infinityBCRT
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Did you see the Bright Falls live-action cutscenes though? What did you think?Snuggler said:
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infinityBCRT said:
I've seen all of them but the last 2, they were pretty cool but I probably wouldn't be into them if I wasn't playing Alan Wake at the same time. They're a nice little supplement to the game and I'd like to see it done for more games but I think it could be a little funky switching between gameplay and live action.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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kai3345 said:
No.
It was way awesomer.
infinityBCRT
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If you read about it before it happened you basically spoiled the moment. I'm sure if you knewkai3345 said:
NOT GONNA TELL YOU!
So I beat the game tonight. On hard and it I did it in under a week which is fast for me.
Great game overall, I enjoyed all of it but chapters 4 and 5 were definitely the highlights.
What I liked:
The atmosphere and environments, it's quite spooky going through the forest and old ass buildings when it's all dark and foggy. The lighting definitely lives up to the praise, I loved the red glow of the flares and the lightning flashes
Both the original soundtrack and the licensed songs were great (♥ Roy Orbison + The Black Angels ) The background music and all of the ambient noises are perfect
There were some memorable parts
and it was nice to play a game like this that doesn't rely on gore and dismemberment
The gameplay could have used a little more variety but the combat fun and intense at times
What I didn't like:
I didn't really "get" most of the story and some of the stuff that happens and a lot of the dialogue is silly
I disliked the cutscenes for quite a few reasons, the lip syncing was so bad it was almost funny
It started off a little slow and the final chapter was so-so
Even though not everyone will like it but I think it's a must play for 360 owners
I'd give it a 9.4777 out of eleventeen.
Great game overall, I enjoyed all of it but chapters 4 and 5 were definitely the highlights.
What I liked:
The atmosphere and environments, it's quite spooky going through the forest and old ass buildings when it's all dark and foggy. The lighting definitely lives up to the praise, I loved the red glow of the flares and the lightning flashes
Both the original soundtrack and the licensed songs were great (♥ Roy Orbison + The Black Angels ) The background music and all of the ambient noises are perfect
There were some memorable parts
like escaping the asylum and the hedge maze
The gameplay could have used a little more variety but the combat fun and intense at times
What I didn't like:
I didn't really "get" most of the story and some of the stuff that happens and a lot of the dialogue is silly
I disliked the cutscenes for quite a few reasons, the lip syncing was so bad it was almost funny
It started off a little slow and the final chapter was so-so
Even though not everyone will like it but I think it's a must play for 360 owners
I'd give it a 9.4777 out of eleventeen.
I'm only on chapter two but from the ones i've found I'd say some are quite obvious and some are well hidden aswell. Found a few quite a way off the beaten path.Dries said:
Played it some more last night and had to turn it off because I was getting a little too worked up. The last game to do that to me was Silent Hill 2/3
. Can't wait to get back into it tonight.Solid warrior
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i think they are all randomly scattered around the place. i found around 63 cans myself and since i started playing on nightmare mode i used the guide on x360a in order to find all collectibles.Dries said:
I'm playing episode 6 atm, i missed one nightmare manuscript in ep4, but i'll have to find it later anyway.
That got me aswell, it sounded like someone was walking on a boardwalk above you, then you heard little echoes from within the cave..Dries said:
I'm trying to slowly advance through this game, take in every sight and explore every nook and cranny but more often than not I find myself running in a panic to the nearest light source :lol
onken
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SquallASF said:
Yes that's all completely correct in wacky Squall's land of hyperbole where "explorable areas that are too big can be frustrating" equates to "I want a forest tube full of collectables".
slasher_thrasher21 said:
You're cheerleading this post even though it's perfectly obvious to anyone that can read that I never said anything of the sort? Really?
SlasherJPC
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onken said:
Just to clarify you pretty much come off that way in my eyes in your posts with what he responded to. Regardless or not, thats what I took away from your posts and so did Squall. Maybe some better clarification would be needed. At one point you seem to think the game could be extremely short and that its only padded because of the expanded areas, but then you talk about a shorter, tighter game, which if you think it would only be 4 hours anyways (speed run) without the acheivement stuff, isn't that short enough? No one is making you find all that stuff. So your posts are a tad confusing if I say so myself.
Jtyettis said:
Yeah I'm really curious how much better the cutscenes might be in the DLC. Granted honestly, I only really had a issue with the lip syncing in the cutscenes in general. Overall I have enjoyed the cutscenes.
skyfinch
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Dries said:
They're usually in obvious places, however, the few of them that I did miss were right under my nose. It's just that there's so many of them that even if you do resort to guides and videos, you swear that you got them all only to find out that you didn't.
There are a few that you'll need to venture off the path, but they're not completely hidden. Not up in treetops or anything.
The can pyramids were to hardest for me to find, because there's only 2 in each chapter (no achievements for getting these). The last one I found took me 2 complete run through of the entire game......then I found it right on a ledge where I swear, I walked past that very ledge a dozen times. All I needed to do was look 3 inches to my right. :lol
I'm not an achievement hunter or the kind of guy who finds collectibles in games, but this was pretty fun to do. They just need to incorporate all hidden items like manuscripts so you know which one you already picked up.
onken
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slasher_thrasher21 said:
That's funny because you never said anything of the sort when you originally replied to me, perhaps you have clarification issues of your own.
All aboard the hyperbole train! "a shorter, tighter game" is apparently now a "speedrun" thanks, I'll make a note of it. Again, all I said was that it couldn't hurt to scale back some of the forest sections to make the treasure hunting less frustrating. Not, "I want a tube crawler with no exploration", can you really not see the difference? Oh, and by the way this is probably the only game you CAN'T pull the "it's totally optional!" card because crucial parts of the story are contained within the manuscript pages.
You started this whole debate with your "What I find fascinating is that alot of people downplay the game because there is so much forest in the game" comment and I proposed one explanation based on my own experience, I'm sorry you don't like it but there you have it.
SlasherJPC
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Onken relax. You seem to be taking way too much offense.
SlasherJPC
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onken said:
Your welcome?? !:lol *some people take forums WAYYY to seriously*
Squall ASF
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onken said:
Right, my wonky world where I point out that you contradicted yourself. Sure, I may have created an extreme in my jab at your comment but nonetheless, you go from stating that the areas are too broad one second and then turn around in the same post and state that areas need to be further fleshed out and are too short. So which is it? Everyone is entitled to their opinion and I can respect that but what I find silly is when someone complains that they have to search the terrain to find extra collectables. They are *optional* as in an extra task for you to complete if you finish the game and want to explore the world of Bright Falls further. To complain the game is too big when you aren't required to traverse most of it is ridiculous.
chun li's thighs
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Finished it last night. Loved the game, but the ending was lame.
Oh, what's up with Nightingale also? I don't remember hearing about his motivation. I was hoping
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It didn't make sense that Alan had to stay in the cabin in order to release Alice because he had to maintain some kind of balance. Alice being kept in the darkness upset the balance and releasing her should restore that balance, not exchanging her for Alan. Also, who was that in the window behind Rose during the parade? Alan? I'm guessing he's the new Jagger? Last thing, I'm not sure what to make of the statement about the lake being an ocean.
Oh, what's up with Nightingale also? I don't remember hearing about his motivation. I was hoping
when I visited his motel room, I would get insight, but I didn't see it
Speedymanic
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chun li's thighs said:
It was Nightingale.
I suppose he stayed behind to make sure the darkness never escapes again or finds someone else to use. Not sure about the balance thing.
If you bought the LCE, there's a lot more info about Nightingale and why he's there in the Alan Wake Files.
chun li's thighs
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Speedymanic said:It was Nightingale.
I suppose he stayed behind to make sure the darkness never escapes again or finds someone else to use. Not sure about the balance thing.
If you bought the LCE, there's a lot more info about Nightingale and why he's there in the Alan Wake Files.
Yeah...I just read http://resumeplay.net/home/2010/5/24/the-alan-wake-files-shedding-light-on-the-games-mysteries.html which uses insight from the LCE that I didn't have. It answers enough questions for me I guess.
Speedymanic said:It was Nightingale.
I suppose he stayed behind to make sure the darkness never escapes again or finds someone else to use. Not sure about the balance thing.
If you bought the LCE, there's a lot more info about Nightingale and why he's there in the Alan Wake Files.
No pretty sure he's
the new Jagger
Got this in the mail from Remedy:
More information coming on Wednesday as to what exactly this is going to be, but I saw the almost final cut today and just couldnt resist sharing these few snippets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=287757ZH4oU
More information coming on Wednesday as to what exactly this is going to be, but I saw the almost final cut today and just couldnt resist sharing these few snippets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=287757ZH4oU
petethepanda
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They said they were doing something with PotF that "hadn't been done" in the game industry before, seems to make sense that it'd maybe be an Alan Wake themed music video for "War."derFeef said:Ohhhh yeah!
I see the clicker...
edit: is this something "music related"? They hinted at something like that. Maybe a music video for Poets of the Fall?
Can't wait to see what it turns out being.
A Human Becoming
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I don't feel like swarming through the entire thread, but are you able to have multiple playthroughs going simultaneously on the same account?
Squall ASF
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Getting a checkpoint in a new game will override the last checkpoint from your previous game.ICallItFutile said:
Alan Wake new teaser.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=287757ZH4oU&hd=1
Looks like an extension of the Bright Falls miniseries with Alan Wake character in it. What's in his hand ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=287757ZH4oU&hd=1
Looks like an extension of the Bright Falls miniseries with Alan Wake character in it. What's in his hand ?
Just finished it--
I absolutely LOVED all the Twin Peaks references, having just watched the complete series before playing. The diner, the log/lamp lady. There's even an achievement called "A Damn Good Cup of Coffee" which is said by Agent Cooper in TP. I'm surprised they didn't put owls in there as well, unless I missed them. Amazing job Remedy!
I absolutely LOVED all the Twin Peaks references, having just watched the complete series before playing. The diner, the log/lamp lady. There's even an achievement called "A Damn Good Cup of Coffee" which is said by Agent Cooper in TP. I'm surprised they didn't put owls in there as well, unless I missed them. Amazing job Remedy!
Was a little disappointed by the ending, but only in the sense that there are still questions..Kind of reminded me of the Twin Peaks ending where Cooper gives up his soul to save his girl
dreamer3kx
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Just started this bad boy finally, incredible atmosphere, are the flares just used for moving a crowd of enemies back or do they also shed their shadows?
Solid warrior
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yay!A Human Becoming
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Solid warrior said:
How hard was it? I got all 1000 for Bayonetta.
Completed the game yesterday. It was fantastic. Not unexpected, since these are the guys who made Max Payne.
I got a bit bored of times, the whole running through the forest thing got old in episode 3 but the rest of it was stellar stuff. Especially episodes 4 or 5. Amazing shit, right there.
Looking forward to any future DLC.
I got a bit bored of times, the whole running through the forest thing got old in episode 3 but the rest of it was stellar stuff. Especially episodes 4 or 5. Amazing shit, right there.
Looking forward to any future DLC.
Solid warrior
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it was so easy. at least for me.ICallItFutile said: