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Launch trailer quote:Alan Wake 2 marks Remedy Entertainment’s first foray into the survival horror genre. Ritualistic murders in a smalltown. A writer trapped in a nightmare. An FBI agent looking for answers. Two realities. Two hero characters. One horror story that wants them dead. A mere thirteen years after the release of the first game, Remedy has finally returned to the cult classic. Alan Wake 2 follows Saga Anderson, a FBI agent investigating the disappearance of Agent Robert Nightingale from the first game and being dragged into the bizarre and horrifying events surrounding the town of Bright Falls. Meanwhile, Alan is still stuck in the Dark Place which is manifesting as a twisted reflection of New York. He's struggling to stay alive and sane while writing a story where he escapes back into reality. While most of Remedy's games are action-heavy with some spookiness, the studio has been clear that AW2 is a full-blown horror game. Its also part of the ~*Remedy Connected Universe*~ which, uh, just consists of Alan Wake and Control so far. A good recap of the story so far by Remedy's Creative Director Sami Antero Järvi/Sam Lake        Should I play Alan Wake 1? Probably! While its a little dated and the core problem of being repetitive in gameplay and setting remains, its still a solid game with some high points and the narrative style unique to Remedy. Since the game is pretty clearly divided into "episodes", my recommendation has always been to play through one of those in a session and then put the game down for a day or two. It helps with the repetitiveness. The original is available on Steam, while the Remastered version is on Epic and all previous and current-gen consoles. Should I play Alan Wake's American Nightmare? If you want. This game began life as a prototype of the improved combat for what was then going to be Alan Wake 2. Remedy spun it into its own little game on the Xbox Live Arcade and it is now also available on Steam. While I personally find it fun, it is mostly just combat. The official word on the story is that its just one of Alan's attempted stories to escape, which failed. So if you are jonesing for more Alan Wake, knock yourself out. But it is otherwise skippable. Should I play Control? Yes, but not for Alan Wake reasons. While Control references Alan Wake and has a DLC that elaborates a bit on what happened to Bright Falls after the first game, I would be surprised and disappointed if it is essential to AW2's story. Should I play Quantum Break? Well now you're just being silly. I heard the PC requirements were pretty beefy. Yup. In short, you need a GTX 3070/Radeon 6700 XT for 60 FPS on Medium settings at just 1080p. Also a SSD. If you haven't upgraded your PC this decade, you really need to. Alternatively, get a console. Some gameplay from the perspective of Saga Anderson Some commented gameplay showing off Saga and Alan gameplay. Alan Wake 2 released at 12am EST October 27th on the Epic Games Store, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S 
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I am sort of bummed I don't think I can swing ray tracing on my set-up, but I enjoyed Control much more than I imagined I would, so here I am. And thanks for thread.
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Oct 25, 2023 22:49
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Oct 25, 2023 23:05
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ALAN WAKE 2!!!!
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Oct 25, 2023 23:20
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weekly font posted:Quantum Break is good Yeah I really liked it
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Oct 25, 2023 23:21
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I remember Quantum Break being fun, but also I haven't played it in five years. Its also the pinnacle of Sam Lake's obsession with television so take that as you will. I mostly just put that line in there because comedy* comes in fours.
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Oct 25, 2023 23:48
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1stGear posted:I remember Quantum Break being fun, but also I haven't played it in five years. Its also the pinnacle of Sam Lake's obsession with television so take that as you will. I mostly just put that line in there because comedy* comes in fours. Paul Serene
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Oct 26, 2023 00:10
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weekly font posted:Quantum Break is good I dont want to speak to the story which i would at least call ambitious with the tv tie in (if I'm remembering right) But the gameplay and time powers were fun. Also i love alan wake. I hope we find out what happened with his agent.
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Oct 26, 2023 00:51
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I actually installed Quantum Break just to kill time till tomorrow and lmao the first five minutes has an in-game TV ad showing a female FBI agent and Sam Lake looking for Alan Wake.
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Oct 26, 2023 01:12
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Hoping we get to a third game so we can have a power meet up of Casey (Max Payne), Wake, and Faden.
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Oct 26, 2023 06:03
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i enjoy survival horror so this is tempting but I haven't watched or read much about it other than the OP. I liked the story of alan wake 1 and enjoyed control as well but I don't know if my wallet can handle it. I have never played quantum break before but I might have to now that I know it exists. the system requirements holy poo poo Rock Puncher fucked around with this message at 07:22 on Oct 26, 2023 |
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Oct 26, 2023 07:19
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ZeusCannon posted:Also i love alan wake. I hope we find out what happened with his agent. What happened to Barry was addressed in documents in Control. Control spoilers: He’s perfectly well. He became the manager of the Old Gods of Asgard for a time, and ran their comeback tour. He then invested the profits in an old person’s home for them after they started to be come too old to play anymore.
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continuing the trend of barry being the best person/friend in the extended remedy universe
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Oct 26, 2023 12:50
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So, has Bright Falls changed it's name to Watery? And has 13 years passed in universe too? Seems like Nightingale could of been up to a lot in that time.
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Oct 26, 2023 12:54
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"Alan... Wake up..."
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PriorMarcus posted:So, has Bright Falls changed it's name to Watery? And has 13 years passed in universe too? Seems like Nightingale could of been up to a lot in that time. it looks like Watery is a town adjacent to Bright Falls, across the river https://alanwake.fandom.com/wiki/Watery and yes it's set 13 years after the first one
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Remedy just said NG+ is coming to AW2 post launch as well as nightmare difficulty with alternative narrative (pages and videos) Ng+ carries over all unlocks.
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Oct 26, 2023 13:57
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Review embargo just lifted. Lots of glowing reviews including 10/10 from Gamespot and 9/10 from IGN. 94 overall from opencritic. Game might be good?
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What a loving year for games. Just god drat Ready to go tonight
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Commander Jebus posted:Review embargo just lifted. Lots of glowing reviews including 10/10 from Gamespot and 9/10 from IGN. 94 overall from opencritic. It's incredibly good. If I had to distil Alan Wake 2 down to one bit, it would be this (early minor spoilers): Early on you, as Alan Wake, participate in a nightmarish talk show hosted by Mr. Door, an interdimensional being introduced in Control. The other guest is Remedy game developer Sami Järvi, as his in-universe version, Sam Lake. He plays the lead actor in the in-universe movie versions of Alan Wake's books. You have a talk about authorial ownership and the experience of having your work converted to another medium.  Then he does the Max Payne face to raucous applause.  This game makes me giddy in a way nothing since Pentiment has done.
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It is a lot of fun. My only real complaint is that the combat is basically Just Ok At Best but they seen aware since there is a lot less
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Oh, and if anyone was wondering about in-game TV programs? They've got you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9fzx0Rifxw ImpAtom posted:It is a lot of fun. My only real complaint is that the combat is basically Just Ok At Best but they seen aware since there is a lot less Yeah, overall the tempo of the game feels more survival horrorish than the first one. I liked the change, as well as the increased emphasis on finding clues and combining them in the Mind Palace. General note on performance? The PS5 version in performance mode seems to run rock solid at 60 FPS, and looks quite good regardless. The quality mode was far too slow for my tastes so I only tried it for a few moments. On PC my 5600x/3080 runs the game at Medium settings and 1440P at 60+ FPS, with raytracing turned off of course. But I'm sure Digital Foundry will have a much more in depth video about this soon. Shaman Tank Spec fucked around with this message at 14:51 on Oct 26, 2023 |
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Oct 26, 2023 14:46
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Remember to install the new nvidia drivers that they're releasing today!
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CottonWolf posted:What happened to Barry was addressed in documents in Control. Amazing. He was by far my favorite character in 1
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Reviews are insane I'm making GBS threads my pants!!
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CottonWolf posted:What happened to Barry was addressed in documents in Control. alan, typing: "and...he...also...drives...a...porsche"
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Oh, one warning: This game loving loves jump scares. You are going to get a huge amount of "walking along, suddenly the screen turns into a screaming horror face with a loud noise" stuff. If you hate that in games be warned.
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ImpAtom posted:Oh, one warning: Yeah that was a fun surprise when I had just switched over to playing with my headphones. Literally nearly pissed myself.
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ImpAtom posted:Oh, one warning: Hell yeah!!!!
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Shaman Tank Spec posted:Oh, and if anyone was wondering about in-game TV programs? They've got you. Is this a game where it was built around RT for its 'look', like with say Cyberpunk? I only have a GTX 3070 and have a 1440p monitor. ImpAtom posted:Oh, one warning: This is good to know. Beyond my dislike of that sort of thing, I am also on headphones and I am slightly concerned about hearing  EDIT: Also, seeing the reveal of the game on the Game Awards is what made me realize that Sam Lake is literally Max Payne. Unlucky7 fucked around with this message at 17:16 on Oct 26, 2023 |
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Unlucky7 posted:Is this a game where it was built around RT for its 'look', like with say Cyberpunk? I only have a GTX 3070 and have a 1440p monitor. according to DFs initial video the overall look is pretty consistent between RT on and off, enabling RT just cleans things up (e.g. gets rid of SSR artifacts)
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Unlucky7 posted:Is this a game where it was built around RT for its 'look', like with say Cyberpunk? I only have a GTX 3070 and have a 1440p monitor. I don't think so. The lighting looks REALLY good without raytracing, and I didn't feel like I was missing anything from the PS5 version.
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Unlucky7 posted:EDIT: Also, seeing the reveal of the game on the Game Awards is what made me realize that Sam Lake is literally Max Payne. It's very funny how blunt it is that Alex Casey would be called Max Payne if not for Rockstar owning the rights
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Unlucky7 posted:EDIT: Also, seeing the reveal of the game on the Game Awards is what made me realize that Sam Lake is literally Max Payne.
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Is there any real difference between the PC version of the first game and the Remastered version?
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Thought it might be fun to link this video which features the original Alan Wake E3 trailer and a short discussion/showcase by Remedy's Markus Mäki from Intel Developer Forum 2006. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJAxpwqtQmw "It's running on an Nvidia graphics solution and it has an Intel Core 2 Quad processor that's been overclocked by more than a gigahertz, so it's running at 3.73 gigahertz!" "This must be one of the fastest gaming machines on the planet." "It sure is."
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I have both AWR and AW:AN but tbh I bounced off both of them because of the repetitiveness and don't feel like playing them. Mostly getting this cause Control was great, I love survival horror (and this looks RE as hell) and the reviews for AW2 are so gushing. Anyone have a quality recap video they recommend so I at least know whats going on? My memory of AW is pretty much not stephen King is stuck in his own stories and there's glitchy guys that can't handle flashlights.
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there's an official recap of the first game available in fortnite lol
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repiv posted:there's an official recap of the first game available in fortnite lol Can you see Alan Wake hit the griddy????
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Lil Swamp Booger Baby posted:Can you see Alan Wake hit the griddy???? of course you can see alan wake hit the griddy if you preorder alan wake 2 for the exclusive alan wake fortnite skin with alan wakes iconic messenger bag backbling 
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