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Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 780 Joined: 7 Jun 2008     | But, but... oh, forget it. As horrifying as this is to me, I'll just have to stomach it and eat the delay. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 482 Joined: 10 Apr 2009     | I guess more time to upgrade my PC.. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3604 Joined: 8 Dec 2007    | It's a shame no one on either system is really gonna care. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1724 Joined: 20 Mar 2008   |
Basically, this. I don't even know anything about this game. To the interwebz! |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 925 Joined: 3 Oct 2007   |
It pretty much a cool overhyped sandbox game that got turned into a (what looks like) a run of the mill action game. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2503 Joined: 6 Apr 2009    | I don't think PC Gamers are that bothered about this then... |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 916 Joined: 25 Apr 2008   | Guess I'll get it on my 360, then. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2019 Joined: 25 Jun 2008  |
That's interesting, I'd always assumed it was a aquatic sports game, along the line of Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray... every time I read or heard the title my mind just processed it as Alan's Wake(boarding), which is the only reason for my complete lack of interest. So Alan Wake isn't surfing's equivalent of Tony Hawk, and this game is nothing to do with sports... I might check it out. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 358 Joined: 6 Feb 2008    |
seeing how long it has been (prior to e3) since anything had been said about alan wake a gauntaree that a lot of people have completly forgotten about it. as much as i perfer my pc to my consoles id much perfer remedy to focus on making alan wake a damn good game. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1327 Joined: 3 Sep 2008  | Why does microsoft continually seem to forget about the PC platform a format that nintendo and sony have no hold over, allowing cross-platform gaming would significantly improve the xbox experience |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4297 Joined: 20 Dec 2007    | I heard MS say something on shacknews along the lines of "if this gets released on both the 360 and PC simultaneously in Europe, they will buy the PC version 9 times out of 10." |
Beat Writer  Posts: 178 Joined: 25 Apr 2008  | This is one game I can't seem to get excited about, no matter how I try. Getting rid of the sandbox gameplay just makes it that much harder. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1460 Joined: 15 May 2008  |
You can play certain xbox games against PC gamers, but the variety is low and the only game I actually played that was a xbox/PC crossover was some game called 'Shadow Run', and it was pretty terrible. But I do agree with your point. I think even if it was something like TF2 or L4D, you might introduce a new sector into the experience, but that might force charges onto PC Gamers, and they'll bitch 'till the cows come home. Good idea though :] |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 665 Joined: 10 Feb 2009  | Oh, another 360 "exclusive" with a PC version, eh? The system is really getting pointless when everything on it can be had on a PC for WAAAAAY cheaper. Not that I'm really interested, the E3 trailer looked seriously MEH and made me wonder why people acted like the game's a big deal. Oh, hey, another third person shooter EXCPET THIS ONE IS ABOUT A WRITER, INNOVATION! A writer with superhuman stamina and an aim that makes soldiers look cross-eyes, most likely...
PC version: 50€. 360 version: 70€. What could POSSIBLY make people prefer the PC version... |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1327 Joined: 3 Sep 2008 |
True however those game when released had the problem of Live even without owning a 360 being a paid for service and since it has gone free (pc version) it has stopped entirely. |
Muckraker  Posts: 263 Joined: 15 Sep 2008   | @ KDR_11k People act like the game's a big deal because it's made by Remedy, who brought us Max Payne. As a Finnish citizen, I have a special reason to be interested in it because the game is made about 30 kilometers from where I live. I don't really mind waiting longer for it, but what I'm worried about is that the pc controls will have the oh-so-common "mouse acceleration / mouse smoothing that can't be turned off" problem. So far Ghostbusters, Bioshock and Dead Space have been ruined by it, forcing me to buy a 360 usb controller and trying to learn console fps controls. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1916 Joined: 11 Mar 2009 | I will most likely rent it for my 360 and see if it warrants a PC buy. If it is a horror game then I will not be renting it. |
Pulitzer Laureate Posts: 953 Joined: 12 Apr 2008  |
This. They've changed the premise a bit too much =\. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 385 Joined: 23 Dec 2008    | Well, I'm not bothered about waiting. It'll be a piss poor port, considering all the crap that's gone before, so I won't buy it. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2308 Joined: 16 Feb 2009  | This game is going to rock, despite what all of the people who didn't even look at the E3 trailer and are calling it a "run of the mill action game" are saying. I bet you people are the same people who whine over the new art style in Borderlands.. Luckily I'm getting it for Xbox 360, so no delay for me! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1130 Joined: 1 Jul 2009    | This is just unfair. In general, lots of games suffer from the "console-fication". Mouse control turns to dung because of the permanent smooth effect. Other controls have to be simplifyed for the console-tards. (No offense anyone, but it's just a numerical fact that a keyboard has more buttons than an xbox 360 controller) |
News Room Contributor Posts: 8060 Joined: 12 Nov 2002 | I don't mind waiting. I'm annoyed on principle that the PC as a platform is once again being pushed aside but speaking strictly of Alan Wake, I'm not going to lose any sleep over it. Despite my love for Max Payne I just don't see it as a "must buy" title, which means that unless there's a solid demo and/or overwhelmingly positive reviews, I had no intention of buying it right away anyway. If the PC version comes later, there's a good chance we'll get bonus stuff, the bugs and balance issues will be patched out and it might even be cheaper than the 360 launch price. And since Microsoft, to its detriment, obviously won't be looking to make any real money on it anyway, the price will probably drop quickly, meaning that if I wait another six months after the PC version finally arrives, I'll probably be able to pick it up for around 20 bucks. For the long-term good of the PC platform, it's a bad thing. But if major publishers are going to behave like this, I'm certainly not above taking advantage of it. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1939 Joined: 9 Apr 2008  | I didn't buy the amazing melting console for Fable2 and I'm not going to do it for this either. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1789 Joined: 29 May 2008 | AAAIIICCHOOOOO! *hands Alan Wake a handkerchief* Nasty case of consolitius, that. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1058 Joined: 12 Apr 2009   | delay on a pc game oh iv never heard of that before |
Pulitzer Laureate Posts: 925 Joined: 3 Oct 2007 |
Yeah, used to be pretty excited about it. But from the E3 footage, it looks like the new and crappy Alone in the Dark. |
Muckraker  Posts: 247 Joined: 12 Aug 2008 |
This ^ Again I'll be buying it for 360 so no delay (Hopefully) |
On the Record  Posts: 5674 Joined: 2 Dec 2007    | (Sadface) Aww, I thought the game looked cool. Like Alone in the Dark but good. |
On the Record  Posts: 6943 Joined: 31 Dec 2008 | At least Im still able to get it on my 360 |
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Remedy Focusing on Xbox 360 Version of Alan Wake
Bad news for PC gamers: Remedy is putting all its effort into developing the Xbox 360 version of Alan Wake and as a result, the PC release will just have to wait.
Quoting the Finnish gaming magazine Pelaaja, fansite BrightFalls.net picked out a few major points regarding the upcoming game. First, Alan Wake is on schedule and will make its launch target, coming out for the Xbox 360 in spring 2010. The "original vision" of the game remains the same but as development has progressed, the way it plays has changed: It will not be linear, according to the magazine, but in order to accommodate the focus on story, the planned sandbox style of gameplay has been abandoned.
But of particular interest to PC owners is the fact that Remedy has talked exclusively about the Xbox 360 version of the game since E3, leaving the fate of the PC version a mystery. In the article, the studio said it and Microsoft were only talking about the 360 version at this point; when pressed for clarification on the Alan Wake forums, "MarkusRMD" of Remedy responded with the following:
It seems unlikely that the PC version would be canceled at this late stage, but a delay appears all but inevitable. Hopefully Remedy will reveal its intentions for the PC release in the near future.
via: Voodoo Extreme
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