Alan Wake is Alive. Comparing Images to Remedy Title

German website PC Games put the magnifying glass to the new in-game screenshot for Alan Wake to see just how much Alan has changed since the Amber Alert went out for him in 2006.

PC Games writes,
In our gallery you can find some comparison images, which Alan Wake was shown two years ago and the optics of the current protagonists are under the microscope. The action-adventure since 2005 is already in development.

[Sena Kobayashi]

Alan actually got older in those 2years.

im of to another thread with my MAX SPEED!!!

[Laexerias]

Alan Wake looked bad in 2006, why does it got hyped that much? Lol.
Nyah maybe im just blinded by the great graphics of some games atm...
Like Star Ocean 4, Gears Of War 2, Resistance 2, Killzone 2, Metal Gear Solid 4, Fable 2... Etc! Oh god those [2] Titles are annoying.

[power of Green]

AGE?

24 years of age vs 34?

[Internet Trolling Ex]

Looked better in 2006

[power of Green]

Trolling Expert indeed...

[Lord Shuhei Yoshida]

Yeah and Power of Green is jealous XD

[qwertyuiopasdfghjkl]

Ugh I'm stuck in the Open Zone for 6 days...

Back on topic, I'm still waiting for the trailer, maybe some in-game stuff too.

PS: Power of Green, you mention "PS3-ish hues" in the Gamer Zone, what exactly does that mean?

[juuken]

I agree.

It's like the color got sucked out of it. :/

[bouncybullet]

Are you purposely being unintelligent..?

"It's like the color got sucked out of it."

Actually "It's like" he's inside a house at night, lit by a lamp.

In the old pic, he's outside around the time where the sun starts to go down. and the sky gets all orange red..

You know, like in real life...?

[juuken]

bouncybullet, even *then*, the graphics should improve. I know the difference between daylight and being indoors idiot.

[BLUR111]

I highly doubt that

[aggh im on fire]

Judging by what ive seen in trailers and shots this looks amazing.

[La Chance]

It looks absolutely stunning.Really happy to finally see something new about this game.
Hyped up for it since the the first time they showed the game, the whole atmosphere in the game looks off the hook.If they can pull the whole concept together Im sure its going one crazy game.Those one every decade kind of game.

[El_Colombiano]

"Those one every decade kind of game. "

A shooter?

[Bob Dole]

Pretty sure it's not a shooter.

[PirateThom]

Graphically, it's improved, but the colour seems to have disappeared.

Then again, this is only one screenshot from a trailer which I question in terms of what hardware it's running on.

[Fishy Fingers]

Id hazard a guess at PC and cutscene, in the screen released it clearly states "cinematic trailer" also in a native 1080. Look's great though.

http://pelaajalehti.com/wor...

[Xi]

where:
1. he's in a building.
2. the lighting is affected by the games atmosphere. Time of day ect. Even in the older screenshots. http://www.alanwake.com/scr...
not much colour there.

[power of Green]

The game is very natural looking and vibrant lol.

http://www.1up.com/media/03...

LOL at your attempt to downplay anything you can, pathetic.

[ZombieNinjaPanda]

they changed the scenery from a brighter one to a darkish one.

Whats Alan Wake about anyway?

Seems like it will have a dark story to it.

[Lord Shuhei Yoshida]

Yeah a mix of action,mystery,horror,and the open world genres make up Alan Wake

[Xi]

He's a writer who writes his first book based on dreams he was having, after he finishes the book his wife mysteriously goes missing and he can no longer fall asleep, he heads to bright falls to try and write another book when events that happened in the first begin to take place.

[Harri4444]

one darker and ones lighter... big difference!

[power of Green]

You're kidding right?

The older looks good but looks like an Xbox game in comparison when it comes to the difference with the new art and graphics lol.

One has PS3-ish hues to it with inferior textures and bulky charactor structure and the new one has very high end charactor models superior lighting and textures.

http://www.pcgames.de/%3Fme...

Now put that amazing footage from 2006 with the older pic and imagine the new pic with the same improvments overall. lol

Why do PS3 fans care so much?

EDIT: Shut up man, click on the pictures on the website and wipe the sleep out of your eyes. sheesh

You scuuurd of the 360's power some media and Sony fans try to cover up. lol
http://www.autogaming.net/c...
http://www.autogaming.net/c...

[Harri4444]

for the name of the title i was just expecting a bigger difference. :(

[zo6_lover27]

http://www.autogaming.net/c...
http://www.autogaming.net/c...
http://www.autogaming.net/c...
http://www.autogaming.net/c...

:)

[bouncybullet]

zo get a life.

your pictures have no relevance in this article.

Also, cars have looked perfect in games since sega saturn.
(they don't have any texture whatsoever. just paint and gloss/reflection effects.)

[Bob Dole]

He was responding to POG's irrelevant pictures at the end of his post.

[Whoooop]

lol @ people saying Alan Wake looked so good in 2006... Now I see that comparison and wow, that 2006 screen looks awful.

I know this game will be great, but that 2008 shot is a cinematic trailer, it's not even in-game panoramic shot.

[AnttiApina]

The picture is from trailer of the cinematic trailer. The trailer is produced with the engine. SO IT IS INGAME! No it's not gameplay, but still they use the engine in the cutscenes. In other word it's REALTIME!

[Whoooop]

It's still a cinematic pre-rendered trailer. They improve those much more than the real in-game engine.

The only game so far which has produced impressive in-game not rendered cut-scenes, is MGS4.

[LONEWOLF231]

Looks okay i guess. The words "Silent Hill Rip off" comes to mind.....but we will see once the game releases.

[lowcarb]

This game is more like in the mouth of madness and will be happening in a world bigger then Oblivion. Silent hill although similar holds nothing on this so don't even try it lol.

[EDMIX]

the colors and hue are so a rip off of the Silent Hill Art Direction. From what i've seen the game actually look a little worse then it did when we first seen it. I think the first screens of the game actually look a lot better then theses new screens if not no diffrent at all. The game already looks dated. Thats what happens when your publisher delays your game and not YOU. (When a publisher delays a game they most times don't pay during a amount of time, then they only start development again when they can afford to and when they have a deadline for a new showing, when a developer ask to delay it, its mostly to fix up the game and they still get payed)

[lowcarb]

Silent hill is a rip off of resident evil and Alan Wake looks know where near either one now that i think about it. You guys are just upset this will be the game to take 2009 lol.

[Lord Shuhei Yoshida]

Actually the real reason for the delay of Alan Wake is because back then the 360 was not yet able to handle such a strong PC engine.However,it looks like the 360 is still pumping out 2006 graphics according to this screenshot

[bouncybullet]

The real reason why you suck at life is yet to be determined.

Alan Wake wasn't given a release date. Ever.

I know how much you love to use Gamestop.com as your main source of information, but you are mistaken.

[asyouburn]

stoked theyre finally releasing info on this title! been looking forwrd to this for quite awhile. i think its gonna kill any of the newer silent hills.

[DarthTigra]

Looks the same if not better to me. I just hope this is the 360 version and not pc.

[name]

It is the PC version. All footage has been from the PC version.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[EDMIX]

By default the 360 version will be the worst. PC version FTW!
The faces on the game look like they are no better then Force unleashed which weren't bad but were no MGS4, Uncharted, Killzone or Heavy Rain. Look at the faces on Farcry 2, they go WAY over anything on Alan Wake but they don't even come near Heavy Rain's. For Alan Wake for come near Heavy Rain they would have to go over every other game as well and they are really just a little better then the forced unleashed faces. I'm still getting it for PC but will not constider it a HUGE NEXT gen game, a good game but it would have to REALLY break some ground graphically for me to say that.

[DarthTigra]

Well hopefully the 360versiondosnt take to much of a hit in graphics.

[dkgshiz]

Its going to be one of those hidden gem games.

[Internet Trolling Ex]

A game has to be good to be considered a gem

[Rhezin]

everytime POG or mart posts ANYWHERE, there's 4 or 5 pathetic ps3 fanboys tailing their comment with lame comebacks. Sad... you should really think about quitting your life.

[CrazyOrange]

new look looks more realitsic

[name]

My pc can't even play crysis so I know I won't be able to run Alan Wake. -_- Depending on when it comes out I'll upgrade my PC around that time. Till then I don't really have much a reason to do it yet.

[CViper]

If you cant run any of those games, you just have an amazingly old computer huh? heh

[Citizen Cook]

I wonder why? Lighting? Video capture?

Regarless, this wouldn't even run on the flopstation...

[juuken]

Good...because there's better games on that said *Flopstation*.

[Internet Trolling Ex]

That's the problem with having to compress your games,everything ends up looking meh

[bouncybullet]

Can't wait for the new 360 update when the games will be able to install on the system.

Which will void your fanboy remark.

[CViper]

From 2006 to now, they added dof. I'm not sure that anyone can look at this and think 'OH MY GOD' or question whether or not its cgi. It looks in game. Anyone else getting the same vibe?

Looking forward to seeing the videos though.

[bouncybullet]

Everyone seems to forget the scope of this game.

It's an open world game.

Bigger than Oblivion.

Now take another look at the character details with that in mind.

BIG diference.

[Elven6]

It would be expected from most games that they are improved for the system they are being developed for over time. If the graphics have indeed improved in the past 2 years why complain? I forgot what developer said this but a while back some studio lead said if developers devote time to the Xbox 360 version of DirectX they can pull off some amazing stuff.

[HairyBrownSack]

stupid n00bs.

they desaturated the OLD picture on the right to make it look more like the new one, except the NEW one is behind a HAZY window, and at NIGHT since the lamp is on.

what a STUPID article. trying to "cash-in" on the new pic.

LOL, FAIL.

[Andronicus]

PC

[GUNS N SWORDS]

i'm very impressed with the results.

[bouncybullet]

It will be a great game.

Remedy doesn't screw around.

[bouncybullet]

Hey PS3 lovers!

There's a new article about beanie babies running back and forth!

Go look!!

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

I really don't know if the glass trailer shot is in-game or pre-rendered, or in which hardware it is running if in game.

Still, much better clothes and color use (there is a huge difference in colorful as Uncharted and Colorful as GTA Vice City), Alan Wake has a system that fits better for it, by going to the "still colored but darker", it can feel much more natural (unless it is the colorful but darker as in Unreal Engine, where everything automatically looks like as high polished plastic in this palette).

But the bette in it id the new model. Just to look at the old shots brings the laught I have on 2006. This fist Alan Wake has the most dumb face in the next gen games I remember, he even looks fatty in the head alone, with the wide face, little cheek and short neck. And this hair? So gay with one of those scarf.

Not that this was bad qualities, but those make the game look cartuny (with isn't great for a suspense narrative).

The new visual in the other hand is much better. He looks more real, and have more the enigmatic expression of that lateral 2006 photo, not the retard expression on the front 2006 photo.

That is good. Don't know if 2 years worth, but good (or eve great, since you gonna have to look at this guy the entire game) regardless. Not just have to know if those are in-game or not... There was anything in that 1UP report? Or other side have said it is in-game? I don't think remedy will tell us before the "right time".

[bouncybullet]

IN-GAME.

Remedy confirmed on their forum.

But,
It's probably a PC screen.

Which still doesn't matter.
Remedy has promised near identical graphics on pc and xbox.

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

Thanks for the info! Have a bubble.

EDIT: I just have seen how many typos I had in last comment, sorry everybody.

[dkgshiz]

Now I guess you really love them. Hypocrites.

[sit down droid]

no there is a differnace. there is mandatory(ps3) and optional(360).
wouldnt you rather have optional than mandatory... of course you would but you wont admit it.

SO SIT DOWN DROID

[Dave2001]

Looks 10 times better than Killzone 2 Sony fanboys are going to be crying they're eyes out when this baby is released.:p

[dkgshiz]

When you install the game to your hdd. The load times are soo much faster. Thats why I just upgraded to my 320gb hdd. So nice. Have fun with those 20gb hdd.

[TrueSonyFaN]

but i really dont care bout dis... waitin for that secret game at TGS.