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It’s been on my ‘one of those days’ list for years now, and with Resonance out, they ran a $6 Steam sale for the original which put it in the impulse buy category. Fast forward a week and I’m out of town for work with some hotel time to kill so hooked my Steamdeck up to the TV and gave it a go and wow… I see what the hype is about.
Any non spoiler tips, tricks, or things I should be on the lookout for?
I've had it on Steam forever, but never played it when I had a PC. It runs okay on my Mac, but kinda looks like ass. I'm hoping for a good sale on Xbox so I can play it in 4K. (If not, the TV will upscale it and my old ass won't care if I can tell the difference.)
The game is awesome, and you can customise the heck out of the difficulty settings. Can make it so you straight up don't take damage if you just want the story. That's wild to me, with so many games punishing people who work full-time... or perhaps they'd say it rewards the time and effort they take to learn the intricate parry/dodge systems... Not a fan of souls-likes. I love accessible gaming. Let people make it as easy or as hard as they want. Bethesda ties it to XP in Starfield — if you want it easy, you're working for less XP. So I pick up all the guns and spacesuits and I buy the cool upgrades for my ship. I got up to level 183 on my first game, I don't need all that.
So yeah... figure out the difficulty/accessibility settings and make the experience yours... then go own it.
Damn, I've had this game sitting at 0 hours played in my library for a while now. Worth giving it a shot it sounds like?
10/10 never had this much fun in an office building
Huge recommend to bump that 0 up, yeah. I’m having a blast!
Absolutely. Even if the story (which IMO is fantastic) isn't up your alley the gameplay alone is worth an experience.
It's in my top 5 games of all time. One of very few games I've played through multiple times. I love the universe, lore, design, characters, feel and everything else. And it's still one of the best looking hames ever made IMO, and one of the few games who used RTX almost perfectly.
One of my favorite games! The abilities are so cool and they nailed story and atmosphere.
Loved this game. Loved Alan Wake 2 even more! Definitely give it a try when you have the chance. AW1 Remastered holds up as well if you haven’t played it.
I only started it a couple of weeks ago and it’s one of the few games I’ve kept going with. Highly recommended it to my daughter who is loving it too.
Loved Control. Currently playing through the sequel.
I heard it's a spooky game, but is it spooky in Silent Hill way or Prey 2017 way?
FWIW, I'd urge you to give it a try. I generally don't like "horror horror" games and I loved Control. The best TV parallel for me is neither x-files nor twin peaks (though the vibe is undeniably Lynchy) but rather "the lost room" from the early noughties, which is also worth a watch if you haven't seen it and happen to like control's vibe.
Edit: forgot to add, I loved Prey 2017 as well and control is WAY less scary. Once the abilities click, Jesse becomes an unstoppable whirlwind of ripped concrete and office furniture. This is by design, the spoiler is in the name.
Much closer to Prey.
That's better, thanks
Spooky like the X-files. Creepy, but still primetime tv.
I haven’t played either but from what I know of them much more toward Prey, yeah
Hey, better late than never! Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Resonant is just as good if not better.
I miss the Service Weapon honestly but I am still very much enjoying the more melee focused gameplay.
Fuuuuck I need to finish this. Fell off the wagon HARD.
I only just played it as well! (At least the main story and one DLC, not entirely done). I also like it a lot. The whole SCP atmosphere is fun, and I loved Ahti especially.
Tip: You should do the quest "My Brother's Keeper" earlier rather than later. I tried doing all the side quests first, but got a little stuck because I was missing something.
Tip: If you bought the DLCs (for example if you got Ultimate Edition), one of them starts rather randomly so if you start seeing Alan Wake, you've entered the crossover DLC. You can do it in between or after the main mission, it doesn't hurt to do it early. The other DLC starts after the last main quest of the main game.
If you haven’t played Alan Wake, it takes place in the same universe.
How creepy/scary are the AW games? I’m digging Control a lot but it’s definitely stressing me out at times!
It can be creepy at times, but mostly it feels like an 80s-90s triller/mystery. Spooky, absurd, and weirdly comfy.
Oh nice okay, I can roll with that, thanks!
Alan Wake 2 is much scarier but in a tension that keeps on building and building and that you never feel prepared for when shit hits the fan kind of way rather than a jumpscarey kind of way.
I am 100% not a horror game fan but the Alan Wake games are still in my "everybody should play these" list. 2 is probably in my top 10 maybe even top 5 list of all time favourites.
I downloaded the demo for Switch, it let me play up to the point where you are allowed to jump, then it was like no you've seen enough. Never looked at it again. Got it free from Epic so I guess I have no excuse not to try it now.
I’m still playing through this on my phone!
Oh wow. Didn’t realize it had a phone port and it shooks shockingly good
Yeah, I’m often on the road doing photography, so my phone has become my main gaming console. I’m not hurting for choice.