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Anyone picking up Alan Wake or American Nightmare on steam this weekend?

Started by compl3x, Aug 18 2012 12:26 steam alan wake american nightmare

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#1 compl3x

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Posted 18 August 2012 - 12:26

Alan Wake is cheap on steam this weekend, anyone picking them up?

I got Nightmare. Played a few minutes, looks decent.

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#2 ahhell

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Posted 18 August 2012 - 12:41

What are the controls like in the game? Please tell me that they are better than Res. Evil.

#3 OP compl3x

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Posted 18 August 2012 - 12:55

View Postahhell, on 18 August 2012 - 12:41, said:

What are the controls like in the game? Please tell me that they are better than Res. Evil.


Seem pretty decent. I have Alan Wake on 360, but I haven't got around to playing it yet.

#4 Setnom

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Posted 18 August 2012 - 13:13

It's a very nice port. The story and gameplay is excellent. Recommended!

#5 DrJens

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Posted 18 August 2012 - 14:24

Just did. Thank you for the "heads up"

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Posted 18 August 2012 - 14:26

I brought it 2 days ago, doesn't run on my PC :(

Need new graphics card.

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Posted 18 August 2012 - 14:28

I never did get around to beating American Nightmare. The whole revisit the same area multiple times aspect of it wore a bit thin for my tastes, but overall two very good games, and I do recommend checking them out if you have not done so already.

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Posted 18 August 2012 - 19:41

I had a chance to play the PC version at a friends house when it was first released. What I remember the most is the level of polish with the PC version. It looks like they did it right with Alan Wake. It isn't a shoddy console port and I'm sure the same holds true for Alan Wake's American Nightmare. You can buy the "Alan Wake Franchise" pack for $9.99 USD (75% off $39.99). It includes Alan Wake, Alan Wake's American Nightmare, and Alan Wake Collector's Edition extras (developer commentary videos, 130-page illustrated PDF book, and soundtrack).

The offer is quite enticing but I won't have the time to complete Alan Wake with school coming up next month. And even if I had the time, I'd be busy playing other PC games like Dota 2 and Battlefield 3. I would've jumped on this offer if I came across it at the beginning of the summer.

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Posted 18 August 2012 - 21:05

Yup bought it. Been waiting for an offer like this for the Alan Wake games. :)

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Posted 19 August 2012 - 03:13

Well, it's not a shoddy console port but being dx9 it is still a console port.

I finally picked em up a month or two ago.

#11 LogicalApex

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Posted 19 August 2012 - 03:27

Pretty decent game and it is priced well. Enjoyed both Alan Wake and American Nightmare, though Nightmare wasn't as good story wise. They did improve the gameplay quite a bit in it though so that was a bonus.

#12 Shadrack

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Posted 20 August 2012 - 00:22

I rented Alan Wake on 360 and it just wasn't my cup of tea so I'm going to pass.

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Posted 20 August 2012 - 00:24

I bought the Alan Wake CE in hardcopy, but I did get American Nightmare on the last sale cheap. :D

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Posted 27 August 2012 - 14:28

Still thinking about this game on the Xbox 360, downloaded the demo of american nightmare and still haven't played it but everyone of my friends said it was good. I should check it out since it's prolly cheap now at gamestop :)
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