1UP: Alan Wake Comes Out of Hiding - New Screen and Interview

nbsmatambo - 449 days 22 hours ago

it better be good, they have kept all the info to themselves for a while and i was bginning to doubt it was gonna b good...

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Kigmal - 449 days 21 hours ago

I know this game will be good.

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Ateanboy - 449 days 6 hours ago

And I DOUBT this game will be good...

There's nothing about it that interests me one bit.

But, to each his own, I guess.

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lowcarb - 449 days 20 hours ago

Tacki your right and I'm just going to wait for some actual new gameplay footage. I know I'm being a little extreme here but I like poking fun at the fanboys to be honest and have a feeling this game will help shut some of them up once and for all. Now if this game does look mind blowing I think it will be safe to say that 360 really is an impressive console and maybe even the more powerful one but only after seeing this in action before making the claim.

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Kuest - 449 days 19 hours ago

Bubbles, lowcarb, you literally convinced me to start caring about Alan Wake. Who would have thought?

I still can't get over that groundbreaking footage... When? How? What the f#ck?

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Tacki - 449 days 14 hours ago

It's alright man, I can understand your excitement. If it plays as good as it looks then folks are in for a real treat.

As for which console is 'most' powerful, I don't think it really matters. Both machines ARE powerful and in my opinion close enough at this point that you're not going to have a vastly difference experience on either. What I mean by that is... I don't believe it will ever be such a difference that it's like looking at a Wii game in comparison to a 360 or PS3 game. No offense intended, Wii fans, and I'm speaking solely on the showcasing of graphics.

As an owner of all 3 consoles it makes very little difference to me whether one outperforms another. To a point I can understand fanboys and why they do what they do. Often it evolves from the poking or prodding from the 'other' side. When both sides are doing it there doesn't seem to be any reason to stop. It's kind of like... if you offer them courtesy it's still not likely to stop the cycle. Who started it to begin with? We'll never know. We can only observe how it goes from topic to topic.

For me it's a sad thing to see though. In many cases I think the arguments take the spotlight away from the game that should have it. Some gamers get so caught up in the experience that others are having that they often seem to forget that it makes very little difference. Whether 10 or 20 people love or hate a title you yourself enjoy makes little difference. Their experience does not define your own. Nor does it change it.

We can rarely go into a Gears of War 2 or Resistance 2 article now without hearing mention of the other. This, in my view, is so silly. If one just so happens (and I believe it's unlikely with either, though it does come down to each individual's opinion) to suck it won't make the other game any better! Just as if one is really good it won't make the other worse.

Sales are often brought up as well to prove some sort of point. I believe that we as 'gamers' shouldn't really care for sales unless it's out of the interest of receiving a sequel to that game or continued support of that platform. Of course we have free will to be as reasonable or as childish as we like and no doubt here at N4G many are exercising their right to either end of the spectrum... but from my perspective a good many have lost their focus on the more important matter. That being their own experiences with games. We should think of what we're getting. What we're feeling. Whether or not tusheymonster69 or any other random person should be having a 'better' experience than us or if we're having a better experience than them shouldn't even be on our minds. If it is then why stop at game consoles?

When I wake up in the morning and have some toast I think I'm going to start logging onto the internet and bragging about it. I will go to a toast forum (you can find anything on the internet) and begin to boast how I am eating the greatest piece of toast ever to grace a man's body. I will tout how my toast is fitting more butter than the competitors bread and how no one will ever have a more even spread. I will then laugh as I log off... feeling better about myself and the meal I have just consumed.

That above paragraph was probably unnecessary to help get my point across... but what the hell, I enjoy wasting my time I guess. And I must make it clear that my post (at least not the entirety of it) is not directed at you... but is kind of an open letter to all members and gamers here. Personally I try to only address those who I feel are either being unfair or are telling outright lies. I'm not saying that I'm perfect or that I haven't approached situations or members of this community in the past in a wrong way. There's been times when I've fallen victim to frustration and made statements I wish I hadn't... or that I feel were a little childish in the end.

I have no problem with those who believe this game or that is the 'best' looking. Or those who think a particular console is able to provide the best experience. I'm respect them as long as they behave in a respectful manner and acknowledge that they are merely projecting their opinion and not absolute truth. The ones who really bug me are those who always bring up comparisons which often have little to do with the articles at hand. "Heavy Rain looks better than Alan Wake." or "Gears of War 2 PWNS Resistance 2!" is an example of what you might and are likely to see. I often ask myself "Why can we not just appreciate games in the articles that pertain to those specific ones?" Then I wonder if it's healthy to be talking to myself.

No but really, I know fanboys will never be eliminated... but if only some of us could alter our approach when addressing them. It's not impossible to make a response without putting down their games or console of preference. I realize I must sound like Smokey the Bear here or something.

Remember, only YOU can stop console wars! ;)

I've already said more than I really needed to I think... but I felt like sharing some of my thoughts on these issues. I know it's kind of a fools dream... but I wish I could go into an article without hearing a Street Fighter announcer's voice. You know what I mean...

ROUND 2!
FIGHT!

@ Kuest
This has nothing to do with the article but I just have to say that I think you're hilarious man! Not mention reasonable and level-headed. It's very nice to see all those qualities in one package.

You know what else is funny? The censor wouldn't let me put 'bit' and 'childish' next to one another (even spaced) because it detected it as 'b*tch'. lol

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Kuest - 449 days 9 hours ago

Mr. Tacki, I don't think anything can be said of your preposterously long post, except that you deserve bubbles... lots of them.

And thank you, by the way, for your delicious compliment; again, its always nice when one is cognizant of my petty attempts at wit.

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xhi4 - 447 days 20 hours ago

so you think if Alan Wake does come out next year itll be the 360 year 2009?

but its also coming out on the PC, so all the PS3 owners can get it as well....hhhmm

but anyway lets test your theory...

Wake vs. God of War 3, Team Ico Game, Demon Souls, War Devil, 9 announced games, Uncharted 2, New Insomniac Game, Killzone 2, Gran Turismo 5, Tekken 6, White Knight Chronicles to name a few?

hhmmm.....sure seems like the year of 360 2009 doesn't it.

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lowcarb - 449 days 21 hours ago

Alan Wake will be set in a world bigger then Oblivion and have some real horror in the Mouth of Madness/xfiles type stuff going on. The trailer here is amazing and was shown 2 years ago which will set it's development time close to 4 years if released next year. This game alone will slaughter any game thats been announced yet for 360 and PS3 and the people that disagree will just have to deal with it plain and simple. Just wait for more footage and then you will understand. http://www.gamersyde.com/st...

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PoSTedUP - 449 days 21 hours ago

hype much?

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bouncybullet - 449 days 20 hours ago

Well I can tell you what the KZ2 kids are excited about.

The dirt on the ground.

"hype much"??

"the ground textures look so sick!!!" = Actual PS3 Fanboy talking about killzone 2 in an article a few posts away.

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Tacki - 449 days 20 hours ago

Whoa, man... I'm seriously looking forward to this title as well... and from the footage that's been shown it's easily one of the most gorgeous games out there... but you have to be careful with games like this. What we've been shown looks extremely promising, however, we still know relatively little about the game. We've seen very little. It's quite a looker but we have to wait and see if the gameplay and everything else comes together as well. I think it will... but no one's even had any hands-on time with the title. We don't really know what to expect beyond a very pretty open world experience.

I'm not saying no one should get excited... but I think saying it will crush all other games at this point would be getting ahead of ourselves a bit much.

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devilhunterx - 449 days 19 hours ago

you must be new here. Cause I surely remember when the Halo boys went crazy over last gen grass in Halo 3. Grass. They were HYPING GRASS!

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ThatCanadianguy420 - 449 days 18 hours ago

Uhh lowcarb..show me some CONSOLE gameplay before you go saying its going to destroy any game coming out for 360 or PS3.

That link you showed was running on a PC.

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lowcarb - 449 days 17 hours ago

This video is 2 years old and just here shortly you will finally be able to see just how powerful this game is and will run on 360. Here are some 360 screen shots which are exactly the same as the vid i sent. Also I bet the game looks much better now but unfortunately we need to wait.

http://screenshots.teamxbox...

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PoSTedUP - 449 days 17 hours ago

ps3 kids are excited from the "gameplay" we have seen of KZ2.

what are you getting excited for???? screenshots from a trailer that tells nor shows anything about the game? XD

hype much?

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No Way - 449 days 7 hours ago

Thanks for that video. Looks amazing.

The water at night looks awesome, and that tornado at the end was sick!

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bouncybullet - 449 days 21 hours ago

Longer production = Better graphics.

The screenshot at the top of the article is new.

And it looks great.

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PoSTedUP - 449 days 21 hours ago

no doubt its a 'screenshot' and it looks good..... but is it a 'in game' screenshot?

answer= no

the CINEMATIC TRAILER did look good though. : ), but when did a nex gen "cinematic trailer" ever look bad?

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donator - 449 days 21 hours ago

"Longer production = Better graphics." - bounceybullet

Too Hazeman

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bouncybullet - 449 days 20 hours ago

hey postedup, they've already shown in game footage and screenshots and that screenshot matches the quality. (slightly better.)

donater, did you see Too Human when is was in Gamecube developement?

Yeah, guess not.. didn't know that part did you.
(It looked much worse.)

I'm pretty sure MGS4 would have looked just as good if it was released a year earlier.

Remember the better looking version of Oblivion that released on PS3 8 months after the 360 version?

Guess not.

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donator - 449 days 19 hours ago

Too Human began on PS1 so what? I'm just saying that Alan Wake could possibly look dated if they spend way too much time on it. For instance, Too Human and Haze looked pretty good at the time, but when they came out, the graphics were not as impressive. Same with any other game.

I know it's hard for people like you to see your favorite console/games receive any type of criticism (even when it's a non-issue), but you need to chill.

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meepmoopmeep - 449 days 18 hours ago

i'm wondering if the screen is PC or 360.
the trailer back when was running off PC

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Kuest - 449 days 18 hours ago

If so, you should be well aware that, even amidst a universe as vast as ours, no current generation title could even BEGIN to compete with the visual awesomeness showcased at Intel's game conference.

I kid you not: Too Human, as well as Haze, would wither away like stale bread in the wind, if ever some cruel, mean spirited nerd sought to compare either installment with Alan Wake... at least from a graphical standpoint.

Again, as far i'm concerned Alan Wake's graphics are a mute point, as of now. Check the damn link, if you don't understand. And if you eyes already were blessed with Alan Wake's marshmallow sweet graphics, but could not bring themselves to force childlike giddiness upon your shoulders and toes... than may God have mercy on your pitiful, pitiful soul.

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power of Green - 449 days 18 hours ago

That doesn't even make any sense, thats like saying Killzone 2 and Star Ocean 4 will be outdated apon release due to them being in development forever lol. silly remark IMO.

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donator - 449 days 17 hours ago

Honestly, I don't even know why this is such a big issue with you guys. It's not like I was saying Alan Wake looks like Haze or Too Human or that Alan Wake looks like crap. You all take these things too personally.

Suppose KZ2 was released two years from now. Is it not entirely possible that a better looking game could have been made during those two years? That was my point; just because a game has been in development for a long time, it does not necessarily have better graphics. Ya'll just took my comment as some kind of attack on Alan Wake or some kind of PS3 fanboy remark. You're all too uptight.

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Rute - 449 days 17 hours ago

Remedy's Sam Lake has said that the upcoming trailer for Alan Wake is comprised of in-game-footage (either cutscenes or gameplay).

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Kuest - 449 days 17 hours ago

Haze and Too Human are among the worst looking games of this particular generation. By contrast, both Killzone and Alan Wake are now poised to be, at the very least, one of the premier graphical titles of this generation.

Honestly, if any future game could surpass these two, I'd eat my hat without question, nor complaint. I'd munch as if it were delicious; as if it were my mother's macaroni and cheese, served with fish sticks and tartar sauce on the side. And i wouldn't t stop... I'd eat my hands too, as well as my elbows and biceps. Every segment of my body would be devoured, along with my digested hat; I would eat its sloppy remains once more after I pried open my stomach, and punctured my liver like shush kabob.

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EDMIX - 449 days 2 hours ago

I kind doubt that they have been in Development for 4 or more years. The one thing you need to know is just because you heard of a game 4 years ago does not mean all that 4 years was making the game. In fact they most likely just started working on the full game last year. Believe me they game will look good but from what i seen from the gameplay from the PC version it will most likely look dated. Yes they might have be in development for a long time BUT that does not mean the graphics we saw will go from day to night.

Look at the trailers for Uncharted and the full game. Its so improvment but not Night and day. That just never happens. I think 360 fanboys think that this is there Heavy Rain when infact this is coming for PC (im getting for PC) and 360 and in development and shown for PS3 at once. So its not "the power of the 360" as they might say.

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EDMIX - 449 days 2 hours ago

I really don't think people's jaws were on the ground when they saw the first gameplay trailer and demos. Heavy Rain on the other hand was being called the BEST looking console game pretty much ever. You will not see close ups in Alan wake like Heavy Rain, I think Heavy Rain over anything Alan Wake does, theres really nothing Alan Wake (from what i see) is doing diffrently. In fact the only thing i care about is the story (which is a rip off of another horror story, about a Novelist whos horror stories come to life, sound familure?)

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meepmoopmeep - 449 days 18 hours ago

oh so you're getting this on the PC then.
running it on your $2.5k computer.

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Monkey521 - 449 days 5 hours ago

All the screen shots and videos are from the PC version of the game. Like on the gamersyde video, it was being played on a PC. What I want to see is a playable version on the 360 before I can say it looks amazing for it (or blows away the competition)

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waltercross - 449 days 2 hours ago

@Jason 360

Quit trying to convince people how good it
looks, we all have our own eyes, we'll
make our own Decision.

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Blu Ray3 - 449 days 16 hours ago

Funny Bon Scott,how you state the truth IMO,and yet you get disagrees!
No wonder this site can't even make the top 25 game sites on Google.
It's obviously run by Sony Fanboys,and possibly funded by Sony.LOL

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EDMIX - 449 days 1 hour ago

The dark, moody, Macob art, with dark and light browns, is a direct rip off from most Silent Hill art types. This shows NOTHING of what the 360 can do seeing how Alan wake was for Development for BOTH the 360 and PS3 at once. Also its being made from the PC build meaning (direct Port to 360) All i've seen was the PC build, meaning they are NOT making for the 360 from the ground up but rather porting all the codes over to 360. Thats not made from the ground up thats porting buddy.

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bouncybullet - 449 days 21 hours ago

The makers of MAX PAYNE are making a microsoft game.

Don't cry.

Go watch MGS4 one more time.

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Jason 360 - 449 days 19 hours ago

LOL bullet

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Pain - 449 days 6 hours ago

You can thank PLAYSTATION 2 for MAX PAYNE.

lolalanwake

and No thanks well go watch IRON MAN in 1080p HD thxs.

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Sofa King Retarded - 449 days ago

Is Pain suggesting that only PS3 owners can watch bluray? I already downloaded the 1080P bluray rip off the internet and watched it on my computer. Doh!

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bouncybullet - 449 days 21 hours ago

I totally predicted this.

AW and HR are going to be the new Gow vs. R2.

Except Alan Wake is made by the guys that made MAX PAYNE and Heavy Rain isn't

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lowcarb - 449 days 20 hours ago

1st off Alan Wake already surpasses Heavy Rain and even KZ2 in graphics and even makes uncharted look like a ps2 game. 2nd you can play AW unlike HR and it's inspired Dragons lair gameplay. 3rd this will be a massive world with lighting, shadows, and weather effects just not seen yet this gen so you can keep HR because we don't want it like you want AW! When gameplay is shown next week go cry me a river Sony fanboys. :p

Edit above Lax: Alan Wake is literally going to walk all over HR and to be honest they can't be compared because AW will be a much deeper experience oblivion/xfiles/In the mouth of madness/gears of war. HR is a quick time game like Dragons Lair/space ace,road avenger and so on lol. No comparision at all

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bouncybullet - 449 days 20 hours ago

Oh zimbo,

I was just making fun of you guys drooling over your ground textures.

It's the last thing that you really want to use to show how a game is better.

Go play with your rocks.

I guess I'll teach you something while I'm here..

Alan Wake is an open world game.
Killzone 2 is not.
(Killzone 2 doesn't have to pump out a insanely detailed world larger than Oblivion's.)

Alan Wake is 3rd person.
Killzon 2 is not.
(FPS games don't have to pump the cpu to render a fully detailed character at all times. Just a gun, and two hands. which you will never see anyone analyze and criticize as much as a full character's body.)

Day/night cycle, realistic weather, transportation system, NPC daily routine's.

See where I'm going?

No..?

Thats because you're too busy looking at the ground.

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lowcarb - 449 days 19 hours ago

Those ground textures look weak and glossy in some areas while PS2ish in others so try harder next time to prove something. It's ashame the PS3 tech wise can't add nice textures to walls and stuff in KZ2 which makes the look even worst. You should also go and read my posts in that thread you sent me and shove that crap up azz game. AW is the real deal and if I were you I would start praying now that this game doesn't eclipse the entire PS3 catalog in one showing.

Edit below: the ground texturing in KZ2 looks the same as the textures in area 51 and much worst then Gears 1 now that you bring it up. Look to the right in the 1st pic zimbo sent and you can't tell me the ground doesn't look terrible and then look at the red barrel and other objects and try to convince me they don't look like crap including the buildings in the back. The tech there using limits them to put details on walls and surfaces which is why the ground texturing is so off beat. The lighting is great but the stretched backgrounds and extra things they added don't fool the normal joe like myself. Gears 2 will walk all over it and Gears 1 almost does itself in certain areas. Alan Wake on the other hand is on a completely different level and will go up good against Heavy Rain.

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zo6_lover27 - 449 days 19 hours ago

First off, This, is the PC version of alan wake.
If any part of KZ2 looks ps2ish, Gears 2 is a ps1 game.

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power of Green - 449 days 16 hours ago

HR is just pre-rendered interactive video lol.

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waltercross - 449 days 1 hour ago

wow, It's amazing how so many people(from both sides) can
play down the fact that a game looks good, AW, KZ2 and HR
all look top notch, yet people act as if one looks way better
then the other.

I Think AW is looking good, but I wont go out of my way and
say(so blindly) that AW Blows away KZ2 and HR, first of all
that comment is just a fanboy looking to get attention, It goes
for the other side to.

Besides you cannot compare KZ2 to AW Graphically, there both
totally different in graphics, if you really want to take
the time and compare games then go for AW vs HR, but we need
to see more of AW first before we can say anything.

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bouncybullet - 449 days 20 hours ago

No... it doesn't actually.

http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/...

Not at all.

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Kuest - 449 days 19 hours ago

*shifts papers together, and begins to write check*

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Jason 360 - 449 days 19 hours ago

4 just got owned up the A$$, like what you see in prison movies.

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TheMART at Xboxkings - 449 days 8 hours ago

You forgot to mention...

Sony's Home is vaporware

and

The 360 dashboard is out this fall

MAJOR DIFFERENCE

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Dacapn - 449 days 4 hours ago

Banjo...XD

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