Such is life for PCMR brah. They optimize for consolecels and PCMR gets garbage for optimization because they think everyone has 4000 series GPU's these days or something lmao.

Man, I'm loving this game so much. It absolutely mogs Control. I do however think that the slower pacing of this game may detract some people, but it is a survival horror and not an action game like Control is, so you'd have to be retarded to compare the both gameplay wise.




There's one section where the lighting and colors looks so insane, but you'll need a damn 5090 to experience it in all in its glory. I mean it looks really good on the PS5, but hory chit I cant even imagine how it'll be on PC with pathtracing enabled. It'll probably be PS7 where we can have pathtracing on consoles without too big an issue.


Remedy have created another game that can be used for PC benchmarking. What an year for gaming.

Xcucks: Sony games are just cinematic walking simulators
Also Xcucks: Omg Alan Wake 2 is a masterpiece!!1

you can watcha recap, and they recap it too in the game.

Have you played 1 or 2? If so, quick cliffs as to WTF it's about?

just upgraded pc to 7800x3d, 64gb ram, already had a 4090

downloading this now hnnnnnnnnnnnnnngh

I played 1 when it came out 13 years ago and barely remember it. I started 2 its been fine

Is it RE 4 (i.e. action) survival horror or survival horror survival horror?

More like RE4, but with a bit more horror ... It's not too scary though. I hate scary games and I'm a complete pussy, but I don't mind it in this game.

Played the first 2-3 hours and it's pretty damn boring, honestly... Gonna continue, but I'm not like HYPED to play.

Apparently it's very slow paced.

I could never get into Alan Wake the first one and i watched video of the story and tbh i am not too impressed with the story... it did not make me want to pick up and play alan wake 2.LMAO repped , i felt exactly like that about the first one and see the second one being the same. The gameplay was dog **** in the first one and the story was this mythical imaginary bull**** where you dont know if he is dreaming hallucinating etc etc .zzzzzzz no ty

Yeah this is one of those sequels where I felt like it was totally unneeded, and nothing about it makes me want to play it.

I want to try it for the tech demo aspect but seems like the perfect move will be to wait for the 5 series graphics cards and snag this game cheap later on.

[QUOTE=bongowongo post_id=1692382873]Lmao, this game was clearly made for Jay, it has everything that he hates about gaming. It is literally the poster boy for cinematic, 2deep4u experiences.




Bought it on PS5 .... Thots -


Graphics - This is definitely a looker on the PS5, it feels very next gen, the lighting is cottdamn. Easily one of the best looking PS5 games out there.

Presentation - Insane, this is probably the part that has impressed me the most. It is incredibly atmospheric and so much of the effects work is genuinely stunning in how they bring in the noir detective type elements into a weird and wacky world. It feels insanely foreboding and completely pulls you into the world and story. I'm completely immersed in this.

Gameplay - It's so far servicable, nothing really to praise or complain about here. It's very much an over the top shooter like Resident Evil 4 / Deadspace. However they do some incredibly cool stuff like with the Mind Palace where you piece together the mystery with detective work as the Black woman, it's kinda on rails, but it's pretty fun. I dont want to spoil Alan Wake's part, I'm not sure if reviewers or previewers mentioned it, but mind palace is legit fukkin insane and this is the type of next gen stuff that I want to see. I dont think it can be done on any older console. The SSD speed is such a game-changer and Remedy have made full use of it. There's so much happening in Alan Wake's mind palace that I just want to keep experiencing all the different stuff that can happen.

There's also upgrading of your skills / guns, so a lotta fun stuff to do. Quite a few puzzles, optional areas and things to collect. Nothing egregious because this is a linear game (with freedom) so everything seems zoned.

Story - Story is pretty damn good, it's gotten me engrossed and it's weird, wacky and I have semblance of what's going on, but it gets batchit crazier ... I guess this is Remedy's thing.


Gripes - The 30 fps does not feel the best coming in from Spiderman's VRR. There is a performance mode in here, but I haven't tried it out because I'd rather experience the game in its visual fidelity. I did notice some pretty noticeable drops here and there, but nothing too bad, although I know some people will find it annoying.




Overall, I'm having a ton of fun and the game pulled me in far more than Control ever did. If you love RE4, Deadspace, and TLOU ... Then you're absolutely gonna love the fukk out of this game. mgltp put this on your radar for 2030, because I'm sure you're gonna enjoy this.



No regrets buying this game ... The only regret I do have is buying on the PS5 lol, I kinda wish I bought it on the PC because I think my PC could do a better job at running it, but I really just wanted to be on the couch for this.





[youtube]tSquAb8XvLs[youtube][/QUOTE]don't know a thing about this series but I absolutely love RE4

OG 10/10 and remake 11/10 imo

are they really comparable?

You just dont like the genre if this is boring to you. Its not an action, its horror and you have to enjoy the detective component.

Alan wake was the only exclusive for 360 I mired

Is Alan Wake 1 worth playing on my poverty PC? $3.75 on steam now

Play the remaster if you so choose

I played it several years ago. Fun game but it’s aged. I’d give it a 7. Which is good for me

Finally finished the game.


Amazing ride, dont think I've ever played a game that blended in its use of real life cutscenes, in-game cutscenes to such an effect and so seamlessly that it feels completely natural without it feeling "fake" or breaking immersion.

The entire thing just works.


However I do have a concern with how it sticks the landing .... That said, it doesn't detract from the entire game at all. One of the most enjoyable games of the year - 9/10 for me.

just ordered the first one