Alan Wake now appears to be heading to Steam!!

James J · 17 Feb 2012 at 19:12

Westie said:
amazing game! looks so good in 3d using my samsung 950d

only got to the gas station and im pooing my pants already never known anything about this game before cause im not a console derp and absolutely love it! the lighting is so class!

playing with xbox pad as feels more natural then m+k!

Guessing you are using tridef software for 3D on your monitor though right?

Accendo · 17 Feb 2012 at 19:17

tom113 said:
It was technically announced for the pc before the 360, before they decided to change it

Yep, I remember watching the first trailer years ago thinking definite PC purchase for me but then Microsoft decided to use it to sell consoles.

AWPC · 17 Feb 2012 at 19:19

There are loads of threads on games here with way bigger filesizes than the 3 x 241kb compressed jpeg images I posted in this thread :rolleyes:

Subzero85 · 17 Feb 2012 at 19:26

When will this be available to buy in shops ? i know its on steam already, but what about a retail release date ?

Accendo · 17 Feb 2012 at 19:31

Subzero85 said:
When will this be available to buy in shops ? i know its on steam already, but what about a retail release date ?

According to amazon the 2nd March.

RavenXXX2 · 17 Feb 2012 at 19:31

tonyt3rry said:
Quick question would this run good with a 9800GT 1GB packed with a core i3 and 4 gb ram

40-60 fps with 8800GT, 720p, volumetric lights low, AA off, shadows low, everything else high, plays fine.

CaptainRAVE · 17 Feb 2012 at 19:32

Is this actually any good? Reluctant to buy it after how they screwed us in the first place.

Accendo · 17 Feb 2012 at 19:38

CaptainRAVE said:
Is this actually any good? Reluctant to buy it after how they screwed us in the first place.

If you like a good story driven horror game then it's brilliant, the combat can get a little repetitive at times but the story brings it through.

Witcher1979 · 17 Feb 2012 at 19:49

I played this when it was first out on the xbox and tbh I forgot a lot of it so some bits of the actual playing time feels new which is lucky. The only bad thing I can say about it is they spent a lot of time doing this and they did a good job, but those damn cut scenes that are untouched look really old and let the feel down a tad. Apart from that I can't find much fault with it.

SkeeterUK · 17 Feb 2012 at 20:01

So what kind of game is it, is it a shock game with monsters and stuff or more detective driven finding clues and no monsters but ppl you gotta find, talk to and kill etc?

Just wondering if i would like it as it does look nice and i remember it being hyped up to be open world and stuff but i guess that changed.

Final8y · 17 Feb 2012 at 20:08

James J said:
Brilliant game so far although there are bugs. No SLI profile for it and for a game that is Nvidia 3D vision kit 2 ready, the shadows and lights convergence is slightly off, ruining the 3D experience and giving eye strain very easily. On just one of my cards though its pretty much 60fps constantly with 3D putting the FPS to around 45 constantly, which isn't too bad (for a single GPU game).

Its a AMD Gaming Evolved title so the 3D may work better under AMDs way atm.

Murray · 17 Feb 2012 at 20:33

Woah, just finished Episode 3. This game just keeps on impressing me, gets better by the minute.

Witcher1979 · 17 Feb 2012 at 20:33

Murray said:
Woah, just finished Episode 3. This game just keeps on impressing me, gets better by the minute.

I am a slow poke, just started ep2, still missed stuff in ep1 :/

Murray · 17 Feb 2012 at 20:35

voorhees1979 said:
I am a slow poke, just started ep2, still missed stuff in ep1 :/

I missed a few things along the way, plan on doing it again on Nightmare and collecting everything though. Episode 3 is really long!

trickycurve · 17 Feb 2012 at 20:36

Murray said:
There is no need for more fps, you don't notice it at all.

Indeed. Alan Wake is probably the smoothest game I've ever played that only maintained about ~45fps on my PC. Granted, using an X360 controller probably helps as I'm not turning the camera as fast as a KB/M, but it's still extremely smooth nevertheless.

hdpcgamer · 17 Feb 2012 at 21:20

trickycurve said:
Indeed. Alan Wake is probably the smoothest game I've ever played that only maintained about ~45fps on my PC. Granted, using an X360 controller probably helps as I'm not turning the camera as fast as a KB/M, but it's still extremely smooth nevertheless.

Don't forget that this game heavily uses motion blur so lower frames per second will 'feel' much smoother than having it turned off - especially when panning the camera around.

Murray · 17 Feb 2012 at 21:25

Motion blur makes the game much better, I usually turn it off in other games. It fits in this one though.

Witcher1979 · 17 Feb 2012 at 21:27

Murray said:
Motion blur makes the game much better, I usually turn it off in other games. It fits in this one though.

Snap m8, I always turn it off as well, but I tried it with -noblur and I had to turn it back on

hdpcgamer · 17 Feb 2012 at 21:30

Murray said:
Motion blur makes the game much better, I usually turn it off in other games. It fits in this one though.

Has anyone tried turning off FXAA because all the screenshots I have seen so far has a touch of blur to it and I'm personally not a fan FXAA and will always turn it off for a sharper and crisper image.

Witcher1979 · 17 Feb 2012 at 21:33

hdpcgamer said:
Has anyone tried turning off FXAA because all the screenshots I have seen so far has a touch of blur to it and I'm personally not a fan FXAA and will always turn it off for a sharper and crisper image.

That is not the kind of blur you think, that slight blur is when the bad guys are around. Whole scene gets a slight blur when they turn up. When no bad guys are about it is crystal sharp.