Alan Wake Thread - Brand New Trailer!! - Main forum

Since 6959 Days

^^ Clearly lol :)

Dont get me wrong the devs are fantastic, i and do not doubt it will be nothing short of brilliant, but i'm tired of the delays, its up there with hideos comments on trophy's for MGS4...

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LEBATO

Since 7138 Days

Posted by Optimusv2

There's one major thing that I like about this game. It doesn't give off the same impression of being rushed as was clearly the case with a number of other titles.

Yeah, we can all tell they didn't rush it.

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Optimusv2

Since 6908 Days

Posted by LEBATO

Yeah, we can all tell they didn't rush it.

Haha, there was a time when I thought it would never see release on the 360 :)

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GriftGFX

Since 7016 Days

There was a time when I thought a PC release was a given :(

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dcdelgado

Since 6876 Days

The more i see, the more i cant wait for this game.

http://www.eurogamer.pt/videos/alan-wake-quickly-g...

http://www.eurogamer.pt/videos/alan-wake-welcome-t...

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BLackHawkodst

Since 5903 Days

Sweet Mary i cant wait to play this game, even if it is from behind the couch :)

Heres a bit more in this 6min video.

http://www.gameblog.fr/news_13854_alan-wake-5-minu...

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UrukHaiPT

Since 6543 Days

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fqb5VRtTL8

Lol. Ah well... Can't have everything on PC.

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Jin187

Since 6760 Days

Wow, the game looks amazing, its also the most visually impressive game i've ever seen, it all just looks incredible, a little bit too good infact.

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dcdelgado

Since 6876 Days

It does look amazing.

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icemanufc

Since 5682 Days

Stunning!!

http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/61496/alan-w...

http://www.gameblog.fr/news_13854_alan-wake-5-minu...

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Optimusv2

Since 6908 Days

You know, I was excited for this game, but not quite as excited as I've become after seeing these new videos.

Damn!

Easily one of the most impressive looking titles on the 360. It's always nice to see an exclusive title where the devs really look like they are pushing the console.

It also helps a great deal that the title looks interesting as hell and, based on their pedigree with Max Payne, I was pretty excited about the writing from the get go. I'm happy that they decided to wait to really get this game right.

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Halo Reach using 360 tesselation unit extensively.

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vspectra06

Since 7722 Days

The atmosphere in this game is amazing.

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Optimusv2

Since 6908 Days

Consider me even more impressed, the damn game is actually using 4XMSAA according to Remedy. They also address concerns with regards to possible tearing seen in the vids.

http://forum.alanwake.com/showthread.php?p=60352#p...

Posts #18, #23 and #26

#15 miroe:
I'm pretty sure you'll be very happy with our shipping solution. We hate dithering and aliasing just as much as you I think. Hardware 4xAA on the Xbox360 is nice for a lot of things - it did take us a while to get the most out of it (E.g, refactoring the renderer quite a few times).

Shadow aliasing doesn't really have anything to do with the generic framebuffer resolution or aliasing quality, but having the game run with 4xAA in the framebuffer is kind of rubbing in any other visual quality problems there might be.

We don't like ugly things, so we fix them before shipping.

#20:
We like 4xAA. Due to the alpha-to-coverage feature on the Xbox 360 GPU, it's one of the key reasons we can render a lot of "alpha test" foliage like trees and bushes without them starting to shimmer or dither (as alpha-to-coverage with 4xAA effectively gives us 5 samples of alpha "blend" without actually using alpha blend). Of course that leads into a lot of interesting ways how to get the the other "standard" z-buffer based rendering schemes to not alias, but let's not get into that discussion right now.

#21:
The game is locked to 30 FPS (well, except menus, manuscript pages, etc which run at 60 FPS). All cinematics are guaranteed to run 30 FPS (as we actually background load the next location, in case there's a location change). If you saw video tearing in the published press material, it's 99% due to video sync issues (E.g, PAL video cams or 59.97 Hz vs. 60.00 Hz screen update).

While playing Alan Wake on a Xbox 360, if the game framerate drops below 30 FPS we resort to screen tearing (same idea as Gears of War uses).

We're right now just fixing bugs and making sure nowhere in the game would the framerate never dip below 30 FPS. I know there's still a few heavy locations in the game where we resort to dipping below 30 FPS, but we're working very very hard to get all those solved.

SamiV.

Not only is it one of the most amazing looking games on the console, it's even using 4XMSAA as well.

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Consider me even more impressed, the damn game is actually using 4XMSAA according to Remedy. They also address concerns with regards to possible tearing seen in the vids.

http://forum.alanwake.com/showthread.php?p=60352#post60352

Posts #18, #23 and #26

[quote]#15 miroe:
I'm pretty sure you'll be very happy with our shipping solution. We hate dithering and aliasing just as much as you I think. Hardware 4xAA on the Xbox360 is nice for a lot of things - it did take us a while to get the most out of it (E.g, refactoring the renderer quite a few times).

Shadow aliasing doesn't really have anything to do with the generic framebuffer resolution or aliasing quality, but having the game run with 4xAA in the framebuffer is kind of rubbing in any other visual quality problems there might be.

We don't like ugly things, so we fix them before shipping. [/quote]

[quote]#20:
We like 4xAA. Due to the alpha-to-coverage feature on the Xbox 360 GPU, it's one of the key reasons we can render a lot of "alpha test" foliage like trees and bushes without them starting to shimmer or dither (as alpha-to-coverage with 4xAA effectively gives us 5 samples of alpha "blend" without actually using alpha blend). Of course that leads into a lot of interesting ways how to get the the other "standard" z-buffer based rendering schemes to not alias, but let's not get into that discussion right now.[/quote]

[quote]#21:
The game is locked to 30 FPS (well, except menus, manuscript pages, etc which run at 60 FPS). All cinematics are guaranteed to run 30 FPS (as we actually background load the next location, in case there's a location change). If you saw video tearing in the published press material, it's 99% due to video sync issues (E.g, PAL video cams or 59.97 Hz vs. 60.00 Hz screen update).

While playing Alan Wake on a Xbox 360, if the game framerate drops below 30 FPS we resort to screen tearing (same idea as Gears of War uses).

We're right now just fixing bugs and making sure nowhere in the game would the framerate never dip below 30 FPS. I know there's still a few heavy locations in the game where we resort to dipping below 30 FPS, but we're working very very hard to get all those solved.

SamiV. 
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Not only is it one of the most amazing looking games on the console, it's even using 4XMSAA as well.

Halo Reach using 360 tesselation unit extensively.

Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of th

Viginti_Tres

Since 6518 Days

Posted by Optimusv2

Not only is it one of the most amazing looking games on the console, it's even using 4XMSAA as well.

You make it sound like both are mutually exclusive. Big part of the reason Alan Wake looks so good is because it looks so smooth.

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Optimusv2

Since 6908 Days

With this gen of games, the two things, an amazing looking game + 4xMSAA on top of it, might as well be because not many incredible looking titles on either the 360 or PS3 actually use 4XMSAA, and if they do, they most certainly aren't usually games that look to take place in locations that look as good and are of the size of what's seen in Alan Wake, especially with such fantastic lighting.

When I see a game that looks as good as this one does on either the 360 or PS3, one of the absolute last things I'm expecting it to use is 4XMSAA, as opposed to just 2XMSAA with perhaps some added post processing tricks or filters to hide the sharp edges.

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Halo Reach using 360 tesselation unit extensively.

Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of th

dcdelgado

Since 6876 Days

Impressive stuff, i have been reading allot of the press hands-on and all seem very impressed, which is very good to know.

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LEBATO

Since 7138 Days

Damn, the hype train is starting to roll!

The mood is amazing, and the graphics are in a class of their own regardless of console. Uncharted 2 has the crown right now, but we'll see for how long. Simply amazing stuff we are seeing here.

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IRAIPT0IR

Since 5724 Days

This will be my birthday present!!!!!

Looks too incredible and the game as the best atmosphere of any game to date,Im playing Bioshock and that game as an incredible atmosphere but this is on a league of its own!!!

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Optimusv2

Since 6908 Days

As amazing as this game looks, I normally avoid these kinds of games because they usually aren't my cup of tea, like Bioshock, but I'm definitely buying this one, I have to.

Remedy has a team of like, what, 45 people who designed and put together this game? I've gotta throw support behind that, especially since it was their game, Max Payne, that so long ago really pushed me into seeing the PC as a gaming platform in an entirely new light than was ever the case before. I had always come to expect a certain type of game to release on the PC and something like Max Payne sure as hell wasn't it, it shocked the crap out of me. I remember seeing Leo Laporte play Max Payne on the set of his show "Call for Help" on techtv, which was probably zdtv then, and my mind was completely blown by what I was seeing with that slow mo shooting.

Hell, if I'm not mistaken, it may have been the game that pushed me into purchasing my very first graphics card :)

I feel obligated to support anything these guys make, basically :)

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As amazing as this game looks, I normally avoid these kinds of games because they usually aren't my cup of tea, like Bioshock, but I'm definitely buying this one, I have to.

Remedy has a team of like, what, 45 people who designed and put together this game? I've gotta throw support behind that, especially since it was their game, Max Payne, that so long ago really pushed me into seeing the PC as a gaming platform in an entirely new light than was ever the case before. I had always come to expect a certain type of game to release on the PC and something like Max Payne sure as hell wasn't it, it shocked the crap out of me. I remember seeing Leo Laporte play Max Payne on the set of his show "Call for Help" on techtv, which was probably zdtv then, and my mind was completely blown by what I was seeing with that slow mo shooting.

Hell, if I'm not mistaken, it may have been the game that pushed me into purchasing my very first graphics card :)

I feel obligated to support anything these guys make, basically :)

Halo Reach using 360 tesselation unit extensively.

Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of th

icemanufc

Since 5682 Days

For such a small team theses guys are really showing up other big dev studios out there.

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Optimusv2

Since 6908 Days

Posted by icemanufc

For such a small team theses guys are really showing up other big dev studios out there.

For the most part, that may not be that far from the truth at all.

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Halo Reach using 360 tesselation unit extensively.

Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of th

gunners98

Since 5537 Days

Posted by icemanufc

Stunning!!

http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/61496/alan-w...

http://www.gameblog.fr/news_13854_alan-wake-5-minu...

WOW x2

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Optimusv2

Since 6908 Days

Wow, didn't watch that IGN video, just assumed it was the same exact thing as the others I've seen.

In reply to

Halo Reach using 360 tesselation unit extensively.

Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of th

PlumbDrumb

Since 7010 Days

I think I'll buy this game and try it out on my bro's 360. If it's the bomb, I'll keep it and buy a 360. If not, I'll just give it to him.

I'm thinking I'll probably end up with a 360. (meh)

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blmbox

Since 6347 Days

My excitement for this has become rather muted in the past couple of months; I was anticipating its release, sure, but I haven't exactly been handing superlatives its way recently. After seeing the videos posted above, however, I'm pretty certain that this will be one of 2010's outstanding titles - which is a pretty big compliment considering how many AAA titles are coming out.

Remedy will always have my attention.

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