The Librarian
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After you burn the darkness away.Shake Appeal said:
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My name is Alan Wake. I'm a writer. |OT|
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demonicmurry
Neo Member
I'm not gonna melee some possessed dude with an axe. I'm Alan Wake. I'm a writer. I can only sprint for 8 seconds.
skyfinch
Member
I know there are some manuscripts that only appear when you play on Nightmare difficulty, but is that the same for hidden chest, can pyramids, signs etc?
I started the game on Hard, then did a second run on Nightmare, and I swear I looked through every nook and cranny but am still missing a bunch of things. The only difficulty I haven't tried it on is Normal.
I started the game on Hard, then did a second run on Nightmare, and I swear I looked through every nook and cranny but am still missing a bunch of things. The only difficulty I haven't tried it on is Normal.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Just over half way on episode 3 but man...
I just about shit myself there for some reason. :lol :lol :lol
did the part where you are waiting to leave the room where the kidnapper was going to meet you, and then the darkness comes and shakes the whole damn place
The Librarian
Banned
You said "Sam." Don't you mean Alan?skyfinch said:
Due to this game called RDR, I haven't really had much playing time with Alan Wake. In fact I'm still on Episode 1. I decided to play some more last night and I start wandering down this road...then I see a thermos so I'm like yay! I keep hearing these sounds behind me and I'm like must be the wind...
I get my thermos and turn around to see like 6 Taken coming after me....I panic...I try to run away, but a few axes in the face and I'm dead.
I turned off the game, put back in RDR and went back to picking flowers....
I don't need Alan Wake's stress right now...I have flowers to pick!
I get my thermos and turn around to see like 6 Taken coming after me....I panic...I try to run away, but a few axes in the face and I'm dead.
I turned off the game, put back in RDR and went back to picking flowers....
I don't need Alan Wake's stress right now...I have flowers to pick!
Tek said:
i love that videogames make things like "picking flowers" fun! i teach in an inner city school rife with gangs and drugs, and i am constantly hearing my students talking about their "horse", "hunting beavers", and "getting killed by cougars". i half expect them to come to school wearing cowboy hats now :lol
The Librarian
Banned
Goddammit Barry is hilarious during
the Rock stage.
"This is the best moment of our lives!"
"They're trying to kill us!"
"It's Children of the Elder Gods! Enjoy it!"
"This is the best moment of our lives!"
"They're trying to kill us!"
"It's Children of the Elder Gods! Enjoy it!"
Ugh, Alan Wake didn't crack the top 20 last week:
http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2010/05/25/live-activity-for-week-may-17th.aspx
Just sad.
http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2010/05/25/live-activity-for-week-may-17th.aspx
Just sad.
Metalic Sand
who is Emo-Beas?
Doodis said:
Yea you have people buying RDR which is just a GTA4 clone set in the west.
Eaten By A Grue
Member
Oh no you did-ant!Metalic Sand said:
It's true
And I love it
Jack Scofield
Member
Ugh, what a terrible game. I don't think I can accurately express how much I disliked it. Terrible combat, insanely repetitive enemies, horrible story and dialogue, not to mention the most annoying character I've ever seen in a videogame (Barry).
Gotta love how the "Dark Presence" is more concerned with tossing train cars and knocking down trees as opposed to actually killing you with these multi-ton objects. The first time it happened was neat, but by the time the twentieth tree fell down I was ready for it to all end. And the game was not scary. At all. Not once did I fear enemies, considering the game gave me enough ammo to outfit a small army. "Oh shit, it's another possessed giant spool! I'll literally LOOK at it and defeat it." Give me a fucking break.
Different strokes for different folks, I guess. The lighting and environments are great (but spending eight hours in the same-looking dark "spooky" forest environment is an excercise in patience). Not even worth the money I spent to rent it. Thank god I didn't drop sixty bones on this turd.
Gotta love how the "Dark Presence" is more concerned with tossing train cars and knocking down trees as opposed to actually killing you with these multi-ton objects. The first time it happened was neat, but by the time the twentieth tree fell down I was ready for it to all end. And the game was not scary. At all. Not once did I fear enemies, considering the game gave me enough ammo to outfit a small army. "Oh shit, it's another possessed giant spool! I'll literally LOOK at it and defeat it." Give me a fucking break.
Different strokes for different folks, I guess. The lighting and environments are great (but spending eight hours in the same-looking dark "spooky" forest environment is an excercise in patience). Not even worth the money I spent to rent it. Thank god I didn't drop sixty bones on this turd.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Jack Scofield said:
You sound like your trolling the game to be honest with comments like those. I am willing to bet you played on normal also...
FateBreaker
Member
Doodis said:
That does not mean anything.
adriano999
Member
yes, Fred Berman.Kifimbo said:
The Librarian
Banned
Looks like someone doesn't have good taste in videogames.Jack Scofield said:
FateBreaker
Member
Jack Scofield said:
How is this a horrible story? You can't just say stupid shit like this without something to back it up.
Metalic Sand
who is Emo-Beas?
Jack Scofield said:
Im going to guess you bought RDR though. :lol
The_Inquisitor
Member
Finished it. Loved it. Need to go back for a few things.
Rahxephon91
Banned
Looks like someone's butthurt over RDR's sucsesss.
Somnium986
Member
Just finished the game last night. Didn't really like chapters 1&2 but man did this game gets good later on. I really liked just looking/exploring the environments. Tearing was really noticeable in the later chapters I mean holy crap. The limited sprint is annoying, like when trying to run from a gaggle of Taken, or if just wanna to explore. Still need to read all the manuscripts though ,missed a good chunk of them too. Story was good but the ending...
The limited sprint is annoying, like when trying to run from a gaggle of Taken, or if just wanna to explore. Still need to read all the manuscripts though ,missed a good chunk of them too. Story was good but the ending...MightyHedgehog
Member
I don't get the complaints about the limited sprint ability. If you didn't have it, the Taken would have to be faster to suit in order to maintain tension and challenge. I think people didn't learn to budget their stamina in the game for dodges and opportune moments for running away.
The Librarian
Banned
96/100 thermoses
29/30 chests found
13/14 TV shows found
15/25 signs found
Grrr.
29/30 chests found
13/14 TV shows found
15/25 signs found
Grrr.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
MightyHedgehog said:
It's more than possible to reconcile those two things. Make default move speed faster. Make Alan have unlimited or more sprint in non-combat situations. Make the Taken able to move fast enough so that Alan's sprint doesn't allow him to escape.
Movement in the game was wayyyyy too slow in non-combat zones, especially in the segments where you're not allowed to run at all. I found myself jumping along paths like you'd roll across the overworld in Zelda. It was pretty bad.
Really with the taste comments and trolling claims. He doesn't dig the game, fair enough.
Horrible story? Really, I think it's one of the best stories I've ever experienced in a game. Great pacing, well written as a parody of Stephen Kingesque stuff, great characters (the psychiatrist and Barry), etc.
Don't see how it's repetitive. There are several enemy types and what you are doing changes so frequently I never felt like it got stale. Do you enjoy COD and the like, or battlefield? Those are games with the same enemy over and over again.
On hard I felt "fear" numerous times, I was often faced with a horde of enemies and nothing but a flashlight and a revolver without enough ammo to take them out.
Again your complaint about the dark presence seems silly when you consider that the game is supposed to be like an airport horror novel, all melodramatic lead up and posturing and very little real psychological fear.
Your comment on it not being even worth the price of a rental does come across a little "trollish" though.
Horrible story? Really, I think it's one of the best stories I've ever experienced in a game. Great pacing, well written as a parody of Stephen Kingesque stuff, great characters (the psychiatrist and Barry), etc.
Don't see how it's repetitive. There are several enemy types and what you are doing changes so frequently I never felt like it got stale. Do you enjoy COD and the like, or battlefield? Those are games with the same enemy over and over again.
On hard I felt "fear" numerous times, I was often faced with a horde of enemies and nothing but a flashlight and a revolver without enough ammo to take them out.
Again your complaint about the dark presence seems silly when you consider that the game is supposed to be like an airport horror novel, all melodramatic lead up and posturing and very little real psychological fear.
Your comment on it not being even worth the price of a rental does come across a little "trollish" though.
MightyHedgehog
Member
Given the nature of the game trying to keep you tense and on your toes with Taken appearing suddenly, I don't think an instantaneous shift from unlimited sprint to limited sprint helps as it make it clear as day when you are actually under threat. The game would lose its ease of being able to work with the possibility of danger but not necessarily confirmation that something is out there actively zeroing in on your position. Certainty of threat would bleed away a lot of the game's end effect because it then becomes too easy to spot and define moments of danger...making the game more tedious thanks to its greater transparency. The fear of the unknown is then completely lost and you'll likely have to be subjected to more jump scares of the classic closet-monster type to maintain unease. The game does a lot of clear-cut advertising of an encounter with the Taken, but many of the most tense moments in the game are when you're not sure if they're out there or not until you get too far away from them.Stumpokapow said:
Maybe, but I didn't think it was too slow because I was busy exploring for items and enjoying the game's regularly amazing vistas. I suppose if you were impatient, it could be a bit trudge-y...I guess my gaming-induced rush-through mentality isn't as severe as others.
I AM JOHN!
Banned
Episode Four was so goddamn awesome.
FateBreaker
Member
I am going out of my way and advertising this game myself. I hope you are all doing the same because I WANT SEASON 2 GODDAMNIT. :lol
Ninja Scooter
Member
so my brother's birthday is coming up next month and though he's not a huge gamer, he does have a 360, and he LOVED the PSone/PS2 Silent Hill games....is this right up his assway?
Tokubetsu
Member
Ninja Scooter said:
Yes, get it. Easily. As someone said earlier, all it's missing is an Akira Yamaoka score.
On the subject, kinda, here is a JP tv spot for Alan Wake posted on Remedy's YT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PGguJX74I4
Seems to be playing up the thriller aspect.
Shame such a beautiful game runs at a noticeably lower resolution. I'm not one to complain about graphics, ever, but I could just be stubborn that this isn't out on PC.
Loving the game so far otherwise. The Max Payne references(?) are nice too. The sound of locked doors, the New York blizzard flashback, and Wake's previous book manuscripts with Max's voice. So good.
Loving the game so far otherwise. The Max Payne references(?) are nice too. The sound of locked doors, the New York blizzard flashback, and Wake's previous book manuscripts with Max's voice. So good.