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Yea, the flashlight takes for-fucking-ever to kill them.
Ferrus on
I would like to pause for a moment, to talk about my penis.
My penis is like a toddler. A toddler—who is a perfectly normal size for his age—on a long road trip to what he thinks is Disney World. My penis is excited because he hasn’t been to Disney World in a long, long time, but remembers a time when he used to go every day. So now the penis toddler is constantly fidgeting, whining “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? How about now? Now? How about... now?”
And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
recently. Any more parts with poltergeists coming up?
Edit: Old Gods of Asgard - Hell yeah!
Ferrus on
I would like to pause for a moment, to talk about my penis.
My penis is like a toddler. A toddler—who is a perfectly normal size for his age—on a long road trip to what he thinks is Disney World. My penis is excited because he hasn’t been to Disney World in a long, long time, but remembers a time when he used to go every day. So now the penis toddler is constantly fidgeting, whining “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? How about now? Now? How about... now?”
And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
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OnTheLastCastlelet's keep it haimish for the peripateticRegistered Userregular
recently. Any more parts with poltergeists coming up?
Edit: Old Gods of Asgard - Hell yeah!
There are a shit ton of poltergeists. By the end of the game I had killed 96.
edit: Chapter 6, part 1 is full of them.
edit to the edit: 86 thermos, 28/30 chests found and 27/30 location signs read and 840 birds killed. Blargh! Why, Alan! Why! That's what I get for not using a collectible guide. Time to Nightmare this B though. You can sprint through most of the game w/o fighting.
Also has anyone seen the live action prequel, Bright Falls?
You see glimpses of the real actors who play the characters (Alan, Alice, Rose, etc) and it's pretty neat
That entire thing was way better in almost every way than I thought it would be.
Though watching it from Machinima.com's youtube channel kinda made the first couple episodes a little annoying. All kinds of huge annotations from the very beginning of the first episode like "WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE DEER!! SCARY STUFF!" just sitting in the corner constantly.
Super nice to go back and get it all from the 360 marketplace and watch it on my TV in the dark though.
Also has anyone seen the live action prequel, Bright Falls?
You see glimpses of the real actors who play the characters (Alan, Alice, Rose, etc) and it's pretty neat
That entire thing was way better in almost every way than I thought it would be.
Though watching it from Machinima.com's youtube channel kinda made the first couple episodes a little annoying. All kinds of huge annotations from the very beginning of the first episode like "WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE DEER!! SCARY STUFF!" just sitting in the corner constantly.
Super nice to go back and get it all from the 360 marketplace and watch it on my TV in the dark though.
I thought it was surprisingly well done, too! The acting in particular. You never know what you're gonna get with web serieses like this. And I have a total crush on the lead actor.
I tried watching Machinima's evaluation/interpretation or whatever but it seemed unnecessary
Also has anyone seen the live action prequel, Bright Falls?
You see glimpses of the real actors who play the characters (Alan, Alice, Rose, etc) and it's pretty neat
That entire thing was way better in almost every way than I thought it would be.
Though watching it from Machinima.com's youtube channel kinda made the first couple episodes a little annoying. All kinds of huge annotations from the very beginning of the first episode like "WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE DEER!! SCARY STUFF!" just sitting in the corner constantly.
Super nice to go back and get it all from the 360 marketplace and watch it on my TV in the dark though.
You can watch them all on Alan Wake's website too.
Just finished it on Hard (Which wasn't, in fact, very hard I think)
So yea, the ending.
What? That is not an ending at all. Did he write himself out of the story like Zane? Is Rose the new Lady of the Light? I don't really get it.
Ferrus on
I would like to pause for a moment, to talk about my penis.
My penis is like a toddler. A toddler—who is a perfectly normal size for his age—on a long road trip to what he thinks is Disney World. My penis is excited because he hasn’t been to Disney World in a long, long time, but remembers a time when he used to go every day. So now the penis toddler is constantly fidgeting, whining “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? How about now? Now? How about... now?”
And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
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OnTheLastCastlelet's keep it haimish for the peripateticRegistered Userregular
Just finished it on Hard (Which wasn't, in fact, very hard I think)
So yea, the ending.
What? That is not an ending at all. Did he write himself out of the story like Zane? Is Rose the new Lady of the Light? I don't really get it.
He didn't get out. And he didn't defeat the darkness. Remember: It's not a lake, it's an ocean.
I realized something really important about this game but I forgot... damn, now I gotta think for awhile to remember. OH!
Nightingale in the cutscene where he is taken by the darkness. I need to go watch it again, but he says something that alludes to a thing Wake took from him. He is taken at the exact second he's about to say it. I'm pretty sure it was his partner. Wake killed off via his book series... and he's always had the power to write things that come true.
one big setup for DLC episodes? I kinda knew it when I saw them on Live.
Ferrus on
I would like to pause for a moment, to talk about my penis.
My penis is like a toddler. A toddler—who is a perfectly normal size for his age—on a long road trip to what he thinks is Disney World. My penis is excited because he hasn’t been to Disney World in a long, long time, but remembers a time when he used to go every day. So now the penis toddler is constantly fidgeting, whining “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? How about now? Now? How about... now?”
And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
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OnTheLastCastlelet's keep it haimish for the peripateticRegistered Userregular
edited June 2010
Guess we need to get those nightmare pages. They might help.
so guys, was this really worth the half decade of design and hype?
Was it really that hyped? I thought it was more on- and off-radar and when it was on the press spoke rather highly of it. I wouldn't say it was hyped all the time.
Still, considering how long they took to finish it, it feels rather mediocre. The story is okay, but not great and feels rather inconsequential due to the ending. The atmosphere is awesome in some parts and tedious in others. Most of the lighting effects are good, some are lacking (i.e. your flashlight doesn't illuminate rooms like it would in RL).
All in all, let's just say I'm glad I rented it.
Ferrus on
I would like to pause for a moment, to talk about my penis.
My penis is like a toddler. A toddler—who is a perfectly normal size for his age—on a long road trip to what he thinks is Disney World. My penis is excited because he hasn’t been to Disney World in a long, long time, but remembers a time when he used to go every day. So now the penis toddler is constantly fidgeting, whining “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? How about now? Now? How about... now?”
And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
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OnTheLastCastlelet's keep it haimish for the peripateticRegistered Userregular
edited June 2010
Shrug, and I'm glad I bought it and plan to replay it on nightmare when I'm finished with some other games.
My theory on Nightingale is still a theory and kind of wacky but not disproved by this.
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edited June 2010
just finished this today
not bad at all! honestly, it felt like playing handsome stephen king: the horror novel: the game. it's also not especially scary, although it'll get way more tense on nightmare
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OnTheLastCastlelet's keep it haimish for the peripateticRegistered Userregular
not bad at all! honestly, it felt like playing handsome stephen king: the horror novel: the game. it's also not especially scary, although it'll get way more tense on nightmare
It was tense on hard in the last chapter doing the achievement where you can't fire a gun. Sometimes you're all out of flashbangs and you just gotta run. That's how nightmare will be too I've heard.
I really liked this game a great deal. But what the hell was with the ending. Is there some nightmare mode special ending that illuminates more of what happened?
Some things!
Firstly, I didn't know Wake was meant to have written some Night Springs episodes. That probably majesty their content more important.
Secondly, in episode 4
anyone else found the poltergeist skeletons on the way to the farm, just before the stage battle?
And C, after seeing Orn Gisli Gunnardson in prince of persia, I was sure he had something to do with Alan Wake or Remedy.. like someone they modeled Wake's face on. Am I just making that up?
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OnTheLastCastlelet's keep it haimish for the peripateticRegistered Userregular
edited June 2010
Yes, Darley. Scared the fuck out of me.
I'm going to do a nightmare run tomorrow night I hope since none of you lazy bums are doing it. Gonna take at least 3-4 hours to do!
Yeah, that was Max's VA from MP2. The same guy also voices Zane in the game.
I knew it!
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OnTheLastCastlelet's keep it haimish for the peripateticRegistered Userregular
edited June 2010
He was the voice in Max Payne 1 & 2, just so you know. Not only #2.
The look of the character is what changed. That voice actor is great.
I still maintain that a similar person to the fictional Alex Casey was Nightingale's partner, who was murdered. He blames Wake for writing what came true which is why Nightingale is a drunk, kicked off the FBI and chasing Wake. He also keeps having dreams about the darkness.
I have no idea what you guys are talking about. The voice of Max Payne/Thomas Zane is James McCaffrey.
I don't think this Gisli person has anything to do with Remedy.
Edit: Oh, I see, darleysam just got confused when Tofu replied to Gorilla Salad, either that or I'm confused thinking he was confused, and this is all one big misunderstanding.
I have no idea what you guys are talking about. The voice of Max Payne/Thomas Zane is James McCaffrey.
I don't think this Gisli person has anything to do with Remedy.
Edit: Oh, I see, darleysam just got confused when Tofu replied to Gorilla Salad, either that or I'm confused thinking he was confused, and this is all one big misunderstanding.
It's you, sorry. I was just unsure if McCaffrey was the voice of Zane too, until that point. As for Gunnardson, I was sure they'd used his face somewhere along the line, but fair enough.
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And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
you ARE holding down the left trigger on them, right?
Uh-oh I accidentally deleted my signature. Uh-oh!!
I finished
Edit: Old Gods of Asgard - Hell yeah!
And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
There are a shit ton of poltergeists. By the end of the game I had killed 96.
edit: Chapter 6, part 1 is full of them.
edit to the edit: 86 thermos, 28/30 chests found and 27/30 location signs read and 840 birds killed. Blargh! Why, Alan! Why! That's what I get for not using a collectible guide. Time to Nightmare this B though. You can sprint through most of the game w/o fighting.
Also has anyone seen the live action prequel, Bright Falls?
You see glimpses of the real actors who play the characters (Alan, Alice, Rose, etc) and it's pretty neat
That entire thing was way better in almost every way than I thought it would be.
Though watching it from Machinima.com's youtube channel kinda made the first couple episodes a little annoying. All kinds of huge annotations from the very beginning of the first episode like "WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE DEER!! SCARY STUFF!" just sitting in the corner constantly.
Super nice to go back and get it all from the 360 marketplace and watch it on my TV in the dark though.
I thought it was surprisingly well done, too! The acting in particular. You never know what you're gonna get with web serieses like this. And I have a total crush on the lead actor.
I tried watching Machinima's evaluation/interpretation or whatever but it seemed unnecessary
You can watch them all on Alan Wake's website too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERbVhQHvrUw
So yea, the ending.
And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
I realized something really important about this game but I forgot... damn, now I gotta think for awhile to remember. OH!
And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
So many games to play though!
Was it really that hyped? I thought it was more on- and off-radar and when it was on the press spoke rather highly of it. I wouldn't say it was hyped all the time.
Still, considering how long they took to finish it, it feels rather mediocre. The story is okay, but not great and feels rather inconsequential due to the ending. The atmosphere is awesome in some parts and tedious in others. Most of the lighting effects are good, some are lacking (i.e. your flashlight doesn't illuminate rooms like it would in RL).
All in all, let's just say I'm glad I rented it.
And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
Do not read this until you beat the game but it helps explain a lot:
http://resumeplay.net/home/2010/5/24/the-alan-wake-files-shedding-light-on-the-games-mysteries.html
My theory on Nightingale is still a theory and kind of wacky but not disproved by this.
not bad at all! honestly, it felt like playing handsome stephen king: the horror novel: the game. it's also not especially scary, although it'll get way more tense on nightmare
It was tense on hard in the last chapter doing the achievement where you can't fire a gun. Sometimes you're all out of flashbangs and you just gotta run. That's how nightmare will be too I've heard.
To the max
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=287757ZH4oU
I watched my brother play bits and pieces later in the game. I just can't get into it.
Interesting, I wonder if that's part of the DLC
At any rate, more opportunities to see the actual Alan Wake actor = yes
You might recognize him from the Creator's delima, by Emil Heart..ford?
Hopefully you do in some DLC.
Firstly, I didn't know Wake was meant to have written some Night Springs episodes. That probably majesty their content more important.
Secondly, in episode 4
I'm going to do a nightmare run tomorrow night I hope since none of you lazy bums are doing it. Gonna take at least 3-4 hours to do!
I knew it!
The look of the character is what changed. That voice actor is great.
I don't think this Gisli person has anything to do with Remedy.
Edit: Oh, I see, darleysam just got confused when Tofu replied to Gorilla Salad, either that or I'm confused thinking he was confused, and this is all one big misunderstanding.
It's you, sorry. I was just unsure if McCaffrey was the voice of Zane too, until that point. As for Gunnardson, I was sure they'd used his face somewhere along the line, but fair enough.