The Game Awards 2023 nominations are now out in the wild. Two of the biggest titles this year, Baldur's Gate 3 and the more recent Alan Wake II lead the pack with a whopping eight nods each, including Game of the Year. Despite being considered one of the best years for gaming, the show host and organiser Geoff Keighley is sticking to his rule of including only six names for the prestigious award. The remaining GOTY contenders include Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Resident Evil 4 remake, and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. The latter two were big hits during the first half of the year, with Zelda players showing off their mechanical creations in the lands of Hyrule, while the RE4 PC players messed around with sultry mods.
How Alan Wake 2 Differs From The Original
26.10.2023 - 17:07 / screenrant.com / Saga Anderson / Alan Wake
is undeniably different from its predecessor. Some of those differences are no doubt borne out of necessity; it's been a full 13 years and two console generations since the first game's release, and a lot has changed in the interim. Player tastes, platform exclusivity, and even console and PC specifications have come a long way since 2010, and needs to adapt in order to keep up with the times.
But still, is a sequel, and a direct sequel at that. There's obviously plenty of connective tissue between it, the first game, and alternate retelling tie-in, along with links to and other titles developed by Remedy Entertainment. While certainly does lean on the franchise's well-established traditions and often obfuscating timeline, it also makes ample use of player expectations to create a surprisingly new experience.
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It only stands to reason for anyone even marginally invested in the evolution of video game graphics, but should look and perform much better than its predecessor. was released in 2010, and was originally exclusive to the Xbox 360, a console capable of natively supporting games at up to 720p resolution with upscaling to 1080p on higher-definition TVs. Alan Wake, however, didn't take full advantage of the Xbox 360's graphical capabilities; the original game was rendered at a lower resolution of 960:540, and ran at 30 frames per second.
Its graphics weren't revolutionary, but didn't look bad for the time. The 2021 release of did help breathe some new life into the game with 4K support on some platforms. By comparison, will release with support for both 1080p and 4K, with the potential to maintain a steady 60 FPS on systems with more powerful GPUs. Its demanding (and oddly specific) system requirements mean that most players won't be able to run the game at its full framerate and resolution, but even in Performance mode on lower-end PCs, should have much better graphics than the original.
Again, it's no surprise that has a completely new story from the original, even if it follows in the same footsteps. It's a direct sequel, set 13 years after Alan Wake's disappearance into the Dark Place at the end of the first game and its DLC. It stars a new protagonist, Saga Anderson. She's an FBI agent investigating a new string of disappearances in Bright Falls, Washington, which was also the setting of the first game. During her investigation, Saga will make use of clues left behind in Alan Wake's stories to escape a nightmare of the writer's own creation.
However, Alan Wake will also be a playable character in. This should work something like a dual story, except with the ability to switch between the two protagonists at will. Players can either
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Alan Wake 2 Isn't A Horror Game, It's A Twin Peaks Game
wears its influences on its sleeve, and might be the one it's proudest of., which began airing in 1990, is part gentle soap opera satire, and part surreal murder mystery. But where the first was based on the first two seasons of, has more in common with the third season,. As a result, it has a somewhat different tone and narrative focus, but one thing that hasn't changed is just how much it ties back to the seminal series.
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Alan Wake 2 is a mindf***.
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