Thank you Remedy for not Epic-jailing this like with Alan Wake 2! That game is such a masterpiece that more people need to play π
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I'm still patiently waiting for it to get released on Steam.
All things land on Steam eventually.
It's not happening. Alan Wake 2 was not just a regular Epic exclusivity deal. Literally every other publisher refused to touch the franchise. Epic didn't just publish it, they fully funded its development. Given these circumstances, I can't imagine it ending up on Steam in the foreseeable future - if ever.
If you can't allow yourself to hold your nose and make an Epic account just pirate it at this point. It's an absolutely phenomenal game and not worth missing out on over attempting to show Tim Sweeney the middle finger.
just pirate
Second that. Also, I'm sure everyone at Remedy perfectly knew that there will be close to zero profit from sales on EGS. Things like that planned beforehand.
This could be a rare day-1 buy for me, assuming they're not doing the Epic exclusive bullshit.
Edit: The Steam page is already up, so that's good.
To be fair to Remedy they only partnered with Epic to get them to fund AW2, it was either a GameStore exclusive or no game to release.
Glad to see this on steam though.
I wish more people realised this. Alan Wake 1 sold really poorly, but Sam Lake and Remedy had really really wanted to make a sequel forever and literally no other publisher would touch the franchise. They tried to talk Microsoft into it but got funding refused and had to make Quantum Break instead.
Epic was their only chance to get to do their passion project, it's not like I can blame them.
Wait they were quantum break? Neat β(^βά«β^)β
There are 2 pretty massive Alan Wake easter eggs in Quantum Break actually! Sam Lake and co were working on ideas for the sequel in the background even when the publisher weren't interested.
Also I think the integrated TV show in Quantum Break taught Remedy a lot of valuable lessons for live-action work, that you can say they then perfected in Control and (especially) Alan Wake 2.
Exactly this. I didn't like it but I held my nose for it and it was worth it.
Same, as long as it's not 70 eurodollars
I just want 20 hours of that heavy metal ashtray labyrinth sequence.
Yeees. This section was just amazing. I've rarely felt as badass in a game as in the ashtray Labyrinth.
I see a vision rising, dreary
man, i was hoping for less action more puzzles. the setting lends itself so well to that.
Trailers gonna trail though. Explosions sell, the game could be 99% puzzle for all we know :)
considering the previous entry, who knows.
I see theyβre following in Hades twoβs footsteps and making the protagonist the original gameβs sibling. Looking forward to this! Leaving the Oldest House certainly opens up some possibilities. I hope there are still unaffected Bureau personnel to interact with still.
I mean, the sibling you're now playing as had a pretty big role in the first game, so it's not that surprising. And considering that a shift in style and genre would be awkward as a direct sequel where you play the same protagonist again, so there was an obvious choice to mix things up a bit.
I guess we're DMC now. I loved Control and AW2, but the gameplay for both was so-so. Glad to see they're branching out, this looks awesome.
I love control's gameplay, (didn't like aw so skipped aw2 until my library has a free copy) I'm excited for everything about this. It is my favorite video game universe
If gameplay is your concern then AW2 is miles ahead of the first game. It's a very competent survival horror game in its own right, on top of all the Remedy stuff.
If you didn't like the story then, well I dunno. It's not like it gets less convoluted.
If you didnβt like the story then
excuse me i have taste. i just couldn't get into the batteries dying after 30 seconds mechanic i kept screaming at the television every time i lost one. not Oh No screaming, When's The Last Time Some Dipshit Replaced These Emergency Batteries Why Are There Emergency Batteries That Can't Hold A Godsdamned Charge screaming.
they shoulda used old incandescent light bulbs. and have a cheat code that gives you an LED.
didnβt like aw so skipped aw2 until my library has a free copy
Alan Wake 2 has a DLC that ties in pretty heavily with Control, so you'll definitely want to play that before the new game comes out.
Control was fun, but let's be real, it's Smack Enemy with Chair Simulator with a little bit of gunplay mixed in.
Letβs fucking goooooooo!!!!!
I am so ready for another Remedy game
Ooo Remedy, you sly dogs. I was wondering when you were going to make that pay off.
The first game was a fever dream in the best way possible. I'm quite hyped.
Please be good. π
Iβve been waiting my whole life for an action game with a shillelagh π
Damn, is this an action game?! Only reason I didn't like the first game is I hated the shooting. If this is truly an action RPG, like it says on Steam, with no shooting, I'm down.
I hope there are launchers and air combos and shit.
I really loved the ambience of the Oldest House. Wonder if this is a genre shift from 3D Metroidvania to linear action game?
The first 30 minutes was one of the greatest world-building hooks ever made for a video game.
Big Inception vibes, really looking forward to this one as I loved Control but didn't like Alan Wake 2 that much
Same. I loved control, gave up on the AW "games" after about 30 minutes each.
I missed the news about a sequel and was popping off when this showed up. Hoping it's not as resource hungry as AW2 was, but excited either way. Control was amazing.