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[K' Dash]

Remedy is done for me. Tencent got them. Epic got them.
Qb was bad and control was even worse. Alan wake was their last truly good game that had this quirky remedy feel.

And no physical release. I am not excited

My dude, QB was great and Control was AMAZING, Remedy's soul was poured into those games.

 

[geary]

Their last game, "Cross Fire" campaign kinda sucked, but that's not their fault since they had MS publisher
/s

 

[rofif]

My dude, QB was great and Control was AMAZING, Remedy's soul was poured into those games.

idk.... QB lost the magic. Shooting was poor, story was poor. Main character had a stupid face and the show cutscenes were just bad.
And Control? Spongy enemies, square face protagonist, boring rooms... at least the shooting was great but I was so bored by the end.

Meanwhile I replay Max payne 1,2 and Alan Wake to this day

 

[rofif]

You hate the game? It's not perfect for me either but I play every horror game, they're scares, I don't have arguments to my favorite genre, they don't matter to me.

I was joking about your grammar "They don’t seem ordinary devs.". Look at the title of the song

 

[EverydayBeast]

I’ll say it again the first Alan wake was a solid third person shooter poltergeist game, and am hopeful for the sequel.

 

[Negotiator101]

Remedy is done for me. Tencent got them. Epic got them.
Qb was bad and control was even worse. Alan wake was their last truly good game that had this quirky remedy feel.

And no physical release. I am not excited

I quite enjoyed Quantum Break but Control didn't do anything for me. Really liked AW though and I like the setting of this so I'm optimistic.

 

[Kataploom]

Their "horror" in their games outside of the OG Max Paynes has been lacking. Alan Wake and Control were interesting and weird, but not scary. Quantum Break wasn't even going for horror.. their games are more like an amusement park horror-themed ride than true horror.

But Alan Wake 2 looks like they might pull off an actually-scary game based on footage of those shadow figures in the subway.

Did you play Control AW DLC? That shit has the perfect horror style for a SH game, the only game apart from the school section in Ghostwire Tokyo that made me love horror again, is not "modern audienced" horror, it's psychological atmospheric horror, they barely show you something but you're there feeling the pressure of the silence

 

[ungalo]

QB is mid but Control was their best game since Max Payne honestly.

 

[Heisenberg007]

I wish Remedy all the best, but I have this bad feeling that AW2 will be a commercial failure, despite being a critical hit.

 

[Skitso]

I fear these comments mean the game is short, unfinished, buggy or has poor performance... :/ hope I'm wrong.

 

[Elysium44]

Never got the hype over the first game, nor QB or Control. All very meh imo. Max Payne 1 & 2 were outstanding though and still stand up pretty well today, the gameplay, music, voice acting, story, atmosphere... but the games since haven't done it for me.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Did you play Control AW DLC? That shit has the perfect horror style for a SH game, the only game apart from the school section in Ghostwire Tokyo that made me love horror again, is not "modern audienced" horror, it's psychological atmospheric horror, they barely show you something but you're there feeling the pressure of the silence

You caught me--I haven't played that DLC. Makes me want to check it out!

 

[Punished Miku]

Did you play Control AW DLC? That shit has the perfect horror style for a SH game, the only game apart from the school section in Ghostwire Tokyo that made me love horror again, is not "modern audienced" horror, it's psychological atmospheric horror, they barely show you something but you're there feeling the pressure of the silence

It's not every day someone name drops the school quest in Ghostwire Tokyo. You have my undivided attention.

I bounced off Control a while back and didn't make it that far. Quantum Break fully revitalized my appreciation for Remedy so I intend to try Control again. Got the DLC too.

 

[Draugoth]

Blizzard: "AAA Games is hard, we had 9000 people working on Dioablo 4"

Remedy:

 

[Mr Hyde]

Remedy has been hit or miss for me. Didn't like Max Payne or Alan Wake, but Control was probably one of past gens best games for me. Outstanding experience. I'm glad that the studio is still around making quality games with a solid output, even if some of their games misses the mark for me.

 

[Mr Hyde]

It's not every day someone name drops the school quest in Ghostwire Tokyo. You have my undivided attention.

Easily the best and scariest quest in the entire game. Was creeped out the entire time.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Control was fun but you could definitely feel the budget IMO between the samey environments, the focus on going back to the same locations over and over and the very low enemy variety (even some bosses are just powered up regular enemies)

Control bored me to tears

Alan wake 2 looks great visually but I’m worried about the gameplay

 

[Ozriel]

Tlou2 was made by 200 people.

You actually believe this?

 

[Xtib81]

That's a pretty low number but lets see the game first.

Control was fun but you could definitely feel the budget IMO between the samey environments, the focus on going back to the same locations over and over and the very low enemy variety (even some bosses are just powered up regular enemies)




TLOU2 was more like 350, that's almost 3 times as many (before counting the 1000+ external people though I'm sure Alan Wake 2 has plenty of those too)

200 people apparently. Of course it doesn't include outsourcing.

Someone messed up the redactions in Sony’s documents.

A new exhibit has just dropped and it’s full of important financial data that has been marked out with a black pen. Unfortunately that doesn’t keep it secret once you scan it in, and oops everything is no longer secret. More here.

www.theverge.com

 

[YCoCg]

translation: Time to go woke and get rid of all those problematic straight males and their problematic masculinity and replace them with bright haired diversity hires and token minorities.

Woke-fearing is getting just as bad as the woke themselves.

 

[Johnny Concrete]

Can’t wait to play it. Looks incredibly atmospheric and tense!

Also the first big release that has a digital version for a fair price on day one. Finally not forced to buy a shiny disc in a cheap plastic cover, just because it is cheaper..

 

[Destruction-1002]

Only 130 members?! That’s crazy low these days compared to those teams of 500+.,,Im legit excited for this game as I loved the first one.

Quality over quantity

 

[bender]

Never got the hype over the first game, nor QB or Control. All very meh imo. Max Payne 1 & 2 were outstanding though and still stand up pretty well today, the gameplay, music, voice acting, story, atmosphere... but the games since haven't done it for me.

Mostly with you. MP2 holds up extremely well. I didn't care much for Alan Wake when it released, the gameplay loop got old incredibly fast. I actually played it a few years ago just to see if my thoughts had changed and outside of admiring the competency in your co-op partners (along with my soft spot for Barry), I still found it to be an incredibly boring experience. The nicest thing I can say about Control is that it stopped Remedies downward trend from the low point that was Quantum Break, but the nicest thing I can say about it is that I was able to power through to the end.

The Max Payne 2 reveal was great as it looked like they were going for a classic survival horror experience and we don't often get those with a bigger budget (Sorry Resident Evil, I don't consider you that anymore with your focus on action), but all the footage we've seen since looks like it has the same gameplay loop as the original. It's probably my fault for assuming they would deliver something different.

 

[flying_sq]

Loved the first one, but this one has me uneasy with their commitment to horror. Not what I liked about the first game. Loved that it didn't take it's self too seriously.

 

[ChoosableOne]

I wish Remedy all the best, but I have this bad feeling that AW2 will be a commercial failure, despite being a critical hit.

Yeah, it doesn't look good. I had enjoyed playing the first game, and I generally like Remedy's games, but this one somehow didn't catch my interest. It might receive low scores in reviews too. Based on what I've seen, I expect it to score around 70-75 points. However, if it has a really compelling story, I might overlook the gameplay.

 

[skit_data]

Looking forward to it, Control is extremely under appreciated IMO. Slowly getting through Alan Wake Remastered and while it has some good atmosphere and story I'm starting to lose interest in shooting the same old lumberjack dude of varying size

 

[Salmon Snake]

So looking forward to play AW2 on autumns dark nights.

About Control. How did you feel about the strange Finnish stuff in the game and especially Ahti's Finglish?
I haven't watched many trailers of AW2 because of the spoilers but it seems there are Finnish "easter eggs" like the Ahma Beer (Wolverine Beer).

 

[skit_data]

About Control. How did you feel about the strange Finnish stuff in the game and especially Ahti's Finglish?
I haven't watched many trailers of AW2 because of the spoilers but it seems there are Finnish "easter eggs" like the Ahma Beer (Wolverine Beer).

I find it charming, it also puts a unique and possibly even more surreal flavor to some settings hearing finnish tango always coming from Ahtis cleaning cart. I'm swedish and can't really pick up on all of it but him muttering "perkele" and "satana" in between other words always gives me a chuckle.
I missed the beer, is it alluding to Karhu beer or is there something more to it?

 

[YOU PC BRO?!]

I still find it strange that they went down the dual protagonist route in this game. Is this another bait and switch? If I’m buying a game called ‘Alan Wake 2’ I wanna play as Alan Wake. I’m not sure I really care about ‘Saga Anderson’. I really hope the new character isn’t over used.

 

[Hudo]

I still find it strange that they went down the dual protagonist route in this game. Is this another bait and switch? If I’m buying a game called ‘Alan Wake 2’ I wanna play as Alan Wake. I’m not sure I really care about ‘Saga Anderson’. I really hope the new character isn’t over used.

It's called Alan Wake 2 because you play him for 2 minutes.

 

[Tomi]

Why every developer needs to say for every new game they create that this is hardest, biggest, most imbabest game they created.
I actualy hate that approach, and i think they just lie so they get more sales

To all developers out there stop doing that because more and more people know what you wanna accomplish with that statement...

 

[Salmon Snake]

I find it charming, it also puts a unique and possibly even more surreal flavor to some settings hearing finnish tango always coming from Ahtis cleaning cart. I'm swedish and can't really pick up on all of it but him muttering "perkele" and "satana" in between other words always gives me a chuckle.
I missed the beer, is it alluding to Karhu beer or is there something more to it?

Ahti while in sauna is talking about a couple of guys with a Swedish descent whom are in the connected universe. Och samma på svenska

Yeah it's an allusion to Karhu beer or that's how I interpret it.

 

[xrnzaaas]

It's called Alan Wake 2 because you play him for 2 minutes.

Alan Wake Too

 

[Hudo]

Alan Wake Too

That's pretty good.

 

[PanzerCute]

Not a fan of their game tbh. They feel very pretentious and quite hollow in the end.

No retail version = no buy, anyway.

Still wish this studio all the success they can get: they make singular and interesting products and we need them.

 

[MasterDerico]

C'mon guys, we need a Physical edition...

 

[amigastar]

Woke-fearing is getting just as bad as the woke themselves.

LOL, so true. It's becoming just a stupid phrase "It's woke, am i rite?"
Anyways game is looking really good, graphically and gameplay wise.

 

[MarkMe2525]

It looks like it's shaping up to be a unique experience. Modern game development is nuts.

 

[El Pistolero]

Finland has hiven us Housemarque and Remedy, and for that, I am deeply grateful!

 

[Salmon Snake]

I haven't decided which one to get. The standard or deluxe edition.

Knowing Remedy I'm pretty sure the dlc will be good.

Control's AWE is still in my backlog because the PS4 save doesn't transfer to PS5 and I don't feel like playing the main game again.