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velvetjune · 10 months ago

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i played the remastered alan wake a while back and am replaying the original on steam, and, honestly, they’re so similar, I couldn’t tell which is which if you held up comparisons. ive come across reviews about the game looking outdated and bad (mostly compared to other releases in that time), but the original looks great and I like the hazy dark lighting for both this and awan

#might delete #I can’t wait to run into all the product placements #like yeah I know it’s not. top graphics of that year. but I’ve stopped and looked at the environment So many times. it’s pretty!#this is because im biased but I *loved* AWANs choice of scenery. although I wish it was as detailed and expansive as the original games #all of remedy’s games do pretty great in terms of the environment. ignore controls terrible map and the Oldest House is an incredible space #to navigate just by following signs and all the little details. the atmosphere!#don’t even need to explain how aw2 is good with that #but even Max Payne 1 has this beautiful eerie quality where everything is this fever dream of grungy or old environments #even before the literal nightmare sequence it felt like navigating a dream of this Not New York City. like of course it’s likely born from #the limitations the developers had when making it. but the emptiness and placement of npcs added to the experience #QB so far is my least favorite in its style and environment but it’s still had some good moments. the use of flashbacks + time overlapping #onto abandoned and destroyed environments was genius. the college campus itself and the train(?) cargo(?) area was neat to go through #there’s some really good stuff there! *im also. not done with QB so im still hoping things get more wild!!#im honestly more forgiving of QB as a whole and find it interesting since it went through a lot of hell in its development #this might seem negative but it’s not! it’s a shockingly beautiful game. graphics exceed expectations #the style and some locations is where it’s more boring for me. but still good. im so tempted to buy it on steam to finally finish it #endless apologies if u opened this and ur entire page opened up an essays worth of tags

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