Alan Wake returns to Steam!

AWPC · 25 Oct 2018 at 22:08

https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/alan-wake-is-back-on-steam-and-its-on-sale-too/

Good action horror game from the original creators of Max Payne 1+2. It was on Steam for about 5 years then due to music licences expiring (David Bowie & Roy Orbison) it was pulled from sale but now MS have renegotiated the licences so its back on Steam again and 80% off until 1st Nov!

AWPC · 26 Oct 2018 at 00:29

Rroff said:
For me this game is a bit like S.T.A.L.K.E.R - the actual game that came out is a shadow of the original intention and falls far short of the early (actual ingame) promotional work and I kind of couldn't bring myself to really play either with a concept of how they were originally intended in the back of my mind.

That's because it was repurposed from being a PC lead title to cutting it back to work on the Xbox 360 instead of the other way round. MS fully funded the game to the tune of $40m over 5 years so Remedy scaled it back eventually to fit into the console limitations. Nowadays you can also play it & Nightmares on the Xbox1X via the 360 emulation but it looks very poor compared to the PC Steam version as the emulator does not upscale very well & its still the same 8 year old game engine.

AWPC · 26 Oct 2018 at 00:31

Tom|Nbk said:
To me this signals Alan Wake 2 is about to be announced. Why else renew the license £££££££ and sell it mega cheap on steam

Alan Wake 2 is still a pipe dream as no publisher is interested in it apparently (Alan Wake did not sell that well at all & cost $40M to develop!) so Remedy are hoping to someday get a big name publisher to fund it. Alan Wake was fully funded by MS & cost $40M over the 5 years dev time & many changes in technical specifications (it went from PC as the lead platform using GFWL to being an Xbox 360 title so the game scale got cut back & a lot of dev work was thrown away to fit the console).

AWPC · 23 Oct 2023 at 19:38

mrk said:
Looks like a 4090 and 12700KF isn't man enough for Alan Wake 1

At least it supports ultra-wide thouugh!

The hardware detection code is wrong as your GPU was built before the game GPU detection database ! ...now if you said Alan Wake 2 I might actually believe you.....!

AWPC · 23 Oct 2023 at 22:02

Also have to mention Alan Wake Remastered (Epic Store Exclusive not on other storefronts nor ever will be!) Bought this in the current sale @ £8.24 well worth it for fans

https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/alan-wake-remastered

4K Native resolution now.
They rebuilt the entire game with new textures.
New Alan Wake character model with way higher detail.
Most (if not all!) ingame cutscenes are now rendered using the new higher detail ingame models (old version used low res Xbox360 bik video files!).
Ultra high quality lighting engine upgrade way better looking than ever before.
Entire game world has way more detail than ever before its really noticeable in most places due to the improved more modern shader FX upgrade.

Not quite a 2021 new release graphically but very good looking overall. Only thing it lacks is no HDR support apart from that its pretty excellent & now a hefty 38GB vs the original 7GB!