Alan Wake

Looks too freaking scary to me.

So many games coming out that I want in the next few months. This is the only one I’m getting on release though. Remedy won me over completely with Control and made me reappraise and really enjoy the first AW. So this is a no brainier. Looks fucking amazing.

Cool handbag, Alan

I'm not sure remedy have made a game with amazing combat since Max Payne. I enjoy their games for the experience but they aren't really anything special to play.

The combat in Alan Wake was fine for chapter one, but then there was zero variety to it. Flashlight a man, shoot him. They promised all this darkness / light mechanics but it was just this one idea.

I’d believe that. Never played Max Payne, but Lan Wake’s combat was surprisingly under-developed by any standard at the time. I wa surprised by it, and it damaged the game a great deal. Story was great, graphics were great etc, but once you knew the story there was no reason to put yourself through it again for a second playthrough. 

my recollection is they scrapped the entire (open world) game they’d touted and started over, which could explain why the story and tech was so well-developed but the game pretty basic… maybe they spent so much time building the open world they forgot enemy variety n stuff.

The combat never bothered me in the first game, although I know it is a common complaint. Certainly not as good as Max Payne and could have mixed things up more regularly, but the core of it always felt fine to me.

Quantum Break always felt off to me though. There was something sluggish about it, as if it wasn't running well. Control had them back on form, so I'm not too concerned about AW2's combat.

Variety is what I would like to see. More location types is a big one, with the woodlands of the first game getting tedious by the second half of the first game. More variety with the combat scenarios too, such as more bits like the concert section. Remedy keep getting better at set pieces though, so looking forward to seeing what they will do.

Well tbf, the game had waist high cover that was encouraging you to play it as a cover shooter. I even remember a specific section where you were being targeted by snipers that was telling you to use cover. I don't think the players were at fault here. And the less said about the bullshit last boss the better.

It has areas to hide behind but many tried to play it like Gears. It was all about running and using the powers.
The last boss more so than ever. Try and stay in one area and you won't last(especially on hard). But keep moving and the guys a push over.

They're doing the speaking his every thought thing again

"The subway car had become a burnt husk. I could get through it now'

I can see that, I'm looking at it

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I had completely forgotten about that.

I watched them once then uninstalled them and just focused on the game.

Yeah pretty sure its over 100GB for them all?.

I did like that you could play one audio file and it would change one of the live action scenes. But other than that very forgettable stuff.