Game Informer - Despite being a big fan of Remedy’s Max Payne series, Alan Wake’s announcement floated by me relatively unnoticed. I’m thankful the game grabbed my attention during a Microsoft press event, or I may have missed out on a great action game with a heavy dose of mystery. The warmly received 360 and Arcade game (read our review) didn’t meet sales expectations out of the gate, leading me to believe many gamers haven’t given it a try. This is their wake-up call.
VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "All in all, it’s not hard to see why Alan Wake has received a bit of a cult following (there’s that famous foreshadowing again). It’s a title that blends themes and gameplay, while pushing the limits of storytelling by putting stories within stories and letting you read those stories before you get to that part in… the story. It has flaws, to be sure - the gameplay side can’t quite keep up with the rest of its ambitions - but overall it’s a great game that stands out among its peers and is undeniably… one for the books."
Remedy has announced a new Alan Wake book and more as part of their anniversary celebration.
Alan Wake, from Max Payne and Control creator Remedy, is a horror classic, prompting one player to buy 4,000 copies that don’t even work.
Kind of a goody story...
On a serious note, that is why I try activating gift cards asap. It's happened to me where the store didnt scan it right where the card was unusuable. Happened at Wally World.
I just bought two of the MonsterVerse Godzilla movies on 4K - both had digital copies expiring in 2023. Both were actually expired.
I'd be surprised but it's WB, of course they'd actually expire them
Usually most of those redemption card have an expiry date on them. If they expired all buyer did was buy recycled paper. And some of those codes are country locked to certain countries. I buy a card from the States I can't use it in Canada.
Dumb and silly story. She wasted her money for no reason.
Is it really that hard to go to Steam or GOG. She spent $240, when its currently 70% off on GOG, and only costs $4.49.
Gee, I wonder, should I spend $240 on eBay, or $4.49 on GOG? 🙄
Most likely she wanted to resell a few or most of them. However, it was a too good to be true situation.
So in short she paid $240.00 assuming usd for a bunch on unactivated game codes.
I still don't understand why I guess cause there's not a physical version and she wanted something for a collection or art project.
I disagree.
It was such a one note game. Gameplay was the exact same, with the same enemies, throughout. The woods location were boring after the 2nd hour. The story was an unapologetic ripoff of Twin Peaks, with a little Stephen King dumped in. Everyone said Remedy was inspired by Twin Peaks. Such nonsense. The entire town is built like Twin Peaks, from the logging setting, to the diner, to the coffee, to the lady carrying around a lantern (instead of wood), etc.
Playing it really killed any enthusiasm I had for Remedy after the two Max Payne games. Quantum Break looks just as farcical, but well see.
It's a bit tough to call Alan Wake a cult classic when considering the improved sales since its arrival on PC. Perhaps the "was, is, always will be" mentality works here.
In any case, it's great to see recognition given to one of my favorite games in recent memory.
I was really interested in this when it was still being advertised/pitched to the media as an open-world survival horror game. It seemed like they could do some really cool things with that, but then they made it a linear based experience and I lost my excitement for it. I played the demo of American Nightmare, which seemed a little more open ended, but beyond that I never gained back the enthusiasm for the series that I had when they first announced it.