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| Alan Wake | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Remedy Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Microsoft Game Studios |
| Designer(s) | Petri Järvilehto (Lead designer) |
| Engine | Havok (physics) |
| Platform(s) | Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows Vista |
| Release | TBA 2009 |
| Genre(s) | Action (Psychological thriller) |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Alan Wake is a video game being developed by Remedy Entertainment, the Finnish company behind the Max Payne games. Alan Wake is billed as a "psychological action thriller".[1] Microsoft Game Studios is the publisher of the game. The game is being developed for Windows Vista and Xbox 360.
The character Alan Wake's appearance is modeled after Ilkka Villi, a Finnish professional actor and writer.[2][3]
Story
Alan Wake, a bestselling writer, hasn't managed to write anything in over two years. Now his wife, Alice, brings him to the idyllic small town of Bright Falls to recover his creative flow. But when she vanishes without a trace, Wake finds himself trapped in a nightmare. Word by word, his latest work, a thriller he can't even remember writing, is coming true before his eyes.
Gameplay
The dark forces (enemies) coming to 'take care of' Alan Wake are vulnerable to light. So the most useful weapon of all is actually the flashlight. You will be able to place booby traps which will illuminate when executed, etc. Light will weaken or hurt Wake's enemies, and creatively taking advantage of any and all light sources within Alan Wake's grim world is touted to be one of the more interesting aspects of play.
A cinematic trailer[1] for the game was shown on 15th October 2008, just before the Max Payne film premiere.
Like Max Payne before it, the title Alan Wake is a play on words. Combining the main character's first initial with his last name forms "A. Wake," or "Awake".
Remedy Entertainment also promised a free-roam 3-dimensional city, similar to the Grand Theft Auto series.
"The basic idea with the free-roaming world is that we give the player goals, and then the player can go about achieving those goals in the way he chooses. Alan Wake is more tightly character-driven and story-oriented, meaning that the player’s goals and missions are closely focused around Alan Wake and his story. Also, the setting, the tone and the game being an action thriller all set it clearly apart from the GTA games." – Sam Lake
"Intense cinematic action is something that we love to do, and Alan Wake features tense combat gameplay as well, but all things considered the game has a lot more emphasis on adventure and exploration than what Max Payne did. Driving is an integral part of the game" - Petri Järvilehto.
There will be no multiplayer in this game. "We'd much rather give the players a great single-player game, than a mediocre single and multiplayer game." -Petri Järvilehto.
Release date
Remedy has remained vague about Alan Wake, unwilling to give any information regarding the date of its release. When asked about a release date, Remedy representatives respond, "When it's done."
In an interview in April 2007 on the GamerScore Blog, it was said that Alan Wake had been slated for release in 2008, although no exact time frame was given, and this has now been proven incorrect.
Remedy's CEO, who goes by the handle of MikaRMD on the AlanWake.com forums, was quoted stating that Remedy is "busy developing the kick-ass game you've been waiting for" to reassure fans of the game that the game is still being worked on[4]. He also cautioned against believing release dates on resellers' homepages or similar, noting that the official homepage will be the first to list the release date[5]. The latest Alan Wake trailer was shown at the Max Payne Convention in Finland on October 15th 2008. Because of this consistent rescheduling of the release date many fans in the community are starting to flag the game as vapourware.
See also
References
- ^ "Official site". Retrieved 6 July.
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- ^ IMDB profile - Ilkka Villi
- ^ official forum post assuring that the game is still being worked on
- ^ official forum post warning of false release date
External links
- Official websites