95
Count......................... 22
It's getting better scores than FFXIII at least and that had like 6 years of development :lol . it shows really doesn't matter how many years a game was in development, quality may vary, it could be the best and true classic or mediocre and bad, like RE4 and Too Human. Alan Wake reviews are pretty good though and I happy with the reviews so far (except the eurogamer one).CozMick said:
Ouch!
Big-ass Ramp
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CozMick said:
Mirror's edge made me lose a great deal of faith in video game reviews. I think that game is my favorite game this gen.
Combichristoffersen
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Yoboman said:
Yep. Alan Wake was first shown in 2005, with FF XIII being first shown in 2006.
Big-ass Ramp
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you guys see the "excellent" reviews, right? I'm not the only one that sees those, right? Are you guys reading some of the reviews other than eurogamer? Here's a quote:
"In short, it's a must-have Xbox 360 title that provides a freshness and dynamism that horror games have been achingly lacking for the past several years."
you guys are acting like this game is bombing with reviewers.
"In short, it's a must-have Xbox 360 title that provides a freshness and dynamism that horror games have been achingly lacking for the past several years."
you guys are acting like this game is bombing with reviewers.
KennyLinder
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Why is the defence force out with this (or any) game?
Do you really care that much what a reviewer thinks of a game? Are your expectations unrealistically high for Alan Wake? I was always hoping it would be good, but after six years of development its going to have gone through so many changes that it could of turned into a piece of shit. To be honest I am surprised it turned out as good as it did, ultra long projects often turn messy.
Just play it and see for yourself, it looks like a good action/adventure game from the gametrailers video review.
Do you really care that much what a reviewer thinks of a game? Are your expectations unrealistically high for Alan Wake? I was always hoping it would be good, but after six years of development its going to have gone through so many changes that it could of turned into a piece of shit. To be honest I am surprised it turned out as good as it did, ultra long projects often turn messy.
Just play it and see for yourself, it looks like a good action/adventure game from the gametrailers video review.
Lighting Gels
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Sure.Big Ass Ramp said:
Take the 1% you like the most and act like it's everything that matters.
That's life, not only gaming.
Big-ass Ramp
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Lighting Gels said:
It's silly either way.
TheLegendary
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CozMick said:
Not touching the 720p issue, but they did say they're using the Gears of War solution where if there's slowdown they will disable vsync.
MightyHedgehog
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Why do people like to validate bullshit score aggregator sites, like Metacritic? It's bad enough people call games that get 8s and 7s bad (though I guess it just proves that the score scale pretty much does just go from seven to ten and not the full possible range), even big budget ones... Only picking shit that scores well with the narrow views present in the gaming review community positively reinforces the movement for publishers to present games that primarily seek to cater to those peoples' tastes. Then again, I guess most of you really into those scores basically do have the same tastes as the reviewers that you often shit on. Every time I see people worried about those score averages, I have to wonder how much more simple and limited in range bigger budget gaming offerings will become because of it.
Anyway...
I'm really hoping the retail version tearing is kept to a minimum...easily my most hated visual issue besides wildly inconsistent framerates. Otherwise, looking forward to playing.
Anyway...
I'm really hoping the retail version tearing is kept to a minimum...easily my most hated visual issue besides wildly inconsistent framerates. Otherwise, looking forward to playing.
Big-ass Ramp
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MightyHedgehog said:
I guess people just lose their mind when it comes to console exclusives. Like it really matters.
NHale said:
no need for this.
REMEMBER CITADEL said:There's some of it here. Building the Technology video has a lot of daylight footage as well. Also...
Looks fine to me.
Mailenstein
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You gotta know that ManU didn't made it to the CL finals. He is still upset about it. Just ignore himNHale said:
.brotkasten
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Big Ass Ramp said:
I can see where this behavior is coming from. This is an exclusive game after all, so "everyone" expected "GOTY" scores like U2 or ME2. If the game did get those scores though, you'd read comments like "Microsoft paid them", "that's typical for [insert game blog], they're biased" and so on. And even then some people would show up, pick the worst review, to quote from it, over and over again. Nothing unusual here.
The real fun starts, when the DF analysis is out.
Big-ass Ramp
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Lunchbox said:which ones the box? i might get the SE, cause the boxart on the regular sucks dude
It looks like the top right "book" is the box, the case is on the bottom second from the left, and the top left is the slip that goes over the book box.
not sarcasm, but if a rehashed big milky tits game like god of war 3 got 9,3 and halo odst got 9/10 from ign and most of the sites.Big Ass Ramp said:
what's stopping new original ip like alan wake from getting rating like uncharted 2 or 9.2 like infamous.
i was expecting way better rating for alan wake considering the time they spent making it.
but that doesn't mean the current rating are crap. i was just expecting better rating.
KennyLinder
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Q8D3vil said:
Why were you though? Because they made Max Payne 9 years ago? Naughty Dog (for example) have been around forever and consistently released very high quality games. You can't really compare the two developers. Same goes for Bungie, you really can't compare someone like Bungie to the guys behind Alan Wake, that's dumb and you're setting yourself up for a fall.
What's stopping Alan Wake from getting those scores is simple. It probably isn't as good.
BUT.. They could and probably will release a sequel in a couple of years that is super polished and gets the scores you want. Look how much better Uncharted 2 is over the original (which was excellent in itself).
Big-ass Ramp
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Lunchbox said:
Yeah, it's got to be. Look at the top left, that's with the slip over it, it's clearly the box for all of that stuff. I'm thinking the book you're talking about is the thing in the middle. "The Alan Wake Files".
Combichristoffersen
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Q8D3vil said:
Being a new, original IP does not equal getting 10/10 scores all across the board though. If it did, Lair would've been hailed as the new Messiah when it arrived.
KennyLinder
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Combichristoffersen said:
And Heavenly Sword.