Alan Wake Sequel Will Up the Weirdness Factor

[The Hairminator]

OT: We learn from our mistakes. I say green light for a sequel, I'm sure they will improve on what went "wrong".

But what did go wrong? It was quite an excellent game, though combat got very repetitive towards the end. If you mean the multiplayer, I doubt they'll find a way to implement it, even in the sequel.

The original's biggest flaw, according to me, was lack of marketing, and too long a development time, making people lose interest.

 

[TPiddy]

Your ignorance knows no bounds.

I'm just going to be the bigger man here and leave you alone in your confused state. You obviously do not understand what I have told you twice and come across as a very muddled user.

And I need to get off my high horse? Explain to me how someone posting that they chose not to purchase / play a game because of a feature of the game that was already well-known and expected before-hand is any kind of contribution to a thread?

It's just like "I didn't buy Final Fantasy XIII because it's Japanese". How does that contribute, at all, to a Final Fantasy thread?

Just drop it already and don't try to act like you're superior. I've seen people get probation for posts with more content than his.

 

[Susan Arendt]

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Excuse me, this is a thread? This is a news article so far I am concerned.

And don't reply with the weakest argument I have read on the site this month.

Weakest argument? Have ever bothered to read what's up? "The News Room". You call that a weak argument, I call you on the fact you cannot read. Doesn't mean I am wrong or you are wrong, merely how you percieve things. A thread is reserved for the forum boards, which the shiny button "Forum". You know, with the rules as 'adding discussion value'. News articles don't have such requirements. Once more, not saying you are wrong or trying to act hostile.

I think I was pretty clear about that.

Yes, this is a thread. The strings of comments that follow Forum posts, articles, news stories, videos...they're all threads. Threads are not "reserved for the forum boards," but even if they were, you might notice that the News Room is a section of our forums.

So, yes, news articles actually do have those requirements.

Now, everyone knock it off arguing about who said what when and how it was or was not a good idea. Let's all just move on and get back on point about the discussion, which is whether or not we're looking forward to an Alan Wake sequel.

Yes, please, gimme.

 

[Sniper Team 4]

Haven't played Alan Wake yet and don't intend to do so anytime soon. I rather spend my money on titles with a multiplayer component as well.

Wow... quite the contribution to the thread...

No kidding. I read that post and thought, "Then why are you here?"

On topic: Alan Wake turned up the weird factor to about eight on the last level of the game, where it had been at a steady two or three for the rest. I am sorry Remedy, but that was not a complete game. If your studios were destroyed, I would find a way to bring you back. What type of ending was that? I need more closure than just, "The End...?" Please make Alan Wake 2. Please!

 

[voetballeeuw]

Alan Wake was a great game, loved the story, the gameplay (until the ending, where it got repetetive). Looking forward for the sequel.

 

[TPiddy]

On topic: Alan Wake turned up the weird factor to about eight on the last level of the game, where it had been at a steady two or three for the rest. I am sorry Remedy, but that was not a complete game. If your studios were destroyed, I would find a way to bring you back. What type of ending was that? I need more closure than just, "The End...?" Please make Alan Wake 2. Please!

I actually enjoyed the old lady and the well-lit room... very Stephen King-ish... I'm not sure why it didn't sell well, but I will assume that the graphics / voice acting had a lot to do with it, as well as the timing of the release... putting it right up against Red Dead Redemption was not a good idea.

 

[Sniper Team 4]

On topic: Alan Wake turned up the weird factor to about eight on the last level of the game, where it had been at a steady two or three for the rest. I am sorry Remedy, but that was not a complete game. If your studios were destroyed, I would find a way to bring you back. What type of ending was that? I need more closure than just, "The End...?" Please make Alan Wake 2. Please!

I actually enjoyed the old lady and the well-lit room... very Stephen King-ish... I'm not sure why it didn't sell well, but I will assume that the graphics / voice acting had a lot to do with it, as well as the timing of the release... putting it right up against Red Dead Redemption was not a good idea.

Oh I agree. The whole, "Oh, don't worry about him. He's who your friends will meet once you gone," is the part that made me go, "Wait, what?" Everything else I could follow, but it seemed like the last few minutes of game play, they were setting it up for a second game and it's rather silly that they keep saying that Alan Wake is a stand alone game if it has to be. I refuse to accept that. More Alan Wake!

 

[Sonicron]

Alan Wake is one of those rare games I couldn't bring myself to quit for purposes of sleeping. I had to beat it in one sitting through the night, it was simply that thrilling. So I say, yes, please give us more Alan Wake!

 

[KaiRai]

Hell yeah! Loved Alan Wake, this will be just as awesome! Love the way they do their writing. Weirder the better

 

[traineesword]

didn't it fail miserably due to some guy pointing out that there was a few less pixels on the wheel of a car than the HD amount of pixels that the xbox360 could allow. i don't remember where i read that though, so i can't back that up.

and also some people cancelled their pre-orders because they found out that time and effort had been put into the game. This however, i can back up. The following is a post from the ZP Alan Wake thread. i remember reading and being appalled at as the poor decieved person didn't seem to make any sense.

NINE years in the making?! Damn, I wouldn't get that game even if it WAS good.

this would be the second time i've quoted him for this post, and he's still not gotten back to me saying "i was being sarcastic, you know, for a laugh".

i still don't understand either... why would you refuse to get a good game because it had been in development for 9 years? i could understand you not getting it on account of being dead within the 8th year of development... but ... just... eh?


oddly enough, i've been put off alan wake due to my friend getting all fan-boyish over it and getting radgy whenever i think about mentioning how it borrows slightly from the works of Stephen King. Infact, i am fearful he will jump up right now, grab a heavy object and sprint the 5 miles distance between our houses just because of what i typed now.
Such fan-boyism could put people off using "the-most-awesome-creation-of-awesome-awesomeness".

 

[Tdc2182]

I would much rather a different IP on the same system. A sequel would just be lacking for me. One of the most amazing things about it was the originality.

 

[Psydney]

Isn't Alan Wake the game that had an achievement for sitting through an in-game Verizon commercial playing on the TV? Maybe they mean for a sequel they'll go really wild and have an Apple ad?

 

[Funkiest Monkey]

Okay, I'm interested. Alan Wake was pretty good.

[sub]Can't wait to play the sequel in 6 years![/sub]

 

[jmoore4ska]

I hope that the gameplay has a bit more variety in whatever sequel they plan to make. AW1 had a very interesting story, but everytime you started actually "playing" again, it just threw you into some random forest and went back to relying on "BOO!" surprise tactics to try to be scary, which stops working sometime between the first and second hour.

 

[SyphonX]

Isn't Alan Wake the game that had an achievement for sitting through an in-game Verizon commercial playing on the TV? Maybe they mean for a sequel they'll go really wild and have an Apple ad?

No?

You get the achievement for turning on the TV. Press B, TV turns on, "See What's on the Tube" achievement completed, 5G. It plays a few commercials, but you certainly don't have to sit there and watch it. If you do sit and watch.. and you complain, then you're just a bit thick.

Also.. I'm not so sure I agree with this sequel yet. I was under the impression that Alan Wake 1 would run for quite some time in episodic installments. That's the whole structure.. and so far, as we are nearing the end of the year, we only have one additional episode. The second add-on is sometime towards October hopefully.

Seems more like Left4Dead sequel syndrome really...

Though, did they explicitly allude to a sequel, or did they just say "More Wake".. ? That could also mean more episodes, which is what I would prefer.

All in all, though.. I would still get Alan Wake 2. If so, then I'd like to see them shy away from the monotonous action sequences. These are never scary, and it becomes quite a meandering chore. Also, it's especially not-so-scary when they slow-mo the action sequence and pan the camera around to show you exactly where th enemies are. Might as well just have Alan shoot them automatically while we're at it.

Those are just my gripes though. I like Alan Wake.