Heavy Rain versus Alan Wake HD screenshot comparison

GB writes: "Alan Wake and Heavy Rain are without a doubt one of the most anticipated games for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2010. So we at GamingBolt decided to do a screen shot comparison to gauge how these games compare with each other. On a side note, Heavy rain comes out 23rd February and Alan Wake sometime in May, 2010."

[unrealgamer58]

lol he gave it a tie. In reality it's rape and we all know it.

[Cold 2000]

Wow Alan Wake looks that good ??!! I'm really surprised.

edit: are those AW sreenshots in-game ? Because they actually look better than those HR screenies.

[Darkeyes]

Heavy Rain looks awesome.. I have said it before and I am saying it again that it even looks better than Uncharted 2 in terms of character models.. Alan Wake also looks good, but seriously just look at the first shot and you know that Heavy Rain characters are a class apart.

Besides, gameplay vids are all that matter and not bullshots. From the night scene of Alan Wake and some Dark scenes of HR, one can easily see why HR is better looking.. Alan Wake has good lighting, but so does HR.. And even from few vids of HR, it looks stunning..

[Jamegohanssj5]

Aren't those wake screens from the PC version?

TGSI

[Hellsvacancy]

I thought the same and the Heavy Rain pics r probably from that demo they showed ages ago

[ThatCanadianGuy]

I agree.Alan wake looks "ok"
But Heavy Rain really does look incredible.

I don't see why there is even a comparison tho.Both are going for entirely different things.

AW is going the safe route with the basic action/adventure game
HR is truly blurring the line between games & cinema and creating a whole new Genre.

Pointless comparison.

[Jamegohanssj5]

How in the hell did this get approved?

TGSI

[Saaking]

Alan Wake looks great, but comparing it to a PS3 exclusive is a death sentence. I'll be buying both so I don't really care. Xbox fans complain about Ps3 fans talking about the superiority of the PS3, yet it's the Xbox fans that continually try (and do not succeed) in comparing lesser 360 exclusives to what the PS3 offers. That's as dumb as comparing PS3 exclusives to Crysis on max. You just won't win.

@Bungie
Yea, this game isn't for people like you (younger immature gamers into twitchy shooters). Besides, you have no PS3.

[Bungie]

they're very different games

AW is a large game with gameplay

HR is a cut scene with QTEs (developers word not mine)

[ryuzu]

Here's some comparison shots of PacMan and Space Invaders - you choose the winner!

What difference does it make? 2 different games separated by different hardware as well. All this shows is that gaming sites are so desperate for hits they'll invent flame articles from the thinnest of premises.

Having said that, I've already played Alone in the Dark so I'm only really planning on Heavy Rain and I'll see whether AW is worth it after it's been out a while.

r.

[LtSkittles]

@Bungie that's not what David Cage said.

"No! We don't make Dragon's Lair! This is not Dragon's Lair – do you think I'm crazy? I'm not stupid. Do you think I develop on PlayStation 3 to do Dragon's Lair again? It would be absurd. Of course it's not." We typically lead into quotes with a bit more background than that, but those who've read message board diatribes dismissing the upcoming Heavy Rain as nothing more than a series of Quick Time Events surely understand the frustration of Quantic Dream founder David Cage -- who owns the mouth from which the above quote was uttered during a press demonstration at GamesCom 2009.

Cage went on to explain "when there is an action sequence, yes we integrate [these] QTE sequences," but the rest of the time, the player will have full control as they navigate the game's four characters through a deep, choice-riddled story. That actually sounds pretty reminiscent of Quantic's last game, Indigo Prophecy / Fahrenheit. That's great and all -- but we actually wouldn't be disappointed by a new installment in the Dragon's Lair franchise. We admit it -- we're Dirkheads, through and through.

Nice job, on spinning what he said.

http://www.joystiq.com/2009...

[Eamon]

Both look stunning but I'd have to say Heavy Rain stands champ in this one.

I also have a feeling those Alan Wake screenshots are from the PC version that's been put on pause till after the 360 version is finished.

I just hope Heavy Rain gameplay is as fun as it should be. I'm still worried if a game completely based on QTEs will be good.

[sikbeta]

"AW is a [large game] with gameplay" -> [ ? ] <-

Devs cut lot of stuff to make this game Graphically better and well.., to fit teh DVD9z

HR will be Amazing, support this game and if you still have money after buying Every PS3 Exclusive, buy AW for PC

Gamers FTW!!!

[HammockGames]

I'm buying both, regardless of which looks better/worse compared to the other.

It's not like we're comparing a multiplat game.

[pippoppow]

Why the comparisons? They are totally different games.

Looking forward to HR. It is a breath of fresh air. The evolution of the graphic genre. This game is the type of new experience that for me separates this gen from last. Instead of Devs opting for just HD upgrades, how about more that push the boundaries of what a game is and stop playing it safe. If I didn't already own a PS3 I would by Feb 23.

Alan Wake looks good for a 3rd person survival horror type game. Nothing really new but it will most likely be a high quality title. Kind of reminds me of the PC game Nocturne which I really liked.

[Hanif-876]

These pictures from Alan Wake are from the PC version not the Xbox360, so this fails. However, with the PC being so powerful Heavy Rain still looks better :-)

[presto717]

The ps3 exclusive wins yet again.

[lowcarb]

I said it before and I will say it again. Alan Wake will be the game that surpasses PS3 exclusives in terms of visuals and graphics. Look at how much better the lighting and detail looks compared to anything even scene this generation (GT5 and Last Guardian as well). HR is a beautiful game (even though they all look plastic)but putting it next to Alan Wake you can already see it's been surpassed.I honestly get the sense of heat in Wake similar to GT5 just with much better details and draw distance. The weather system Alone in Wake is going to splatter HR and even KZ2 so please don't start twisting things for personal agenda's.

edit below: So you laugh when your in denial? Trust me I'm doing the same thing to all the HR is better looking posts. Hr looks like plastic people with a tint of muggy gray over everything.

[Dnied]

LOL i needed that, haha thank you very much. Good laugh.

[zeeshan]

Bungie you just keep getting owned man! @Lt_Skittles totally owned ya!

[omni_atlas]

Read this -- its from someone that actually played and finished the game:

http://bit.ly/8mPFLH

According to the writer on the forum, there are more than 20 endings and 70 scenes.

[InfectedDK]

Just wait for the goddamn games to release.. Seriously.. All these screenshot comparisons..

[wicko]

@lowcarb

I'm guessing the first few times you said it everyone ignored you? I mean, I can understand why.. you say some pretty ridiculous things.

Please don't throw around technical terms as if you understand what is going on in the screenshots you've seen. You can spout things like draw distance, lighting, and detail but there is far more going on than those things. And those all change depending on the type of scene you're drawing.

So far I've seen a clip of Alan Wake running from the police in a foggy forest.. you think that fog is just for show? No, its there to mask the draw distance. It's a technique that has been used by 3D games for a very long time, the most basic of technique of masking.

Detail is arguable. There was a lot of variation in that forest, which is kind of expected of a forest, but it is also very dark, and difficult to see texture variation and resolution. I imagine if that forest was lit up using daytime lighting it would be very ugly. It doesn't help that this is also a 3rd person game, that makes it difficult to get a close look at textures, as opposed to first person shooters. This allows slightly lower res textures, but in turn allows for a lot more textures since they take up less space.

And the animations.. well its pretty standard. It's certainly no uncharted 2. Drake animates depending on the terrain he is running on, stumbling when dropping from certain heights, raising his legs appropriately when he climbs a slope or a rocks that are higher than the ground he's currently standing on. KZ2 had some great animations too, especially death animations. I don't remember how accurate the animations were when going up and down slopes though.

I'm not saying Alan Wake looks bad, but it certainly doesn't visually stomp the competition (although I'd hardly call GT5 and KZ2 its competition).

[lelo2play]

Honestly, Heavy Rain looks much better, based on gameplay videos and images i have already seen of both games...

...but gameplay wise, something is telling me Alan Wake will be much better. I'm just not sure about Heavy Rain's gameplay. I may be wrong.

[sniper-squeak]

so is Alan Wake definitely coming for the PC then? Remedy do hav a history of releasing their games on PC straight after... I suppose we'l only find out after they've released it on 360... they wll make an announcement..

[OmarJA-N4G]

@ Cold 2000:

Denial much? :)

[lowcarb]

Regardless of what I know that's not important. You go ahead and run around doing damage control. I guarantee you only Ps3 fanboys are the one's making claims like it looks much better. You sound so silly trying to question why there's fog in the woods of Alan Wake. There's not going to be fog throughout the entire game. They used it to bring a certain moment to life just like KZ2 and UC2 in many areas. Everytime I come across or read comments like yours I always wonder where in the heck you clowns come from. Look at the pics again and tell your eye's to stop lying. AW slaughters HR and this is coming from someone that thinks HR looks really really good.

"So far I've seen a clip of Alan Wake running from the police in a foggy forest.. you think that fog is just for show?"

There are many clips with no fog if you go to gametrailers. It's part of there weather system.

"Detail is arguable. There was a lot of variation in that forest, which is kind of expected of a forest, but it is also very dark, and difficult to see texture variation and resolution."

You can clearly see in the AW gametrailer vids the texture details throughout the entire demonstration at night.

"And the animations.. well its pretty standard. It's certainly no uncharted 2."

And what about the animations of HR? Oh I forgot lol...It doesn't have any!

AW isn't even out yet so we don't know how the animations will stack up but whatever happens time will tell.

[Rush-Sykes]

This is a completely moronic comparison first of all remember them PS1 era with games like Resident Evil 2, That game looked way ahead of its time compared to games like tomb raider.

That's because Resident Evil 2 has horrible gameplay for the most part. you turning was terrible and shooting was completely useless. But that didn't stop RE2 being an amazing game because the visuals where ahead of its time and it was a story driven game for the most part.

Tomb Raider on the other hand was a action game and the movement was alot unless confined, you had more open environments and so on. But because of this freedom of movement the visuals would suffer.

Alan Wake = Tomb Raider, Alot of free movement and great action in a far more open game.

Heavy Rain = Resident Evil 2, Huge restrictions on movement but stunning settings and completely story driven.

If you want to pull me up on this go ahead but its all true Heavy Rain is completely like Resident Evil 2 when it comes to movement which puts far less strain on the hardware then games like Alan Wake. In turn allowing you to deliver better visuals.

Alan Wake has far better gameplay which means its harder for the console to deliver high end visuals. Its unfair to compare Heavy Rain to any 360 exclusive because as of yet the 360 hasn't done a poor movement but stunning visual game like Heavy Rain.

The fact that Alan Wake is anywhere close shows how stunning the game is to be honest.

[Fanb0y]

From what I read, Alan Wake's environments are much wider than anything in Heavy Rain. So I'd say they're equal in terms of 'graphics' (the term used lightly).

[DaTruth]

Okay, how come there are so many comments on this even though the link doesn't work. I've checked it three times in the last 3 hours!

[Larry L]

....like lowcarb. I was able to get through earlier, no luck since though.

If he has actually seen these comparisons, it's SO obviousls Heavy Rain looks better. Alan Wake has very nice textures, I'll give it that, but man, the entirety of every AW shot is chock full of probably the most jaggies I've ever seen. It's pretty crazy how jaggie the game is. It very much looks like a video game. Heavy Rain also has very good textures and has absolutely no jaggies. It looks like a CGI movie as opposed to a video game.

The comparison makes little sense anyway. At least 2 of those 4 AW screens are cut-scenes, not in-game. Meanwhile all of Heavy Rain is technically "in-game". So having to use AW cut scene material to compare to HR's in-game just makes HR look all that much better (though I suppose since the 360vsPS3 war started, the 360 side has always used cut-scene material and bull-shots to compare to PS3 exclusive in game material). We also have no idea what platform those AW sharts are showing. If they are from the PC version, again, this makes Heavy Rain look even better, since we KNOW it's from the PS3 version.

Both games will be great action/thrillers, but graphically Heavy Rain stand the victor.

[raztad]

@Rush-Sky

Pardon me if I repeat your mistake of pre-judging a game based on nothing else but some short videos and screenshots but IMO Alan Wake is not more than a generic Alone in The Dark type, Resident Evil 4 type of game. I dont know why some of you guys get "hyped" looking at AW previews/videos, game looks generic. AW is linear as the next, with the interactivity you expect form a linear game with non-destructible environments.

I'm not quite sure why AW and HR are being compared at all, if something is clear is that HR is not Third Person Survivak Horror, much less a shooter.

[wicko]

@lowcarb

Wow, just... wow. You prove your ignorance with every statement you make.

Because I argued with you, I must be a ps3 fanboy.. or I actually have an idea of what I'm talking about.

And like I said, fog is just ONE (and basic at that) method of hiding draw distance. In that particular level, fog is used as a draw distance mask. It is common knowledge. Other levels that don't have fog, use another approach. If you actually read what I said, you would have realized that already. Direct quote from me: "It's a technique that has been used by 3D games for a very long time, the most basic of technique of masking."

And seeing a few textures that look good does not mean the rest of them do. Corners have to be cut somewhere, this is the approach all level designers take when building levels. You do your best with textures a player is most likely to see, and reduce the quality on those less visible or less important objects. With any dark level such as the forest level, it makes it even easier to hide low quality textures since there is very little light compared to a day scene.

And your last comment.. wow. It really shows you know VERY LITTLE about game development.. no animations? Do you know what an animation is? From wikipedia: Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

I can guarantee you that 99.9% of games released at any time period since the conception of video games, have had animations. An example of an animation would be how a character walks through an environment, how their facial expression changes or their lips move when they're talking. Heavy Rain has far more complicated animations than Alan Wake, and for good reason: it's a character driven game. Everything is about the characters and their emotions and their lines that they say. I saw a close up of the AW characters, in GT's videos, and honestly they are not anything to write home about. Which is fine, because that is not the emphasis. The animations that I was saying were not that great were Alan's walking and jogging animation. They are pretty typical for any game, no real attention for detail. I'm not even sure if they are motion captured (Heavy Rain definitely is).

Ultimately, I will enjoy both games, I have no hard on for either of them like a lot of people do. But I do get sick of people saying stuff like OMG ITS BETTER THAN ANYTHING THIS PLATFORM HAS TO OFFER IF YOU DISAGREE YOU ARE A FANBOY. It takes a lot to impress me now, ever since I played Crysis. That game has by far the best looking engine around, far better than any 360 or PS3 game, especially with all the modifications you can make. I was impressed with Uncharted 2 because of how close it came, but it still has a long way to go. But once an engine surpasses CryEngine 2, I will be impressed.

[lowcarb]

Aw looks much better than HR folks! HR is nothing more than Home with a story. Once again look at the pics and quit trying to do damage control. HR controls look absolutely boring and the demo will sway this blind opinion of it.

Edit wicko: I had know idea I had to be educated in the development tech field to post on N4g lol. Seriously dude you fail at every turn to justify what your saying because just like me it's a matter of opinion which one looks better. Do you honestly believe anybody on this site cares what upsets you? If you want to get mad at somebody take it out on Sony or this developer for not making HR look better sheesh. Also calm down on the long posts trying to convince people you know what your talking about. Dev talk means squat to me because I play games not make them.

"Because I argued with you, I must be a ps3 fanboy.. or I actually have an idea of what I'm talking about"

HA....dude your the easiest kind to spot out. The only reason my comment even upset you and only you and those alike is because guess what? Your a fanboy yourself lol. Now go choke on your spit and parish troll!

[LONEWOLF231]

DAMN dude they both look mighty fine BUT as stated before the character models are worlds apart.It have to be on the PC running in DX 11 to have a chance against Heavy Rain. In other news February 23 cant come any sooner, I WANT MY HEAVY RAIN!!!!!!!!!

[Larry L]

are you the lonewolf from Motorstorm?

[muDD]

All of you who think heavy rain looks better than AW are being fooled. The portion of heavy rain where you can actually control you character, looks TERRIBLE. The portion of the game where you do not have full control looks awesome. This game is pulling the wool over fanbois eyes... The characters are not fully controllable!! AW on the other hand, looks awesome all the way through. The character is fully controllable. Lets be fair and compare the controllable portions of heavy rain to AW... AW looks 10 times better. Bellow is what heavy rain truly looks like. AND it does not look better than AW. Stop the fanboism!

http://www.nextgn.com/wp-co...

[JsonHenry]

Seeing as how one is completely scripted and the other is real time I am surprised Alan Wake even holds a candle to HR.

[erathaol]

I think these games are going to help separate the intelligent and the unintelligent game journalist that work in the industry. As we will now have concrete evidence that will prove how dumb some people really are.

[thesummerofgeorge]

From what you've read? Apparently you're privy to information the rest of us aren't. Where exactly did you read that AW environments are 'wider' (whatever that means anyway... or were you trying to say bigger) than HR? No honestly, where in the world did you stumble across a description of how "wide" the HR environments are? As far as I know, nobody knows how big the environments are in HR, not to mention there will be many different environments which I'm sure vary in size. And how you make the jump from, the environment being supposedly "wider" to the graphics being equal is beyond me.

You sad little kids with your bizarre crushes on corporations, will say and make up anything...

[mastiffchild]

Link won't work for me but, really, I only wanted to see what spin the author was putting on his "comparison". Sadly, I'll never know.

They're VERY different games and having seen a bit of both games in motion ,where it counts most, I was a touch more impressed with Heavy Rain from a purely visual standpoint. Alan Wake himself walks like he has a stick up his bum(still) while the HR characters really move and react like people and are the closest characters I've seen yet to actually escaping uncanny valley. That said, I did hear that a lot of the animations in AW are still just place holders so have no idea if they fixed it or replaced them yet so sorry to Remedy(and I don't doubt they'll improve the way he moves and the stiffness of the flashlight holding arm before release to bring it all up to the same excellent standard of the rest of the game)if they have and I haven't seen them yet.

Heavy Rain, however, is a very new(totally to anyone with no experience of IP/Farenheit)concept/genre and not usually as action packed which will, nop doubt, help them with keeping the number of pixels per face etc well up compared to AW where there's a little more going on-though as is often said a lot of AW is very dark which will also allow Remedy to cover up areas and allot processing power to whre the flashlight lands.

Fact is they're both incredible looking games and exactly the kind of thing that we should(and did) expect from HD console gaming and are both preorders for me-and I've had my AW preorder for about four years I think-dunno without looking at the reciept!Some real eye candy for you whatever console you game on and though it will mainly be opinion in the end anyway I'm certain I wouldn't declare either the solid winner in the gfx dept just yet and wait til we all played the games bfore having a proper bunfight, eh?

Another thing:what's the truth about the extent of the sandbox aspect to AW? People say it's been canned with the PC version, people say it hasn't, others say that you'll still be able to enter any of the buildings in it(and they're ALL designed and decorated differently)while yet more say it's merely been scaled back to a few open areas you can explore! I can't find anything except suff from five years ago when they were just showing us the concept for the firt time and am completely confused at this point-as much as to where these people who "say" things get their info from(I can't find it but I'm pretty dim, as it happens)as I am about actually finding out the truth I think!

Whatever, two great looking and amazing sounding gaming experiences to add to the sickeningly expensive looking list for 2010. It's funny , with Alan Wake it feels just like it did with Killzone2 for me as they were both titles I expected near the launch of their consoles and were both instrumental in my deciding to buy a PS3 and 360. If I'm as happy with AW pulling off what they said it would way back then as I was with KZ2 visually matching(beating in some areas and just missing out in others but as near as dammit all round)target footage and delivering visceral shooting then i'll be a happy bunny and the long, long wait will be forgotten immediately.

Now, where's my GT5 and Wardevil preorder slips?

[Arnon]

I'm trying to figure out how this is the PC version of Alan Wake, when Remedy has halted development on the PC version.

"PS3 Heavy Rain vs PC Alan Wake
These pictures from Alan Wake are from the PC version not the Xbox360, so this fails. However, with the PC being so powerful Heavy Rain still looks better :-)"

Fail comment of the day. Holy crap! Screenshots of scenarios that haven't been developed yet!

Care to explain?

[FACTUAL evidence]

comparison...I'm coming for you on the 26th Madison!

[0verdrive]

i demand to know why all the AW hopefuls are running around claiming that

"AW has large environments! AW has large maps! AW is fully explorable! HR is SO linear! HR is just QTEs strung together!"

unless i have been misinformed, AW is NOT an open world game, and its environments are about as open as say, gears2 or UC2. all of those games are TPS's with a storyline and limited, linear environments. sure you may be able to run around both sides of a building, but the reality is that the maps are still (probably, unless i missed something) designed to go from point a to point b. making it LINEAR. i HIGHLY doubt that they are the "open and fully explorable" worlds that AW fans are making it out to be.

im impressed with AW, but i dont understand the supposed visual prowess that this game brings to the table. the lighting is nice, and the texture work seems pretty good, but is this really a huge step up from say, gears2? does it blow RE5 out of the water? are the environments any bigger than that of UC2? id wager a guess that the answer to all of those questions is probably no. AW is not bringing anything NEW to the table, graphically, its just a polished version of your standard TPS games, with a flashy lighting system. am i wrong?

secondly, why are people saying that HR is linear? doesnt it have MULTIPLE storylines with a vast number of story branches and endings? doesnt that traditionally make a game NOT linear? AW on the other hand, just seems to be a cinematic tps game with a set story, from the start to the finish. its linear. theres nothing wrong with that, UC2 did it excellently last year, and it won almost every GOTY award out there. its pretty much the way games have operated since the beginning. stories, for the most part, are LINEAR. and that is something i believe HR is trying to change. stories do not have to be linear, they can be fluid.

in terms of graphics, i also dont understand why people claim that AW should get some kind of boost against HR because the camera is fixed in HR. lots of games, even now, have fixed cameras and people dont seem to complain about them. all hack and slash games have fixed cameras, including the much acclaimed GOW3, and they are rarely if even knocked on the graphical level for a fixed camera. even gears and older TPS games have a fixed camera attached to the character, as opposed to a free moving camera. did people complain? no. i dont see why the case of HR is any different. HR has been touted as a graphical monster since its conceptualization because that is what one of the things it is trying to accomplish: to mimic realism as closely as possible. AW is a good looking game for sure, but it doesnt intend to mimic realism like HR does, rather it looks to suspend realism, similar to most other video games.

almost every poster here agrees that these games are not the same. they are different in conceptualization, emphasis, and structure. they should not be compared and those who are trying to do so, and i point primarily to those who are trying to boost AW and knock down HR, are being irrational.

that being said, AW seems like a linear TPS with an intriguing story and standard TPS gameplay that is familiar to most gamers, and will therefore appeal to most gamers. HR seems to be an open story game that looks phenomenal and will play out like a "choose your own adventure book" from when you were a kid. the gameplay looks to be slower paced. HR interests me more, because of the story element, and its mimicry of realism that makes the events of the game that much more believable. will AW have "better" gameplay? many may think so because its more familiar, but in my opinion, HW has much more to offer the industry and the gamer than AW.

/endrant

[Bloodraid]

What's next? Forza 3 vs MGS4?

[beans]

When will you guys just grow the heck up and respect the opinions of others. If people here would simply respect each other we could all easily come out of this as winners. Both games have there strong points as well as weak so instead of arguing why don't you all give props to both these developers for trying to push new boundaries.

I think Alan Wake and Heavy Rain both are shaping up to be something incredible!

[IaMs12]

Sucks the site is not loading for me, i want to see how these 2 games look, not really compared. But of course i believe HR will look better. Also take into consideration, from the info that I know about HR, is that they are 2 totally different kind of gameplay. Alan Wake, is a run around some what shooter, that has much going on. HR is like a movie, QTE?, i use the word movie loosely though. So of course there will be a great deal of a difference in the graphics.

Thats why they should not be compared, 2 totally different games. Now if Alan Wake was the same gameplay and stuff then yah compare but its just like comparing the FPS and TFP, most of you do not agree, and i for one do not agree too.

[gamer2010]

Alan Wake looks better. It has better textures and lighting, which are two of major cornerstones of good graphics. Heavy Rain looks good too, but overall Alan Wake looks better.

[niceguywii60]

I agree that Alan Wake looks better. It has better lighting, art and detail. HR is in the scripted QTE genre and still shows it's not on par with Alan Wake a standard action thriller game.

I can tell you this comparison is pointless because half of the Alan Wake pics used in this comparison are from an old PC build of the game from 3 years ago in one case, before the revamped engine and improvements for the 360 version and the PC version was scrapped.

How hard would it have been for this guy to post screens of Alan Wake released just this month? He didn't because he wants people to think HR is on par irrespective of what he said in his article.

3 years old
http://gamingbolt.com/wp-co...
2 years old
http://gamingbolt.com/wp-co...

It's very clear this person that made the comparison and the N4G member that submitted this did so purposely used these very carefully hand picked screens for his comparison.

This Month
http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/...
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1 Year OLD
http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/...

This month
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You can see in this link how the guy is using pics from 3 years ago.
http://media.xbox360.ign.co...

Alan Wake smashes Heavy Rain in graphics and it's not a movie game, made up of static worlds and cutscenes with pre-rendered shortcuts(now real time processing just static worlds)

What's next comparisons with 4 year old pics?
http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/...

Three year old pics was funny enough like this one
http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/...

[Arnon]

Lulz... 10 disagrees for my comment which was 100% true. How pathetic. We're all hoping for a PC version, but they cant take screenshots of a game that hasn't been developed yet.

[heroprotagonist]

@Niceguywii60

Wow! Those Alan Wake screen shots look amazing. You made your point very well.

I agree with you that Alan Wake has richer graphics. It's obvious when you look at those Alan Wake screen shots and compare them to Heavy Rain screen shots.

For instance when you look at this Alan Wake screen shot http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/... and you compare it to Heavy Rain http://ps3.ign.com/dor/obje... you can see that Alan Wake has much better detail in the characters and the environment and also has better textures and lighting.

There is no doubt that Alan Wake has the better graphics.

[0verdrive]

most of the pix you posted of AW arent even in game, and the ones that are look about RE5 quality in regards to texture work to me. again i commend the lighting in AW, it is nice, albiet a little overly flashy. i failed to see anything that indicates AW will look significantly better than RE5 or gears2, let alone UC2.

[CWMR]

-You are way off base, Overdrive.

The textures, lighting and everything else all look better in Alan Wake than Heavy Rain.

Those screenshots are from in game and they blow almost everything else out of the water. Seriously, this http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/... looks amazing. It looks at least as good as Uncharted 2. Maybe better in some ways.-

[bnaked]

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[edgeofblade]

I'll give it to Heavy Rain... but by a slimmer margin that most people here want to admit. You know who you are...

To say what is and isn't desirable in graphics... I think they merely look different. I think the Heavy Rain shots are a bit too liberal with visual depth-based blurring and the Alan Wake models lack the deep skin luminosity of Heavy Rain. In both, I am still acutely aware that I'm looking at a video game. That is certainly undesirable.

Honestly, I think these two teams together could make a game to mount a challenge against Uncanny Valley... but I think Quantic Dreams would be the team to bring the most to the table, so I give it to them.

[0verdrive]

i dont believe that my opinions were off base at all.

firstly, i did not mention anything in the last post about HR at all. although i do think HR looks better due to better character models and animations which more closely mimic reality, i did not make any comparisons in my last post, you just assumed that i did.

secondly, i stand firm on my opinion that AW looks marginally better than RE5 or gears2, and that is due to the lighting and particle effects. i looked at all those screens, and although i admit that they look good, please explain to me why it looks "miles better" than any of those games.

lets look at the screen you posted. where in that screenshot is the texture work exceptional? his tweed jacket and trousers look good, but other than that, where is the amazing texture work? his hair and face lack texture and detail. the environments also look quite good in some videos, but how much of that is attributed to the lighting as opposed to the textural work? AW's strength graphically is in the lighting system and particle effects. again i admire the engine for those reasons, but really in my opinion, it doesnt really blownd away anything thats been done before.

and lastly, as to the screen shots being posted by niceguywii60 being in game, i just rechecked some of the videos and i based my assumption on the angle of camera in relation to the character, and it did not seem like the standard tps angle. but after reviewing some clips from the game, it seems that the camera moves out of the standard tps view when he uses flares, so i admit that some of those might be in game. however, many of them simply are not in game screens, like those in the day, when the camera is clearly not focused around him, leading me to believe that those screens are taken from cut scenes. please enlighten me if my reasoning is not correct.

let me say one last thing. i think AW looks good. perhaps i did not make myself clear. i said that it looks better than most tps games out there, from the footage that ive seen. however, the point i was making, is that the graphical level just is not a MAJOR step up from the current offerings in the tps category.

::edit::
just took another look at those ign screenies. they are definitely NOT in game. the viewing angle when hes shooting do not correspond to the camera angle in game when hes shooting. also were they to be in game, there would be a hud displayed. perhaps a few of them are running on the game engine, but i highly doubt that most of those are even using the engine to render it.

[belal]

LOOKS miles better, much more detailed. alan wakes looks good too. but not heavy rain good.

but remember that these are two very different games, so we shouln't compare those games.

[thegood33]

Heavy Rain is a small game with small area's to explore, so obviously the attention to detail is very high, and the graphics can be pumped up. The game doesn't even have action gameplay, it is a choose your own adventure with quicktime events.

Alan Wake is an open, fully explorable world, with loads of things going on around it. Obviously having an amazing amount of gameplay will lower the graphics down a bit from a quick time game like Heavy Rain.

Both games look good, but I predict Alan Wake will be the better game by far.

[wicko]

From the gameplay I've seen, the game looks pretty linear to me.. it's no sandbox game (thankfully). I don't think that type of gameplay would be suitable for this kind of story driven game. It certainly has bigger areas than Heavy Rain, but Heavy Rain is supposed to be an interactive movie. I don't think having large areas to explore in that game would fit the style.

I'm going with better story in Heavy Rain, and better gameplay in Alan Wake.

[hesido]

You should not compare a game with dynamic weather and open world to a fixed set-piece game. Alan Wake has excellent graphics, imho.

[edgeofblade]

It hard to say which game will be "better". They are from two entirely different genres. As for which one will do better... you know it depends on how much advertising they get. Remember, the mainstream isn't as hardcore as you are.

[Hyrius]

So lame.

[Strange_Evil]

Alan Wake looks great, but come on, having seen both game play, I can easily see Heavy Rain looks ultra realistic. The lighting in Alan Wake is better than most 360 games, but the character models of Heavy Rain beat any game on a console.

Both games look great, so it's useless comparing. However, if I were to give an edge, I would give it to Heavy Rain since I was floored seeing the recent videos.

[OmarJA-N4G]

Heavy Rain wins hands down, the environment & the characters looks incredible & much more detailed...

Alan Wake looks nice but nothing special, the 360 really starting to show it's limitations.

[LONEWOLF231]

That is until the new engine drops in for the 360.

[WildArmed]

The way I understnad it is, that HR is a linear game.. hence it can have uber gfx.

While Alan Wake isn't.. it's open world (or did they change that).
So if AW is a open world, it has nothing on HR and should be comparing it with GTA4/inFAMOUS/Prototype

[Finalfantasykid]

Is that why Heavy Rain has about 22 different endings?

[edgeofblade]

First, why does this have to devolve into a discussion about the alleged limitations of the 360.

Second, what do you mean "the new engine" for the 360? There are tons of engines that can run on the 360 hardware.

Third, Alan Wake is less of an open world game now. but how less is unknown.

From Wikipedia: "Remedy also promised a free-roam, sandbox-style city, similar to those seen in the Grand Theft Auto series. However in an interview with Finnish magazine Pelaaja and British magazine Edge, this was later confirmed to have been removed, with Remedy opting to focus on a compelling storyline over sandbox-style gameplay. Due to a mistranslation from the magazine Pelaaja, it was thought that Remedy had removed the free-roam. However, Thomas Puha, Creative Director for Pelaaja, announced that there was a mistake in the translation and that the open-world side of Alan Wake would still be included. Puha said, 'There is still an open world, but due to the story the action is more directed to tell the story better as you’d expect from Remedy.'"

[Antan]

Pointless on so many levels.

[Hyrius]

That's GamingBolt.

[PrimordialSoupBase]

lol. Indeed, because these two games are just so similar...

[pippoppow]

GB getting more fanboyish week by week.

[Bigbangbing]

huh can't wait for both, but comparing a very linear game with a sub-open world/roaming game? that's rubbish.

[ThatCanadianGuy]

better let alan sleep this one off..

I'm sure he doesn't want to be awake to receive this kind of ownage.

[Omega4]

Not really fair to compare a free roaming game with an interactive movie type game.

Obviously HR should have the advantage because most of it is pre-rendered and doesnt have to take into account player interactions. That said Alan Wake still holds it own.

[Antan]

"most of it is pre-rendered".

You mean the "pre rendered" environments you walk around in "real time"?

Nothing is pre rendered, all in engine.

[OmarJA-N4G]

"Not really fair to compare a free roaming game"

Funny you didn't say the same about M.A.G

"an interactive movie type game."

Oh really? well that the same case with all adventure/point & click games, beside there's free moving around & much better replay value than Alan Wake...

"Obviously HR should have the advantage because most of it is pre-rendered"

It's all real time, god your clueless.

[bjornbear]

such denial

Face it =

when Heavy Rain comes out (the FINAL build, not THE OLDEST DEMO OF THE GAME) you'll see ;)

Oh and everything IS in game, cutscenes, everything is in game engine, stop being so butt hurt =/

[pippoppow]

typical 360 fanatic action junkie. If the industry followed gamers like Omega 4, every game would be about running around shooting things.

Kind of like how some people only watch blockbuster summer movies and disregard the great indie and foreign films. Unfortunately.

[mrv321]

'Not really fair to compare a free roaming game with an interactive movie type game.' Free-Roaming or open world? Because last I checked Heavy Rain allows you roam around the enviroment you are put in. Proof? http://www.youtube.com/watc... How about in-game gameplay showing you walk around... proof enough for you? Interactive movie game? So what... atleast it's ORIGINAL. So what it doesn't allow you FULL control I highly doubt you've played it but it's enjoyable after all that's WHY I play games not sure about fanboys like you.

'Obviously HR should have the advantage because most of it is pre-rendered' I didn't know you developed Heavy Rain. Can you provide proof for what you said. Also according to what the developers said this game is long with branching pathes. This basically means IT HAS TO BE RENDERED TO FIT ON DISK. Otherwise EACH BUTTON CLICK WOULD MEAN A NEW FEW.

'and doesnt have to take into account player interactions. That said Alan Wake still holds it own.'

Please check the video I posted seems pretty interactive to me. I like how your trying to find excuse for game. Both games look great but let's see what happens when the debate settles shall we.

[LONEWOLF231]

M.A.G is nothing special. Its a massive multiplayer game no doubt and its the only thing it has going for it. BUT other than that the graphics are somewhat lacking when compared to Killzone 2 and Uncharted 2 among other titles.

[IaMs12]

I love the fact that pretty much HR is an interactive movie and its getting all this praise, but if MS tries something new, its not original its a copy of another, and that it will suck. Then it turns into all about the gameplay.

N4PS3G.com, Sony boys are hypocrits. Plus you shouldnt be comparing these games, if Alan Wake had the same gameplay type then yes compare but they do not. If HR had gameplay elements and everything Alan Wake was, the graphics would NOT look as good as they are now.

[FiftyFourPointTwo]

Alan Wake should be compared to Luigi's Mansion, not Heavy rain. On second thought, maybe not because we all know Luigi's Mansion is >>>>> Alan Gay.

[bjornbear]

but considering he gave it a tie, we all know its a big comfroting LIE for some

and BS for every one else -_-

EDIT: worked, saw it- sorry, not equal, try again =)

[mesh1]

alan wake blows this garbge out of the water heavy rain is nopt a game u dont play it ,it should not be compared to games that actually have physics,particle effects,snamrt a.i sand so much more .heavey rain is a qte movie game

[PopEmUp]

did your bf kick you on the balls lol

[BYE]

Alan Wake could have looked nice if it was on PC and released 2 years ago...

[QuantumWake]

They're two different games. Not even close to being the same.

[Karum]

Heavy Rain comes out on top quite easily hoewever I must say those Alan Wake screenshots are very impressive. I just wonder if they are from the PC build or are those in game screens from the 360.

Either way it doesn't matter, both games will look very very good.

[hoops]

Comparing a free roaming action game to a game with interaction type movie game with cut scenes?
These stories getting approved? LOL
It's FAR easier to make a game with intense visuals that have limited interaction with the enviroment and is linear then one that is not.

[Dude420]

It's the same crap going on again. I've mentioned this in the Halo Reach screenshot article, but I'll say it again.

Whenever screenshots are released, all these idiots just look at the character model and the environment detail and conclude which one looks better. They never take into consideration what else seperates these 2 games.

Heavy Rain looks great, models look better than UC2 IMO, but dammit guys it's a bloody linear game. Alan Wake is an open area game, it has great lighting effects and it also has shooting elements etc. Does Heavy Rain have that? No, it's just mainly walking around and doing QTE. Obviously there's going to be major differences.

Now I'm not saying from a technical standpoint AW looks better than HR, because like I said, HR also looks great for its type of gameplay. They are very, very different. I will enjoy both games for what they are, but you idiots can hate all you want, you're seriously missing out.

[snaz27]

firstly did you not see this? "Heavy Rain versus Alan Wake HD screenshot comparison"... thats right its a screenshot comparison, talking only about the graphics, whether its fair or not to compare these games is debatable, but hey the comparison has been made... as for you saying HR is linear! so you played it then? no shooting? so you played it then? lol.. you cant comment on gameplay until you play the game! hense why you dont see many if any gameplay comparisons!... what is for sure is HR smashes alan wake graphicaly... and what makes me laugh really hard is before all these screenshots when you went into a graphics comparison, you would hear wait till alan wake comes out! it will be the best looking game ever! they showed some pc footage and everyone praised the graphics! now its up against a better game graphically, its all oh but its open world, HR is linear... sounds like alot of excuses to me! even the guy comparing makes comments on alan wakes gameplay! why? its a screenshot comparison!!

[Gamingisfornerds]

Comparing what is basicly a point 'n click game on rails vs an action game in terms of visuals is hardly a fair comparison.

In terms of detail and realism, the characters in Heavy Rain definitely look superiour. Except for the creepy 'dead eyes' syndrom. Alan Wake looks great, but the animations are horrible imo.

Neither strikes me as a clear "winner" in terms of visuals. Like I said, it's not a fair comparison. Obviousy, looking at the smaller scale of things and lack of realtime interactivity, Heavy Rain SHOULD look better than Alan Wake.

[hoops]

To compare two entirely different games like this article does is so foolish its comical.
One game is free roaming and less linear while the other is the opposite.
It's like racing games. Racing games can sport some almost real visuals because there is little interaction with enviroments and backgrounds are more static.
HR and AW are different games and sgould not be compared.

[duplissi]

stupid, stupid, stupid.... how does crap like this get approved?

come on, honestly we should be a lot more intelligent than this.

[anti-gamer]

ى_ى

[LittleBigSackBoy]

To the people that keep saying Alan Wake is "Free Roaming". Have you seen you gameplay videos of both Alan Wake, and Heavy Rain? They're alot closer scale than you might think. And Alan Wake can hide bad textures (not saying they do it, but they could easily because it's a very dark environment).

EDIT: Dark areas in KZ2? It's called shadows...Nearly all Alan Wake gameplay videos have been night time.

[hoops]

Have you played AW to say it has bad textures hiding in the dark?
I can then say the same with games like KZ2 then as it has dark areas and grey pallete which is known to hide poor textures.

Wait until the game is out before making decsions.

[hoops]

Shadows? LOL Ok you do know that you can hide poor textures in shadows?
LOL
That's a good one. How many people on this site said Gears 2 or any other Xbox360 game or even Crysis for that matter "hide" poor textures in "shadows" or dark settings.
And there are PLENTY of dark settings and grey enviroments in KZ2.
Now i am not saying KZ2 has bad textures because imo it does not, however to say AW will hide bad textures because its a game in the dark is absurd when you have not played the game. This site is awesome LOL

[N4Garbage]

Smoke and mirrors with heavy rain.

The large environments look like crap. While the small rooms where you can't even change the camera angle other than walking around is heavily detailed.

If Remedy only had to detail small section after section and piece together cutscenes with choices made by pressing a button then this comparison could be valid.

That's like with Halo:Reach and KZ2.

How can a cramped together somewhat linear game where no back progress can be made with loading checkpoints supporting no splitscreen be compared to a game where you can be in a totally different area from you friend and see the chaos he is causing.

[ThatCanadianGuy]

You can change the camera angle at any time, in any scene, by pressing L1.

And i assume you haven't seen the giant areas in HR such as the Mall
(with hundreds of highly detailed characters)

Or the nightclub scene? No? Ah well.Continue on in your little fantasy world then!

[N4Garbage]

I've seen the mall and the nightclub.

Nightclub camera angle doesn't move once, each area is maybe 20X20ft wide and is illuminated by lighting with the woman character and whoever she interacts with having some detail.

People in the nightclub have 0 face work done, are blurry and EVERYTHING is scripted.

The Mall, everything is blurry until close up blinded by I guess what is the sun beaming through the roof.

You can only move the camera to look at each section in Heavy Rain.

Maybe you don't know the difference.

In AW I can turn the camera all the way around to see an area I just left or area I want to go to.

In HR I can only move the camera 20degrees in each direction to observe the area I'm in.

I can guarantee you that you will not be able to look behind you in this game without returning to that previous area.

[xAlmostPro]

they both look good, but heavy rain tops it! dont get me wrong though alan wake looks good, but in all honesty it doesnt even match uncharted 2, they dont have the disc capacity to make a game that as stunning that lasts more than 3 hours lol they'd run out.. but still respect because it does look better than other 360 games it will probably set the bar for 360 games in fact

[hoops]

HR does look better...and it should. AW has more going on in it then HR and is an action game with shooting elements.
This is like comparing Myst to any 3rd person game

[Xi]

apples and oranges.

[Sickr]

Both games look equally stunning. Alan Wake particularly considering the hardware. I'll wait for the reviews but I'll most likely purchase both games.

[Hyrius]

I hope they will make a Gran Turismo 5 versus Mass Effect 2 comparison.

[hoops]

LOL Best post of the day!

[sandrovilanova]

best port of day
2x

[Karooo]

compare multiplatform game damnit but dont compare 360 games to ps3 exclusives.

[sandrovilanova]

Open and large World with dynamic climate,physics with large use (ciclone) vs Linear ,close and QTE??????? hahahahahahahahahahhaha
make one favor ,please only today

[Marojado]

Alan Wake hasn't been open world for a while...

http://www.totalvideogames....

[washingmachine]

for one,alex isnt gonna look how hes ment to look on rrodbox,cause hes ment for the high end pc,which will blow heavy rain outta the water. and there two diff types of games. how on earth do these plonkers get these stories on n4g

[unrealgamer58]

LOL a lot of 360 fans doing damage control. you can't spin the fact that with the current engines in place for the 360 they can't be taken seriously to game engines that first party devs use on the ps3. For once in you're life see the truth, the 360 is tapped out with the current engines devs use.

[gamer2010]

Sure, fanboy, whatever you say.

The PS3 is just as tapped as the 360. Or to put it another way they both have just as much potential to create better looking games.

Alan Wake and several other upcoming 360 games look as good as anything on the PS3.

[chidori666]

"alan wait"

:P

[OmarJA-N4G]

Alan Hill in the Dark. :D

[Wii360BeatsPS3]

Heavy Rain is like a emo drama or something. Alan Wake is a actual game.

[gtamike123]

Game Over Xbots

http://img269.imageshack.us...

http://img704.imageshack.us...

Don't worry you still got GEARS
http://img14.imageshack.us/...

[OmarJA-N4G]

Cry me a river. :)

[gamer2010]

Go look at some actual Heavy Rain screenshots, not those bullshots (for sure the second one).

Alan Wake looks better than Heavy Rain even though Heavy Rain is a much more linear game.

[Madeline12]

Gee people ! Both games are NOT OUT yet !
We haven't played them, we don't know how good or bad the graphics are and we also don't know if though out both games we will have the same quality in graphics or if it will vary.
I think Heavy Rain will win graphics wise but it is better to wait till the games are released no ?>
Also the games are different, they aim for different genre, besides graphics there is no point in comparing them.

[gtamike123]

Heavy Rain Clearly Looks Better

http://img269.imageshack.us...
http://img704.imageshack.us...

[Dance]

Comparing an QTE interactive movie game to another one with a much larger scale is an instant fail

[jackdoe]

Sigh. Uninformed jackasses still think Heavy Rain is only QTE. It isn't. Seriously, this dumbass sh!t needs to stop. Heavy Rain is a throwback to the old point and click adventure games with better cinematic presentation and a bit of QTE thrown in.

And I don't know anything about the scale of Alan Wake. There's only one official gameplay vid out and that isn't enough to get a good gauge on scale.

[jackdoe]

Heavy Rain is a pretty impressive title in that every object in the game is 3d. That is pretty freaking awesome in my opinion.

I haven't seen enough of Alan Wake though, to make an informed decision about that. It had been near vaporware for a couple of years and once the media blitz starts up soon (assuming the game hasn't been delayed) I should be able to tell how good it looks.

[smooth1]

just because some of you dont have both systems to enjoy both dont hate on another game just because its not on your system of choice. hr look good but so do aw. it all boils down to gameplay

[smooth1]

@ jackdoe what r u talking about with a little thrown in. you will not be able to do much in the game unless it ask you to first. then u have to pick. so you really aint control the character (20% maybe).

[jackdoe]

Sorry, could you please rewrite that in grammar that a native English speaker can understand? I'm assuming you are asking about whether you can control you character in Heavy Rain, which is yes. You can control head direction and movement. And yes, you do CONTROL the character through context sensitive actions. I count that as control actually.

So no, you don't have control for only 20% of the time. Anyone who thinks that is pretty uninformed.

[AliTheBrit19]

*sigh*

Not this crap again

The games are very very different, Heavy Rain is pretty much an interactive cutscene, where as Alan Wake is a much much bigger scale world environment.

[Major_Tom]

Ignorant people are the best, they just troll themselves.

Exhibit A)

[edhe]

As far as i know Heavy Rain is about scene to scene linearity whereas Alan Wake is an open world, almost 'sand box'.

Entirely different engines.

[jackdoe]

I'm not sure Alan Wake is sandbox. Just haven't seen enough and what I have seen suggests linearity as well (open world sandbox doesn't lend itself too well to the type of story telling Remedy is known for after all). That gameplay vid on gametrailers.com seemed pretty linear to me.

[bjornbear]

"Remedy also promised a free-roam, sandbox-style city, similar to those seen in the Grand Theft Auto series. However in an interview with Finnish magazine Pelaaja and British magazine Edge, this was later confirmed to have been removed, with Remedy opting to focus on a compelling storyline over sandbox-style gameplay."

Alan Wake as linear as Heavy Rain, if not more considering Heavy Rain has multiple endings and playable characters.

[GeoramA]

Heavy Rain is another PS3 heavyweight that the 360 can't touch.

Too bad Alan Wake was gimped from an open-world game to a linear, Alone in the Dark clone.

[heroprotagonist]

You are being ridiculous. Alan Wake looks much better to me.

This: http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/...
vs
This: http://ps3.ign.com/dor/obje...

[redneck_smith]

OF COURSE HEAVY RAIN LOOKS 17X BETTER, IS A PS3 EXCLUSIVE

[gamer2010]

Funny. Most PS3 exclusives look pretty crappy to be honest. Only a couple look good. Heavy Rain is one of them, but Alan Wake still looks better.

[BigPappaPump]

You obviously sound like a person who doesn't own or play PS3 games. Stand up comedy is more of your calling than posting BS. Thanks for the laugh man.

[boribori311]

i cant wait for both games but remember heavy rain looks so amazing cuz its just a context game lol ..almost like foxhunt lol jk...but seriuosly aw is just a regular third person game not just a cinematic contextual game lol use your brain

[Lehman Brothers]

HR = cutscenes with great graphics.. but if you control your character it has not a chance against Alan Wake.

Looks like the 360 is the better console right now in terms of graphics... first ME2 which destroyed uncharted.. and now Alan Wake which blows HR away.

[OmarJA-N4G]

360 has no games. :)

[dkgshiz]

ME2 doesn't even surpass Uncharted 1. Heavy Rain clearly is the victor. The 360 doesn't have better graphics then the PS3. Just look at the specs and GTFO :) Or just look at the games. Like, UC2,KZ2,LBP,GT5,MGS4,etc...

[talltony]

The gameplay looks just as good as the cutscenes just look at this...
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

yea just tell me your not impressed I wont believe you.

[gamer2010]

Mass Effect 2 looks better than Uncharted DF and as good as Uncharted 2.
LBP is nothing special graphically. Even the PSP version looks not too much worse than the PS3 version, which proves that it is doing nothing special.
Forza 3 looks better than GT5P, and GT5 is not out yet so you can't say for sure how it will look.

So, quit exaggerating how good PS3 games look. The 360 has some amazing looking games too.

[maspi]

wow this heavy rain footage is incredibly impressive

Heavy rain = uncanny valley
alan wake= uncanny flop

[talltony]

Ps3 exclusives are on a whole nother level. Quit downplaying them it makes you look stupid.
Mass effect 2 doesnt look better than either uncharted thats lies and you know it.

"Even the PSP version looks not too much worse than the PS3 version, which proves that it is doing nothing special."

Really? Now I know your bullsh*tting, lol You are full of it and just another fanboy with a agenda.

[LittleBigSackBoy]

Can't reply cos i'm on PS3 browser. If you read my post, i said they COULD hide bad textures, i never said they WILL. Try reading properly next time.

[devilhunterx]

xboys on the defensive again.

[devilhunterx]

Alan in the Dark: the Flashlight bulb adventure continues in sub-HD

[Chubear]

rotflmao!! This one is GOLD! Oh I'm going to steal this one from you for future use. lol

[Lehman Brothers]

LBP?? the game ONLY POSSIBLE ON THE PS3 and then it ran on the psp? lol

Look at this tard:

http://www.gametrailers.com...

This alone destroys KZ2.

[ThatCanadianGuy]

The only thing that destroys are my dreams of ever having a Killzone 2 quality title on my 360.

360, maxed out since 2008

[WengYong]

Dude you failed big time. Not only is it multi platform the beta was released on PS3. Current EA games are usually lead PS3 or look the equivalent of the 360. Nothing in Battlefield BC2 makes me think its better than Killzone 2. Bar PC games the only game Ive seen with my own eyes that surpasses KZ2 is Uncharted 2.

Dont be a freaking fanboy, be a gamer.

[boribori311]

lol

[Dylantalon1]

someone should phone the mental hospital because you dont compare a ps3 exclusive to a xbox 360 exclusive, especially when the exclusive is heavy rain. heavy rain looks amazing and alan wake looks good for the xbox 360 only but not anywhere close to the graphics physics or animation of heavy rain . alan wake looks like a good game, heavy rain looks like real life.

[boribori311]

lol looks good on xbox lol u must be playing on a non hd tv set...becuz all ive seen good on ps3 really is three games which i own all three wait four games...

[gamer2010]

Don't worry about it, Boribori311. This is what many of the PS3 fanboys around here do. They try to convince themselves and everybody else that the PS3 is more powerful than the 360 and that PS3 games are far above 360 games, even though anybody that isn't a fanboy and actually has both consoles can see that is absurdly false. There are also all the developers that have told us the two consoles are basically equal in power, but some of the PS3 fanboys try really hard to convince people otherwise.

Alan Wake looks better than Heavy Rain and it actually gives you more control of your movement and the camera than Heavy Rain does.

[boribori311]

heavy rain looks robotic...lol im still getting it anyways a week befor everyone

[BX81]

Fanboys have to give it up! You have to admit that the 360 screens shown for Alan Wake do look good. Of course Heavy Rain looks a little better but you have to remember the 360 was rushed for the money sake! For a rushed console it still has some juice left!

[Rush-Sykes]

bloody browser...

[Rush-Sykes]

Wrong area sorry guys.

[boribori311]

why complain we have two great suspenseful games...2010 cant be any better for us owning all three consoles especially the xbox n ps3

[AKS]

Is anyone else excited about Heavy Rain because it might be an entire game like the good parts of Indigo Prophecy? As great as Heavy Rain looks, it's the type of experience it will provide that I'm looking forward to much more.

Alan Wake is also looking hot, but it's further from completion and I still don't know if a PC version will be available. Originally, the PC version was supposedly going to take full advantage of quad cores, which just happens to be what's in my PC. I'll just play Mass Effect 2 until they get this business sorted out and clarified.

These games look considerably better than the overwhelming majority of console games, and more importantly, they appear to incorporate far more creativity than the average first-person shoot-'em-up. These are the types of games I've been waiting for.

[Noah]

this topic is a joke right, OK you got me... this has to be a joke.

[denimsky]

Why do we need this type of articles on N4G?
Why are they comparing those two? What's the point?
Especially, two games are totally different types.

[OmarJA--N4G]

Alan Wake wins hands down, looks much better, sorry but PS3 exclusive is not at the same graphics level of 360 exclusive...

[gtamike123]

hahahah good joke

[Lou Ferrigno]

AHAHAHAHA comparing a 360 "exclusive" DVD9 to a PS3 exclusive on Blu-ray is like comparing Uncharted 2 (heavy rain) to Perfect dark Zero (Alan wait). soo soo sooo lame and not even on the same levels.

Alan wake is a guarranteed flop cuz it got no pink aliens and not a first person shooter,and dude doesnt have horse armor on so epic fail for the 360 owners..

i remember 360 fannys hyping up forza 3 like crazy to it only flop .. so just another one of thos xbox fanboy hype moments,nothing of a big deal fellow ps3 owners,move along.

[gtamike123]

yes
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[Lightel0s]

imo this is a pointless comparison of 2 diferent games

[Pootangpie]

from what I've seen of heavy rain lately it actually looks pretty barftastic

[LiViNgLeGaCY]

While I'm quite excited for BC2 to come out, I'm sorry to break to you that, that doesn't look as good as K2. No way.

[lh_swe]

Seriously, you all look like penarses with your pointless bickering.

Play the games, because what is the point of this pissing contest?

[Raoh]

why compare two games that are in two different genre's?

[nveenio]

By that logic, you couldn't compare HR to anything because it IS a genre. Alan Wake is the closest thing to HR besides Fahrenheit.

[Raoh]

exactly and whats wrong with that? i'd say the only games you can compare Heavy Rain to is Indigo Prophecy and Shenmue, maybe dragons lair

why does it have to be compared?

and alan wake, i'm not sure what to compare it to either.. is it like a sandbox game? is it like silent hill?

last year people compared prototype to infamous, played them both adn they are in no way the same game..

fair comparisons would be:

devil may cry vs beyonetta

killzone 2 vs call of duty 4 vs bad company 2

saints row vs grand theft auto

forza vs gran turismo

dante's inferno vs god of war 3...

terrible commparisons are:

beyonetta vs god of war

infamous vs prototype

heavy rain vs alan wake

alan wake vs heavy rain is like comparing shadow complex to fat princess just cause they on xbla/psn

not every game needs a comparison.

[Alan Wake]

stupid compering
Alan wake Full Gameplay 100%
Heavy Rain Full Button 100% & Zero Gameplay 0%

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Poor droids Movie Rain loses to a real game

[Chubear]

ohhh that was so lukewarm lame. Try harder... but isn't insane though that PS3 gaming is like movie type experiences and 360gaming is like same ol' same ol' type gaming but 360fans laugh at PS3 gaming for having movie like quality?

MS has you guys like fools I tells ya lol

[redneck_smith]

PS3 IS 27% MORE POWERFUL THAN XBOX 360, END OF HISTORY

[nveenio]

Show me a 360 exclusive that looks 73% as good as Uncharted 2.

[heroprotagonist]

That's stupid. I'll show you a 360 exclusive that looks 98% as good as Uncharted 2: Gears of War 2.

Gears of War 3 will look better than Uncharted 2.

[STIKUP ARTIST]

While most of you sit here and argue about witch games are better on the one system you own like a bunch of fat virgins,I slay all the AAA games I can get my hands on. Fanboys should get their teeth kicked out.

[ClownBelt]

Goddamn you're violent.

[jalen247]

Alan Wake is a good looking game.

But how can Alan Wake look better than Heavy Rain when its not even the best looking Xbox 360 game.

Mass Effect 2, Battlefield Bad Company 2, and Brink look better than Alan Wake.

In my opinion Heavy Rain looks better than Uncharted 2.

So if Heavy Rain looks better than Uncharted 2 and Uncharted 2 is the current graphics king, how in God's green earth is Alan Wake going to look better than Heavy Rain?

In fact I think even the PC version of Alan Wake won't look as good as Heavy Rain let alone the 360 version.

[Treyb3yond]

Does everything have to be "vs" something???

It's entertainment. Enjoy it as such.

And grow up.

[Xtremist]

How many times we have to say that you can't compare a proper game (any game) to HR, in order to grasp it?
HR is an experiment on interactive graphics that is running beyond competition because there is nothing similar to compare it with (since the rest of the industry is moving to the opposite direction).
How successful this experiment may be, is something that remains to be seen.

[webeblazing]

it seem like HR is more like a Mystery game looking for clues, exploring the environments, and other stuff. qte dont really seem like qte that im use to you can pick what you want to do or pick up what you want, and do something with, or choose from actions that come up in the situation. im looking forward to this game.

AW is more like a horror thriller type game not much been shown about this game expect the night scene it looks hott to me. dont look like an open world game like everybody is saying in the interview the dont even be mention it is no more. imma wait to get more info before saying thing that could not be true. all in all im getting this game it look like the put alot of hard work in.

[hiyaku]

it's f*ckin' rape. heavy rain rapes alan flop.

[dkgshiz]

Is the biggest tard on this site.

[awesomeperson]

Lols I wouldn't be suprised if these bots LIKE been the biggest idiots on this site, because I don't know who coulod be as stupid as them... Dumb bots, get back to pre school.

[Jambama]

To get straight to the point. I will eventually get both of them, regardless. However, not for the same reasons. I will not be picking up Heavy Rain for the visuals, even though they are nice. For me Indigo Prophesy was very underappreciated. And I am looking forward to a similar gameplay dynamic in Heavy Rain. I must warn people though. If you are not used to the context-heavy, deeply story-driven gameplay of IP, you may want to approach this game with caution. This IS NOT an action game. I do feel with a great deal of certainty though, that it would be equally as impressive on the 360 given that Microsoft has always been devoted to high levels of anti-aliasing and they have grown very fond of native 1080p support in the last couple of years. (Which also helps give the nod towards the 360 when it comes to 3rd party games in IMO)

However, Alan Wake I will pick up for the action-horror angle on the story and the incredibly foreboding atmosphere. It doesn't strike me as an Alone in the Dark type experience, as Raztad previosly stated because the entire gameplay approach has changed. You don't have to pick up random axes and flaming chairs and endlessly flail them around in the futile hopes that you will kill the baddie. Furthermore, the game is done in an episodic style mimicing tv shows such as Lost, even going so far as to include "Previously on Alan Wake..." moments. In AW, light is the primary factor in finding clues and killing enemies. This also goes against what Wicko said earlier about the game being too dark to spot textures and details. You are bound to reveal a good number of textures in the game world when you must use light as a weapon. Somehow, I don't think the developers would set themselves up for failure by creating muddy textures, when they can be revealed so easily. Not to mention the fact that the game starts off in BROAD DAYLIGHT when all the textures and lighting effects are in very plain sight. And from everything I've seen thus far, there is no fog or mist to mask draw-distance during the daytime portions.

It seems so strange though that PS3 fanboys automatically assume that the 360 can't possibly match or surpass their "omnipotent" system of choice on any technical level.

Let me break this down for you in a way that you can understand. The Cell processor and the Xenon processor are both built off of the EXACT same Power PC structure and are virtually identical performance wise. The graphical difference comes down to who can better manipulate and leverage that processing power.

The ONLY games that truly look better as a whole on either system
are those that are first-party exclusives. Those games benefit from the fact that they have a team devoted SOLELY to one system, and they probably couldn't work as well interchangeably between the two. They are truly masters of their art with the constraint that they're only used to working on that particular system. They know all of the weaknesses, strengths and nuances.

For the record, I have both systems and use them both regularly. Ask me which one I prefer for my gaming though, and I'll glady tell you I side with the 360 hands-down.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

How can you compare screens when you have no idea their history? What build, what version, what was the capture source?

I will wait for a comparison where the person actually captures the images themselves not using screen shots they find around the net where they have no idea how they were captured, etc.

This comparison is premature.

Heavy Rain consists of "scenes" ie "cut scenes" that basically play out based on your choices. That's not you dodging the bullets or fighting the guys, you are watching a "scene". While Alan Wake everything you are doing is playable and you are interacting with it..

[stonecold1]

they both are diffrent games and should not be compared to each other though

[clarkdef]

HR looks boring to me I think most of us will hype it more than we buy it. But lets just see what happens

[Jambama]

I agree though that these two should be taken as two completely different experiences. They have nothing in common, be it gameplay, setting, mood, or linearity. So it is virtually impossible to leverage one game over the other. The content is just too varied to make a good assessment on which one is superior. We aren't even taking into account framerates and loading times. PHEW!!!

[SephireX]

It is not surprising for Heavy Rain to have incredible graphics because there is not a lot of processing going on in the game because there is really no AI or physics going on. Don't get me wrong, its still a great achievement to have a game that looks that good but UC2 and KZ2 are more impressive because of the amount of other things going on at the same time.

[Jambama]

To get straight to the point. I will eventually get both of them, regardless. However, not for the same reasons. I will not be picking up Heavy Rain for the visuals, even though they are nice. For me Indigo Prophesy was very underappreciated. And I am looking forward to a similar gameplay dynamic in Heavy Rain. I must warn people though. If you are not used to the context-heavy, deeply story-driven gameplay of IP, you may want to approach this game with caution. This IS NOT an action game. I do feel with a great deal of certainty though, that it would be equally as impressive on the 360 given that Microsoft has always been devoted to high levels of anti-aliasing and they have grown very fond of native 1080p support in the last couple of years. (Which also helps give the nod towards the 360 when it comes to 3rd party games in IMO)

However, Alan Wake I will pick up for the action-horror angle on the story and the incredibly foreboding atmosphere. It doesn't strike me as an Alone in the Dark type experience, as people previously stated because the entire gameplay approach has changed. You don't have to pick up random axes and flaming chairs and endlessly flail them around in the futile hopes that you will kill the baddie. Furthermore, the game is done in an episodic style mimicing tv shows such as Lost, even going so far as to include "Previously on Alan Wake..." moments. In AW, light is the primary factor in finding clues and killing enemies. This also goes against what some people have said about the game being too dark to spot textures and details. You are bound to reveal a good number of textures in the game world when you must use light as a weapon. Somehow, I don't think the developers would set themselves up for failure by creating muddy textures, when they can be revealed so easily. Not to mention the fact that the game starts off in BROAD DAYLIGHT when all the textures and lighting effects are in very plain sight. And from everything I've seen thus far, there is no fog or mist to mask draw-distance during the daytime portions.

It seems so strange though that PS3 fanboys automatically assume that the 360 can't possibly match or surpass their "omnipotent" system of choice on any technical level.

Let me break this down for you in a way that you can understand. The Cell processor and the Xenon processor are both built off of the EXACT same Power PC structure and are virtually identical performance wise. The graphical difference comes down to who can better manipulate and leverage that processing power.

The ONLY games that truly look better as a whole on either system
are those that are first-party exclusives. Those games benefit from the fact that they have a team devoted SOLELY to one system, and they probably couldn't work as well interchangeably between the two. They are truly masters of their art with the constraint that they're only used to working on that particular system. They know all of the weaknesses, strengths and nuances.

For the record, I have both systems and use them both regularly. Ask me which one I prefer for my gaming though, and I'll glady tell you I side with the 360 hands-down.

[NateDPG]

Jumbo you should stop smokin pot, it's doin you no good. Besides the difference in games, if they of virtually identical performance where is the 360 at Folding@Home? Because buddy the PS3 is owning bad overthere, responsible for most of the power while being the clear minority of the systems. Where are reports of 360 clusters being a super computer? Buddy even the US Army bought a ton of PS3's to make a super computer and I didn't even hear one such story about the 360. It's a fact buddy PS3 has much more power than 360 and the devs are just starting to tap into it. And lastly what you said about anti-aliasing and 360's native 1080p support is really ridiculous. Yeah Forza 3 and others really have high levels of anti-aliasing and I stopped counting native 1080p 360 games, there are just too many lol

[Jambama]

I agree with the people that say these two should be taken as two completely different experiences. They have nothing in common, be it gameplay, setting, mood, or linearity. So it is virtually impossible to leverage one game over the other. The content is just too varied to make a good assessment on which one is superior. We aren't even taking into account framerates and loading times. PHEW!!!

[alb1899]

come on guys i know that if you have the choice to grab one or other almost everyone will take AW!!!

[alb1899]

Heavy Rain is like a movie with talk technique of mass effect to change some ends, that it!!!

[Picnic]

The reason that various sites are comparing these 2 games is not because they think that they are of exactly the same genre. It's because, if you like a game that has the hallmarks of Heavy Rain, the closest equivalent that you will get on the Xbox 360 is Alan Wake and if you like Alan Wake the closest equivalent that you will get on the PS3 is Heavy Rain.

They are both mysteries of a kind- modern 'throwbacks' to point and click and old school survival horror.

[xx SgtP3pp3r xx]

Heavy Rain is not even a game. The developers even came out and said that. It is more of an interactive movie. I would rather have Alan Wake to be honest with you all.

[hazardman]

Two games..for two different audiences..They both look good. I hate the bullshit comparing of each exclusive game..it's like we all know which one looks better..so get over it..That said I'm not a big fan of QTE games..so I will buy Alan Wake instead.

[TABSF]

Comparing an Interactive movie (Heavy Rain) to a 3rd person shooter (Alan Wake) is stupid

[NateDPG]

HR hands down and this considering AW is the PC version. The 360 version will be probably one big lol

[GillHarrison]

Does anyone realize that Alan Wake is an open-world title? It's stunning how good they got it looking for the scale of the game. Also, Heavy Rain can look incredible do to the fact that there really isn't all that much to process in the AI and Dynamics department. They can use all resources towards model processing and animation. The both look incredible and I will be picking both up day one.

[Ashriel]

open world vs extremely linear...

[BrianC6234]

This comparison is dumb. The games are nothing alike. And the link doesn't even work anyway. It just gives an error message. Did this story kill their site?

[ChickeyCantor]

PS3 fan will say HR looks good and the other will say AW looks good.

O you guys.

[LittleBigSackBoy]

Alan Wake has been confirmed not open world. People are complaining about HR being linear, compare AW to UC2 then. It looks no where near as good. UC2 looks better than HR except character models.

[hazardman]

I didn't know we were comparing Alan Wake with Uncharted 2...f@cking BOT...

[gamer2010]

No, Alan Wake isn't a sandbox game, but if you have read anything about the game or have seen any of the videos it is obvious that it has large outdoor environments.

Heavy Rain has shown nothing on that scale. Everything shown has been very linear and the camera angles seem fixed. You cannot freely swing the camera around to look at different objects from different angles.

Alan Wake has better looking textures and fully dynamic lighting. It looks better than Heavy Rain and still gives you more control over the camera, your movement and the action gameplay.

[Enigma_2099]

... I swear...

[ASSASSYN 36o]

And you usually have a pot with crap in it.

[Enigma_2099]

I don't POST these kind of stories. I think they're rather redundant myself.

[ottoman_239]

link doesnt work so i cant see comparison FVCK!

[Hot_tea]

= fail

[Cherchez La Ghost]

I haven't even open the link of this BS article! It kills me that these small-time gaming sites print such fanboy flamebait articles that always get the blood boiling for everyone. But fanboys go for it hook, line & sinker everytime. No comparison. Both games are about suspense. I'll have both games on day one.

[horndog]

it will be a great movie to but if you want a game Alan wake is the way to go.

[Karooo]

You do know you control your character in heavy rain right? that was a complete lame ignorant comment.

[Xino Gramoso]

were do you people see PC, that the frist xbox game that take more that 4 years to be made.... thats wy is so good locking....

[horndog]

in between cut scenes. I'ts a movie with some kind of interaction in between cutscenes. Exciting. Porn for droids LOOL.

[stonecold1]

you awake from your sleep heavy rain is the better one thought alan wait is a master syetem game

[Raoh]

based on the comments i can tell people really dont know what heavy rain is or have not played indigo prophecy

no processing power? you control every aspect of the game and the from flipping over eggs to opening doors, then add all the choices you make on the fly that the game has to then continue based on your choices on the fly..

[englandsbest316]

I'll say it now and i'll say it with conviction.

The ONLY QTE game out there that matters in this type of genre is Shenmue.

If Heavy rain can match IGN's score for Shenmue (9.7 BTW) then i'll never post here again.

Come Heavy "Shenmue wannabe" rains release theres no doubt i'll be posting here again.

Yet ANOTHER concept that Sony have stolen and will undoubtedly claim to be their own.

Heavy rain unique? UNIQUE MY ASS.

[silverchode]

you'll keep posting on another account.

[keshk]

I have to agree with thegood33, i am ps3 user and at first i was watching videos for heavy rain and i really liked the game but i am not so sure if its a must buy. but when i first the video for alan wake, i was sold, seriously the effects and thriller theme of the game is just mind blowing and it kind reminds me of the old resident evil games. yes heavy rain could be better looking but alan wake will be better.
i wanna buy the PC version or i will just have to buy a 360 to play this and some other 360 games i wanna play.

[-DeathWraith-]

Without a doubt, Heavy Rain.

You're a blind fool, possibly a fanboy. If you state otherwise.

[ASSASSYN 36o]

I bet you say that with every 360 vs. ps3 game.

Both look great. (Your little world explodes)

[heroprotagonist]

Alan Wake looks better to me and you are the one that comes off as biased to me. Really look at the comparison shots, don't just assume Heavy Rain is better because you want it to be.

Alan Wake: http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/...
Heavy Rain: http://ps3.ign.com/dor/obje...

Those are just two screenshots, but I tried to get screenshots for both of them that had some action. I have looked at a lot of screenshots and videos now and there is no question for me that Alan Wake has the better graphics.

[Shendow]

Get Qore an watch this months, they show off HR and got alot of pretty real looking pics from the game. So until both come out, we don't know which one looks better.

[Jambama]

@ DeathWraith

Personal opinions are just that.... personal.

Regardless of which one we think looks better or more appealing we are all entitled to our own opinions. That by no means makes someone a fool or fanboy.

And for you to make such a bullheaded remark just because others may disagree with your opinion is pretty much a textbook example of what a fanboy is.

[Jambama]

@ NateDPG

I don't know anything about the US Army getting PS3s to network for use as supercomputers. And I used to be an Aviation Operations Specialist in the Army. I went to basic at Fort Benning, Georgia and I went to my MOS school for the AOS job at FortRucker, Alabama. Not to mention I was with a unit that was attached to 18th Airborne.

Not getting defensive, just saying.

My sources are coming from head to head articles that GameInformer has previously posted. They had an article with the guy who created the CPUs for all three consoles in their magazine about 3 or 4 months ago. They asked him straight up which one was more powerful and even he stated that they have almost identical performance specs. The only difference that he saw was that Sony's approach was very experimental while Microsoft's was more conservative in design.

Keep in touch and I'll try to get a link to the article that I'm reffering to.

[doctorspakles]

I think I get how this works. Let me try to explain. If you like and only have the PS3 then you say HR looks better. If you like and only have the 360 you say AW looks better. You don't actually need to look at the pictures you just say something like, "PS3 excluzivez destroies anything on Xbawcks, UC2, MGS4, KZ2 FTW!!!" Or "HR is a QTE" Honestly get a life. As someone who really doesn't care which looks better I say they are fairly even. Lighting in AW is likely better because that is a major gameplay element. While it seems that facial animation will be better in HR because that is a major element. Oh well. Not too excited about either one. Although if I play one it will likely be AW. I guess I can just wait for reviews and choose then.

[Jambama]

@sher00win99

Are you referring to me? Because I don't know who the hell thetruth is. My name is James Rouse and I'm from Kinston, NC. I just discovered this site about 4 days ago. A case of mistaken identity perhaps???

And please, let's not all climb on board the hate train and spew random insults at people because of their opinion. Especially when you have no interesting or compelling response to a legitimate statement. It just makes you look foolish. I came here to voice my opinions in a forum in the hopes that I would get responses back from people with a similar IQ level and inquisitive mind. Not people who go on spastic hate trips like an ADHD kid with a Red Bull high.

Can't we all agree to disagree on the console war and still have meaningful conversation on why we side with our console of choice??

Am I the only person absolutely sick of immature people wasting forum space with their illogical hate and completely broken thoughts???

[heroprotagonist]

No, I am getting sick of it too. It is particularly bad on this site. There are more fanboys of a particular type on this site (I'll let you guess which type) and they basically attack you if you don't agree with them 100%.

[Jambama]

@ blitz0623

If you had ever played Mass Effect for 10 minutes you would see why 360 fans are gaga over these games. Its not just 360 fanboys either.

Let's be fair about this, the God of War games have far more sexual content (sex mini-game anyone?) and graphic nudity. Yet no one calls foul on the series as a whole or points the finger at PS fanboys for being perverts. Let's not be hypocrites people.

Be sure of this... all the critics will be raving that ME2 will be a GOTY contender,... most already are. Are you the only one that is right and everyone else just happens to be wrong?

If you've ever played Jade Empire, Knights of the Old Republic (1&2), Baldurs Gate or Dragon Age Origins then you know the kind of impact this game will have. It could very well crush every other game this year.

I'll be happy if either Bioshock 2 or Mass Effect 2 get GOTY awards. They both seem to be very deserving from what I've seen so far.

On a lighter note, God of War 3 should be spectacular as well. I have the demo on my PS3 as we speak and have pre-ordered it and I must say I am eager to get my hands on the final product.

Not expecting very much from GT5. The time trial demo was very underwhelming in my opinion. I could swear that GT5 Prologue looked and played better. The Gran Turismo games just have never sat well with me. Give me more Forza Motorsport 3 anyday!

[Mkai28]

The character models look better on HR but the lighting looks better on AW. Makes HR seem dark even in sun light. That second and fourth pic goes to AW. looks to be rain all the time in HR. guess thats why its called HR.Also there is alot more color in AW. gameplay is another story action vs sop opera

[ASSASSYN 36o]

I can't wait to buy alan wake.

[FelicityOldGamer]

I must say that I prefer Heavy Rain... The only thing that I saw until now that I say it´s great on Alan Wake is the lighting, but if you look very carefully to the models of somethings, like cars, clothes... it´s just ok. Graphics isn´t everything, but for comparison , PS3 exclusive titles are better. If you have a Xbox360 buy Alan Wake!

PS: I am sorry for some problems with my english... it´s because I am a brazilian gamer , and my english it´s a little rusty.

[heroprotagonist]

Eu nao falo portugues. bem.

"PS3 exclusive titles are better"

That is just a biased opinion.

Alan Wake looks more detailed to me, with better lighting and texture detail.

[-DeathWraith-]

Funny you talk about opinions, when I posted my very OWN opinion.

That being, whoever believes that Heavy Rain isn't the clear winner. Is a blind fool, and possibly [key word: POSSIBLY] a fanboy. Espically since there are a lot of obvious users Cough "HaloMLG" or whatever his name is, which would state otherwise.

I never said you ARE a fanboy if you disagree. However, I am saying that you're quite blind if you can't see why Heavy Rain looks better.

[heroprotagonist]

And I think you are blind if you can't see that Alan Wake looks better.

[The Simple Truth]

but it will play better.

PS3: Innovation redefined

[bunfighterii]

all these shots are from early/demo builds of each game.

[strickers]

I'm not going to comment on the comparison.I'm just going to say how amazed I am at the level of ignorance in the comments.It seems that about 60% of the people commenting have read nothing about the games or watched any videos.If you don't know then don't make comments like you do.
Heavy Rain is not just QTEs.
Alan Wake was a long way in development fro PC.MS stopped it,for now.
The first video of Alan Wake was the PC build and all the early screenshots too,this has been admitted by Remedy.
The Heavy Rain shots are in game,the Alan Wake ones are PR shots which are often touched up.This is a common industry practice.
I'm interested in both games.

[CWMR]

-It's true that the PC version of Alan Wake was canceled awhile ago. But these new screenshots and videos are from the Xbox 360 version and they look totally amazing.
http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/...
http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/...
I can't wait.-

[Gamer luv]

It is quite clear these shots of Alan Wake look much better graphically then HR.

FANBOYS GET THE SHYT OUT OF YOUR eyes.
This is exactly the bs people talk about sony fan boys, HR looks great, but in those screens, they dont hold up there own, i dont know how the fck your lookin at these screens, maybe with some special glasses we dont own.

[Domer25]

This has to be one of the wost comparisons i've seen on N4G. How did this get approved? Either way both games are great, but this article is retarded.

[Dance]

Here is some actual gameplay of Alan Wake [url] http://www.gametrailers.com...

[Kantor]

I would say Heavy Rain has better character models, while Alan Wake wins in environments. HR also seems to be more arty, as shown by the blur in the final screenshot.

But to be sure, they're both beautiful.

[Lehman Brothers]

Ok, i compared now the first 9 minutes from Heavy Rain vs. Alan Wake.. sry DROIDS.. but WAKE CLEARY WINS!

the first 9 mins are looking so boring in the HR gameplay also the graphics cant compare with Wake.

[CWMR]

-Alan Wake looks better and also looks more fun to play to me.-

[prejur]

Heavy Rain looks a lot better but Remedy knows how to make games FUN not interactive graphic novels.

[Lex Luthor]

After seeing the Heavy Rain gameplay footage, my money is gonna be put towards Alan WAke.

[TehCell]

Alan Wake looks better imo.

[DigitalAnalog]

Then start talking..

-End statement