GT: Alan Wake SDCC 09: Waking Nightmare Gameplay (Cam)

Will Alan wake from this nightmare? Be afraid of the dark.

[KingKionic]

And what did obama say about this ?

[Blaze929]

what...did he say?

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Anyway almost forgot this game showed up at Comic Con. This is freakin epic and I can't wait to get my hands on this game. Visuals are amazing and this will surely be one hellavu game...no, experience.

[AridSpider]

well said

[KingKionic]

Obama

http://www.n4g.com/NewsCom-...

[Blaze929]

oh, -_-. Thought you meant the actual president.

[sunnygrg]

Game looks like it will scare the sh!t out of me. I like it.

[Obama]

I have a lot to say but I can't say anything in this zone :)

[Mo0eY]

Way to not feed the troll, Obama.

[masterg]

Looks really good.
Two things worry me.
1. The controls looks like it's going with the RS5 way of doing it. (cant run and shoot at the same time)
2. The flashlight gives an unrealistic low amount of light when outside.

[kewlkat007]

I'm sure there are other games you can throw in there.

". The flashlight gives an unrealistic low amount of light when outside."

Will that stop you from buying the game?...hehe Maybe it's some cheap fn flashlight or the batteries are weak or something, use your damn imagination.

Developers are not suppose to reveal all the little things, immerse yourself.

[king dong3]

day one for me. the graphics and lighting look amazing. it's been a long wait, but definately looking like the wait has been worth it.

[Hellsvacancy]

But i didnt think it looked all that - just another Alone In The Dark game - which was pooh

[die_fiend]

@masterg

1. The controls looks like it's going with the RS5 way of doing it. (cant run and shoot at the same time)
2. The flashlight gives an unrealistic low amount of light when outside.

1. Did you watch the video? You said it looks good so I assumed you did but with that comment it makes me wonder. Can't you see that's he's moving and shooting or are you that unobservant? At what point did you decide that it was like RE5?! Practically the whole video he's clearly aiming while moving, but you somehow didn't notice that.
2. The game's meant to be scary isn't it? Do you want him to carry around a giant spotlight so you can see everything? Y not just set the whole game during the daytime? Since you're troubled by obvious answers, it's that is would ruin the tension.

So like you said 'looks really good - I'll make 2 nonsensical remarks now'

[lowcarb]

"But i didnt think it looked all that - just another Alone In The Dark game - which was pooh"

Looks much better than Alone in the dark to me and could possibly be the best looking game I've seen this gen on console.

[GUNS N SWORDS]

alan wake's time switches from night to day, so it's not really "alone in the dark" :)

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[gaffyh]

Looks good, but the torch looks a little odd, the high-powered beam looks weird. They keep showing dark areas, I want to see the daylight bits.

I hope it's like Silent Hill 1, that was awesome.

[FamilyGuy]

I didn't know Alan Wake was a Ghostbuster LOL

I really like the immersion, it really does a good job making you tense about the situation like who's about to pop out next. Psychological thriller seems like a perfect description.

The only thing from this video that bothered me was him getting full on hacked in the shoulder with an axe. He limps off as if it was.... I don't know, something that's not a fvcking axe! Axe hits should be more deadly than what it looked like here. Other than that I'd say that this game just sold me a 360. I love the lighting and the sparks flying and a dark setting, it makes for a fantastic looking contrast.

[kaveti6616]

In case this article gets hot, I want to pose a question. Would it be possible for multi-disc games to be fully installed on a 360 hard drive and be played off a single disc for the entire time. Does there need to be disc swapping? If the problem lies in the fact that Microsoft hasn't released a cheap, large HDD, can't they do that now? That way, developers wouldn't be limited by the DVD-9 right? Or is this all about money? Can't Microsoft change their policy and allow the publishers to use the discs for free? How much does it cost them per disc, like 8 cents?

[marc 1975]

any thing is possible with the 360 mate :)

[PS360PCROCKS]

No. Multi disc games will have to that DVD in the drive. You have to swap disc 1 for disc 2 and so on.

[talltony]

"Would it be possible for multi-disc games to be fully installed on a 360 hard drive and be played off a single disc for the entire time. Does there need to be disc swapping?"

Yes their needs to be disk swapping because not every 360 comes with a hardrive and if you make a game that can only be played with a hard drive on 360 well then you are basically saying that anyone without a hard drive cannot play a certain game.

[kaveti6616]

Yes, I understand that Microsoft completely screwed it up with the hard drive situation, but what I was wondering was whether it would be possible to fully install a game on the drive if the drive was large enough. If it is, then Microsoft should come up with a much larger drive and start advertising it like crazy. Anyway, it really shouldn't matter if some people have hard drives and some people don't. The people who have harddrives should have the luxury of installing multi-disc games on the drive and playing off of one disc, while the people who bought a 360 without a drive will swap discs during play, unless they choose to go out and buy a drive. So, MS should make a 300GB drive and start marketing the crap out of it and sell it for 50 bucks and that will probably solve the DVD-9 limitation temporarily.

[talltony]

ok so I see what your saying. You think microsoft should allow everyone to install mulitple disks of a game on one big microsoft hard drive. Well i dont think they will make a big enough hard drive for purchase that is affordable, I mean a 60 gig one costs like 100 bucks, imagine what 500gb would cost from microsoft.

[Unicron]

Pity they are playing games with the PC announcement, as I was still rather eager to play this game. Oh well.

[KingKionic]

It`s coming Pc man .

It resides in Microsoft hands. Haven't we seen MS history ?

[whothedog]

They should release it on PC, a lot of wasted work if not

lol why my comment get deleted? @above

[Unicron]

Agreed.

[KingKionic]

You see Microsoft gets a lot of hate for not having all games exclusives , but you notice when there are console only exclusives people get mad .

I say Microsoft should just make games for both Platforms . Ms shouldn't keep certain fans in the shadows .

[mistajeff]

I definitely think they should have more 360 exclusives. My issue with the whole Alan Wake PC thing is that we all know from the tech demo that a PC version DOES exist, and that it's optimized for quad-core tech. I have no problem getting this for 360, but playing it on 360 while knowing that there's a graphically superior version out there that may not see the light of day is troubling, especially when I have a PC that's easily capable of outshining my 360 visually.

Again though, since I have both, I'd love to see more games developed ground-up for the 360 and designed to take advantage of the quirks of the console, rather than treating it like a PC. That's why this whole x-engine thing has me excited. But we all know Alan was built for the PC first.

[SlumTheoRy]

Actually, 360 was always the lead platform. Even if they showed nothing of the 360 version while they were demoing the PC version at IDF, Alan Wake was always suppose to be a console game. You also have to take into note that this is not a playable mission in the game. The E3 2009 demo was built specifically to show how the game runs and hows it plays.

[mistajeff]

But why all the flaunting of quad-core optimized tech if 360 was the main focus all along? It just seems weird that they would even have a PC build, somewhat playable 3 years ago at that, if their focus was always on the 360. I don't doubt that their focus was the 360, though, at least SINCE that tech demo, since MS has been the publisher for a long time. Regardless of what was meant to be the lead platform, we still know there's a PC version out there, even if it's still in the state it was for that demo way back when.

[likedamaster]

Or you can get a 360?

[SlumTheoRy]

I can tell you right now, their is going to be a PC version of the game. I guess MS is just waiting to see how the game turns out before they do a port of Alan Wake.

[coolirisGB]

Defiance to the end.

[mesh1]

LOL UNCHARTED 2 RECENT FOOTAGE MAKES THIS game looks far better than it ,alan wake has nbetter graphics than uncarted 2 as you can watch both relsed clips and alan wake is doing more.

[ZombieAutopsy]

I LOL'ed at that, it doesnt really matter to me which one looks better since im getting both but Alan Wake doesnt look better...im not gonna say it doesnt look as good but we'll have to wait and see

[Obama]

haha don't mind mesh1 since no sane person on earth would think Alan Wake look better than UC2.

[JonnyBadfinger]

And no sane person would vote for a president whos only skill is delivering great speeches.

But that aside, Alan Wake while it does look good, compared to Uncharted 2 its in second place. Uncharted 2 just seems alot more graphically.... i guess superior. But Uncharted doesnt seem to have a unique gamplay experience, i mean its not like you cant find it anywhere else.

Alan Wake on the other hand (like Heavy Rain) has a completely new experience. atleast PS3 guys get Heavy Rain which is a equal trade off to Alan Wake.

[Odion]

Guys lets try to keep this focused on Alan Wake, I still love seeing that one Flare scene when it goes into slow mo and he just walks forward.

So amazing looking.

[KingKionic]

Are you looking forward to this game ?

[coolirisGB]

You deleted my comment because I said the weather effecting the environment was important in a game like this because it adds suspense with things moving in the corner of your eyes. Thats all I said PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. People seen my comment why do you think you can get away with your abuse of power.

[Odion]

I am Looking forward to this, the first 6 months of 2010 are going to be crazy for game releases and this title is at the top of my games that I have to buy.

[ThatCanadianGuy]

lmao

Odion pwning cooliris
Love it !

[KingKionic]

LOL

Take mart out of the people you think cooliris is .

[really duh]

Mooey/ThatCanadianguy420/Obama /OmarJA/lloyd_wonder/FlipMode/ G reywolf the biggest hypocrite on the site thinks he's Sherlock Holmes. Did you dare say every waking hour? http://n4g.com/up/34297/sco... http://n4g.com/up/62905/sco...

So many hours spent bashing the 360 and 360 fans it's really sad and pathetic. Stay away from 420 time LLOYD .

[Once Upon a Fable]

Sorry Remedy, I loved your last franchise but Alan Wake looks like an even better IP than Max Payne.

[ShabzS]

hold on a second there ... i'm loving every second of alan wake and its a day one buy for me ....

but no one .... and i mean no one... will ever replace max payne ... NO ONE !

[Cherchez La Ghost]

Mona Sax, baby!

[ShabzS]

i still remember that epic comic cutscene where she's about to shoot max in the back at woden's manor ... he turns around dissapointed and asks ..."this is love?" feeling betrayed .... she then drops the gun and says she cant do it, coz she loves him too much and quickly goes to kiss him... and he says again "this IS love"...

its one of the few epic moments in gaming

[likedamaster]

Hush! ...loved those two games. Alan Wake seems to be more of that ingenuity that Remedy delivers with their games.

[ShabzS]

well i defintely hope you're right ... looking forward to alan wake

[coolirisGB]

Glad to see you can atleast complement the game.

[Mo0eY]

Did I seriously see him get chopped by an axe and it reflect him like he is made of rubber?

Wow... you would think, "Hey, maybe it would be a good idea if once he got hit by an AXE, it would impale him."

In all seriousness though, this game looked good until they introduced that flashlight crap. It ruined the game for me and lost me as a potential Xbox 360 owner.

Nice try, M$.

[kaveti6616]

And when it releases on PC with the same flashlight effects you will be praising its uber graphics compared to the 360 version and will probably buy it, huh?

[All Time Greatness]

Wow the 360 really has taken over, even Nasim was considering getting a 360 for Alan Wake.

Nasim I've got a felling Halo: Reach is gonna be the title to really push you over the edge...you'll be a 360 fanboy in no time. ; )

[Xi]

that's always what people say when they are envious.

[Mo0eY]

Why the f*ck are people calling me Nasim? I do not know who that is.

Gimmicky flashlight tactics DO NOT IMPRESS. I loved the beginning where the firing is, and I could see myself getting into this game up until flying cars tried to trample me. Let me shine my light on it, LOL. That makes no sense whatsoever.

The only reason I'd buy a 360 is if something like LBP popped up, RARE released a decent Banjo game, and I was guaranteed a 100% fully functional working Xbox 360 system that does E74/RRoD.

Why would I purchase the 360 for a gaming franchise I truly loathe?

[All Time Greatness]

Sureeeeeeee Nasim, and you aren't ThatCanadianguy420 or Obama up there either, are you??

; )

Your game is old now Nasim.

[mistajeff]

I dont get why they're making it so painfully obvious that this is all in Alan's head, and he's stuck in between life and death in some type of coma. If the big reveal of this game is that it's all a dream, I'll be seriously pissed, that's the biggest cop-out in the history of narrative and a twist that got old hundreds of years ago. The only thing I can think of is they're TRYING to make people think that "..and then I woke up" will be the big reveal but it's actually something much different. I'm still extremely excited for this game but the fact that his wife says "alan, wake up" about 900 times in the cutscenes/"episode" recaps they've shown thus far has me really nervous. I ultimately have faith in Remedy, though, and even if the plot takes a lame and predictable twist the gameplay certainly looks strong enough to hold itself up.

[Mo0eY]

He'll probably kill himself because he went nuts. The vibe I get from Alan Wake is sorta like the novel/movie, Secret Window (with Johnny Depp). He's a schizophrenic who sees crap and tries to stop it eventually killing everyone in the town, or he'll kill himself because he's gone completely loco.

[aldesko]

Some kind of double twist would be nice... like if he "woke up", but then a final twist where his nightmares started manifesting themselves in reality.

I doubt "it was all a dream" is all Remedy will throw at us.

[mistajeff]

You know, I also get reminded of Secret Window when I read about this game. Maybe it's just because they're both psychological thrillers about writers trying to write psychological thrillers, but I definitely think a lot of this is going on in Wake's mind.
And when it comes down to it, I also doubt that "it was all a dream" is all they're going to throw at us. I'll just be supremely pissed if it is haha.

[Obama]

It seems pretty boring. Granted the game still have room for improvements but the mediocre graphic and not-so-exciting gameplay are not doing the game's any favor at all.

[Mo0eY]

I agree. The flashlight shining on the objects killed this game. They should have the flashlight turn off during parts of the game so you can at least get semi-scared.

[KingKionic]

Wow obama i called and you answer.

[DelbertGrady]

Only possible on the superior hardware of the Xbox 360.

[ssipmraw]

bahahaha and people complain about the long dev times on the ps3, this game takes the cake for the longest dev time ever, its development time surpasses every game for the ps3.

the hardware must be so dated that the devs are having a hard time attempting to create their game in such a high standard

[JonnyBadfinger]

Yeah except for Killzone 2 and GT5, yeah your right longest wait ever!

[ssipmraw]

no, killzone 2 was released earlier this year.

[TheMART]

OLD!

Very, very old. The exact same footage has been shown at the time of the E3...

[darkmurder]

its not. Its just the same level.

[TheMART]

Yes, so he walks a bit more to the left then in the other video? :S

Its still the same stuff you're seeing... So its old.

[vagisil]

you droids are becoming more insane by the day

sorry droids microsoft beat your asses this gen :)

[PS360PCROCKS]

Wow. The graphics in this game are top notch. Jaw dropping stuff, definitely on par with GOW III and Uncharted 2

[ilkercruiser]

The same nightmare gameplay show as in E3-09. But i can see slight changes just like better frame rate, better lighting reaction on the ground. They should work on smoothing Alan's animations, and his hair :)

[beavis4play]

it seems much smoother here.

[aldesko]

I thought the animations were great

[pixelsword]

...I also noticed that everything that was potentially processor intensive was in slow motion (flare scene, groups of enemies).

But still, if done creatively, it doesn't matter.

[OmarJA]

Alan in the Dark 2: The New Flop.

[Tr10wn]

Go ask your mommy if you can play it with the lights on in the middle of the day with milk and cookies, oh wait you dont have a 360 lol go play little big planet

[ssipmraw]

your right, he doesnt have one because it rrod and he had to send it back to microsoft, piece of sh!t hardware

[green]

Spring 2010 is going to be one crazy time for me.With titles like Alan Wake,Mass Effect 2,Max Payne 3 and Lost Planet 2, i will be one happy gamer.

[mistajeff]

And Red Dead 2, Mafia 2, Heavy Rain, God of war 3, Biosh*head explodes*

[beavis4play]

that was some pretty cool gameplay action. (i like using the light in combination with weapons) and storywise, his wife saying "wake up" at the end is very interesting. 360 owners look to have a winner with this game.

[xztence]

Wow it really is just another version of Alone in the Dark.
Epic fail. I expected alot more , but I can understand since they had to cut back on alot of things after all. Thanks 3fixme!
The bots can keep this game for themselves.

[na2ru1]

And is it still free roam or has it been cut down?

[Alcon Caper]

anyone who says "epic fail" is an idiot.

[B00M]

Looks great, would get a 360 to play this but i dont want it to break XD Graphics are sweet, not as good as Uncharted 2 or GOW3 though. Hopefully a PC version comes out soon after.

[sGIBMBR]

their is always 1... !

[HuGi]

OMG

2010 wll be so huge -- Alan Wake , CrackDown 2 , Halo Reach , MAss Effect 2 , Project NATAL...omfg

and i hope ur kidding abiut Gofd of War 3 graphics because that game graphics look like Ps2 in HD...

lool

[no_more_trolling]

this is how u make a good game ^_^

epic story

[LTC]

Those graphics are a bit cr@p arn't they?
I thought this game was gonna compete with the PS3 exclusives?
Obviously not.

Reminds me of a cross between RE5 and Silent hill

[yorkie]

Looks like a good game but the graphics certainly aren't Uncharted 2, Killzone 2 or GOW III quality, but none the less gameplay is the most important factor and in that respect it does look very intriguing.

[LTC]

Nowhere near the graphical fidelity of those 2 games. Reminds me of a cross between RE5 and Silent hill. Graphics are average at best. Cmon open your eyes and stop kidding yourselves.

[r4nger]

the only people that actually do are the people who dont know anything about games, its all about the gameplay - why are people so retarded.

[yorkie]

We all still care about graphics, a great game with great graphics is better than a great game with mediocre graphics. Graphic fidelity really does enhance a title, it adds more depth more detail and makes the game world seem more 'real'. So while thay are not the be all and end all they are certainly important to the overall quality of a game.

[nightelfmohawk]

IMO

[TheTruth89]

@mesh1
ahhahaha
"DVD CAPABLE 360°C, MINI-FURNACE" owner, you're trying to compare THIS 'good' (and ONLY good) game with Uncharted 2??

ROTFL!!!

[hesido]

But hey, he points the light with pinpoint accuracy, the target does not move even one bit during his motions. That takes a lot of skill for our virtual hero. I hope they fix that. (Look at how he is pointing at the exact same spot even when he is moving.) Hope they fix that.

[HuGi]

Are Ps2 HD Graphics.

But yes UnCharted 2 looks better than Alan Wake.

God of War 3 looks terrible .

[Marojado]

You prefer the 360, that's fair enough, but to say GOW3's graphics are terrible is farcical.

On topic, I'm looking forward to Alan Wake. Between this, ME2, GOW3 and Heavy Rain, it's going to be an expensive few months after Christmas.

[PISSIO]

I think this game is much more better than uncharted 2. HDR,soft shadow, rain, texture, ecc
Uncharted 2 is very poor compare to this

[yorkie]

Meanwhile back on planet earth......................

[HappyTrigger]

......... My pony decided to hump another pony.

[Obama]

Did Alan Wake win any graphic awards in E3? O wait, UC2 did. ha

[ULTIMATE_REVENGE]

Actually the gameplay looks pretty sweet but the graphics have to be changed or updated. Splinter Cell Conviction also has really good gameplay but the graphics don't look that great.

Both games have great gameplay but have bad graphics.

[ULTIMATE_REVENGE]

Oh! wait I just checked the Gamer Zone and allot of people are saying the gameplay looks as though it plays like RE5's gameplay e.g You can't run and shoot, and if this is true then I take back what I said about the gameplay because RE5's gameplay sucks.

[Marquis_de_Sade]

So you don't have an opinion of yourself and must just go along with what everyone else says?

[XDF]

X360 already has a huge arsenal of games going into 2010 even before E3 2010 in which they will announced even more stuff.

1. Alan Wake
2. Mass Effect 2
3. Ninety Nine Nights
4. Kingdom Under Fire 2
5. Halo Reach
6. Crackdown 2
7. Champions Online
8. Project Natal
9. Mech Warrior
10. GeOW3 ???

2010 is going to make a lot of X360 happy

[foxtheory]

I think it looks great. The developers said they're building it around the story, which personally I like. And I also like the whole episodic thing. It sounds interesting and at least worth a try.

[xg-ei8ht]

I thought it looked pretty good.

Alan Wake up.

Nice.

[gnothe1]

this gen has been ruined by peoples obsession of graphics, they wanna hold on to the 2(TWO)PS3 games(uncharted an KZ2)that they feel is the best, ok thats 2, but I got over 200(2 hundred) multiplats that looks better an perform better on the 360, so are those 2 games you keep clinging to more important than the many games that look an perform better on the 360.

[iChaos Amongus]

Yea that's how I look at it now owning both consoles.

[yorkie]

200 hundred multi platts my arse

[Avenged Sevenfold]

Meh, looks like a flashlight simulator to me. I'll be fine with SC:Conviction, ODST, and Forza 3.

[Xtremist]

It looks great and certainly (knowing Remedy,their skills and their passion for perfection) is going to be the definitive Action Adventure of this generation.

[Jrome]

This game actually looks like it's going to be a quality title.

[jalen247]

Looks okay. I was expecting more from this game. But I will probably still pick it up for the PC or the 360 depending on whether I get a gaming PC or a 360 next year.

[PS360PCROCKS]

It's 360 exclusive. At least for now.

[samfk]

truth will be in the gameplay! wens it released?there were trailers 4 this b4 any nxt gen console was released! kinda bored now though!i might rent it to try it, in the year 2040.