
The eagerly anticipated Alan Wake 2 isn't far off now, with the spooky PS5 thriller arriving in time for Halloween on 17th October. Fans of scary things will be pleased to know developer Remedy has made creeping out players a greater focus in Alan Wake 2, with the studio looking to the recent Resident Evil series for inspiration.
In an interview in the latest issue of EDGE magazine (thanks, PSU), Alan Wake 2 game director Kyle Rowley discussed how Capcom's legendary survival horror series inspired the team at Remedy:
"Camera perspective and things like that, yes, there are good references from the recent Resident Evil games that we did look at. But not just because, oh, you know, it worked for them, it's more like, how does that help us build the kind of experience we want? More claustrophobic, making the player feel more vulnerable, making the enemies feel more physical and dangerous."
We got a hands-off look at Alan Wake 2 at Summer Games Fest, and it blew us away, with its enhanced investigative elements taking centre stage. In other Alan Wake 2 news, if you haven't seen gameplay yet, you really should, and Remedy recently explained that ditching physical editions of the game will allow for weeks of extra polish ahead of launch.
Are you excited for Alan Wake 2's greater focus on spooks, or were the original scares too much to bear? Let us know in the comments section below.
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I wont support digital only AAA game releases
@Powerplay94 does it really hurt for you guys to buy one or two games digitally. People will still buy it regardless even though it’s not in your top whatever.
So have they backtracked on the digital only release thing yet? I'll buy it if it releases in a physical edition, otherwise they don't get a single cent. Could have had my $60-70 from me, day one.
I get it, I'm just one guy... Too attached to physical, move on with the times, yadda yadda. But hey, that's 70 bucks they could have gotten but now won't. Money is money, just release a digital version and a physical edition at 10 bucks more. Easy. But they hesitate because the reasoning they provided for going all digital is an outright, verifiable, and completely transparent lie. It is in fact a DRM measure hiding in plain sight under the thinnest of pretexts.
Wish we had good enough data to figure out how much money they lose on physical reselling and compare that to the 15-25%(?) of people who just won't touch this until a massively steep discount hits.
@Powerplay94 don't forget metal gear solid master collection and Lords of the fallen also release in October
Very tough month for all I think, so much variation and lots of choice
@Moj500 it's more about the ***** line they've tried to use to justify it. It doesn't add up.
@UnlimitedSevens you're not alone. I expect smaller, indie, games to not release physically, but from the studio that brought us Control, Quantum Break and Max Payne? And they feed us some ***** about physical releases? Nah.
I want to buy it because I love Remedy. Still not doing a physical release is just a deal breaker.
A shame this doesn't have a physical version, but I got around to playing Alan Wake finally with the ps plus and honestly I was not feeling it much. Most of the time I was annoyed by the constant self narration which I understand because he's a writer.
Players are feeling vulnerable enough after being exposed to LOTR: Gollum and full priced Read Dead Redemption port
@trev666 It's just writing on the wall.
Games like Alan Wake II are just starting the trend of AAA digital only releases. It's just matter of time when others will also do it.
Few people who will refuse to buy a game because it is digital only are non-issue since plenty of people who will buy it will be now forced into digital edition that is way more favourable for developers because of better revenue split.
Physical peeps are fighting loosing war.
Currently near the end of first one via Remastered and I really hope they improve it much better. Combat sucks in that and became annoying too quick.
@Moj500 No but I choose not to buy digital only it's more expensive with and your stuck with it on your account.
@Godot25 I have enough to play I'm probably busy untill im dead at this rate. LRG releases alone are backing up my backlog so much.
@Powerplay94 Who cares about pre-orders? Most games are bought digitally now completely usurping the need for pre-orders. My fear is that launching 3 days before Spider-Man 2 will hurt Remedy (though that isn't Remedy's fault).
No physical
No-buy-until-at-a-deep-60%-discount
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