New Alan Wake Trailer from X10

RAIN

Looks like its finally coming May 21st. Trailer still shows hardly anything but people playing it at X10 said it was deadly.

Captain Chaos

Yeah, really suprised that the date is so close now.

There is alot of other X10 details out too. Perfect Dark release window, Fable 3 release window and details. New Ghost Recon beta, Halo Reach beta dated. Crackdown 2 screen shots and Lost Planet 2 co-op details. There will be feck all for E3 this year at this rate.

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/news/news-4370-Our-Easy-to-Digest-X10-News-Round-Up.html

RAIN

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Yeah, really suprised that the date is so close now.

There is alot of other X10 details out too. Perfect Dark release window, Fable 3 release window and details. New Ghost Recon beta, Halo Reach beta dated. Crackdown 2 screen shots and Lost Planet 2 co-op details. There will be feck all for E3 this year at this rate.

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/news/news-4370-Our-Easy-to-Digest-X10-News-Round-Up.html

Worse, it will be all Natal ****e!

Captain Chaos

RAIN wrote: »

Worse, it will be all Natal ****e!

Too true, leave all that messing around to the Wii and let the 360 do what is does best.

Grumpypants

Yea mass effect 2 and Alan Wake are showing what the xbox can do. I have no interest in jumping around in front of the screen Ala Wii style.

Helix

In san francisco at the moment, played it last night. Cant talk bout specifics since its embargoed til the 18th... But its VERY good!

Helix

Grumpypants wrote: »

Yea mass effect 2 and Alan Wake are showing what the xbox can do.

From speaking to devs this week, its literally at its absolute limit right now for the likes of wake, conviction & reach. They dont seem to think its possible to push the hardware any more

Cannot wait for this. I really want it to be good, after all the delays.

I remember buying a 360 at official launch, on the strength of this game, (amongst others)!

Nearly 5 years ago now

calex71

Any one see the Lost planet 2 / Gears of War video? what was that all about?

Mr. K

calex71 wrote: »

Any one see the Lost planet 2 / Gears of War video? what was that all about?

Marcus and Dom from Gears (along with RE5's Wesker) are unlockable skins in LP2.

On-topic, Alan Wake is looking very impressive, the atmosphere seems quite chilling!

Helix

tis the 18th, can talk about this now (tho i forgot til now lol)

anyway, from my hands on time with wake its gonna be an absolute belter. the game itself has been finished since may of last year, but the remedy guys have basically been polishing the life out of it since then, and it really shows. the atmosphere while playing is incredible, and the light/dark dynamic works brilliantly

the whole thing with having to shine some sort of light force onto your enemies before being able to damage them is fantastically well realised. as you progress the levels you find messages left for you in light sensitive paint which really helps things progress along and prevents an undue amount of "where the hell am i and where am i meant to be going" which wouldve happened otherwise, basically since everythings so dark

in terms of controls theyre fluid and intuitive, everything is where it should be (despite me ranting to matias myllyrinne for a few minutes about every game having an uninverted y axis by default, he agreed that its a bit of a pain but statistics show that a slightly higher percentage of people prefer it that way. to those people i say this: you are freaks).

level design is excellent, with varied terrain (surprising since the first level is basically just in a forest, but they shake it up exceptionally well)

as you go you'll have to find batteries for your torch, which you can will brighter at the expense of battery power, or alternative sources of light - of which there are quite a few, and some are quite clever

graphics are the best ive seen on either the 360 or the ps3 by a long shot. its not really a case that theyre simply pretty, but they run at a rock solid frame rate, and theyre just fantastically, and subtly, stylized

if this isnt a contender for game of the year ill be absolutely amazed

the remedy lads have really taken their time making sure that its just right, and i think theyre onto a winner. my fears of it turning into a generic survival horror kinda game were definitely allayed

thorbarry

Wow, thanks for the info Helix. Are the visuals really that good in it? How do they compare to uncharted 2?

Helix

thorbarry wrote: »

Wow, thanks for the info Helix. Are the visuals really that good in it? How do they compare to uncharted 2?

theyre better than uncharted 2, in so far as theres more possible routes, and each one is as glorious as the next

Mr E

Bumpety bump. Getting close to release now.

First official review is out, and it got 93% on a Spanish magazine called Hobby Consolas. Sounds like a good start, and will probably be a 85%-90% average score at worst. Hopefully it will be a 90%+ average though.

The game is apparently 10-16 hours long too.

mise

A friend's review copy arrived today, and he was quite impressed by the first hour or so at least when I was speaking to him this morning. I've preordered Red Dead, but may have to pick this up as well

calex71

Mr E wrote: »

The game is apparently 10-16 hours long too.

:eek: i'll rent it so

NotorietyH

I've pre-ordered the collector's edition of this, it's really piqued my interest.

There's a series of live-action shorts called Bright Falls being shown weekly in the lead up to release. Not sure if it's only the US Xbox that has it, but you can see the first two episodes here

They tell the story leading up to the events of the game.

tman

calex71 wrote: »

:eek: i'll rent it so

10-16 hours is a decent enough lifespan for a game these days, and is imo the perfect length for a game. I would find it hard to find the time to put into a game any longer than that, unless it's the kind of game that can be played in short bursts

I'll be renting it anyway, but if I had the cash to spare it'd be a definite purchase

The Recliner

I have been looking forward to this since the Xbox was launched, it has better be worth the wait

Grumpypants

NotorietyH wrote: »

I've pre-ordered the collector's edition of this, it's really piqued my interest.

There's a series of live-action shorts called Bright Falls being shown weekly in the lead up to release. Not sure if it's only the US Xbox that has it, but you can see the first two episodes here

They tell the story leading up to the events of the game.

They will be in Ireland too on the 30th of April. Looking foward to this too. Think its a good idea to build up to the game.

The first two episodes of “Bright Falls” will be available for viewing in Ireland exclusively on Xbox LIVE on April 30 before debuting at BrightFalls.com on May 4. New episodes will then be released on May 8 and May 14, leading up to the shocking conclusion with the final two episodes on May 18.

Mr E

Review embargo is over.

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/alanwake

Disappointing review from Eurogamer, tbh....

-=al=-

I'd probably play it with the lights on

Slugs

Mr E wrote: »

Review embargo is over.

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/alanwake

Disappointing review from Eurogamer, tbh....

Not surprising in the slightest... There's a reason it was held back for 5 years... Same reason Too Human was held back for ten, and look how that ended up...

NotorietyH

It's averaging 84 on metacritic. So it's getting very good reviews. Some great, some just saying it's good. I've seen a few reviews compare it to Uncharted 1. In that there's some great mechanics, atmosphere etc. it's jsut doesnt' completely click, but the second game will no doubt be amazing.

I'm still looking forward to it a lot and still getting it day one anyway. I don't put much stock in Eurogamer's reviews. They seem to be very contrary on platform-specific exclusives.

billybigunz

This is a definite miss.

RAIN

Got review code today. Played the first episode, very impressed so far and I was not expecting it to be.

Visuals and presentation are top notch, combat is tight and controls are well thought out. The story is great so far.

Battleflag

Going to trade in Splinter Cell Conviction for this one, looking forward to playing it

Helix

tman wrote: »

10-16 hours is a decent enough lifespan for a game these days, and is imo the perfect length for a game

wake is more 8, 5-6 if you skip the cut scenes apparently

cycocycle

In the local branch of a well known games retailer they had it in early(Friday 7th). The guy behind the counter was playing it while I was there. He said it was amazing. Looked excellent as well. Couldnt sell it to me though.:(Pre-ordered the special edition as it was the same price.

RAIN

Finished it yesterday. Hmmmh dno how I feel about it yet, it was fantastic at the start but by the end the combat started to ware on me a lot. Theres no spoilers in here but just encase

you fight the same 5 'taken' through the whole game and they do really annoying things like spawn behind you and throw things from a distance.

Took me 9hrs for the record.

consultech

Finished it last night. As above, it starts off great, and I suppose it continues at that level or thereabouts. I'm not really complaining about this as it's very rare that a game can have the same effect it intially has on you after many hours of play.

I'd still give it 9/10 though.

Mr E

How was the difficulty? Did you start on Default or Hard?
Any plans to try Nightmare?

The Recliner

Thanks for the updates guys

That all sounds positive, looking forward to trying it out now

RAIN

Mr E wrote: »

How was the difficulty? Did you start on Default or Hard?
Any plans to try Nightmare?

Its pretty easy, I played it on hard. Apart from the ''environmental hazards'' the enemy's are all pretty easy to take down. There's a dodge button but it doesn't really work in situations where you actually need it. The eurogamer review was the most accurate of the main stream reviews I think.

I wouldn't play it on nightmare I would think some of the frustrations would be magnified. Some people will adore the story but I can see some people thinking its appalling. I loved it, esp the ending

Moiph

I'm dying to play this game! Might see if I can pick it up early somewhere on thursday night