Quick Look: Alan Wake's American Nightmare

@Cloudenvy said:

@lordofultima said:

@D_W said:

Wow the voice acting is not very good at all, is it?

Weird you'd say that, because I think the voice acting is incredible? Maybe the secondary characters aren't amazing, but the narration and Alan Wake/Mr. Scratch are fantastic.

Not amazing? I thought they were teeeeeeeeeeerrible.

Maybe that's just me.

Not teeeerrible but preeeeeetty good. But I loved all the stuff they ever did. hopefully they got better lip sync though. Replaying the first game right now and that stuff is real bad.

Did... Did Patrick call the game Alan Wake: American Nightwear at the beginning?

Now I'm pumped for this quick look!

@LiquidSwords said:

@mbr2 said:

@bhhawks78 said:

Never understood the love for Alan Wake. Thought the combat was bad and the writing poor typical wankery.

You must hate a lot of video games then if that's the case.

Alan Wake fell apart for me when I found I could just run from checkpoint to checkpoint for about 3/4 of the game.

I was one of the people who liked its ending, though.

wasnt a big fan of the episodes remedy released hopefully this is better :)

Does this come with the PC version?

I never got sick of the combat in alan wake, I actually kind of enjoyed it.

I hope the next game/dlc is called American Nothing. Then the one after that is Give Up The Ghost.

Has anyone tried Alan Wake on PC yet? I'm curious if it's good.

@BlatantNinja23 said:

I never got sick of the combat in alan wake, I actually kind of enjoyed it.

Same here. I found dodging the Taken and exploding them into light pretty darn satisfying.

@Slaker117: I was in a really bad state of mind when I played it, but despite my stubborn refusal to engage in the central gameplay - it got downright pathological how often I "proved" you could just keep running past the set piece fights - I'd agree that the story/atmosphere bits were worth seeing.

And how about that soundtrack?

I want this on PC

Alan Wake combat meh Alan Wake story hooray!

@TehJedicake: yes, its super awesome; looks amazing, and plays great w/ mouse and keyboard. Highly recommend it over the xbox 360 version ^_^

@Nemesis2K said:

Wubadubadub is that true? YEAH! Woah, you go big guy!

Got damn, I just got that out of my head and now you stuck it in there again. Why here? i thought i was safe,

Oh MAN, Dr Meadows is TERRIBLE. I guess she's supposed to be? (I hope)

The band featured in this game is called Poets of the Fall, but in the game they go under the name Old Gods of Asgard

Here's one of the songs featured in Alan Wake with the guy they used for Alan Wake's likeness, really great group

Oh and this game looks nice, I'll have to play it sometime, really enjoyed Alan Wake

I loved the combat in AW. The flashlight tactic brought alot of tactics when fighting multiple enemies.

@Bourbon_Warrior said:

I loved the combat in AW. The flashlight tactic brought alot of tactics when fighting multiple enemies.

I liked it too, but it got old by the end. That was easily one of my top 5 games in 2010. Best Xbox 360 exclusive title of 2010 for me.

@TehJedicake: It's exactly what you'd want. Better visuals with gamepad support. Works great, I highly recommend it. Should have come out on the PC to begin with...

Oh, and also being able to disable the HUD is sweet. I always wanted to do that in the 360 version. The game has such good atmosphere.

Looks really good, surprised about this one :)

Looks great & agreed about the survival mode not being all that wanted but if the rewards from doing the survival mode is seeing more videos from their brand of Night Gallery brand of crazy (or behind the scenes stuff) I'll give it a go.

Nice to see that Remedy Entertainment continuing to bring FMV into their games. This looks pretty good: Looking forward to playing Alan Wake on PC so it would be nice if this came to PC as well. Anything's possible!

Not what I wanted. I wanted a redesinged feel with a whole lot of enemies. I wanted the story to be as Quentin Tarantinoish as they said. Kinda Dissapointed.

I guess I'm one of the few who enjoyed Alan Wake's combat. Though even I'll admit it worn it's welcome like 2-3 hours too late, and playing through the DLC (the first one; didn't play the second) was nothing but a chore sadly.

This does look a lot of fun all the same, though. Love the change of scenery, the bigger weapon count, and Alan sports himself a plaid shirt like a professional.

@RoyCampbell said:

OSTENSIBLY

Agreed

I thought the amount of combat in the game was mostly okay, the core mechanic is excellent. It just needed more variety. While less story is disappointing more varied combat with new enemies and weapons sounds great to me.

@lumberingjackal said:

@RoyCampbell said:

OSTENSIBLY

Agreed

Indeed! Patrick is always mispronouncing that word.

I see the satellite and I think... Puzzle Agent crossover.

Speaking of which, I really hope Puzzle Agent 3 is in the works. 2 was disappointing in terms of what 1 set up, but the franchise has so much potential for both humor and mystical shit.

@lordofultima said:

@D_W said:

Wow the voice acting is not very good at all, is it?

Weird you'd say that, because I think the voice acting is incredible? Maybe the secondary characters aren't amazing, but the narration and Alan Wake/Mr. Scratch are fantastic.

Yeah, Wake and Scratch seem good, but that scientist sounded horrible. Not sure if that was on purpose to make it campy or what.

you know what i have all ways found somewhat freaky about alan wake. the flashlight how alan moves and the tip of the light all-ways stays perfectly on target... thats so freaky

Hopefully this does come to PC as I'm thoroughly enjoying the original game on PC so far.

Buying this, looks rad. Gotta go buy DLC first actually.

Alan Wake looks really like Rob Lowe.

Sad to hear Ryan's and Patrick's somewhat negative opinions of the Twilight Zone blu-rays; not sure how much they've viewed of them but I think they are truly excellent. Considering the source material the visual clarity is remarkable and manages to surpass the quality found on many modern releases. On top of that you have an astounding amount of special features, many of which are exclusive to these blu-ray sets. I cannot recommend them enough.

Still have doubts? Here are some hugely positive reviews of the sets:

HD Digest - Season 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

Blu-Ray.com - Season 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

Now go buy them!!!

As for the game, I think it looks great. I love the narration style and look forward to playing it.

@Venatio: As this game contains unreleased tracks it essentially acts like a promo for their next album. Anyway, great band :)

I don't get Ryan's hang up over the combat and generally very nitpicky during this QL. The combat isn't Max Payne but it's not terrible either. In tight surroundings the combat can be very intense as you have to be aware of your surroundings and manage your bullets and batteries. If anything, it makes it more survival based than what RE has turned into simply because you have to weaken your enemies before you can do any damage to them.

This is just what I need after finishing the PC version of Alan Wake. Though kinda wish this wasn't released one day after Syndicate.

I didn't have a problem with the combat in Alan Wake myself, in fact i thought got more challenging near the end. I remember those sprinting enemies being really annoying because i could never get a lock on them till they were right in front of me.

I never finished the DLC but maybe i'll check this out at some point.

The combat in Alan Wake is great, I don't understand the hate.

LOOKS GREAT!
 
And hey, the combat in Alan Wake was alright.

Why... why haven't I finished the DLC??

This looks much better than I expected, after hearing what the game was prior to release, still need to play through the dlc before going into it though.

@dr_mantas said:

Oh MAN, Dr Meadows is TERRIBLE. I guess she's supposed to be? (I hope)

Yeah i'm surprised they didnt pick up on that in the QL. Although I find a lot of british accents anoying (english myself) oh well, hopefully she's just a minor character.

I really liked the combat in Alan Wake, partly because it was constantly making you choose whether or not you stayed and fought (with diminishing resources) or if you dropped a flare and tried to frantically make it to the next checkpoint. Making running away just as tense and entertaining an option as combat made the whole survival horror aspects of the game really cool, especially on a harder difficulty.

This looks a little more heavy on the combat and with less emphasis on the survival elements, but I'm really digging the change in tone. Remedy really knows how to write tongue-in-cheek homages of various pop-culture cliches, and them tackling the twilight zone (with a heavy dose of "From Dusk Till Dawn") is a match made in heaven. Really looking forward to this.

It's pretty interesting that Remedy doesn't know what a manuscript is.

Alan Wakeboarding 2012

How big is this? File size speaking. Stupid 20GB Xbox.

@sawtooth said:

Don't promise Mike Patton if you can't deliver, guys.

Thought the same thing!

This is how I always like to imagine Arizona when I go there.