Not off the top of my head, but memorable standouts were Roy Orbison's "In Dreams," Nick Cave's "Up Jumped the Devil," Bowie's "Space Oddity," and Poe's "Haunted" (the title track to her album that was the companion piece to her brother's horror novel House of Leaves--from which the game borrows some ideas).Netrunner2k2 said:
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Netrunner2k2 said:
What I have until the beginning of chapter 5:
Harry Orbison: Coconut
Roy Orbison: In Dreams
Violet Indiana: Air Kissing
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Up Jumped the Devil
Barry Adamson: The Beaten
Poe: Haunted
Anomie Belle: How Can I Be Sure
Dead Combo: Electrica Cadente
Charles Brown: Black Night
The Rumble Strips: Back Bone
Old Gods of Asgard: Children of the Elder God
Black Angels: Young Men Dead
Old Gods of Asgard: The Poet and the Muse
Netrunner2k2
Member
K' Dash said:
Thanks! The Poets of the Fall, who also have a song in the game, had a Tweet about another song in the game and I think I know what it is now. I'm having a hard time waiting for this one as the days go by.
It's really great. Most of those songs appear at the end of the episode, but some are played on the radios you find.Snuggler said:
It's great to see a game that uses licensed music for creative reasons, rather than just being there because some music publisher made a deal with a game publisher to try and sell gamers something from their music catalog.
Digital Enhancement
Neo Member
I'm claiming this is my avatar if no one has yet.
How does this compare to Resident Evil 4? I know it's not all that similar, but some of the video I've seen reminds me of the Village-at-night parts of RE 4 (which I loved).
Alan Wake and Bayonetta will be likely be the first two games I buy later this year when I finally get a 360. And not because I have a weird OCD rule about buying games in alphabetical order.
Alan Wake and Bayonetta will be likely be the first two games I buy later this year when I finally get a 360. And not because I have a weird OCD rule about buying games in alphabetical order.
Metalic Sand
who is Emo-Beas?
Minamu said:
6 in all.
So I started a Nightmare difficulty playthrough, and damn does that change up the strategy. You can't really stand around and fight dudes. Takes too much time and too many bullets. Instead, it forces you to find ways to slow them down and distract them so you can run. Forces you to use your environment and other light sources a lot more.
The more I play this game, the more I'm loving it. Sure it's got its share of quirks, but there's nothing else quite like it.
If nothing else, the mixed reviewer responses (and, no, I'm not referring to scores) show just how many interesting things are going on. For example, some reviewers complained that the manuscript pages give too much away. I don't get this complaint. Some pages reveal characters' thoughts from earlier events, some for events just about to happen, and others for events that won't happen for a long time yet. And it's never clear in the pages which it is. Really screws with your sense of time and does really unusual things to traditional character development (a lot like what happens with character development in Memento). So good.
But the writing (not necessarily the dialogue) is really great (unlike in RE4). I'm convinced that they wanted Wake to look like a total hack, which is why some of the manuscript pages seem pretty derivative and cheesy. And later in the game
But the way the overall game story is put together and structured is simply great.
The more I play this game, the more I'm loving it. Sure it's got its share of quirks, but there's nothing else quite like it.
If nothing else, the mixed reviewer responses (and, no, I'm not referring to scores) show just how many interesting things are going on. For example, some reviewers complained that the manuscript pages give too much away. I don't get this complaint. Some pages reveal characters' thoughts from earlier events, some for events just about to happen, and others for events that won't happen for a long time yet. And it's never clear in the pages which it is. Really screws with your sense of time and does really unusual things to traditional character development (a lot like what happens with character development in Memento). So good.
I think your hunch is somewhat accurate, at least for those early sections of RE4. But RE4 is generally much more adventure-like, while Alan Wake is much more action-oriented.Curufinwe said:
But the writing (not necessarily the dialogue) is really great (unlike in RE4). I'm convinced that they wanted Wake to look like a total hack, which is why some of the manuscript pages seem pretty derivative and cheesy. And later in the game
when we watch his interview on TV, we learn that not only is he an asshole, but that he's also not a very good writer. He's just a small step above Dan Brown.
TheVampire
Banned
I just had an awesome moment I thought I would share.
I was running and fell through the floor and then I was surrounded by about 5 enemies.
So I took out a flare and held it and it trigged a slowmo scene where the camera zoomed in and spun around me.
That was awesome and that flares and smoke has great lighting.
I was running and fell through the floor and then I was surrounded by about 5 enemies.
So I took out a flare and held it and it trigged a slowmo scene where the camera zoomed in and spun around me.
That was awesome and that flares and smoke has great lighting.
Chittagong
Gold Member
Anyone have an idea on how HMV ships new releases - will I get it early / on release day / late? They had the best LE deal (£39.99)
I'm totally getting this game on principle now...I think it's the 360's equivalent to Heavy Rain, now in gameplay necessarily, but just in that fact that it warrants a playthrough just for trying something different and being unlike most other games on its platform.Snuggler said:
Edit: Oh now should be not, typo.
Windom Earle
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mescalineeyes
Banned
ACE 1991 said:
yeah but it tries way less innovative stuff than Heavy Rain.
Moz La Punk
Member
conman said:
Yeah, the developers also went on record that Lost is an influence and this kind of stuff makes me think of Lost, a lot.
whatevermort
Member
conman said:
Fascinated by this; nothing I've seen so far of this game seems remotely HoL-ish. Interesting to see what twists I have to come...
FateBreaker
Member
is Nightmare opened from the beginning or do you have to beat the game first in order to get this difficulty?
burgerdog said:Still no release day delivery for the regular edition at Amazon. I wonder what happened, a few days ago it was there
chances are they've sold out of their original shipment, so you won't be guaranteed delivery on that day.
it still says the "get it on release day" for the LE.
2 Minutes Turkish
Banned
Spent about 5 minutes with the game yesterday and I think it's pretty cool.
Looks pretty fucking amazing, but you can definitely see the difference between in game and the pre-rendered cut-scenes.
One thing that annoyed me was the over the shoulder always naturally going over the left shoulder, and having to switch it right.
Was pissing me off.
Looks pretty fucking amazing, but you can definitely see the difference between in game and the pre-rendered cut-scenes.
One thing that annoyed me was the over the shoulder always naturally going over the left shoulder, and having to switch it right.
Was pissing me off.
schennmu said:
Gotta love the candy colored clown http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMg47ABzINw&feature=related
Was really anticipating this game but for some reason have started to lose interest as of late.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
2 Minutes Turkish said:
Whelp at least they've allowed the player to change orientation as required .. a lot of games don't even do that.
2 Minutes Turkish
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chandoog said:
True but still, it seems weird that the game 'naturally' goes over the wrong shoulder.
Windom Earle
Member
MiniDitka said:
Dennis Hopper is so fucking sick and brilliant in Blue Velvet :lol
Please give us a Heavy Rain like game, directed by David Lynch.
Digital Enhancement
Neo Member
This has probably been asked already, but how long is the game going to be ? I heard around 8-10 hours.
ToastyBanana
Member
I think they just ship when they get their stock in. I got confirmation of Heavy Rain being shipped at the start of the release week and the game came mid week (official release day was Friday IIRC).Chittagong said:
Chittagong
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ToastyBanana said:
thanks! oh man, the wait can be over sooner!