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Reactions: New Alan Wake on the way
If you’ve got a hankering for more of one of InsaneBear’s worst reviewed games of 2010 (it certainly had some points of merit), then you might be interested to know that developer Remedy is hard at work on a new Alan Wake title…but not Alan Wake 2.
Author: Cody
Feature: InsaneBear’s 2010 Game of the Year
Not really sure what's going on with that trophy...
It’s that time of year again; that wonderful time when we place an arbitrary crown on a single video game for rising above all the rest and demonstrating what video games should be. But before we recap the year that was 2010, I’d first like to continue an InsaneBear tradition and re-evaluate 2009′s Game of the Year…Alright, and with that re-evaluation process completed, I’ve decided to amend the scores of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Borderlands from Good to Great and Great to Good, respectively. That said, Dragon Age: Origins retains the honors of GotY. It certainly has some interface problems and the combat is a little clunky, but the world and cast of characters are sublimely rich and the Origin stories are a thing of beauty. Few games have allowed me to embrace real role-playing so readily, and for that, Dragon Age: Origins lives on in my mind. Let’s just hope the sequel is as good.
Author: CodyReactions: Alan Wake’s “The Writer” DLC due October 12th
Well, you all know that I didn’t particularly care for this game, but in the event that you liked it, this is the last piece of DLC for Alan Wake. 560 Microsoft Points will net you a lot of dutch angles and shining lights at floating words.
Author: CodyReactions: Dragon Age, Alan Wake, and RDR DLC updates
Hello, fans of Dragon Age. Finished with the Awakening expansion? Well, BioWare has been kind enough to prepare another piece of post-release content for you to consume. Titled “Leliana’s Song,” the latest DLC for the acclaimed RPG puts the player in the foxy shoes of Leliana, everybody’s favorite bard from Origins. We get to play through her mysterious past. Oooh. Look for “Leliana’s Song” on July 6th for the low, low price of $7 (560 MS Points).
Author: CodyReview: Alan Wake
"Wake up, Alan. You slept past your release date."
Score: Meh
Difficulty played on: Normal
Time to beat: About 10 hours
Loved the most: Spectacular soundtrack.
Hated the most: The tedious repetition which burdens a game where everything looks and feels the same.
After years of delays pushed Alan Wake out of the public eye, Remedy (Max Payne franchise) finally got their act together and delivered one of the Xbox 360′s most anticipated exclusives in a year of several great exclusives. And given the unique premise of Alan Wake–we play as a writer who is whisked into the events of one of his own stories–the potential was there for something truly special. I would expect as much from the studio that unleashed “bullet time” on the world of video games. But unfortunately, video games are not books, and one cannot delay publication by several years without design choices showing their age. Alan Wake is a brutally linear game that fails miserably when it comes to merging narrative and gameplay. Worse yet, the gameplay amounts to one identical encounter after the other, with no variety of worth in the entire package. So after all these years of anticipation, Remedy’s latest title, while worth renting for the unique story, will likely fade into obscurity, not unlike the trashy pulp churned out by today’s best selling novelists.
Author: CodyReaction: Alan Wake and Mass Effect 2 DLC news
If you take a long enough break from melting darkness incarnate with your flashlight in Alan Wake and look at its DLC menu, you might notice that the game’s second, and more importantly, unannounced post-release pack, titled “The Writer,” is being advertised. The content looks to put the hard-boiled writer through some grueling trials of some sort, although the 800 Microsoft Points your wallet has to cough up is quite the trial in itself. It’s unclear when “The Writer” will be releasing, but Alan Wake‘s first post-release adventure, “The Signal,” should be coming out in a little over two months.
Author: CodyTrailers: Alan Wake “Wake Up” trailer
Hopefully we’ll get some real nice mind-bending psychological terror in this game.
Author: CodyTrailers: Thanks for the sales pitch, Alan Wake?
It is nice to get a clear idea of what the game’s all about without any spoilers or anything, but that video seems more like a sales pitch to publishers than an advertisement for consumers. I’m also pretty sure that they’re using the same narrator as the guy who’s been doing the Red Dead Redemption trailers, which are very similar in their documentary-like presentation. Considering RDR and Alan Wake have different publishers, then only explanation is that the narrator is an evil robot who’s taken over Rockstar San Diego and Remedy through the guise of a trailer narrator. The Rockstar spouse fiasco suddenly makes so much more sense!
Author: CodyTrailers: Alan Wake gameplay
Not really the most exciting gameplay I’ve ever seen in a trailer. And considering previous trailers for this game have demoed some especially exciting looking gameplay, I have to wonder why they decided to make a trailer out of this? Still, news on this game isn’t exactly plentiful, so I’ll take what I can get. Plus, I laughed when that jerk left his buddy sitting in the dark and then proceeded to shoot a flare in the direction of a highly flammable pine forest. Good going, Alan.
Author: Cody
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