Alan Wake Getting More Episodes via DLC

People always want to jump against microsoft with specualtion and poor logic.

Did they give any specific details about the DLC, specificially if it was even STARTED yet? NEGATIVE. I doubt they have started the DLC if the game is delayed. How are you going to sell DLC if the game never makes it to market?

Ya see, they have an idea for how they want this to go, and they are simply sharing it with us. They want to express that this isn't just a stand alone game but that it will continue much like half life 2 did. Only difference, Valve annouced the episodes after HL2 came out, microsoft jumped the gun.

And you all overreact just like my ex girlfriend does, just jumping to the worst conclusion as if you had evidence that your claims were right. Here's my question: How could any episodic actually sell if everyone feels ripped off by the game? Does that make any sense, at all? Nope, in order for the DLC to be a viable product, the original content has to be desirable.

COMMON SENSE.

PC version announcement any time now otherwise I don't care

On my way to Bookface, I really really really have to become a fan of Microsoft for this.

Imagine the TV show Lost as written by Steven King and filmed by David Lynch, and you have Alan Wake

hahahaha what

The game is delayed? Check.
The game is delayed some more? Check.
The game goes 360 only? Check.
The game is delayed some more? Check.
DLC gets announced way before the game is even released? Check.

It's like devs/publishers WANT people to rip them a new one with their behaviour.

King and Lynch? Does this TV show of a game come with commercial breaks too? lmfao

I'm betting It will exclusively suck. GL with that fellas. Only developer doing episodic content worth a damn imo is Valve, and even they have expressed some regrets in that approach iirc.

Even if this was still coming on PC I just wouldn't care anymore at this point. Does M$ even realize what they're doing to their PR when they not only delay a game to oblivion, but add insult to injury by announcing DLC in the midst of all the delays? Seriously? It's like they're blatantly admitting to delaying the game because they wanted to make extra content to nickel and dime people. I wonder when the release would have been if there was no DLC planned.

Better yet, why are they even charging for it at all if they're creating it alongside the game itself? Just freaking add it to the game. Why beat around the bush? Why not just tell us you're taking part of the finished product and charging us extra for something that should already be there? I'm so sick of all this bullshit DLC brings and games being intentionally gimped so people feel compelled to pay more for the rest of the content.

This is not going to end well

Why don't you guys try selling me Alan Wake Forever *first* and *then* worry about whether I'll want to buy all the extra content you're not putting on the disc?

talk of DLC before the game is released? Say it ain't so! (Queue backlash)

This sounds a lot like when George Broussard started talking about DNF2.

I lost interest in this so long ago that I can't even remember.

"Imagine the TV show Lost as written by Steven King and filmed by David Lynch, and you have Alan Wake"

ugh.

UGH.

cool i'll just wait for the game of the year edition.

Yes, this is a horrible thing to announce on a game that has been taking forever to finish. It sounds like they'll be releasing half of a game.

Just release the game...

thanks for being awful microsoft

I wonder if they'll be developing and releasing all the episodes at once, or if they'll release them one at a time and spread out over many months.

If they keep up this pace, by the time they get to the third episode the next Xbox will be out. And by then who knows what the state of the economy will be (I say start stocking up on ammo and canned goods right now!).

do they mean post game episodes, or the game is episodic and it won't have a good ending? I sure hope it isn't the latter.

They can do episodic content out the wazoo, but they can't do a PC release. Thanks, Microsoft!

I don't have the org chart in front of me right now, but IIRC Robbie Bach is in charge of E&D, which covers the XBox division and Games for Windows, but not Microsoft Game Studios. If this is true, way to represent all of your own divisions, Robbie.