Alan Wake Media Blast Brings New Footage

anyone else really fucking hate that flashlight? its got the normal wide cone thats soft and not so bright. then for some reason they added a SUPER bright laser like thin beam in the middle thats so unrealistic. i know flashlights sometimes have a bright spot, but you dont see a beam like that looking from the side.

If there's a game that can really benefit from real-time radiosity, it's definitely this.

It really bothers me how all the surfaces do not scatter the flashlight's light.

In real life, if you stand in a completely dark room with a flash light, and point it to a wall, you will see a bright spot there plus the entire room will be slightly illuminated... Not the case here.

Quit talking about the PC version. It's not coming, but if it does, it'll be 9 months after the xbox release and no one will care.

Jesus, how many times are we going to see the same gameplay clip over and over again?

is all the painful expository dialogue/monologue trying to be film noir style or is it accidentally horrible?

For godsake, might as well show nothing. This pissed me off more than actually wanting it. And I really really look forward to this.

The extended gameplay footage is very nice. Pretty much what I expected with some nice bullet time-ish. I just love the atmosphere. Here's crossing fingers for a decent PC release.

This actually looks really cool. It's pretty much just as I imagined it. I like the sound and lighting effects -- they really add a sense of atmosphere.

I wonder how open the game really is. They seemed to have spent a lot of time creating a large expanse of terrain, but if the game is heavily scripted then what was the point? I'm guessing they pumped a lot of resources into creating the world, and then threw most of it out at the 11th hour because it wasn't fun -- so they had to go back in and add more zombies and events, and eventually turned it into something akin to "F.E.A.R. 2 meets Alone in the Dark" in regards to gameplay.

I hope it does well, not because I can even play it (PC gamer here), but because we need games with interesting plots and good storytelling. And because I want Microsoft Games to make Flight Simulator XI.

The only issue I have is with the absolutely horrible XBOX 360 controls. This game was meant for the mouse & keyboard, not thumbs.

Any news on the PC release yet?

Looks like we have another hate it or love it game.

wow.. what a bunch of retarded comments...

I think this looks amazing, and quite unique.. It has movie quality all over.. Gameplay looks unique as well.. Looks like they have an instant classic on their hands... and episodes only make sense..

Well well, will you look at the resolutions of those screenshots....

This game looks incredible.

the graphics and sound certainly look great. and the combat seems interesting with the flashlight used in combination with other weapons. but it doesn't look like much of an open world game -- seems like you're always going along a more-or-less pre-determined path. I suppose It's still possible to make a game fun using that formula, but personally I dislike playing a game where I'm always letting go of the controls because a cut-scene is starting. I was looking forward to this game for the exploration aspect, but from what I'm seeing in these videos there won't be much free exploration.

Seems more like a scary interactive story than a game.

Great, yet another game with DLC content.

It looks as though this game is nothing like what was originally promised and I have a really bad feeling Microsoft is primarily to blame. Microsoft is calling this game an "action thriller."

I remember looking at the original screenshots and listening to the developers at the beginning of the project, and expecting a very tense, slow-paced game in a semi-open-world type setting; sort of a cross between Silent Hill and Grand Theft Auto. When this game was first announced, Remedy called it a "tense psychological thriller."

I wish I could play the game Remedy envisioned at the start.

Max Payne memories from the last few seconds of this clip! If this is 360 footage, it looks damn good.