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Alan Wake; So who's playing it?
Topic Started: Thursday May 27 2010, 12:34 AM (908 Views)
Lonely Wolf
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Just finished it, great ending dont know if everyone will like it though.

Fuck Reach this is my GOTY.

Now im off to play it again.
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Wolf stop talking about this fucken game mang, you make we wanna get it :)

SO..

Im the kind of player who like to be set a task, and then give infinite freedom to complete it (Far Cry 2)...

is this my kind of game?

Am i going to come across something and be forced to do something "their" way?

lol, should I just rent this one... ?
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Ist a linear game, but it's the must un linear, linear game i've ever played.

Im not a fan of the straight forward my self either, the areas are quite big and if you go off the path looking for trouble you'll find it. I still have lots to explore, but this is no RDR.

I dont want to tell you if its your thing or not, but it's at the minimum worthy of a rent. I can see myself putting in a good half dosen playthroughts. Cant wait to have my mates around to play it too.

Though keep in mind what makes it my GOTY is the story not the game play, and as i said the story is told not just through the game. If you're the sort of person who likes to play a game then forget about it, this might not be for you, but if you like to spend hours thinking and speculating about a good story then get it. I know all my free time over the next few weeks is going to go into replaying this and reading the forums.

Why dont you download the Bright Falls series on your Xbox and see what you think (or you can just watch them on youtube. Let me know what you decide.
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I skip all the cutscenes in games.. even the ones in Red Dead, i skip through as quickly as possible..so I think I'll have a look at those eps you mentioned.. Its just been ages since I cared, or was able to care about a games story as usually I'm play XYZ shooter, and the story goes; kill everyone, keep moving.

Actually the last time i paid careful attention to a games story was Halo1..

Thanks for that Wolf.
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Wolf check out this review from Zero Punctuation.. a lot of the stuff he talks about in his reviews are things i agree with.. but he also talks a lot of unnecessary shit.

Would you agree with any of it? I have to say though, his reviews are almost always entirely negative...

Just thought i'd mention Im not trying to start any crap Wolf, but when someone here talks about a game so much its hard not to take notice cause it feels like I'm missing out sometimes.. you know? I don't watch TV so I don't see any commercials...

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Lonely Wolf
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Yeah i saw this this morning.

Alans wife is ugly.

I guess combat does get a little old after a while.

Other than that no.

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You probably wont like it.

Its linear, story driven, its more Wolfsters thing cos he gets into those type of movies/games more than anyone (example - Halo) he gets into all the backstory, front-story, and the other stories no-one else cares to look at.

He also loves/likes Twin Peaks so its more his thing anyway as I believe its similar to that or based on it.

I'd probably suggest watching in-game play scenes on YouTube or something to get an idea though it would likely spoil it. But depends if you care that much about spoiling it.

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Not only is Jammer on the money here, but he was able to do it with out being a dick.

Well done Jam.

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Lonely Wolf
Thursday Jun 3 2010, 04:35 PM
Yeah i saw this this morning.

Alans wife is ugly.

I guess combat does get a little old after a while.

Other than that no.

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You probably wont like it.

Its linear, story driven, its more Wolfsters thing cos he gets into those type of movies/games more than anyone (example - Halo) he gets into all the backstory, front-story, and the other stories no-one else cares to look at.

He also loves/likes Twin Peaks so its more his thing anyway as I believe its similar to that or based on it.

I'd probably suggest watching in-game play scenes on YouTube or something to get an idea though it would likely spoil it. But depends if you care that much about spoiling it.
Well, I used to like the story telling games, but you get poor voice overs so often.. Again.. the only reason Im asking here and there is Wolf you've been talking this one up quite a bit (nothing wrong with that) and i started to get the feeling I should look into it, I've been buying all sorts of games recently, ones that few years ago i would have scoffed at, and more often than not when an OSGer says "title X is awesome" and goes on and on about it, they're usually pretty spot on. If it wasn't for one of the OSG boys I would have never tried Far Cry 2 which just happens to be one the most kick ass FPS ever :)

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Not only is Jammer on the money here, but he was able to do it with out being a dick.

Well done Jam.

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Jeez Jamsin, get on quick and fix that shit! Can't have ur rep going UP ;)


Anyway, I think after all my questions I might have to pass this one up, at least until its not so new and pick it up cheaply.

Cheers Wolf.
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Anytime bro.
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Another thing with this game that i like doing is recreating the atmosphere. So i'll only play it at night, by myself, low light levels and turned up....the same as Dead Space. It makes the game so much better. If i could be bothered id chuck just the headphones on.....but ive got bad memories with the headphones sceanrio.

Example was in Dead Space. Was doing my thing, playing in the dark with headphones on....going through a pretty suspenseful part and the missus had come up behind me and come form over the top to give me a kiss goodnight....absolutely shat myself
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Totally agree.

Same thing happened to me when Ann came in while i was playing Dead Space i jumped out of my chair screaming like a girl.
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You guys I ONLY play with a headset, its the best and I swear everyone should game like that!

Playing the shooters with headphones like Graw or COD gives you the edge, I hear people walking, reloading etc etc and the environmental sounds too. I played Dark Sector with headphones and I actually couldn't take it, also played Doom3 like :)
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How scary is the game with sound? When I played it at the event I went to I didn't listen to it at all because I didn't want spoilers. Maybe I should play it on Wils 360 with surround sound! I don't want to scare him with my screaming though.
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Its not scary.


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Ok, I havent played Wake but I'll say again

Sirens

Curse


Has anyone even fucking bothered to try that? Wolf? Anyone?
yo listen up here's a story
about a little guy that lives in a blue world
and all day and all night and everything he sees
is just blue like him inside and outside
blue his house with a blue little window
and a blue corvette
and everything is blue for him and hisself
and everybody around
cos he ain't got nobody to listen to

i'm blue da ba dee da ba die...
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Siren: Blood Curse? I've had it for ages. Can download the episodes off PSN, but there is a disc version that installs them that you can find for cheap as chips.

Not a bad game, but the graphics really are barely above PS2 standard. I found it hard to keep going back to. Might pull it out of the back of the pile and give it another go. I always find myself comparing the Siren games to Project Zero/Fatal Frame and there's no competition IMO. They just both have that Japanese spin on them, horror theme, but the Fatal Frames are more about ghosts scaring the living fuck out of you.
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Saturday Jun 5 2010, 12:55 AM
Ok, I havent played Wake but I'll say again

Sirens

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Has anyone even fucking bothered to try that? Wolf? Anyone?
I looked it up on gametrailers as soon as you mentioned it. It didnt loo like AW at all to me. :ermm:


Not very scary P but it differentially makes you feel very tense.

Hiss how come your not playing this??
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Hiss plays real games that aren't marketed to shit and over-hyped :)


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Nah, It's just a matter of me not rushing out to buy it and now I can't find the Limited Edition version anywhere. I'm sure it will turn up up if I keep my eye out.
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