plagiarize
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^ both shows you should watch if you haven't already.Gryphter said:
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My name is Alan Wake. I'm a writer. |OT|
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As FYI -- all of the music from the Bright Falls prequel can be found/streamed here
Songs in the Limited Edition soundtrack/disc:Buttonbasher said:
Songs at the end of each episode:
Other songs used in the game:
Most of the songs can be played in the game menu on the Extras section; under Playback then Soundtrack.
EDIT:
Spoiler-tagged the end/credits..just in case..since it may not be related to the ending per se, but more to the overall feel of the game...
Buttonbasher
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Great post. Thanks a lot! The Poet and The Muse seems to be the track I was thinking of.fernoca said:Songs in the Limited Edition soundtrack/disc:
Songs at the end of each episode:
Other songs used in the game:
Most of the songs can be played in the game menu on the Extras section; under Playback then Soundtrack.
EDIT:
Spoiler-tagged the end/credits..just in case..since it may not be related to the ending per se, but more to the overall feel of the game...
UpperCaseN
Member
Here's a complaint I have. Not at all a plot spoiler, but more like a gameplay one:
I wish there were more video game like boss encounters, or at least last stand situations. I found myself saving flashbangs and signal flares in case I had to battle something big. Yeah, there were the bulldozers and the tornado, but I wanted something more like a Zelda boss, where you had to figure out how to expose it's weak point or it had stages to the battle. Like if you ran through a junkyard and the junk got possessed, turning into a giant junk monster or something. Never really happened in the game then I would get to the end of the episode and lose all my inventory. Maybe for the sequel, I want more bosses
Shake Appeal
Member
I'm glad more people are checking this out, at whatever price, because every time I read news about Alan Wake sales it makes me sad.
grap3fruitman
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DjangoReinhardt
Thinks he should have been the one to kill Batman's parents.
I enjoyed Alan Wake a good deal. It's the first game in this style that I've been able to finish in a long, long time.
This is a textbook example of a game that would benefit from a sequel: the core ideas need elaboration and refinement to live up to their promise. I'd love to see an iteration with cleaned-up mechanics and more variety in the design. Alan Wake would also greatly benefit from restraint in exposition (read: the less of it the better).
This is a textbook example of a game that would benefit from a sequel: the core ideas need elaboration and refinement to live up to their promise. I'd love to see an iteration with cleaned-up mechanics and more variety in the design. Alan Wake would also greatly benefit from restraint in exposition (read: the less of it the better).
Ok, I have a problem here:
AW is quite cheap in my nearest Bluckbuster store (£20) and really i am intrested in this game as i am a sucker for great charactersatioin and good story telling.
The problem is that I am a full fledged coward. Scared of playing Horror games such as Siren, Resident Evil, silent Hill, ect...., how big is the Horror element in this game?
thanks.
AW is quite cheap in my nearest Bluckbuster store (£20) and really i am intrested in this game as i am a sucker for great charactersatioin and good story telling.
The problem is that I am a full fledged coward. Scared of playing Horror games such as Siren, Resident Evil, silent Hill, ect...., how big is the Horror element in this game?
thanks.
It's not like any of those games. I can tell you that. I never found it to be that scary, just tense. The atmosphere and music comes together in a very creepy, ominous way and slowly walking through the dark woods while shining my flash light around had me on the edge of my seat at times but it never left me feeling like I needed to lock the front door and turn on the lights. I think Remedy managed to pull off what they were going for but it's not gonna give you any nightmares.
I personally wouldn't even consider it a horror game, it's a psychological thriller.
I personally wouldn't even consider it a horror game, it's a psychological thriller.
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Borrowed this from a friend, and completed it in two days. Ordered the Limited Edition for myself yesterday. I felt the game more than deserves to get some of my money.
Psychotext
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Just got the last achievement. Nightmare was a lot easier than I was expecting it to be... I think mostly because doing a runner for the safe havens left me with a lot more ammo than on my other runs. That, and I wasn't messing around looking for anything other than the manuscripts.
Enjoyed it quite a bit, though it's certainly flawed. Looking forward to the DLC.
Enjoyed it quite a bit, though it's certainly flawed. Looking forward to the DLC.
grap3fruitman
Banned
This is my problem... I bought the game skeptically after some very enthusiastic praise from CheapyD on the CAGCast and it was $50 and came with a $10 credit anyway I wouldn't be out much if I didn't like it. I loved it. I wanna go back and tell myself to get the LE but I hate double-dipping... Argh! Hopefully I can pick up the LE for the extra content somewhere cheap down the line. =(Nils said:
Guts Of Thor
Thorax of Odin
Am I doing something wrong or is the combat supposed to be shitty?
Can't believe I actually considered purchasing this. Glad I just rented it.
Can't believe I actually considered purchasing this. Glad I just rented it.
Doing something wrong..though define "shitty"...Guts Of Thor said:
You're not supposed to shoot at everything and heck, there are "enemies" that you just can't shoot at them. The key is using flashlight, flashbangs, and other items that emit light; and escape...shooting is secondary; just in case.
You are playing a different game.fernoca said:Doing something wrong..though define "shitty"...
You're not supposed to shoot at everything and heck, there are "enemies" that you just can't shoot at them. The key is using flashlight, flashbangs, and other items that emit light; and escape...shooting is secondary; just in case.
i finally got this last week, and wow, what a stunning game (dusk/night time), oozes atmosphere, just wish it was 720p as its quite noticeable.
now to play through on nightmare, cant help wishing there was a bit more freedom in some of the levels, but i still loved every second.
now to play through on nightmare, cant help wishing there was a bit more freedom in some of the levels, but i still loved every second.
Psychotext
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You can't shoot at poltergeists... and on Nightmare I found that a lot of the time it was smarter to run than try to shoot it out.derFeef said:
derFeef said:
Exactly.Psychotext said:
Is also one of the reasons it seems that ammo and items don't carry from episode to episode..you're just supposed to survive and escape with what you have...not stop and shoot at every enemy..a quick flahsbang to a bunch of enemies and running right as it explodes is more effective that aiming and shooting at each individual enemy.....is also why you get to find more batteries to destroy the darkness of the "human enemies"..so that they can't teleport and move faster.
Heck, 2 of the "difficult" achievements of the game are obtained by finishing 2 of the later episodes doing similar things: one not shooting anything and the other basically running and evading to finish it in under 30 minutes.
Guts Of Thor
Thorax of Odin
Thanks for the tips. I'll try not to kill everything in sight.
SlasherJPC
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Doing my nightmare run now and holy shit, does this evading and escaping get INTENSE! Love it! Forget fighting most the time. Just GTFO!!!!!:lol
Love it! Forget fighting most the time. Just GTFO!!!!!:lolthe orchestral soundtrack is available now!
https://www.sumthingdigital.com/AlbumDetails.aspx?albumid=4699
it includes most tracks from the limited edition disc and the complete orchestral score (recorded near my hometown in germany
https://www.sumthingdigital.com/AlbumDetails.aspx?albumid=4699
it includes most tracks from the limited edition disc and the complete orchestral score (recorded near my hometown in germany
Buttonbasher
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My Limited Edition just showed up from Newegg. This is how all Limited Editions should be.
So awesome.
So awesome.
harriet the spy
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faridmon said:
It's not very scary, but it doesn't have good story telling either, so I am not sure where that leaves you.
On the other hand, the atmosphere _is_ pretty good, although quite unoriginal.
that's just me, but if you can go beyond the horrible design, bayo has immensely better gameplay (an area where some in this thread - me included - find AW incredibly lacking).
I finished the game last weekend.
What I liked:
I liked the atmosphere. Being in the forest with shadows dancing all around you as clouds passed overhead and trees danced in the wind was pretty cool.
I thought the gunplay was good. Remedy did a fine job of making the weapons feel like they had impact.
Best flashlight in games, though I have yet to play the latest Silent Hill game.
The story was fine. Not great, but certainly not horrible. It may have gotten a little convoluted near as it wore on, but I was genuinely interested in seeing where it was going.
Night Falls. These were good, campy fun.
Manuscript Pages. These were a fine collectible because they made sense within the game world and I liked how they foreshadowed what was coming.
What I didn't like:
Controlling Alan. Controlling Alan felt a half-step better than controlling Niko Bellic.
Game Logic. So, by the game's logic, I can make Alan run a very long distance, but once there's an enemy present Alan is gassed after six steps. It's a lame copout.
The textures. Low res textures everywhere. Sure, they're sometimes hidden in the dark, but they really stuck out, and they're everywhere. At one point, I came across a downed plane which had low-res texture representing a door. It felt very last gen. In the daylight, it all falls apart. It's a very inconsistent looking game.
There's a big difference between cutscene graphics and in-game graphics. Having consistency between the cutscenes and the gameplay graphics goes a long way towards want to make a game feel cohesive and cinematic. I know that cutscene models are better than gameplay models in MGS4 and the Uncharted games, but the disparity between gameplay and cinematic, plus how they blend together is much less jarring in those games than in Alan Wake.
Collectibles that take away from the atmosphere. Even though I'm nearly always peril, I can stop and watch a TV show or pick up collectible thermoses that add absolutely nothing to the game. Remedy got it right with the manuscript pages but got it wrong with the other collectibles.
This Is Not Twin Peaks. Had Remedy not mentioned the show themselves, I wouldn't bring this up. Though it may try, Alan Wake, does get anywhere near the tone and quality of the characters and setting in Twin Peaks. Nowhere near.
The HUD. Ugly, obtrusive, with no option to get rid of it.
Inconsistent Graphics. I have to question anyone who places this alongside the best looking games on consoles. At times it looks very nice, but the game is very inconsistent, the overall low res blurs the screen, the textures are often a mess and a lot of object in the game, including the trees, feel cheaply put together. A lot of the animation is bad, though, for the most part, the Taken animate really well. It's definitely not an ugly game. In fact, most of the time it looks good, but it certainly does not match up with the best of the day.
Overall I liked the game, but it's not a standout. I paid $35 for it and felt it was certainly worth it. Had I paid full price, I would have been disappointed. The game has very few adventure elements, it's very linear unless you're driving somewhere, and the driving stinks. Remedy definitely knows how to make a shooter, and I liked the episodic format, through Alone In The Dark did it first.
What I liked:
I liked the atmosphere. Being in the forest with shadows dancing all around you as clouds passed overhead and trees danced in the wind was pretty cool.
I thought the gunplay was good. Remedy did a fine job of making the weapons feel like they had impact.
Best flashlight in games, though I have yet to play the latest Silent Hill game.
The story was fine. Not great, but certainly not horrible. It may have gotten a little convoluted near as it wore on, but I was genuinely interested in seeing where it was going.
Night Falls. These were good, campy fun.
Manuscript Pages. These were a fine collectible because they made sense within the game world and I liked how they foreshadowed what was coming.
What I didn't like:
Controlling Alan. Controlling Alan felt a half-step better than controlling Niko Bellic.
Game Logic. So, by the game's logic, I can make Alan run a very long distance, but once there's an enemy present Alan is gassed after six steps. It's a lame copout.
The textures. Low res textures everywhere. Sure, they're sometimes hidden in the dark, but they really stuck out, and they're everywhere. At one point, I came across a downed plane which had low-res texture representing a door. It felt very last gen. In the daylight, it all falls apart. It's a very inconsistent looking game.
There's a big difference between cutscene graphics and in-game graphics. Having consistency between the cutscenes and the gameplay graphics goes a long way towards want to make a game feel cohesive and cinematic. I know that cutscene models are better than gameplay models in MGS4 and the Uncharted games, but the disparity between gameplay and cinematic, plus how they blend together is much less jarring in those games than in Alan Wake.
Collectibles that take away from the atmosphere. Even though I'm nearly always peril, I can stop and watch a TV show or pick up collectible thermoses that add absolutely nothing to the game. Remedy got it right with the manuscript pages but got it wrong with the other collectibles.
This Is Not Twin Peaks. Had Remedy not mentioned the show themselves, I wouldn't bring this up. Though it may try, Alan Wake, does get anywhere near the tone and quality of the characters and setting in Twin Peaks. Nowhere near.
The HUD. Ugly, obtrusive, with no option to get rid of it.
Inconsistent Graphics. I have to question anyone who places this alongside the best looking games on consoles. At times it looks very nice, but the game is very inconsistent, the overall low res blurs the screen, the textures are often a mess and a lot of object in the game, including the trees, feel cheaply put together. A lot of the animation is bad, though, for the most part, the Taken animate really well. It's definitely not an ugly game. In fact, most of the time it looks good, but it certainly does not match up with the best of the day.
Overall I liked the game, but it's not a standout. I paid $35 for it and felt it was certainly worth it. Had I paid full price, I would have been disappointed. The game has very few adventure elements, it's very linear unless you're driving somewhere, and the driving stinks. Remedy definitely knows how to make a shooter, and I liked the episodic format, through Alone In The Dark did it first.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Any reviewers out there playing "The Signal" DLC currently? I know you probably can't talk much about it but just wanting some general impressions. Good,bad, more of the same, worth the wait?
Also in other news I got 1000gs for this bad boy yesterday.
Also in other news I got 1000gs for this bad boy yesterday.
Buttonbasher
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Do the statistics stack across multiple playthroughs? As in if I have 999 kills at the end of this playthrough do I just need one more on another playthrough to get the achievement or does it start over from scratch?
Jeff Stephen
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Stats carry over.Buttonbasher said:
Buttonbasher
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Great, thanks! I figured they would.Jeff Stephen said:
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I know it's coming soon, I have the DLC for sale $5 if anyone is interested.
SlasherJPC
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Ricker said:
July 27th is the first DLC special episode.
UpperCaseN
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Ricker said:
27th, but I want it now!
edit: beaten
i just got my le today and started playing (just arrived at the end of episode 2) and so far i really like it.
But one thing i like to know - the book includet with the le does it spoil anything or can i just start reading it? Or should i wait untill ive finished the game and then go into the book ?
But one thing i like to know - the book includet with the le does it spoil anything or can i just start reading it? Or should i wait untill ive finished the game and then go into the book ?
Alan Wake The Signal Review @ IGN AU
http://au.xboxlive.ign.com/articles/110/1108147p1.html
IGN AU said:
http://au.xboxlive.ign.com/articles/110/1108147p1.html
Buttonbasher
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I'm not all the way through it, but it does seem to take place after/during the events of the game. I waited until I finished it to dig in.Flek said:
signal quick look - http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-alan-wake-the-signal/17-2962/
brad says its pretty long too. looks sick.
brad says its pretty long too. looks sick.
So even though i have had this since day 1, i finally got around to playing this. And it is utterly amazing. Graphics are amazing, save for some tearing, atmosphere and sound are top notch, and as i was playing i did find it scary. Just finished chapter 1 and cant wait to play chapter 2.
ToyMachine228
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Glad to hear The Signal is good. I'm glad they're taking some different angles with the downloadable episodes so they're much different from the ones on the disc.