Alan Wake Update: New Trailer, Screenshots

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  yea.....don't count on that 60% that you came up with. : sheepraper
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    Sorry I meant 80.77% http://www.steampowered.com/status/survey.html : Mystery0000
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      It has probably dropped a bit since that survey though, so I'm estimating somewhere between 60 and 70% no... : Mystery0000
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        Look at the top where the times of the survey were taken, then talk again. : leaked
        • umm.. "Last updated: 3:53am PST (11:53 GMT), October 16 2008" : Jockiboy
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      Wow, I didn't realize that many people were still on XP. Guess there isn't a huge reason to upgrade unle... : Pneum0
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        There's no reason to want DX10. The iD Tech 5 engine is OpenGL and that looks better than anything DX1... : Mystery0000
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          OpenGL on the Mac platform, Direct X 9-based on Windows. : nasa15
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            Wasn't DX for the xbox only? I thought everything else for running OpenGL, could be wrong though, source? : Mystery0000
            • *-for +was Edit button for comments! : Mystery0000
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          Crysis warhead does NOT look exactly the same under dx9 and dx10. The dx10 version looks a lot better. : hamliga
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            Are you an idiot? The developers themselves stated that DX9 and DX10 version are identical in every regar... : Mystery0000
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              I retract the idiot part, but I'd like evidence. The developers said they were identical, screenshots loo... : Mystery0000
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                http://www.gamespot.com/features/6182140/index.html : DingoStoleMyBaby
                • That's the original Crysis, and you can get the same graphics by modifying some files. Crysis Warhead ... : Mystery0000
            • And yet they are not identical. The dx10 version has a much richer color palette and the post-processing ... : hamliga
          • Edit the ini files and you can enable the "DX10" effects. : kodt
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          pls stop posting. my head hurts. : apfelstrudel2
          • I tend to ignore the opinion of anyone that can't type out "please" or even state their case. : Mystery0000
        • This is the only real area I claim to know what game devs are talking about, but don't expect major CPU b... : locater16
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      I question how accurate those are. I have not played a Valve game in several years now. Most people I k... : sheepraper
      • You haven't played Team Fortress 2? Portal? You're not getting Left 4 Dead? You call yourself a gamer? : Mystery0000
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        You don't know a single person who has played TF2 or Portal? The fuck? : Link.
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          A group of friends and I all played it at a friend of a friends house. None of us were very impressed wi... : sheepraper
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            Judging from the amount of players of TF2 and the great reception of Portal I'd say you're in the minorit... : Mystery0000
            • "So it's not us who are different, I'm afraid it's you and your group of friends. Sorry. " Thank you, as... : sheepraper
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      It won't just come on steam. : OmegaRed59
      • It's being published my M$, so it likely won't come to Steam at all. And what's your point anyway? It's a... : Mystery0000
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  By the time the game releases, most people will have upgraded and possibly many people will be using Wind... : Wisp!
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    It'll be released in 2010? : Mystery0000
    • in 2010 vista will be less than today, XP and Windows 7 will be popular. : nutcrackr

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• Ooo, sweet. Thanks Slamdunk. : Jobos
• Thanks! : pieman
• Thanks for the link! : Legolas5

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• And furthermore, isn't it more exciting to find out for yourself when you finally get your hands on the g... : Legolas5

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  Here.... Take mine, There fresh! : BitCrusher
  • Yes, there are! -_- : Legolas5

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  From what I gather it will be a walk around and talk to people, uncover the plot, watch a bunch of cutsce... : Jobos
  • Which is a good formula for this game, adventure/action/drama/emotion/explore. Along with GTA:IV, Little ... : deadlycookie

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• thats as good a reason as any : Maarten Goldstein
• The tech looks great, the story looks great, Maarten looks great and yes, it's from Remedy and Max Payne ... : stelth
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  Who said that? Did you even watch the video? : OmegaRed59
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    yeah, and i still didn't see any game there. Talk to Flo in Diner. Drive out to Barn. See Scary Shit. ... : GloriousCow
    • You're right, but it's nothing new that a trailer will feature nothing but cutscenes. The only real foot... : Jobos
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  I'm very interested and I've never played Max Payne. Nor will I ever, I suspect. : Jobos
  • that's too bad because the Max Payne games are affordable and awesome : sm00v3d
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    Dude! Just play Max Payne 1 & 2. Your brain will be happy with you. (except the Trail Of Blood sequences ... : AxeMan808
    • I just remembered why I didn't buy it: I hate 3rd person games. The only one I could stand was Mass Effe... : Jobos

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  Its also 1973, and he is put to work as a young fresh out of the academy cop, working with a rough politi... : Flobster
  • there's also zombies and strippers looking for payback! : azuvatar
  • I loved that show. : Super Sparker

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  What are you smoking? Because it must be awesome. Having just played through Max Payne 2 again recent... : ColoradoCNC
  • Indeed. Just look at the lightning - very atmospheric. : fffortune

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• Both, probably. Alan Wake is an open world (GTA, Oblivion) style action-adventure game that will involve ... : speon

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  It's like Twin Peaks if it was written by Stephen King and transformed in a game. : zehh
  • Still waiting to see the game part materialise. : randomposter

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  Wasn't it always going to be one? I mean the tornado physics demo a few years back made it seem they wer... : deathofrats
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    I have always thought of this as being a mix of Shenmue and Alone in the Dark, I dunno how accurate that ... : Flobster
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      Yeah, I had thought it was going to be an adventure mystery title. Need more stuff like that than anothe... : deadhorse
      • I don't know... I just don't want it to be like Indigo Prophecy. Indigo Prophecy was one of my biggest pu... : WaterSign
• with slow motion jumping and firing guns. : Jobos
• It's always been billed as an action/adventure game. : Link.
• I hope it's mostly adventure. There aren't enough high-budget games like that anymore. : TheIneffableBob

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  like what? it is not really a game yet. : byorn
  • It's got a very adult tone for a game, and the focus on story is clear. I like these things. : Boxelder

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• One could only hope. : Milleh
• That film was brilliantly fucked up : mwhr1986

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• dognose, I am going to HAVE to agree with you here! : CrustaR

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• One day the gaming industry will look back at these games and go "OMG LOL!!! WTF were we thinking putting... : Pulveri

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• or "Fahrenheit"... to people like me who are not in the US or Canada. : BitCrusher
• Ditto here. I.e. what it looks to me is kinda shite compared to the bar of what else is around. But I c... : holaareola

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  yah, I'm having the same problem at work and home. And I've got one of the phattest connections in the wo... : Madwacker
  • Tracert? : heartsauce
• Mine is slow on everything too. Had to drop out of warhawk because I was getting owned by lag : IndigoAK
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  Shacknews has been really slow for me, everything else seems OK. : Mystery0000
  • we had some server cluster issues about an hour ago crapping things up. should be fine now. : Steve Gibson
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18241700#itemanchor_18241700 : humbleone

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• Where's my demo at? : ateam311
• spunktacular! : conandan