So when they play the "Africa" song...that makes a WHOLE LOT OF SENSE.
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Hawk269
Member
You should of spoiler tagged that last part. I am not that far and did not know that. Thanks
Ein Bear
Member
You should spoiler that last part.
It comes up in Chapter 5 in a few emails. The main one is just before you enter Paul's office.
BabyFaceKillah
Member
You should of spoiler tagged that last part. I am not that far and did not know that. Thanks
My bad i kinda added the edit in real quick without thinking I'll go back and spoiler it.
Should probably spoiler my quote so others don't stumble upon it
Thanks
I hardly read documents and stuff but the game got me curious enough to pretty much over analyze everything i see/find
I'm at 9 hours and about to watch the 4th episode of the show
SmackAttack
Member
Got to Part 2 of Act 2 last night. Having a really good time with this game.
just finished, how do i check time completion?
loved it by the way. may post more thoughts latter but i loved the story, narrative presentation, gunplay, visuals and audio. i wasnt a huge fan of how broken up actual action sequences were from each other though and wish the world felt more connected, ala alan wake. still, looking forward to the sequel, but after alan wake 2 please!
loved it by the way. may post more thoughts latter but i loved the story, narrative presentation, gunplay, visuals and audio. i wasnt a huge fan of how broken up actual action sequences were from each other though and wish the world felt more connected, ala alan wake. still, looking forward to the sequel, but after alan wake 2 please!
Go to your profile on xbox one and then check achievements tab
Shows alot of stuff including time played.
Hawk269
Member
Yeah the achievements in the system menu are impressive. Gives you a lot of detail. You even get a crown if you are amongst the top 3 of your friends for any given thing that is tracked. I have 97 friends playing the game and sadly i have a bronze crown for having the 3rd highest amount of deaths. Lol.
Zvonimir Boban
Banned
I can see this final checkpoint is going to piss me off
Tatsumi Oga
Banned
Oh cool.
So I chose Hardline, but a friend of mine chose PR. Even in the gameplay it will bring some differences.
For these kind of things I'll definitely go for a second playthrough. Is there a new game plus or will we just have to start a new game or just replay the acts via Timeline?
So I chose Hardline, but a friend of mine chose PR. Even in the gameplay it will bring some differences.
for me Nick was tagging along, and later on it was Beth and him that went to the swimming pool location. But for my friend Nick was never around, another woman was tagging along. Cool stuff.
For these kind of things I'll definitely go for a second playthrough. Is there a new game plus or will we just have to start a new game or just replay the acts via Timeline?
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Man the ride is over
Great game. Really liked it. The final boss was a bit of a sour note and the gunplay sections are too broken up. Pacing wise it really reminds me of The Order 1886. That said though it's far more successful at merging cinematic moments together but having completed it I do feel like a significant amount of time is dedicated to not playing the game. Because of that your enjoyment really does hinge on being engaged by the story so I can understand reviewers that were just not hooked by the narrative and thus gave it low marks. Overall though really good. Definitely would look forward to another game.
Great game. Really liked it. The final boss was a bit of a sour note and the gunplay sections are too broken up. Pacing wise it really reminds me of The Order 1886. That said though it's far more successful at merging cinematic moments together but having completed it I do feel like a significant amount of time is dedicated to not playing the game. Because of that your enjoyment really does hinge on being engaged by the story so I can understand reviewers that were just not hooked by the narrative and thus gave it low marks. Overall though really good. Definitely would look forward to another game.
If you're talking about the final boss,
any time the ground turns red, just use the time boost. Shoot enemies, when red pops up, time boost, shoot enemies, repeat.
I was so confused last night doing the boss. Took me almost 2 hours on hard until I realized what was going on.
I think you guys did a pretty good job pushing players out of cover. With a lot of the cover being destructible and the fact enemies would flank, I never stayed in cover long. I used it more to scope out where the enemies were and to reload more than anything else.
It's a fantastic, unique game and the team should be proud of themselves! Metacritic is bullshit anyway
petethepanda
Member
Finished act 2 & episode 2.
It increasingly seems like the show wouldn't work quite as well if you're not collecting all the narrative items in-game. Without those I could definitely see myself feeling it wasn't connected to the game quite enough.
The way the show lines up with the game timing-wise is kind of strange, though, it overlaps in a way that feels kind of inconsistent.
I would be fascinated to know if this particular structure was always the plan, or if the TV end was originally going to be bigger with MS's former entertainment thing. For that matter, I wonder if they ever considered going fully episodic with QB, going between releasing game acts and tv episodes.
It increasingly seems like the show wouldn't work quite as well if you're not collecting all the narrative items in-game. Without those I could definitely see myself feeling it wasn't connected to the game quite enough.
The way the show lines up with the game timing-wise is kind of strange, though, it overlaps in a way that feels kind of inconsistent.
I would be fascinated to know if this particular structure was always the plan, or if the TV end was originally going to be bigger with MS's former entertainment thing. For that matter, I wonder if they ever considered going fully episodic with QB, going between releasing game acts and tv episodes.
Zvonimir Boban
Banned
Yeah, I managed to get it after four or five attempts. Wasn't nearly as bad I thought it might be.
Fantastic game, well done to everyone at Remedy. Time to venture into the spoiler thread.
its not bad. just learn when to run after your first (inevitable?) death
I died about ten times before I figured out how large an area of attack he had. And to equip a shotgun for the henchmen.
therealminime
Member
I have to imagine the show and structure changed a lot over development. They were never clear on how the show was going to work early on, especially when it was announced way back when. Hell, thinking now about how different the Xbox One was when the game was announced it's still impressive they got some sort of TV in there.
Xbox Entertainment Studios got shut down late 2014, Shawn Ashmore becoming the new hero mid 2015, those two occurrences alone suggest the game would have gone through some changes. Windows 10 being used on all the computers in the show likely means it was all shot in the last 18 months.
There are so many game development stories I'd love to know more about. I'd loved to have seen them take the episodic nature of Alan Wake to the next level. I definitely feel the show could/should have been better integrated. That being said, I still greatly enjoyed the final product.
Hey guys,
I would like a bit of clarification on the end of chapter 4 before I continue ...
I would like a bit of clarification on the end of chapter 4 before I continue ...
I have been reading all optional emails etc that I have found and I understand things so far but what happened at the very end? the counter measure was found, and in typical action movie sequence thrown in the air and initiated when it hit the ground. What I dont get is how time seemed to move for jack? he was able to see an echo of beth? being killed by paul. why? I dont get it
mullet2000
Member
Just watched the first live action episode.
Do these...get better? It really was barely holding my interest.
Do these...get better? It really was barely holding my interest.
Yes. The first one was easily the worst. Because you really have no context.
Though you do get my Animorphs sweety in those short shorts
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Yeah they get much better
i liked all of them. acting and directing wise? no. budget? no. action and tie in to story? yeah.
Can't say they do.
The stakes becone somewhat higher, but the actors can't carry it. I thought it was underwhelming throughout, save for some of the few parts that involved the main characters from the game
Zvonimir Boban
Banned
Jack gets sent back to 2016 somehow, think Ogawa made a comment about something "anchoring" him there? Just remember, the time egg is fucked.
Paul killed future Beth back in 2010.
Paul killed future Beth back in 2010.
arhra
Member
It's one of those things that's not completely explained, but I believe they touch on it briefly when it flashes back to the interview at the start of Act 5.
Basically Jack got pulled back to 2016 for some reason, although the characters in-game seem as mystified as we are about exactly why/how that happened.
mullet2000
Member
Hmm. We'll see what I think of episode 2 I guess.
Hawk269
Member
There are a lot of little touches like that in the entire game. I know a few people that have rushed a bit through it and missed a lot of the little things like that. Just starting Act 4 and looking forward to playing it again and choosing different things to see how much things change.
Twin Tails
Member
the echo moves to a total of 2 more locations. sprint ahead to the 3rd to make sure you hearthe code
I did that like 20 times now. They just disappear and the echo reverts back to the first one, with the mission marker being above them.
just to be clear...
serene isnt really a bad guy, so to speak, right? he tried to fix the fracture and only resorted to monarch and the lifeboat protocol as a means to survive what he saw as inevitable? hm going back to 1999 and trying to kill william was to protect what he thought was the correct course of action?
odd. perhaps your game is glitched? try to sprint to the second to trigger that before sprinting to the 3rd if you havent already
Yeah, a game restart fixed it. They never appeared at those positions before. Saw it immediately now. I was really confused.
Thanks.
Messofanego
Banned
Y'all were overhyping the difficulty of the final boss. It's just two waves. The hardest part about the boss is avoiding the AoE's. Definitely keeps you on your toes.
Carbine Rifle is the best weapon in the game.
I really wish you could Time Dash heavy enemies, feels like a waste on grunts.
Really crazy ending and post-credits scene. Kind of bittersweet.
Carbine Rifle is the best weapon in the game.
I really wish you could Time Dash heavy enemies, feels like a waste on grunts.
Really crazy ending and post-credits scene. Kind of bittersweet.
fuck yeah it is
It's not hard, just poorly designed and annoying.
The Carbine Rifle can't be the best gun with the limited ammo and terrible aiming on Xbone.
Messofanego
Banned
That's why there are ammo caches in every combat scenario, so if you're moving around all the time then ammo shouldn't be an issue. Easier to take heavies down with Carbine.
I'm playing with mouse, so have no problems. Too bad to hear about aiming issues.