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MoviePage 05-27-10 08:13 PM
Re: Alan Wake
 
Originally Posted by pinata242 (Post 10181779)
Get a job, ya bum! :mad2:
I have one, but this was vacation week. -ptth-

Total coincidence that vacation week came at the same time as 3 of the biggest game releases of the year. ;)

Red Dead is a little boring and frustrating to me so far, and Super Mario Galaxy 2 didn't arrive until Wednesday, so Alan Wake got all my focus.

Originally Posted by Raul3 (Post 10181781)
Wow!!! 2 playthrough in two days!!! Were you wearing Depends? ;)
I'll admit, there were a couple of times in this game when I was a little worried that something was going to happen to make me pee on myself.

Originally Posted by superfro (Post 10181785)
Am I alone in finding the game to not really be "scary" at all? I think a lot of the scare impact is taken away when the action would go into slow-mo whenever an enemy was coming at you. It was tense, and still had a few moments that surprised me, but I certainly didn't find myself creeped out at any time as I would in any given Silent Hill game.
The slo-mo made it creepier I think, in that it puts more emphasis on the fact that something's coming after you. Rather than just mobbing you with a group of enemies coming out of nowhere, it's like the game itself is saying "Oh shit! Look behind you!" I found the game more unsettling in a Lovecraftian way than scary in a "boo!" way.

superfro 05-27-10 08:35 PM
Re: Alan Wake
 
Originally Posted by chuckd21 (Post 10181860)
I never used my flare gun because I figured I needed to save it for something big. And of course I kept losing it. And of course there was a giant box full of flare guns right in front of the final boss.
I think it was either the Joystiq or Weekend Confirmed guys that I heard it from, but the biggest piece of advice I heard before playing was don't save your stuff as you lose it often. Awesome advice and great for me cause I'm a hoarder. It really helped me though my game.

Michael Corvin 05-28-10 07:19 AM
Re: Alan Wake
 
I think it was Weekend Confirmed that mentioned that.

I finally started the game last night. Did Episode 1 and loved it. The only thing that bugs me so far is the animation doesn't seem to be up to par. Looks like something we should have seen say, oh, 3 years ago? :lol:

Canis Firebrand 05-28-10 09:26 AM
Re: Alan Wake
 
Originally Posted by superfro (Post 10181785)
Am I alone in finding the game to not really be "scary" at all? I think a lot of the scare impact is taken away when the action would go into slow-mo whenever an enemy was coming at you. It was tense, and still had a few moments that surprised me, but I certainly didn't find myself creeped out at any time as I would in any given Silent Hill game.
I've only gotten through episode one, but I would have to agree. The game is not scary in any sense of the word that I have seen thus far. Sure, some great sound effects and atmosphere, but nothing that caused me to feel scared or jump.

I am enjoying the game a great deal and it's well done. The episode structure and the recap between episodes is a neat touch.

I'm playing through on hard right now and will do nightmare again to get the pages that require that difficulty level. I need to go back through level one again as I missed one page.

xmiyux 05-28-10 10:08 AM
Re: Alan Wake
 
It is creeping me out pretty hardcore. The music in particular gets me.

I will admit to being a total horror lightweight though.

Michael Corvin 05-28-10 10:16 AM
Re: Alan Wake
 
I got a Condemned vibe from the first level(forest-apple orchard), but not quite as scary.

chuckd21 05-28-10 10:27 AM
Re: Alan Wake
 
Originally Posted by Michael Corvin (Post 10182921)
I think it was Weekend Confirmed that mentioned that.

I finally started the game last night. Did Episode 1 and loved it. The only thing that bugs me so far is the animation doesn't seem to be up to par. Looks like something we should have seen say, oh, 3 years ago? :lol:
I think they eventually got to a point where they had to stop tweaking graphics and just move forward gameplay-wise. But as I recall, up until a couple years ago this was supposed to be an open world game...

UncleGramps 05-28-10 10:35 AM
Re: Alan Wake
 
I got a lot more jump scares in Episode 2 than I did in Episode 1. Seems like that's where they ramp it up.

MoviePage 05-28-10 05:02 PM
Re: Alan Wake
 
Third playthrough for missed collectibles complete. 1000/1000!

Mok 05-29-10 11:27 AM
Re: Alan Wake
 
Originally Posted by UncleGramps (Post 10183205)
I got a lot more jump scares in Episode 2 than I did in Episode 1. Seems like that's where they ramp it up.
I know episode 2 had me jumping a couple of times.

Raul3 05-29-10 02:19 PM
Re: Alan Wake
 
I rarely get scared with videogames, I'm not even scared of the dark. But in this game I was always looking for some light :D

marginal 05-29-10 05:22 PM
Re: Alan Wake
 
After finishing the first two chapters, here's the one thing so far that actually scared me:

Spoiler:
When you first start out from the cabin and head down the hill, I think it's the first other cabin you come to. There's one of those TVs inside, I believe. After I went in, and swung the camera to look around the room, I saw a shadow figure walk past one of the windows outside the cabin. And then he was gone. Never got attacked, went outside and couldn't find him.

Did everyone else have the same experience? I'm just wondering how in the hell they scripted that just right, since I could have been looking a different way and never would have seen it. But in any case, pretty scary.

MoviePage 05-29-10 07:10 PM
Re: Alan Wake
 
Originally Posted by marginal (Post 10185110)
After finishing the first two chapters, here's the one thing so far that actually scared me:

Spoiler:
When you first start out from the cabin and head down the hill, I think it's the first other cabin you come to. There's one of those TVs inside, I believe. After I went in, and swung the camera to look around the room, I saw a shadow figure walk past one of the windows outside the cabin. And then he was gone. Never got attacked, went outside and couldn't find him.

Did everyone else have the same experience? I'm just wondering how in the hell they scripted that just right, since I could have been looking a different way and never would have seen it. But in any case, pretty scary.
That happened to me too during my first playthrough. I thought maybe I imagined it because it was so quick, and I didn't see it when I went through the game again. Very creepy.

Music 05-29-10 10:09 PM
Re: Alan Wake
 
:eek: I have been scared since the first boogeyman showed up...

JasonF 05-30-10 01:03 AM
Re: Alan Wake
 
I'm on Chapter 4, and I have to say: Barry is the greatest character in any video game ever.

DeanoBKN 05-30-10 03:46 AM
Re: Alan Wake
 
Originally Posted by marginal (Post 10185110)
After finishing the first two chapters, here's the one thing so far that actually scared me:

Spoiler:
When you first start out from the cabin and head down the hill, I think it's the first other cabin you come to. There's one of those TVs inside, I believe. After I went in, and swung the camera to look around the room, I saw a shadow figure walk past one of the windows outside the cabin. And then he was gone. Never got attacked, went outside and couldn't find him.

Did everyone else have the same experience? I'm just wondering how in the hell they scripted that just right, since I could have been looking a different way and never would have seen it. But in any case, pretty scary.
Spoiler:
That scene scared the hell out of me! To the point where I waited a few seconds before leaving the house for fear of being attacked as soon as I left. rotfl

Liver&Onions 05-30-10 12:03 PM
Re: Alan Wake
 
Originally Posted by marginal (Post 10185110)
After finishing the first two chapters, here's the one thing so far that actually scared me:

Spoiler:
When you first start out from the cabin and head down the hill, I think it's the first other cabin you come to. There's one of those TVs inside, I believe. After I went in, and swung the camera to look around the room, I saw a shadow figure walk past one of the windows outside the cabin. And then he was gone. Never got attacked, went outside and couldn't find him.

Did everyone else have the same experience? I'm just wondering how in the hell they scripted that just right, since I could have been looking a different way and never would have seen it. But in any case, pretty scary.
I saw that too, creepy.

kms_md 05-30-10 12:42 PM
Re: Alan Wake
 
Originally Posted by marginal (Post 10185110)
After finishing the first two chapters, here's the one thing so far that actually scared me:

Spoiler:
When you first start out from the cabin and head down the hill, I think it's the first other cabin you come to. There's one of those TVs inside, I believe. After I went in, and swung the camera to look around the room, I saw a shadow figure walk past one of the windows outside the cabin. And then he was gone. Never got attacked, went outside and couldn't find him.

Did everyone else have the same experience? I'm just wondering how in the hell they scripted that just right, since I could have been looking a different way and never would have seen it. But in any case, pretty scary.

same experience for me. actually made heading further down the path more tense.

Raul3 05-30-10 12:49 PM
Re: Alan Wake
 
Originally Posted by marginal (Post 10185110)
After finishing the first two chapters, here's the one thing so far that actually scared me:

Spoiler:
When you first start out from the cabin and head down the hill, I think it's the first other cabin you come to. There's one of those TVs inside, I believe. After I went in, and swung the camera to look around the room, I saw a shadow figure walk past one of the windows outside the cabin. And then he was gone. Never got attacked, went outside and couldn't find him.

Did everyone else have the same experience? I'm just wondering how in the hell they scripted that just right, since I could have been looking a different way and never would have seen it. But in any case, pretty scary.
Spoiler:

Wow! did you really went looking for him?
I tried to hide under the bed or table that was there in the room.
:p

maxfisher 05-30-10 02:22 PM
Re: Alan Wake
 
Yeah, the moment being discussed was a great one and really made me aware of how immersed in the game I was. I saw it, immediately ran to the other side of the room and waited a good minute to see if anything else happened before I moved on. It's very rare for me to get so wrapped up in a game that I start behaving in the game how I would in real life.

thematahara 05-30-10 02:35 PM
Re: Alan Wake
 
Originally Posted by kms_md (Post 10185966)
same experience for me. actually made heading further down the path more tense.
Spoiler:
I was watching the tv, and sorta of thought that something went by the window, what confirmed it was that I saw the leaves on the bush falling. Thought for a second that the wind was blowing the leaves off, but then when I went outside to check I noticed the leaves only came off when I walked through it. Then I started getting really spooked. Love moments like this. Especially when they don't try to have something jump out immediately.

JasonF 06-01-10 01:07 AM
Re: Alan Wake
 
I just finished the game. What an awesome story. I'm not sure I like the ending -- I wanted
Spoiler:
Alan and Alice to get a happy ending.


I can't wait for the sequel (which, given the developer's track record, I will expect some time between 2016 and the heat death of the universe.)

Raul3 06-01-10 04:49 PM
Re: Alan Wake
 
They are doing DLC episodes. They have two already in the queue.

DJ_Longfellow 06-03-10 06:25 AM
Re: Alan Wake
 
So...how long is the average game in terms of hours logged?

JasonF 06-03-10 07:32 AM
Re: Alan Wake
 
Originally Posted by DJ_Longfellow (Post 10191785)
So...how long is the average game in terms of hours logged?
10-15 hours.

Superman07 06-03-10 07:47 AM
Re: Alan Wake
 
I've been playing through this the past week. I put the setting on Hard and frankly hadn't found it too challenging. Plus evertyhing felt a lot like 'going through the motions'. However, after I finished Chapter 3 I felt like things picked up a lot. The enemy situations became more difficult, but in a good way. Much more fun to figure your way out of a dilema. Plus the story has picked up a considerable amount as well.

Some of the levels are much more inspired now that you're in the river valley as well. You really get a sense of scale and how much went into creating the world.

Hopefully I can finish up Chapter 6 tonight. If not I'll get to it at some point over the weekend.

Raul3 06-03-10 08:58 AM
Re: Alan Wake
 
Originally Posted by DJ_Longfellow (Post 10191785)
So...how long is the average game in terms of hours logged?
You can finish it in less than 10 hours if you rush through it but then you will miss most of the story. :p

So yeah, as JasonF said, 10-15 hours. This game really rewards you if you take your time with it. Although if you get scared you may want to run in some parts. ;)

For the people that already finished the game, they released a novel about the game. It's suppose to be the game story in a novel. I already bought it but haven't had time to start reading it. I'm in the middle of the other book, the one included in the LE, pretty interesting.

Liver&Onions 06-04-10 04:12 PM
Re: Alan Wake
 


New teaser trailer for something released. More details @ E3 next week I imagine.

Superman07 06-06-10 07:00 AM
Re: Alan Wake
 
I finally got around to finishing this up yesterday. I think the game peaked for me at chapters 4 and 5. Chapter 6 felt too over the top, but then again I suppose that fits in with the story. As for the ending:

Spoiler:
I'm not sure I get it either, but my thought was that he rewrote the ending to save Alice, but it somehow cost him his own life or self. Didn't the light in the diving suit say something about, "Don't mind him. He'll replace you to all of your friends." Maybe a fake proxy of sorts?

Based on that short teaser perhaps in the sequel (or will it just be DLC?) Alan will have to work his way through this other world to get himself free? I wouldn't mind if you were playing Alice to try and find him, but I suppose you have to stick with playing Alan.

One point throughout the game I was confused about was everything said 1970 and that was the year the volcano went off and sunk the cabin. For a while I was thinking the story was actually the other writer in the 70s and 'Alan Wake' was just made up. However, everybody was driving around Fords with Verizon billboards which represent present day.

kms_md 06-08-10 12:32 PM
Re: Alan Wake
 
Originally Posted by Superman07 (Post 10196575)
I finally got around to finishing this up yesterday. I think the game peaked for me at chapters 4 and 5. Chapter 6 felt too over the top, but then again I suppose that fits in with the story. As for the ending:

Spoiler:
I'm not sure I get it either, but my thought was that he rewrote the ending to save Alice, but it somehow cost him his own life or self. Didn't the light in the diving suit say something about, "Don't mind him. He'll replace you to all of your friends." Maybe a fake proxy of sorts?

Based on that short teaser perhaps in the sequel (or will it just be DLC?) Alan will have to work his way through this other world to get himself free? I wouldn't mind if you were playing Alice to try and find him, but I suppose you have to stick with playing Alan.

One point throughout the game I was confused about was everything said 1970 and that was the year the volcano went off and sunk the cabin. For a while I was thinking the story was actually the other writer in the 70s and 'Alan Wake' was just made up. However, everybody was driving around Fords with Verizon billboards which represent present day.
Spoiler:
there is some speculation - i do not recall where i read it - that tom zane is alan's father. alan never knew his father, and the "clicker" was a gift from his mom previously belonging to his father. tom apparently wrote about the clicker in his novelization. also alan is called "tom" in the diner near the start of the game.

Liver&Onions 06-09-10 02:27 PM
Re: Alan Wake
 
http://tag.microsoft.com/community/t...nity-home.aspx

Anyone notice the Tags in Alan Wake? Anyone decode them?

pinata242 06-09-10 02:31 PM
Re: Alan Wake
 
I did not notice them, but I did decode them.

JasonF 06-09-10 05:58 PM
Re: Alan Wake
 
I saw one, but I'm not sure my phone is even capable of decoding tags.

Liver&Onions 06-09-10 06:02 PM
Re: Alan Wake
 
I saw them, didn't decode as my phone doesn't do tags. But I'll try it on my next replay once my Incredible arrives.

nickdawgy 06-10-10 01:16 AM
Re: Alan Wake
 
I was gonna get this at Gamestop but the manager there said it was 5 hours long.

:lol:

UncleGramps 06-10-10 01:18 AM
Re: Alan Wake
 
Originally Posted by nickdawgy (Post 10204157)
I was gonna get this at Gamestop but the manager there said it was 5 hours long.

:lol:
5 hours? I don't think that's possible. 10-15 would be a more realistic estimate. Still, might be a better rental than a purchase if you don't expect to play through it more than once.

superfro 06-10-10 02:08 AM
Re: Alan Wake
 
Originally Posted by UncleGramps (Post 10204160)
5 hours? I don't think that's possible. 10-15 would be a more realistic estimate.
I'm not so sure. I mean that info did come from Gamestop. They actually sell video games, I would think they'd know. A manager even!

MoviePage 06-10-10 07:46 AM
Re: Alan Wake
 
Originally Posted by nickdawgy (Post 10204157)
I was gonna get this at Gamestop but the manager there said it was 5 hours long.

:lol:
Sounds like the worst manager ever.

thematahara 06-10-10 10:37 AM
Re: Alan Wake
 
Just can't get into this game. I'm 1/2 way through chapter 5 but it is becoming more of a chore to finish it.

superfro 06-10-10 10:41 AM
Re: Alan Wake
 
Originally Posted by thematahara (Post 10204631)
Just can't get into this game. I'm 1/2 way through chapter 5 but it is becoming more of a chore to finish it.
You have to finish it up now! You're almost there!


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