mmmark Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 depends what they do with it, but given its problems I'd say a remake would be a better move Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nag Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 I'll probably bite and buy it for PS5, if they can make it look as crisp as the Mass Effect remaster was I'll be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellow Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 1 hour ago, DANGERMAN said: depends what they do with it, but given its problems I'd say a remake would be a better move What problems are they? I know little about the game's history, but I did play it on gamepass when I first got an Xbox late last year. I'd call it my favourite game in the horror genre. I loved every minute. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 22 hours ago, bellow said: What problems are they? I know little about the game's history, but I did play it on gamepass when I first got an Xbox late last year. I'd call it my favourite game in the horror genre. I loved every minute. I've not played a huge amount of it but I seem to remember the combat and structure being sticking points at the time. From what I have played it doesn't play as well as Max Payne 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinymcshine Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 I thought it was hugely underwhelming; felt just like a bit of Silent Hill mixed in with Alone in the Dark (New Nightmare) with a hint of Deadly Premonition and Project Zero. Hence, for me it lacked its own clear identity in both story & gameplay. I so wanted to like it more than I did. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellow Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 I don't really play a lot of horror, and I haven't played any of the games @shinymcshine names as influencers of AW. Of the ones I've played, a handful of Resi games and dead space 1 and 2, I enjoyed Wake the most. But then I do like that rural small town American setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 I think the heavy influences were Steven King and Twin Peaks. While I thought the story was a decent enough take on its influences I really did not enjoy playing it. I couldn't finish it before it left GP but I got pretty far and don't intend to try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryokutai Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 I actually remember really enjoying the gameplay. It was my first Remedy game and despite the praise May Payne had been getting in years prior I was still surprised at how good the gunplay felt. It was maybe a tad too scripted at times as IIRC the sound and level design design always made it clear when combat was going to happen or end, but I enjoyed playing it. The storyline, not so much. Or rather I still have no idea what happened and I wasn't a fan of paper scraps lying around, spoiling what happens at the next corner. It was a storytelling choice that just didn't work for me. But I enjoyed it for the gameplay, the strong sense of atmosphere and the excellent soundtrack. I remember watching the entirety of every episode's credits just to listen to the songs. Overall the good memories are stronger than the bad ones, but it's not a game I'd replay because there's a risk that ratio might flip around after so many years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 19 minutes ago, Maryokutai said: I wasn't a fan of paper scraps lying around, spoiling what happens at the next corner. This the funniest. I can’t process it. How anti spoiler can someone be haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 What is the paper scraps thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 As you play you find pages or something that describe things that haven’t happened yet. Then you walk in to the fight and it’s what you read before. But it’s meant to build anticipation and tension. @Maryokutai viewing it as a spoiler is very funny. I never would of thought of it that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DisturbedSwan Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 I get to play Alan Wake on a PlayStation, good times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryokutai Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 12 hours ago, Maf said: This the funniest. I can’t process it. How anti spoiler can someone be haha. It's really not that hard to process, maybe try again. It's the same thing as a narrator in a movie telling you who dies in the next five minutes. Of course it's not a spoiler per se because it's a deliberate narrative choice from the developer but I fail to see the value in it. Why tell me what happens around the next corner instead of surprising me with it? It doesn't build anticipation or anything, it just deflates the experience in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 I don’t know the value in it. I didn’t even remember the game did it until you mentioned it. The only one I can think of is Wake finds a page that says he will be attacked in a scrap yard or something. Then as you approach the scrapyard you’re alert and waiting to be attacked. I just thought it was funny that you are so anti spoiler that even this was too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryokutai Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Yeah, boo me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 There's a few films which do that tho, Sunset Boulevard 'spoils' a major character death immediately. I think it's a very film noir kinda conceit, which actually isn't Alan Wake trying to crib stuff from that as well. Dunno where Alan Wake goes with that stuff but stories aren't just about being surprised by unexpected things but anyway I posted enough on that in the berserk thread I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryokutai Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 One of my favourite movies is Moon which gives the viewer about 30 minutes of runtime to figure out its "twist" themselves, and everyone will manage to do so, as a means to let the emotional impact of it grow and spread, which wouldn't work if it was all condensed into a single moment of shock value. So yes, I'm totally fine with different methods of storytelling. But in Alan Wake's case, as mentioned earlier, it just didn't work for me. I don't know why maf made a big deal of that particular sentence in my post. And why I decided to not just leave it as is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 I wasn't judging you or saying you were wrong I just thought it was funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Not making this up but I had a friend who was way more spoilerphobic than anyone here and he actually got mad at me for telling him Kevin Spacey was in Moon. This was before Kevin Spacey was known to be a sex pest, his limit of acceptable information was knowing anything at all. Like damn man how do you walk down the street, movie posters everywhere spoiling stuff for you lol Very frustrating to talk to that dude about anything tbh Anyway I think they are announcing a Alan Wake remaster because they have a new game to show off soon that will involve Alan Wake. They're getting ready to pay off the Alan Wake DLC teaser from Control Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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