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Quick Look: Alan Wake: The Signal

Brad and Vinny venture back into the dark woods of Alan Wake with its first DLC.

Sit back and enjoy as the Giant Bomb team takes an unedited look at the latest video games.

Jul. 24 2010

Cast: Brad, Vinny

Posted by: Drew

In This Episode:

Alan Wake

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Edited By miketorreza

Sorry.

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Quicklook!Yay!
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Edited By jeanluc  Staff

oh man. I just returned this game!

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Edited By Venatio

So I haven't played this game yet but I really want to, should I watch this?

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More Alan Wake? I'm in! Just showed my buddy this game the other day for the first time. He was quite impressed with the lighting and the way they structered the game.
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cooooooooooooooooooooooooool

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Awesome, cus i thought the main game was severely lacking in psychological mind fucks.

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Edited By jeanluc  Staff
@Venatio said:
" So I haven't played this game yet but I really want to, should I watch this? "
no. this dlc takes place after the game ends.
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I want to watch it but I don't want to watch it because I want to be surprised. 

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Alan Wake kinda sounds and looks like Sam from True Blood

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I'd forgotten how awesome the lighting was in this game.

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I should not watch this, but I am hungry for Quick Looks of late.

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I think putting a spoiler warning before a quick look for story-driven DLC that takes place right after the main story of the first game is enough to tell people that they probably shouldn't be watching it if they care. Then you can talk about what you need to talk about.

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isnt he awake yet.

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Yep.........
"Return Alan Wake and get Deadly Premontion", he told me.
"But the DLC is coming out and I........"
"The DLC is going to be lame", my lawyer interjects.
"Ok...I pay you a retainer for a reason.", my trusting soul takes control.
 
FUCK....I need a new lawyer!!!

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I haven't played any Alan Wake so all in all its a mystery to me. Still I like a Quick Look :D

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Meh.. no Ryan.. I'll watch it unregardless but still..

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Can you hear me now?

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awesome thats right im getting it.

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I'll never buy this game, but: 
Good use of Verizon's "Can you hear me now?" campaign. =[

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Bah...want to watch this, but I haven't played Alan Wake yet. From what it seems this whole game has a strong story to it...must...resist...QL.

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@glanesb said:
" Yep......... "Return Alan Wake and get Deadly Premontion", he told me. "But the DLC is coming out and I........" "The DLC is going to be lame", my lawyer interjects. "Ok...I pay you a retainer for a reason.", my trusting soul takes control.  FUCK....I need a new lawyer!!! "
so YOUR the guy he quit to work for... 
 
you're better off with Barry Zuckercorn or Bob Loblaw... look 'em up on youtube!
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There needs to be DLC where Alan teams up with Zach.

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Really have a itch to buy Alan Wake now. I rented it and beat it. But if I buy it I could get this and finish Nightmare mode as well. Very tempting.

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this looks fantastic!

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Edited By Brackynews

So I won two Alan Wake auctions on eBay.  
One is new, so that's great. The other is used, and doesn't include the code, strange because a lot of used copies DO include it unclaimed. The trade-in value is still higher than what I paid, so that's no big deal.
 
Really not sure what kind of brain donor uses the code and sells the game BEFORE THE DLC COMES OUT. 
So I asked him.
He didn't finish the game.  See code. Use code.
We are doomed as a species.

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Edited By Xealot42

I might have time to play this in between starcraft 2 sessions.  Only watched the first few minutes so I don't spoil anything.

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@lacke: You say that like it's a bad thing.
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Looks like my Alan Wake S rank will be defunct pretty soon.

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Achievements for not dying? Brad must really hate those. :P

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Investigate the restroom.

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Brad knew a lot going into this QL.  I just wish that was the case for every QL.

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One quicklook I'm going to pass. Wouldn't want to spoil a single second, since every one could hold many quirky surprises knowing a game like Alan Wake, that I'd like to find for out for myself.

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HOLY CRAP BRAD DID NOT DIE IN THIS QUICK LOOK!

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Really, Alan Wake is the best thing to have happened to Xbox360 this year. 

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I can't fucking believe he literally said "Can You Hear Me Now?"

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This really excites me!!! Alan Wake!! wooooooooooo!! My jumpy and hibbie jibbies are going to be back!!! :D awesome
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To hell with Alan Wake and its collectibles. Collectibles ruined the damn game for me. 

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He totally said "can you hear me now?" on a Verizon phone.  
 
Hayoooo!

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Vinny is really obnoxious in this quick look for some reason. Also, Brad did not dies so good for him, but he played this game too slowly for my tastes. It does not help that this dlc is boring.

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More Alan Wake? No Thank You! You tricked me the first time but im not falling for it again.  

Biggest disappointment of 2010.
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Verizon phone + "Can you hear me now?" = Lulz

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@AndrewB said:
" I think putting a spoiler warning before a quick look for story-driven DLC that takes place right after the main story of the first game is enough to tell people that they probably shouldn't be watching it if they care. Then you can talk about what you need to talk about. "
I think a quick look for a story-driven DLC is spoiler warning enough. 
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"Can you here me now?" on a Verizon phone. Subtle, Alan Wake. Subtle.
 
And oh god, Vinny's "they can't read" line was fantastic.

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Brad's version of Very Hard is Easy for the rest of the world. Take that for what you will. Still love you Brad. :D

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@CrazedJoker said:
" I can't fucking believe he literally said "Can You Hear Me Now?" "
I can't believe they didn't catch on to that, given that they joked about the whole "did Alan bring his network?" thing.
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@lacke said:
" unregardless "
heh heh...
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I literally just finished this game yesterday and sent it back to Gamefly. Damn. Maybe when I have nothing else to play I'll rent it again. Such a cool game.

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Fuck yeah! More of the 'Best Game of 2010' right here! So want more Alan Wake!
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Can you here me now? I got a pretty good chuckle out of that.