Alan Wake

[diskoboy]

I thought there was already a thread for Alan Wake, but the search came up dry. So I figured I'd get this thread going, because I know there are probably some people out there that picked up a copy before the street date, tomorrow.

I'm picking up my copy in the around lunch.

[maxlords]

Yeah, I got mine on Friday Haven't even opened it yet...

[chrissylas]

I'm going to grab mine at lunch time tomorrow. Can't wait! I've been looking forward to it since its announcement. To be honest, after the amount of time between its announcement and release I always sort of figured it'd be quietly canceled. To see it actually be released is a treat

[Slate]

I haven't bought a copy, I'm not sure if I will rent it either. I'm kinda tired of this sort of game, I'm sure its not a bad game but I'd rather be playing something online with friends. I will however say the graphics look really good.

Austin

[The 1 2 P]

I was going to make a thread for this tonight so I'm glad to see one finally started. I'm picking up my limited edition copy tomorrow morning and will be playing it as soon as I get home.

[diskoboy]

Twin Peaks fans will definitely like this game. The narration reminds me of American Psycho.

But the lip synching really needs a patch.

[Smoke]

I heard that you need to buy the DLC to see the ending... is this true?

[diskoboy]

Roy Orbison = awesome as all hell.

[G-Boobie]

The LE has some of the coolest packaging I've ever seen, gotta say. No time to play it today though I was shocked to see that the book was friggin HARDBACK! Very nice!

Indeed! Well bound hardback, no less. VERY impressive. The 'book' packaging is great too.

I heard that you need to buy the DLC to see the ending... is this true?

I haven't heard that. I haven't completed it yet, so I can't say for sure.

Things I love about the game so far:

1) NIGHT SPRINGS. They need to release a DVD with all the episodes on it. Crazy fun stuff.

2) These are the best 'scary woods at night' in any game ever.

3) The shooting is exceptionally satisfying.

4) It has "Twin Peaks" scribbled all over it. With Deadly Premonition, that's two Twin Peaks inspired games this year.

Things that cause me concern:

1) collecting coffee thermoses.....?

2) The voice actor for Alan Wake is essentially 'meh'.

3) There's a HELL of a lot of combat, more than a horror game should probably have. I was expecting more of a psychological horror game, but that's my fault for believing the PR vomit. I know that I said that the shooting was satisfying, but man... There's a lot of it, you know?

All in all, so far so good. Even with all the shooting and plentiful ammo, Alan Wake puts any Silent Hill since number three to utter and complete shame. Here's hoping it holds up til the end (and through the already announced DLC).

Oh yeah:

Thing that annoys me number four: DLC.

[diskoboy]

Twin Peaks references thus far:

-Pacific Northwest setting
-Very Lynch-esque atmosphere - As previously stated, these woods are creepy as hell. And surprisingly very long
-Diner w/old jukebox (Double R, in TP)
-Hotel by waterfall
-Ditzy police secretary
-Fish on the table (instead of in the coffee pot)
-Falling moose heads.


This game seriously could give a few AAA horror movies a run for their money. There are points in the game that actually made me jump about 10 feet in the air.

[The 1 2 P]

The LE has some of the coolest packaging I've ever seen, gotta say. I was shocked to see that the book was friggin HARDBACK! Very nice!

Indeed! Well bound hardback, no less. VERY impressive. The 'book' packaging is great too.

I was also very impressed when I opened my limited edition up yesterday. I took a pic for the finds thread of all the goodies for others to see. Everything sits in there so sturdy which makes this one of the best produced limited editions this gen. I bet that in a few years this one will go up in price.

I only got to play for an hour last night and I am just now getting home from work. I will play some more tonight. It's a shame the Halo Reach beta ends tonight because Alan Wake is going to be occupying most of my time in the near future.

[Poofta!]

i too got the LE on release day (from newegg, no tax and they shipped it before release so it got here on release day!).

i will echo everyone that wow is the LE nice!

i havent played the game yet, actually about to.

question to everyone who got the LE and played it already:
the book included, is it spoiler-rific? i want to take the book w/ me to work tomorrow and read it some, but i dont want it to spoil the game for me. so, any info on this?

edit: just finished the first episode. great game. im really into the story. this is probably the most interesting horror game i have played. going to bed now.

[diskoboy]

Am I the only person who bought the LE that was pissed that Roy Orbison track was left off the soundtrack?

[Griking]

I was going to purchase the game but then I saw a story about the excessive amount of advertising in the game which turned me off enough to change my mind.

[portnoyd]

Who gives a shit, just play the fucking game already

[maxlords]

I was going to purchase the game but then I saw a story about the excessive amount of advertising in the game which turned me off enough to change my mind.

You're kidding, right? There are what, a couple ads for Verizon and a car that the main character drives a couple times. Big friggin deal. Is your sales resistance so low that you can't ignore those? It's not like the bad guys are wearing McDonalds T-shirts and whisking you away to Disneyland....

[exit]

I got the game as a birthday present Saturday, got to the end of it yesterday and beat the last episode today. I was kind of iffy about the game when I first started it, but I slowly got into it and eventually just couldn't put it down. I started giving up on trying to find all the manuscript pages towards the end, since things got rather hectic, but I liked how they explained what happened to other characters when they were left behind/separated from you.

Atari should take a lesson from this game and see how a real Alone in the Dark game should have been, instead of giving us the shitstorm that was Inferno.

I was going to purchase the game but then I saw a story about the excessive amount of advertising in the game which turned me off enough to change my mind.

I'm not sure what story you read, but I saw maybe 3 ads in the game. I saw two commercials when I turned on a TV and a Verizon billboard when I was driving down a road, that's it. It was nothing blatant, none of the characters said "Hey, I should order some Pizza Hut on my Verizon phone and jump in my H2 Hummer to go pick it up!", none of it took anything away from the game.

And I don't see how seeing ads for Burger King as you're playing Madden 10 is acceptable, but driving past a BK drive-thru in anything else crosses a line.

[Therealqtip]

"I knew i had to go to the light house, I just knew I had to"

Pretty awesome to start a game.

[The 1 2 P]

I have also heard that sales of this game(US only) haven't been very impressive so far. If that continues I doubt we will see any future releases beyond the two DLC episodes. And that sucks because this game was very well made(although there are a few things they could fix).

Edit: I just read on Joystiq that both DLC episodes will be $7 each instead of the $10 price seen on the extras menu in the game. That price was just a placeholder.

[megasdkirby]

Finally able to pick up the CE edition on Amazon! Pretty nice setup, I admit.

I hope to play this soon, once I finish Blue Dragon.