Report: Alan Wake stops snoozing May 2010
by Alexander Sliwinski 
{ Nov 13th 2009 at 9:29AM } 
Officially, we know that Wake's drawn out development will conclude in "Spring 2010" -- around the 5-year mark. We've also previously been told that the game has been done since August and is
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Platinum_Skeet @ Nov 13th 2009 9:36AM
Wow I can't believe this game will have had 5 years of development. Hopefully when it comes out it'll be revolutionary. Either way if it sucks or not summers the perfect time to release a new IP.
FraGNeM @ Nov 13th 2009 11:26AM
I wouldn't build up expectations like that. The original Max Payne took a hell of a long time to develop, and while it remains one of my favorite PC games (more specifically, its sequel), it was hardly a revolutionary title.
Remedy spent a lot of time developing their technology (in-house engine, built for multicore). That, and they're a small team with big quality standards.
So the development time may not pay off in "revolutionary gameplay", but you can expect that it should at least have a lot of polish.
Alex @ Nov 13th 2009 12:55PM
Bullet time wasn't revolutionary? Right...
bluetev @ Nov 13th 2009 1:36PM
My guess is it will introduce some new gameplay ideas (like they did with bullet time in Max Payne) but grpahics / technology will be poor, simply because they started development so far back and you cant update the engine very late in the development cycle. It will probably play like a better version of Alone in the dark and the 360's answer or equivalent of Heavy Rain in some ways. Along with Mass Effect, the only two games I would really love to have on the PS3, hope this sells well and some of the people who lined up to buy ODST buy games like this as well.
embassy @ Nov 13th 2009 2:45PM
Bluetev,
Watch some of the recent trailers. It looks pretty damn good, visually.
Wes @ Nov 13th 2009 4:14PM
Bluetev, they've done a fair bit of look at our physics engine tech demos as a hurricane literately rips a building apart board by board. The technology/engine looks really well done. I think part of the problem is they set the engine sights/goals too high and to perform well, they needed to wait for the technology to play catch-up a bit.
The Dark Wayne [Planeteer: Power of the Batusi] ATDFs Financier and Batman @ Nov 13th 2009 9:40AM
Am i the only worried that this is the kind of vaporware that, opposed to duke nukem actually comes out but totally blows? You know, like daikatana or too human?
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 13th 2009 9:45AM
Nope. Anytime a game takes this long, it's a cause for concern. I was even a bit worried about Dragon Age.
Platinum_Skeet @ Nov 13th 2009 9:47AM
What if it's a good game? I haven't heard anything bad from any of the games previews.
The Dark Wayne [Planeteer: Power of the Batusi] ATDFs Financier and Batman @ Nov 13th 2009 9:50AM
me neither but i havent heard anything GOOD. The E3 demo was terribly underwhelming, "oh yeah we have this incredibly deep and psychologically story but uh, here some trees are gonna fall and your gonna kill ghost things with light" I'm so worried about this, but then again, like Bradwart said I was also expecting Dragon Age to be terrible, i thought it's extremely long development time had been a result of the EA buyout forcing them to start again from scratch to make it more EXTREME
Gibbeynator @ Nov 13th 2009 9:52AM
There's probably a sense of "well, if it took this long, it'll be REALLY good!" in there somewhere.
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 13th 2009 9:55AM
Admittedly, I shouldn't have been worried about Dragon Age.
It's BioWare. They haven't let me down yet.
But Remedy isn't BioWare, and therefore can't be given the same blind expectance that the game will be good.
uncle jesse @ Nov 13th 2009 9:58AM
That's the same kind of thought I have when Nintendo keeps delaying Zelda games. It's Nintendo and it's a Zelda game. It can be delayed forever but when it finally comes out, you know that it's going to be good and you shouldn't have ever worried in the first place. Bioware knows what they're doing too and the gamers trust them. Remedy... not so much.
I really hope they can pull this one off.
The Dark Wayne [Planeteer: Power of the Batusi] ATDFs Financier and Batman @ Nov 13th 2009 10:00AM
@Gibbeynator That's how I felt when i thought "Nah, these reviewers are just jaded by Dyack's comments, I bet Too Human will be great! Here's 60 dollars mr.gamestop clerk!"
Jesus (PSN: Luttdawg) @ Nov 13th 2009 10:08AM
Concerned? Yes. Still excited about the prospect of an exciting new IP which may end up being awesome? Yes also. Since Silent Hill went to a US studio and then down the shitter, this game is good reason for adventure/horror fans to get excited. It's one of the many reasons I got a 360.
Also, I do believe IGN gave it the console game of the show award for e3, or maybe it was action/adventure category. Either way it beat out Uncharted 2 which has gone on to be one of the best games of the year. Saying that, some other media sources were underwhelmed. Bottom line, I'm still pumped for it.
WINterfang ( Now with the power to piss you off ) @ Nov 13th 2009 10:25AM
I don't understand the blind faith on Bioware, I trust them on one game and it suck, I actually wish I haven't played Sonic Chronicles and had started playing Mass Effect or something first but now just seen the Bioware name pisses me off.
AsherR [Planeteer | Power of The Hoff] @ Nov 13th 2009 10:25AM
I'm just heartbroken that something that was going to be a huge PC release is now only on the 360 with a PC release as only a possibility.
Kleptomaniac @ Nov 13th 2009 10:42AM
There's a new video walkthrough of it on gametrailers if you're interested. From all the gameplay I've seen of it so far I really don't have much interest in it.
Jason Statham (Has a ps3 now) @ Nov 13th 2009 10:58AM
"I trust them on one game and it suck, I actually wish I haven't played Sonic Chronicles "
And you're getting pissed off at them because of one game? That's kind of lame, man.
Shagittarius @ Nov 13th 2009 11:35AM
I remember when this game was released 2 years ago as "Alone in the Dark". It sucked then too.
Ashitaka @ Nov 13th 2009 12:33PM
"I don't understand the blind faith on Bioware"
@ Winterfang
What?! Baldur's Gate and Mass Effect aren't good enough for you? Well, maybe you'll respect them now after Dragon's Age :P
arrrgh @ Nov 13th 2009 2:16PM
I don't care if I am alone in saying this, but I couldn't STAND Dragon Age. Loved Baldur's Gate 2, love the hell out of Mass Effect, but Dragon Age just didnt do anything for me
Ghen @ Nov 13th 2009 3:01PM
Wait a minute, Too Human was a halfway decent game that I played all the way to the end and even more online since the online was kinda cool co-op. Daikatana was an utter failure. They shouldn't be put in the same sentence.
Teabag @ Nov 13th 2009 9:59AM
Five years is a lot of time for a new concept to get stale. I have not been impressed with any of the gameplay videos i have seen of the game, neither has the visuals held up to the rust of time. It looks inferior to many games when at one point, and i remember my reaction when i first layed eyes on the screenshots from the game: my jaw literally dropped, the graphics neared Crysis back then.
It's unfortunate that Remedy took this much time to complete the game. My only expectation from this game is to give me a good story experience because a good story never gets old. I am ready to overlook every gameplay drawback if the story is fleshed out and perfected for a can't-put-down experience of a book, as long as it is not annoying like that of Alone in the Dark.
I have fate in Remedy. I hope time has not taken it's toll.
Jesus (PSN: Luttdawg) @ Nov 13th 2009 10:11AM
You have fate in Remedy? How is that working out for you?
Teabag @ Nov 13th 2009 10:17AM
Sorry, Jesus. But i have switched party. And it's fun, though a little dull for the past five years.
Ok, i know my mistake. Tell Joystiq to give an edit button and not go all GFAQs on the comments section.
Jesus (PSN: Luttdawg) @ Nov 13th 2009 10:34AM
Jesus also has faith in Remedy, and since I created them (along with everything else ever, except Haze, Free Radical can have that one) it's kind of like you are still under the same roof. Hopefully it will be worth the wait.
Josh @ Nov 13th 2009 10:12AM
This game better not suck
Discotheque @ Nov 13th 2009 10:26AM
F U Remedy. Where's that PC version? I remember watching the PC tech video a couple years back and drooled.
Hopefully this is a good game. Max Payne 1 and 2 were brilliant and I've been waiting for their next effort for a looooong time.
Organic Jerk (PSN: OrganicJerk, XBL: OrganicJerk) @ Nov 13th 2009 10:31AM
Of concern to me is not only the time spent in development, but the time it started development.
I find that these games that are disclosed when systems are in their infancy and take years of development end up looking like system release games. Their code is not as optimized as games that start dev'ing in a system's later cycles and thus all that graphical prowess is typically just in a few concentrated scenes, and is underwhelming at best.
Basically, something is going to come out NOW that looked amazing to us 5 YEARS ago.
Duke Nukem was constantly stuck in limbo partly because of this, as 3DRealms was constantly fighting to keep the graphics relevant to match the hype in an evolving graphical landscape.
Organic Jerk (PSN: OrganicJerk, XBL: OrganicJerk) @ Nov 13th 2009 10:32AM
I forgot to add:
All that being said, we'll see what happens.
Petebot330 @ Nov 13th 2009 11:14AM
I just played perfect dark zero at a LAN party. This game does NOT look like PD0 (a launch game).
CheesePirateAssassin @ Nov 13th 2009 11:18AM
Alan Wake = Game of the Year 2010.
Best believe it.
refinedsugar @ Nov 13th 2009 11:27AM
I'm hopeful given all the time and Sam Lake's involvement. He can spin a good tale.
Doug @ Nov 13th 2009 12:48PM
I remember when this game was promoted at the Xbox 360 reveal event on MTV in May of 2005.
I'm surprised people still care.
TreyIM @ Nov 13th 2009 3:04PM
As a PS3 only owner, I am actually interested in this game. I don't want a 360 because of it but the game just looks interesting.
RobVH @ Nov 13th 2009 9:06PM
My biggest concern about this game is that the action will be interrupted too frequently with cut scenes and "look at this, now look at that" moments. This was my beef with Gears of War 2. Every 5 minutes they were taking control away from you to aim your eyes at yet another dropship or some communication through your headset, blah blah blah.
CH3BURASHKA @ Nov 13th 2009 5:14PM
I was expecting this to be a fall/winter release, but May is good too, especially if it would've been a empty period.
RKN (Steam ID: nerdydesi) @ Nov 13th 2009 6:08PM
Thanks Microsoft for not releasing it for the PC! Guess I will have to trash my rig and buy your lovely console as you want!
Fullmetal Salchemist @ Nov 13th 2009 7:50PM
Has he always looked like an older Zach Braff?
Diosoth @ Nov 14th 2009 4:49AM
This is what Sam Lake has been reduced to. He created Max Payne and those crooks at Rockstar basically weaseled the franchise from his hands. What the HELL did they even do aside from.... Remedy developed, 3D Realms produced, Rockstar basically printed the physical copies and now they own a franchise they had nothing to do with.
I know Max Payne 3 will be ass because the last few GTA titles have had stories thinner than paper. I wouldn't be surprised to see New York retconned into Liberty City. Hell, they already adapted the "Max Heat" fake TV ads into Manhunt.
And now Sam Lake can't even get his new game published properly.