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Alan Wake may outstrip Crysis next year

Gameguru.in via pcgames.de

"Can the graphics of Alan wake set a new standard in gaming?
All fans of graphically impressive titles were indeed spoiled this year. But, what comes to Crysis, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Bioshock and Co after 2007, was that already the end of the flag bar, or will 2008 bring a whole new generation of gameplay, which will be bordering reality."

Gamingisfornerds5965d ago (Edited 5965d ago )

That said, I haven't seen the game running on a 360 so it's still anyones guess what this game will look like on it.

I only care for the 360 version (no PC gamer myself anymore), and I hope it will be as impressive on it as that early tech demo and the screenshots released. But I fear that they'll have to cut a few corners here and there to make it work on the 360.

Although, if I look at games like BIA:HH and Silent Hill 5, it might not be that far fetched at all. Here's for hoping.

I'm really digging the concept of this game, it's seems it like could turn out to be a real 'mature videogame' in terms of intelligent writing/script. I mean, how often do you come across a psychological thriller videogame concept like this?

Can't wait to (finally!!!) get some solid info and footage of this game!

KidMakeshift5965d ago (Edited 5965d ago )

They haven't been exploiting the games graphics like the Crysis developers.

I'm even more excited now. Lets just hope they don't push it back yet another year

Kain815965d ago

with a Quad Core and quadsli GPU and 4GB-ram.
What we have seen is not possible on 360, i would say they must downgrade something.
And crisis is a flop because the pc-requirements, and Alan awake will go the same way.

KidMakeshift5965d ago

It'll probably be "Game of The Year" in 2 years when people can actually run it

ps1h1ch5965d ago

@1.2

Remedy has stated several times on their forums that the game will be practicly identical for PC and Xbox.

AdolfBinBush5965d ago

if Alan Wake outstrip's Crysis it wont be on 360, and if it comes we will see crysis ported to X360.

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ActionBastard5965d ago

I've seen nothing on Alan Wake that would even suggest it looks as good or better than Crysis. I'm not saying it isn't going to look great, but you think they'd be pimping that fact already. The screenshots and vids out now just don't make my jaw drop to the floor. That said, I'd still like to check it out.

unlimited5965d ago

it looks like ill be getting this game on PC since i already can play crysis on my PC..The 360 wont be able to handle this game and be downgraded when they ported it.

hamburgerhill5965d ago (Edited 5965d ago )

Your comment is totally out of place and silly! We don't know if UT3 runs better on PS3 and regardless of the so called lag in GEOW we have yet to see how the 360 version of UT3 looks,runs, and plays! Alan Wake will be huge and I believe the 360 has a lot more power then what we've been led to believe! This game alone is one of my most anticipated games ever and I can't wait to see how far they've come along.

Edit: Tanod I really wish i could take you serious but it's obvious tnat you are saying whatever because someone has hurt you in a past thread with anti ps3 news! It's really ashame you come on here and spew nothing but childish nonsense and people actually listen to you! I try not to ignore anybody but you will be the 1st only because you seriously dont make any sense and come to these threads only to try and anger people and say things not smarter then a 5th grader! I'm looking forward to this game like i'm sure many others are so downplay and brag online all you want because Alan will sell many copies regardless of what ever it is your trying to say or do!

mesh15965d ago

HAHAHA TONOD NICE JOKE IF u think ut3 looks better than gears of war u must have drank a whole whiskey bottle before ur post also uncharted best looking gme HAHA assassins creed looks farrrrrrrrrrrrrrr better than uncharted and is on a much bigger scale with thousands of people walking around gears of war looks farrr better than uncharted but u ps3 fans can keep dreaming p,s ur link leads to gameradars front page btw nothing about uncharted there KIDDO u should already know that the 360 is more capable of complicated grapics engine+ game play than the ps3 this is proven just look at FAllout 3 .

shmee5965d ago (Edited 5965d ago )

Uncharted has the best WATER and graphics

http://www.gamesradar.com/u...

" We've never seen anything like it except for actual water and we want it like this in every game. Even games set in deserts."

Happy MESH

@MESH

you accidentally posted your comments as KARLTARG

what happened to ur other account Bllodmask and Power of Green

karlostomy5965d ago

Hey Tanod.

You accidentally logged in and posted as schmee!

Whatever happened to Nazim? Will he make an appearance today?

Just use a different IP or proxy... that'll work hey buddy?

:P

gaffyh5965d ago

It may look better on PC but never on the 360 (or PS3 if it was coming out), anyone who believes this is stupid. Crysis Maxes out graphics so much that 3 8800 Ultras in 3-way SLi can't even max out Crysis. Alan Wake and pretty much every other game looks nowhere near as good.

I can just about max out the settings of crysis on my PC (at a low resolution), it looks really really great except that it runs at 1 fps or something. :(

JasonPC360PS3Wii5965d ago

You know truth, the opposite lie? god you're worse than DJ. It's not all that hard bro, you can still be a fanboy, argue and love your console of choice with just useing truth. I do it so does Blademask, TheMart, Bloodmask, POG, Elite, MK and Maddens Raiders does it and he is a hardcore PS3 fan, hell even PimpHand uses the truth 50% of the time. Try it on somtime it's a good fit.

sak5005965d ago

What did tanod/shmee said that got u guys up? Oh wait, i can't see their comments cuz i have them ignored. Suggest u guys do the same and save urself a brain cell.

Statix5965d ago (Edited 5965d ago )

Crytek said it themselves: The only reason Crysis can't be done on consoles is because of memory constraints, not CPU or GPU power. It's not a matter of "Crysis looks too good," it's that the levels are too big and require too much memory. Watch the Gamespot video interview.

The Crytek CEO is quoted as saying, "If you compare, per frame, we can achieve everything we want on all three platforms, the PC, the PS3, and the 360." http://www.eurogamer.net/tv...

Again, it's not just "how damn good Crysis looks," it's more of a technical matter of how much RAM the game needs to run. Bottom line is, I don't think Alan Wake looking as good or better, on a purely visual level, is far-fetched.

The Dude5965d ago

@sak500

Careful shemme, nasism, TANOD or one of his fifty other accounts will disagree with you..... LOL

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Cartesian3D5965d ago

hope to see a game that runs on midrange pc s..

I played Gears of War lately at highest setting and above 30FPS on my laptop(8600Gt 256 GDDR3, 2.4 Core 2 duo and 2GB DDR2 ram) .. but cant run crysis in 30FPS even in high setting and lower resolution ...

anyway I believe in them .. and Im sure they will make an impressive game like before..

Good luck ..

Snoozer2825965d ago

Annoyingly we havent really had any information about Alan wake for over a year. Its last official press release was back in 2006. (I wish that article had sorted out its translation better, i.e, word order, and not just copied and paste)

Nicosia5965d ago

When we heard about a first party title being cancelled by ms remedy direcly let us know that they are not cancelled. So there keeping the game under wraps i guess.

Bullseye5965d ago

time in the making and i have a feeling this will be a classic.Graphics to better crysis? Nah, get real.360 isn't capable of surpassing those graphics, but that doesn't mean it won't be besting the 360 graphics bar so far.Looking forward to this one.

Horny5965d ago

Its only been two years for the 360 and 1 for the ps3, Im sure in the near future there will be tons of games that surpass Crysis visuals, Ps3 is already close with Uncharted, some aspects of it already look better. Im sure both console will have a lot better graphics in late 08 and 09.

Lord_Mike5965d ago (Edited 5965d ago )

I hope it looks great on XBOX 360 when its out. I mean it would be really nice to see how a console can really flex its muscles. Consoles>PC gaming (except in FPS)

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies8h ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken3h ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing6919h ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker19h ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo18h ago(Edited 18h ago)

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing6918h ago(Edited 18h ago)

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos15h ago(Edited 15h ago)

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt6h ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken3h ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.

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Profchaos1d 1h ago

Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.

It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny

Tacoboto1d ago

Armored Core VI?

Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.

Is something big coming soon to branch the story?

banger8823h ago

No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).

ChasterMies13h ago

Trevor in GTA 6 is a sadist and psychopath who dabbles in cannibalism. Should be top of the list. These game “news” sites should hire people that know games.

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Chard1d 18h ago (Edited 1d 18h ago )

I never got around to mass effect - I’m skeptical that it would hold up if I were to try it now

Furesis1d 17h ago

I would say it does. The combat is a bit shit for todays standards but everything else is great.

anast1d 15h ago

It's worth a play through today.

gold_drake1d 9h ago

the first one is abit the odd one out but after u finished it, believe it it gets tremendously better and better