Alan Wake - The First 12 Minutes (Spoilers)

The first 12 minutes of Alan Wake revealed.

[Natsu X FairyTail]

I havent played it I know but I feel like this game will be something big. Graphics , Gameplay , Story everything seems to be working well And this actually look like it's SCARY unlike RE5(which i still liked but...)

Day1

edit: lol @ 3diagrees. Sorry it's not on PS3 guys.

[Carlton Banks]

Well it aint graphics king material like many said, but it looks good.

Edit: Also people really bashed Killzone 2 heavily for having a lot of blur, I wonder if this game will get the same treatment.
http://i41.tinypic.com/24o2...

[PS360_37]

Artistically it might have the best graphics, but for straight graphics power, UC2 and KZ2 are still the best.

These graphics plus amazing gameplay and story would equal a great title. Lets hope these two parts are just as good.

Wow 3 disagrees in 6 minutes.

[lowcarb]

I could give a flying spaghetti crap about UC2 or KZ2! Alan Wake looks better to me in every way to those titles and hopefully lives up to the hype. Right now Alan Wake is a must have followed by Red Dead in MAY! You guys and gals go ahead and keep bringing up games you feel can't be touched while us gamers play them all and enjoy the best of both worlds.

[bboss]

After seeing this, best 360 graphics still goes to Mass Effect 2. I really like the atmosphere though.

[Anton Chigurh]

"Also people really bashed Killzone 2 heavily for having a lot of blur, I wonder if this game will get the same treatment. "

I think they are using the same technique as Max Payne in here which is called Slow motion mode aka Bullet Time.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

here is a better screenshot for AW

http://image.com.com/gamesp...

[infamousinfolite]

The game looks good but ppl stop trying to compare this to the PS3 games in graphics that department is over dethroning PS3 games in graphics would take... take a miracle. It's not happening people. Get over it. LOL But I give it to remedy this game looks good. Not OMG IMPRESSIVE GRAPHICS BETTER THAN GOW3/UNCHARTED2 AND ALL THEM OTHER GAMES ON THE PS3. No! Just looks great and better than the games I've played in terms of graphics on the 360 (halo 3, gears 2,...)

[Kratos Spartan]

carlton banks just said that. what's goin on...

edit: Anton you son of a...you edited your comment

[Cold 2000]

Nope! Not watching it.

Just 30 days to go.

[Cold 2000]

So still getting the PC version you pre-ordered ? :D

@below: Didnt you hear ? They picked the PS3 so that means nobody is allowed to be happy about anything on the 360.
Excited for something coming to the 360 = massive disagrees from uneasy PS3 loyalists.

[Shaman]

So Gears 2 still holds the 360 graphics crown...AW looks great,especially lighting and volumetric fog but somewhat it apears a bit stiff and everything looks just rough,like low poly count.Dont know but i do know that UC2 looks better.

[infamousinfolite]

Of course it does unfortunately some certain types of people can't or refuse to see that. Fact. Another fact is a fanboy of a certain side is going to respond to this comment. Watch!

[meetajhu]

Omg that was awesome! REMEDY FTW

[Christopher]

Having watched the whole video now, here is my honest opinion... and DO NOT WATCH if you don't want to hear any spoilers, there's a lot revealed just in those 12 minutes about the overall story:

1. Graphics are good, but unfortunately not the best we've seen on the console or likely will see this year. But, they would likely rank in the top 20 at the moment, not sure if I can say that at the end of the year. They did an excellent job with the rays of lights, though. Not a fan of the particle lighting effects I've seen previously, but none where shown in this video. Atmosphere is there and the game feels like one of the 80s thriller movies from Steven King, which in my book is a very good thing.

2. Animations during some of the cut scenes kind of annoyed me. A bit stiff in some respects for some reason. Don't know why. Perhaps this is an older build?

3. No blood. That just annoys me. I'm not asking for gratuitous blood, but when you pull the axe out of a guy you just chopped into, it should have something on it rather than looking as pristine as it was beforehand.

4. Still not a fan of the self-narration and hopefully the length between cut scene and action gameplay is increased. I'm assuming this is because it's early in the game for tutorial and all, but kind of got annoying seeing you run for a few seconds, start a cut scene, run for a few seconds, start a cut scene, run for 10 seconds, start a cut scene, run 15 seconds, etc.

Edit: People should rate individual comments, not the people who comment. I don't see any reason why people would disagree with Cold2000's desire to play the game in 30 days as he posted in comment 1.10.

[1-oj]

I'm sure this will be a AAA title like Metro & SCC, oh wait! :D

[spandexxking]

when the TV turned on in the cabin all i could think of was max paynes creepyness! good job remedy

[EvilBlackCat]

Same thing in every Alan Wake news

PS3 loyalists show off to bash this game bringing the old ps3 hyped games KillZone 2 & Uncharted in their comments. I havent read all comments but i know that Of course Heavy Rain is mentioned somewhere.

I wonder about those who commented before that they reserved this game for PC and that a PC copy it was the right direction... well you can wait like 1 year or 2 for it.

Alan Wake > Heavy Rain HARDCORE RAPE!
AND THAT IS HOW YOU TELL A STORY

OMG!!!! SUPER MEGA HYPED TO THE MAX NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE EYE ON THE TV SCREENNN!!! CREEEPY!!!!

Luigi huuhhh!!! Loyalists!!! ???

LOL and the light give him a flashlight with energizers and a gun.

[Shang-Long]

disagree if I'm wrong but I think since this brings something new for 360 owners other then just another shooter,I think this will sell well and score in the 9's.

And sorry some guys spoiled the ending for y'all it's sux. Cuz the same happened to me and heavy rain.

[Fanb0y]

Holy SH*T! That was actually quite thrilling - even when I was just the spectator. Might purchase the game now.

I do wish they controlled the camera a bit more. Sometimes the player doesn't know where all the cool things are happening, and he/she can easily miss some of the coolest moments of the game.

[StanLee]

That was amazing. I'm really looking forward to this game. The game truly looks fantastic. Since 2008 I've heard the XBox 360 is maxed out but games just keep looking better and better.

[badz149]

"take the light"..."take the gun"..."I'm going to give you your dream back"...safety haven...HAHAHAHA....I don't know why but those are too funny! I still can't stop laughing! (^0^)~LOL

that lamp beside of the road (aka safety haven LOL) can heal me...OMG why haven't I noticed? come on, just make the health regenerates like every other game does or pain killer like in Max Paine and it won't look so stupid! and that's a fvcking talking light over there, why the fvck does it gives you only a pistol? give me an assault rifle at least or better, RPG! THAT IS 1 FUNNY TUTORIAL!

[Chubear]

The first 3mins in and the game is TELLING you how you should feel and not letting you experience it's flow. If it's jam packed full of 70s/80s horror movie cliches in the first 12mins then I can't imagine how the rest of the game will be.

I just dont see how this can be viewed as a "AAA" experience. I'm sorry but after 5yrs of development, that was pretty lame.

[nveenio]

That seemed a little disjointed story-wise. They were really handing a lot of information over while still trying to be mysterious. As long as that clears up once the player is properly introduced to the world then it will probably be pretty sweet. Graphics were a little loose, but I really sorta expected that since they switch from open world to more linear during development. What I really liked about it is how the tweaked the atmosphere so perfectly that you actually feel an urgency for getting into the light any time you see it...like walking through a dark alley all by yourself. That's pretty cool. GJ devs!

Still not a system seller for me, though...

[ryano23277]

I am a bit mixed about that 12 minutes.

Graphics - great (not the best, but they are good)
The Way the story is presented - really interesting & there are going to be moments in the game where the heart will be racing.

Where my feelings are a little mixed is the gameplay. It is purely a TPS and I was expecting something a lot more unique.

[RonRico]

that's great. i'm sorry but this does NOT look better then the titles you listed. on what basis are you judging these on? Jesus, you really get off on this huh?

[RonRico]

and red dead looks better AND it's an open world. BoooYaah!

[thewhoopimen]

I felt that the gameplay tutorial was very... how should I put it... hokey/implausible. I would've preferred it if Alan had found the flashlight after it fell from a shelf in the cabin when the entity started shaking the house. Perhaps run outside with the flashlight in a pitch black environment and then happen to shine the light on the body of his dead buddy (who happens to have a gun).

Or better yet, have the dark entity invade his friend's body and have Alan shine the light on the entity... which then drops the gun. Then Alan manages to grab the gun and shoot the entity dead. The line, "That is all. I will give you back your dream now,"made by the Light is especially corny and really confirms my belief that the writer for this script...isn't that great.

I am still reeling from the FBI/Police Chief dialogue video from last year... That was horrible.

The light in the sky thing seems kind of amateurish because it doesn't really tell you who the f* it is. Stephen King said to leave the horror element a mystery... not the tutorial narrator.

*Addendum: I can also see what someone else mentioned earlier about cinematically scripted camera angles... Some of the parts where the cyclone throwing up cars and water towers would've been more dramatic if u could see Alan faced toward you with the cyclone behind... It was clear the player couldn't do it properly while he/she was playing.

[rareairtone]

You don't shoot them until the outer darkness breaks. I like this because it adds tension. You'll waste more bullets if you shoot them before the darkness goes away

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

I was expecting a better gameplay.

The graphics are just amazing. But the gameplay, nothing especial.

[the-warriors]

Only on Xbox 360

[D4RkNIKON]

Exactly, it will only be GOTY for xbox. The over all GOTY 2010 goes to GOW3.

[Natsu X FairyTail]

GOTY will be Zelda , Metroit other M or Halo Reach.

everybody forgot about GOW3 already,

[Hellsvacancy]

Halo Reach? man, another crack smoker

[PS360_37]

GOW is a great game, but not GOTY worthy.

[Convas]

I find it strange that you should comment on weed smoking ...

Pot calling kettle black?

[infamousinfolite]

"everybody forgot about GOW3 already"

^^^ Are you basing this on the fact that there is no more GOW3 articles coming up on N4G or everyone in your town/city/state doesn't talk about GOW3 anymore?

[Hellsvacancy]

Clizzz - Mofo, wot r u talkin about? Crack and Pot r 2 TOTALLY different things man

[eagle21]

don't try and hide Halo Reach behind SUPERIOR games like the upcoming Zelda Wii and Metroid: Other M. We know Zelda Wii will be a GOTY contender and Metroid will rock.

Halo Reach won't win GOTY over those two. :)

[Hank Hill]

Looks like it should be a good game, I'd say about an 8. Alan runs awkwardly.

[BeaArthur]

You've played the final version?

[aviator189]

You're saying that the game should get an 8 because the main character runs awkwardly and you've never even played the final build? Makes sense...not.

[TheRedTerror]

You guys like to bash someone's opinion of a game. It's not like he's bashing AW. Hank can rate it however he wants lol.

[Christopher]

Wow... I mean, there's fanboy and then there's FANNNNBOYYYYY.

Heavy Rain is in a whole different ballpark, has some graphical issues, but to call it a last-gen Sims-look-alike? That's like me calling Alan Wake the equivalent to RE1 on the PSOne, honestly.

Both games look good in their own right, neither is 'last gen' tech or look.

Edit: Would love to hear if those who disagree with me do so because
1. Neither of the games look good
2. Only Alan Wake looks good
3. Only Heavy Rain looks good

[Mista T]

this looks boring as **** anyway. I can imagine myself playing this once and never playing it again

[BeaArthur]

TheRedTerror...says the guy with the new account. Stealth troll much?

[Mr Microsoft]

@ Gamer7l - An 8 is now bad? geeze.

Look, Alan (trytokeepmea) Wake probably won't be an 8, so get your panties out of a bind. It'll get a few 7's or 8's here and there, but there will be plenty of websites that will give it the occassional 9 too.

Just because it had to be scaled back and is no longer a sand-box type game and just because it couldn't live up to the PC bullshots passed off as the 360 screenshots, doesn't mean that it'll be all bad. I'm sure it'll do fine.

So, try to calm down.

[TheRedTerror]

LOL, this account has been here for months! I usually don't comment, i just read through the articles. I thought today i'd actually try to talk a little more. I am not trolling nor is this account linked to anyone else. Maybe do a little more research lol, its been here for quite a while just rarely used. You're a usual troll around here, i don't need to find links to prove it :) made a comment november 2009.

[BeaArthur]

heRedTerror...how am I a troll? I own all 3 systems and have proof. Funny that you never comment yet you decide to break your silence to defend a known fanboy/troll.

[TheRedTerror]

again, a little research wouldn't hurt. I didn't break silence on him, i commented on another article before this one. This is why some people like me dont usually comment cause of all the faboy stuff. Regardless of whether or not hank "trolls", i don't believe his comment here was an attack. He said he likes the game...except awkward running. I don't really see that(awkward running), but he's entitled to whatever opinion of the game he wants. My proof of you trolling is that you simply attacked him for his opinion about the game. That comment he made had nothing to do with downing xbox360. It's not always a war you know! If you'd like to sort out our differences and comment further on this, pm me. I'm not an unreasonable fanboy lol

[TheRedTerror]

i dont see how an 8 is a slap in the face...it only is a slap in the face if you let it be or you're serving in the console war. I can see how hank's wording could be left to interpretation and how it suggests something negative. But honestly it just seems like digging up something that's not there. it's like you want him to be negative about AW lol, cause honestly i saw nothing wrong with that one comment by itself (disregarding anyother posts he may have made that were trolling). Honestly i don't care to question his past or current "way of thinking" it's just an opinion and shouldn't be instantly dogged on, that's all i was trying to point out.

[divideby0]

^ red... many of us here have all the consoles so anytime we post something not 100% positve about a game from any console...many get their panties in a bunch... since FF was a letdown, SC missed the mark and AW (which is my 2nd buy game for my 360 this year) doesnt look as good as many thought..many 360ers are just feeling jilted.
I am amazed that I have not seen NE1 on my Live list playing SC..yet... have to wait through the weekend...

[The Creep]

you said this looks boring.
i would like to ask you if you think heavy rain was any boring?

[BeaArthur]

TheRedTerror...maybe you need to spend more time in the comments section then so you can learn how to spot a stealth troll. Hank Hill doesn't own an Xbox 360 and he will not be playing this game. He's just trying to annoy everyone else.

[N4BmpS]

So I guess the new thing now is that every time something involving Alan Wake is shown or released you'll relate it to Heavy Rain? Come on Heavy Rain is a great game it has haters, Alan Wake looks great, it also has haters. One thing is for certain, I'm gonna get someone with a 360 to but this game. If they don't want it, I'm holding their pet or something hostage.

[the-warriors]

to Proof that watch my Disagree after few minutes looool

[Hellsvacancy]

How can sum-1 like u hav such a cool name (The Warriors, 1 of my fav games/films) and b such an idiot?

[infamousinfolite]

The graphics look good in this.....

unfortunatley I seen this happen before and if I'm not mistaken don't all games at night look good anyway?! So it's getting off too easy. In the light it probably look like just cause 2 I presume or little bit better than that.

[BeaArthur]

I like the way it says first 12 minutes and then he bothered to put "(spoilers)".

[Cevapi88]

pretty cool...i understand the T rating now...the guy at the cabin takes an axe to the neck and no blood....i do like the UC2 styling near the end when the bridge is going out and the player has to watch their step

[infamousinfolite]

We should compare this to games that are also displayed at night such games as JC2 or games like uh not sure what games that are displayed at night we can compare it to. Any Suggestions?

Overall this looks could can't really deny it all, really. I say 360's GGOTY (graphical game of the year) not overall GOTY.

[Fishy Fingers]

It doesnt all take place at night, Some will be at day. Regardless, why do you need to compare it to anything, take it for what it is. I dont understand the comparison fascination.

[infamousinfolite]

Me either but I'm just going along with everyone else. Plus its funny seeing how fanboys of either side react when it (x game) is compared to (x game).

[Kratos Spartan]

going along with everybody else. You are your own person, are you not? No need to get on the wagon of craziness. It's not cool to compare or hate. No matter what "they" try to tell you.

[infamousinfolite]

True but still I get a kick out of watching fanboys compare 'apples to oranges' beside I don't really go along with it. Its just something fun to think about. Anyway yes overall the looks good and that's my final word on it.

[mike9077]

HALO REACH LATEST PICS LOOK INCREDIBLE I THINK THAT WILL HAVE THE BEST GRAPHICS FOR THE 360 THIS YEAR

[Two-Face]

I can feel it. Alan Wake will be a masterpiece, and will be remembered as a masterpiece.

[Socomer 1979]

Very GEneric.

[Convas]

Not going to partake. I have steadfastly refused to spoil any of the games on my Must Buy list.

Hell, I'm still very carefully choosing which videos of Bad Company 2 to watch.

Can't Wait to get this in my Hands. Day One! Roll on May!

[ardivt]

first 360 exclusive I really want on ps3. waited so long for this game and now we can only play it on 360, not even on pc. but maybe there will be a ps3 version some day?

[Gamer7l]

It may come to PC eventually, but this one will NEVER be on PS3....MS has invested TOO HEAVILY in this game, for that to happen. Besides, Remedy is already 5 years behind on PS3 development, since they don't even own PS3 dev kits....a port would suck on PS3.

[GeoramA]

This is what bots are bragging about??? This looks nothing special at all.

And LOL at the MAX PAYNE devs making a T-rated game for M$. What a bunch of sellouts.

[Greywulf]

Good for 360 quality though, but Uncharted2/Gow3/Killzone2 and all the other games bots tried to hype alan wake against walk all over this.The T rating is just hilarious, almost as hilarious as the broken animation and lipsync.At least remedy tried..

No gaming isn't about graphics. But advanced technology (next gen consoles) is about new innovation in visuals ahead of the previous generation. Not bottoming out at the Unreal engine. So far the 360 hasn't done anything outside of Gears 1.

Its sad that the cut scenes look nothing like the gameplay. Bots were excited and thought they might get both good gameplay & visuals out of the 360's dvd..But maybe uh.. whats next on the list? Gears3? Splinter Cell flopped.Bots need to stop hyping graphics, maybe the next 360. But this one isn't doing much in that realm.

[hoops]

Oh god the two biggest Sony fanboys (above and below) commenting negative about a Xbox360 game. Next the sun will rise....

[EditorAtGNG]

I never had any doubt in Remedy's capabilities and this trailer just servers to prove it. I just hope they release it for the PC as well... oh, and it's rather sad to think they had to sacrifice Max Payne 3 to the GTA monster in order to make this...

[tudors]

Argue all you want but for some time now since both the PS3 and the 360 have gone into full throttle I have been asking myself how are these consoles with ther small amounts of RAM producing games that look like this, wake up people GOW3, UC2, Halo Reach, Alan Wake etc etc are a reality, they are here and they are running on consoles, you would be a fool to try and fool anyone into thinking this is not impressive, and if you do try to fool them then you are supporting the theory that PC gamers forgive you for a minute and console gamers forgive you for a second (or whatever the figure was that Crytek quoted). Incredible!!!!

[divideby0]

looks good especially the lighting...but with all the darkness and FOG, I aint blown away graphically like I thought I would be.. still on my buy list though

[1-oj]

Alan Hill In The Dark: The Next Flop! :D

[jalen247]

Looks pretty good.

I still say it needs more to the game play.

[Slimshadyn]

It looks fun, still not completely sold but it looks like it could end up as one of the best this year.

[Kakihara]

I'm not bagging on the game, it looks beautiful and I believe it just may live up to the hype,

'having said that...'

If you're basing the tone of the game on Stephen King novels, do NOT start off with the words, 'Stephen King once wrote that...'. The game is obviously a homage to his style and as such it's kinda supposed to exist in a world in which nobody's really heard of Stephen King. It'd be like Max Payne starting his gritty neo noir narration like, 'The rain poured down incessantly upon the filthy streets of this rotting urban jungle. Kinda like it would in a Frank Miller comic'.

If we're playing as a horror writer who's own story comes to life around him (that's not a spoiler from the video, just something I've read in all the previews) and that story is exactly like Stephen King (who still exists in this fictional game world) in both it's tone and characters... We're basically playing as a hack writer. It's like Carlos Mencia the game or something.

[Arnon]

"The game is obviously a homage to his style and as such it's kinda supposed to exist in a world in which nobody's really heard of Stephen King."

Is this a joke? The game takes place in Bright Falls, Washington. I take it when a fictional movie uses non-fictional characters, that means it's bad, right? There's absolutely nothing wrong with using non-fictional characters in a fictional story, and is in fact, encouraged in some cases.

I'm also wondering if you even played Max Payne. The narration had silly aspects to it as well, such as:

"When the darkness fell, New York City became something else, any old Sinatra song notwithstanding. Bad things happened in the night, on the streets of that other city. Noir York City."

Whoops. They mentioned Frank Sinatra, automatically resulting in bad narration.

"Gognitti bailed. I made like Chow Yun-Fat."

Whoops. They mentioned Chow Yun-Fat, automatically resulting in bad narration.

"I had taken on the role of the mythic detective: Bogart as Marlowe, or as Sam Spade going after the Maltese Falcon. To unravel all the mysteries, following a path of clues to that final revelation, even if it would take me down to the cold, cavernous depths of a grave."

Whoops. They mentioned Humphrey Bogart, Philip Marlowe, Sam Spade and The Maltese Falcon, automatically resulting in bad narration.

What a joke, and a terrible attempt at trying to find fault with the dialog.

"I'm a PS3 owner and supporter"

Go support it somewhere else. It also doesn't help your case over the Natal comment you made which consisted of crude remarks.

[Kakihara]

My point wasn't that fictional stories can't use real characters, read what I said again. I said because the game is a homage to Stephen King it's a little silly to start off by telling the audience about something Stephen King said in an interview. It'd be like the game F.E.A.R. (horror fps starring creepy little girl clearly a homage to The ring) starting with a narrator speaking the words, 'When Hideo Nakata was filming The Ring. He decided that true horror didn't come from giant scary monsters eating people alive but from the smallest of things...'.

You see how lame that would sound?? Don't you think the same cringe factor comes into play when you're playing a game about a writer who moves to a small rural American town only to find strange horrible things going on starting with the narrator telling you about something he heard Stephen King say in an interview.

I haven't played Max Payne since just after it came out(and wasn't much of a gamer when the sequel came out so didn't play it) so I didn't know he namechecked 'real' people and characters. If you now understand my original argument you should be able to see that most of those Max Payne quotes aren't the same kind of thing. The only one that comes close is namechecking Sam Spade and the classic noir heroes but even then we can accept that Max knows about Bogart etc since they're so far removed from his time. Max Payne is more neo noir than classic noir so as I said, it'd be lamer if he said, 'The night felt cold and dark like something out of a Frank Miller comic' or something.

I think you're overreacting a little. Trying to paint me as a PS3 fanboy because I mentioned being a PS3 supporter as a set up to a joke in another comment or suggesting I made crude comments about Natal (In reference to my obviously completely jokey comment that Microsoft had released the control list for Natal and it consisted of swinging a dead cat around your head to turn and smoking a cigarette to shoot or whatever) is just not right. This game looks incredibly atmospheric and very cool but it's not perfect. People are allowed to dislike some things about it, if you can't accept that I don't think I'm the fanboy here.

[kneon]

It looks good graphically but the game seems lame, I was expecting better than that. Everything just seemed so cliché, like it was allpulled from a bad made for TV movie. The naration sounds so hokey it made me laugh, it's like it was written for kids.

[blodulv]

It looks like it will be fun to play and I'll hold my full opinion until then, but I thought the voice work and narrative were pretty awful.

[Fatal Blow]

I will be getting this game on day 1 you can tell by looking at the vid this is gonna be an amazing game for sure that's just my option tho

[Biggest]

Wow. I've heard about the impending greatness of this game for a while now. And all I can say to sum up that video is. . . Wow.

Isn't that the same old "gameplay" we've all seen a million times? That can't be how the actual game will look, sound, or play. I think waiting the 30 days is the best we can do. Unless they're cool and allow reviews and current videos to be released weeks ahead of time.

[hatchimatchi]

I don't know why people are having this giant console rivalry with this game, it's so childish. I don't own a 360 but this is probably gonna be the game that makes me go out and get one. I agree with people who say it looks like alone in the dark but I find that to be a good thing. The alone in the dark series could have been awesome numerous times but the production values/gameplay never quite hit the mark. Lovecraftian style horror done right in a game would have been awesome. Alan Wake doesn't look lovecraftian themed but at the same time it looks to be doing correct what Alone in the Dark has been doing wrong for all these years.

Instead of arguing over which console is better and which game is the graphics king why don't we just try to be happy that Remedy Studios is looking to revitalize the survival horror genre (which has been getting extremely stale) and is putting more emphasis on storytelling & narrative rather than just blowing the crap out of everything that walks.

Grow up kids

[Mo0eY]

Looks like a big piece of poo.

[Xi]

that looks like the best looking console game I've seen. Yes shocking I know, but I honestly think it does.

[cheetah]

I would probably buy this game if it was on PS3 but I am sad to say that I think it is going to be a disappointment. Looks slow and stiff, atmosphere looks amazing, story sounds great, graphics look good. I think the gameplay is going to let this one down. Sorry.

[Slimshadyn]

After seeing just a few trailers, screen-shots, and now a 12 minutes of the game, which I wasn't playing, I completely change my mind. GOTY hands down. ME2 and GOW3 aren't even close. :P

or

Even though its not out it and I haven't played it, its horrible. One of the most over hyped and disappointing games this gen. Easily it has locked up worst game of the year. :P

I forgot that if I don't say its GOTY or It sucks then I'll get disagrees. Now with both, no more disagrees.

[Domer25]

Looks pretty good. Yeah i watched the video, and it seems to be a great game. Good job Remedy, Start the ad campaign and pray that RDR doesn't steal your thunder.

[Jikla]

Great graphics and I'm sure it will be an awesome game, but I think I'll go with red dead redemption for may month since I can only afford 1 game :/

[ElementX]

I need a 360!

[bviperz]

If you can afford it, get it.

[QuantumWake]

Definitely get an Xbox 360. Lots of great exclusive and multi-platform games coming out this year.

Cheers!! :D

[Ninjamonkey82]

Gonna go against the grain and dislike what ive seen here. Wheres the big jump forward in gameplay etc. This is Max Payne with a torch that replaces bullet time and a naritive that replaces the comic book style. Graphics ways its ok but i believe the open world they where working on at the start was a better idea.

Anyone in there right mind thinks this is gonna be Hard to beat need to have a good look at why they play games today this looks like a one play threw at best. I loved the Max Payne games but it wasnt a poxy assed writer. Orignality is what pushes a genre not referbs of what has come before.

A new lick off paint on a house may make it look pretty but it don't change whats on the inside are the stuture. Just like Geow 3 and that damned Unreal engine.

[labwarrior]

And the atmosphere is out of this world too, could well one of the best games ever created

[Morgue]

I'd buy it but I sold my 360 three weeks ago so I think I'll go watch ' In the Mouth Of Madness instead. '

[bviperz]

I stopped watching because I felt I would be doing this game and their developers such a disservice. This needs to be played on an HDTV with a home theater sound system.

[karl]

i really like it.. i don't have a 360 but i would like to get one for this game..

didn't see nothing wrong with it... the only think that "bother" me, was the angelic light giving u flashlights and guns haha was really awkward

i would prefer to find them in the ground or something like that xD

[aviator189]

Everything was fantastic, but having some sort of light bringing down items to you was just stupid. There are probably a million other better ways to give players the items. However, everything else was plain awesome.

[QuantumWake]

Well thankfully, that was only part of Alan's dream. I doubt we will see him again unless Alan dreams again.

[HappyTrigger]

That was pretty amazing! The detail on Alan's jacket is pretty awesome. lol.

[SlipperyMooseCakes]

I'm pretty excited for this game, it should be received pretty highly.

For the people going off topic about GoW III being game of the year, probably not. I would say currently Mass Effect 2 strongly holds that position.

[Chubear]

I'm sorry but that 12mins was pure rubbish. If the 360 fanbase look at THAT and say that's a GOTY/AAA experience they should shut their mouths up on ANY PS3 exclusive that comes out.

The 360 fanbase are full of crap. I've said it b4 and I'll say it again - they don't care about quality gaming, they only care about MS "winning". How the hell can you look at that and be impressed?

horrible voice acting & dialog "Come to the light. Here, have this torch light.." ARE YOU FRACKIN' KIDDING ME?! What kind of lame assed dialog is that?! nah, if you actually think that 12mins shows a great introduction for a AAA experience then you just a fool that doesn't give a damn about quality gaming. FIVE YEARS?! .. and cheesy, generic dialog is riddled through this thing.

Look, go look at the first 10mins of MGS4, Heaven Sword, Killzone 2, Uncharted 1&2, go see what the introduction for a AAA, high quality experience is supposed to be. Heck, go look at the first 12mins of Silent Hill 5 that's considered to be the worst of the Silent Hill series. Even that displays better quality.

I'm sorry but that is no AAA game. Good enough game to play through and enjoy as a 7/8type experience maybe but AAA it sure as hell it is not. Shoddy animation, shoddy dialog, jam packed with horror cliches... and that's just the first 10mins. sorry but I now see 360 gamers have no clue what a true AAA experience is just what they are told it is by "teh reviews"

[i3eyond the Circle]

Wowzaz!

The fanboys are out in full force when ever anything alan wake related pops up.

Maybe you guys need to upgrade from those on board graphics cards and stop watching your internet videos from a projector being projected to your neighbors garage door.

This looks amazing and fantastic. Everyone is comparing this game to shT but this game has a totally different art style.

[Biggest]

There it is! You can't compare the graphics because you're watching it on a garage door. . . And it has a different art style. LOL! I am 100% sure there are comparable games with similar, if not exact, art styles. Well almost. Not many games are dipped in the deepest black known to man. It's like Flava Flav wiped his skin on the game.

[MR LOOKINGBILL]

Alan Wake is definitely game of the year. I love God Of War3 just didn't add enough to the game play.
@Hellsvacancy GTFO of the 360 thread you're one of pennywise army of trolls.

Please report all ps3 panty boys that enter .360 threads to troll or wreck them.

[Tron_Rocks]

You fan-boys sound like kids arguing on the playground. Grow up already! I am not saying this is the best looking game, I am not saying this game will keep me form buying games for my ps3. I am saying this game from what I saw looks really really fun and looks great as well. It is a first day buy for me and will sit on my game-shelf along side other games like Gears of War 2, Uncharted 2 Modern Warfare 2, Bio-shock 2. They all live together peacefully and I this game is no exception but looks like a heck of a lot of FUN!

[Strikepackage Bravo]

that looks good, and the atmosphere is creepy, I like that, I swear Im only playing this one at night.

[yakuzakazuya]

Looks like a nice addition to my horror game collection!

I hope the screen tearing will be absent in the final build of the game.

[Jimis78]

to be this good...Best Visuals ever. Everything else is pure PS fanboy propaganda...

[yakuzakazuya]

"Best visuals ever" should not have such horrendous screen-tearing. I hope this 12 minute preview is not the final build.

[silverchode]

CHARGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!

[Arnon]

So how exactly is this not good? The narrations are nothing short of spectacular, and the light that he sees is his dream. I honestly cant believe that people would nitpick over something like that. I guess because he used the name Stephen King, it must be a terrible narrative. What a joke.

I'll be sure to tell someone how stupid they are for having a dream about flying.

[blodulv]

You honestly think that the narrative in those 12 minutes were spectacular?

Yikes.... After getting some quality cinema like dialogue from games like Uncharted, Mass Effect, Assassins Creed etc... this looks like child's play. And we're talking 5 years of development here.

I would like to think that we'd expect more out of our billed "AAA" titles than this.

[Arnon]

Lol... really now... Assassin's Creed? There were about what, 2 pages of dialogue in that script?

You don't even explain as to why you think the dialogue in this is not on par with said games (which just made me lol... Assassin's Creed). You just kind of shrugged off the comment and listed random titles off.

[Biggest]

Just calm down, dude. It was cheesy. That is okay. The darkness that is taking over the land decided to leave Fantasia and Atreyu alone for a while. Now it's messing with Alan in the form of the same hitch-hiker over and over. That is cheesy. "Hey! I can help you! Remember me? I'm the coach guy from that one book you made. Nevermind. I'm going to get hacked bloodless real quick and not be of any help." That is also cheesy. The voice from the sky? That is cheesy. I know it is a dream. Have you ever had a nightmare with a friendly eye in the sky? I bet it was CHEESY! Here's your gun. It has 6 shots. But since you run around with an ammo belt built into your pocket it'll be great. And the battery gauge is there for show. My son made a really nice gauge and I wanted to use it. It means nothing, but I think it's cool. Cheesy. Oh! And in my scary dream I can make blasts of extra light from my flashlight. And since the only thing that stops my enemy, Naruto the dark Hitch-hiker, is light. . . Well I guess I am not too afraid anymore. The whole 12 minute video was cheesy. Sorry, bro.

[Arnon]

You're an idiot.

[Darksyko]

I agree with Badz149 about the "Take the light, take the gun." thing I chuckled a bit. "Take the gun, good now kill your neighbors cat. Gooood whahahhaha." Yep pretty funny. Definitely looking forward to this game.

[Meryl]

lol this game has screen tearing issues, as for the gameplay it looks really dull, silent hill was more scary than this, alan wake is not up to uncharted 2standards in game and cutscenes it cheats and still looks nowhere as good as drake when he is on a cutscene, that's another game knocked out to compete with ps3 exclusives, all bots have left now is their halo:reach.

[angelrebirth]

Wow, i'm really surprised of this video. After all the buzz on this game... it's not a masterpiece.
The animation is skipy, the hero looks tight on his clothes... It's hard for him to move his arms.
It's full of blur...

Agree to say that it's for child, every move is displayed, it's for dummies.

I think the 360 owners better wait for Gear of War 3.

[hiredhelp]

Being on the other side of the fence .and knowing what the 360 can and cant do. i agree this isnt the best graphical game. but then what is.unless you gonna compare to the other side of the fence.witch keeps cropping up. ps3-vs-360.or 360-vs-ps3 however saying that the looks reminded me of ALONE IN THE DARK. however i beleave this is a worthwile game for the 360 i hope its longer than splinter cell.for you guys and hope all on 1 disc. gameplay looks abit stiff but without playing it i cant say for sure. but worth wile 360 title long overdue but its here.

[nemrawy]

This game will be X360 GOTY and will redefine the genre just like Splinter Cell Conviction ........LOL

/s

[Gamefan12]

looks interesting but not too impressed

but it's only the first 12 minutes and usually just the tutorial anyway.

Graphics are nice but you people saying it's the best out there are out of touch with reality. Again not saying they are bad they look good but not the best.

Wouldn't mind playing the game to see what it has

[Lipscomba]

This kind of reminds me of alone in the dark. I'm going to buy it, but reminds me of this.

[Jason143]

looks like an old silent hill. Graphically I just dont see it. After uc2 and gow3 Its going to take something huge to become the gfx king.

[zeddy]

best graphics on the 360 by a mile, its no uncharted 2 but it still looks great.

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

Looks good, Graphics amazing.

But the gameplay, I was expecting, more innovation a better gameplay.

The gameplay is just not interesting for me, just have a touch of Slow Motion and Lights. That's all?

I hope a repetitive game, because is only for 1 player.

I will wait for the reviews and see if this is worth a buy. I was expecting a better gameplay.