Alan Wake - He's Coming!
 

There have been two games I have previewed, that I can use the word "stunned" to describe how I felt about them. One of them, is about to debut.

5 years ago at Gamers Developers Conference I had the opportunity to put my hands on a forthcoming release. The mechanics of the game was soon impressive, I ended up doing an interview and a feature on the game.

And now, it has a release date.:woot:

Alan Wake, billed as a psychological thriller, is to finally make a worldwide release this May. At one time a multi platform project, it is now only planned for release on XBox 360.

This game was so impressive, I'll probably buy an XBox just for this game.

But for now, I already have the tshirt...unworn from 5 years ago.

Trailer.

awww, shame it's only 360, wasn't it originally going to be PS3 exclusive? Or was that something else?

Anyway I'm eagerly awaiting delivery of Heavy Rain :D

Ah well. A shame, that. I remember seeing something about this years ago and it looked interesting.

This is the second reason I got a 360. Although I hope I can finish it. I tend to creep myself out of certain games. :haha:

it was originally PC exclusive, to show the power of DirectX 10 cards and QuadCore CPU's ;)

This. :shifty:

Yahtzee:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/vide...1756-Alan-Wake

My brother rented it yesterday, just started today while I waited to go to the dentist. Looks interesting so far :hmmm:

So is it worth the 60?

I personally don't think it's worth buying. Don't get me wrong, I liked it, but it's short and I'm not sure how much replayability it has :hmmm: Definitely worth renting though.

I guess I'll keep an eye on the DLC that comes out. If it's all free( like the first one is) I'll pick it up. If not I'll wait until it's cheaper.

Well, I just picked up Alan Wake, after canceling my Mafia 2 collectors edition.

Going to play later tonight. :yeah:

There we go:
Alan Wake PC: Really Real, Early 2012

haha that's about right for a '360 exclusive'

The game was pretty good. The gameplay mechanics are pretty solid, and the enemies can be difficult. The whole light thing to make enemies vulnerable is an interesting mechanic.

In terms of scares, there are a few good ones(I don't think there are any pop up scares that I remember). It's mostly environmental horror, and the fear of the enemies(if you're out of ammo or light it's one of those OMG OMG OMG I need to get away moments).

One of the better scares is when you enter a log cabin, and you turn around and leave and something zooms by the door. :dead:

One of the neat features is that there is a TV show that mimics The Twilight zone that gave me creeps(probably because I was watching them in Dark rooms mostly :haha:)

All in all it's a pretty good game, the atmosphere matches that of Max Payne(the first one).

P.S. there is a pretty good rock band in the game, I can't remember if they made music just for the game, or if they found a small band. I'll have to look into it.