Luipadre
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haha "we sing" right? Top 3 gaming moment of all time for me
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Alan Wake II |OT| I'm blinded by the lights.........
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haha "we sing" right? Top 3 gaming moment of all time for me
Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
I watched the ending on YouTube the other day....
my first impression was "that's it!?" I saw a lot of other people in the comments complaining ending looks boring and just another cliffhanger. I was hoping it would be some strange environments that eventually show up but the entire game is basically just the city in the Dark World and the real world. I was very unimpressed with the end from what I saw at least. I'm curious about reading people's thoughts here about the ending.
my first impression was "that's it!?" I saw a lot of other people in the comments complaining ending looks boring and just another cliffhanger. I was hoping it would be some strange environments that eventually show up but the entire game is basically just the city in the Dark World and the real world. I was very unimpressed with the end from what I saw at least. I'm curious about reading people's thoughts here about the ending.
Alex11
Member
Really, that good? Was a fan of the first one, really loved the quiet sections between the more action ones and that ride with the car in the mountains, without heavy spoilers, does this sequel have moments like these? I mean, not literally, but different, unexpected, so to say.
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Luipadre
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The sequel is like 90% of those moments
Alex11
Member
Nice, this must be a definite buy then, thanks.
DeaDPo0L84
Member
Fight a 7ft monster wearing a deer mask that requires you to use a flashlight to reveal its weakness so you can actually kill it...
Saga after the fight "that was so weird and exciting".
Saga after the fight "that was so weird and exciting".
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Ahti is a hell of a singer.
Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
I thought I'd finish up my playthrough of Control and realised the only thing left to do in my game was play the Bright falls A.W.E...
I must have moved on just before. Bit of a nice surprise really. I'll finish through that then straight onto Wake 2.
I'd personally rate Control in the same greatness as the original Max Payne. Utterly brilliant games. I didn't want Control to end when I first played it, this is what gaming should be!
Pure creative brilliance.
Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
hahahah same, I love the jumpscare screens, is it only my game that the voices are low bitrate? the audio quality of the voices are pretty low
I mainly play in quality, I switch to perfomrance when the fastest enemies come in or when theres at least 3 or more enemies, rest I play all in quality
so nightless night is very near the ending? damn I gotta switch to Saga then
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
Every time I get jump scare screen I unconsciously push dodge button…..Jesus fuck.
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Luipadre
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Imagine what they will do with control 2. AW2 is PEAK remedy, its their best work no doubt. I played control twice but i think im gonna replay it again in december and coming back to this game for DLCs and new game+ next year. Still not done, i think i still have a decent amount left, i just dont want this to end 
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sloppyjoe_gamer
Gold Member
Can someone explain me about the FMV in this game? In my mind that screams trashy and low budget and a period of time id rather not revisit in gaming. Judging by the reviews it isnt a problem though, so someone fill me in.
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JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
My main PC is a 4090/7800X3D so of course the game runs great.
However, I fired up the game on my 11700/3060 laptop and much to my surprise everything ran halfway decent. Yes, everything was at low, but it was pleasantly playable and still looked decent. Granted this was on a 14 inch monitor at 1080p (720p DLSS) this game has some of the best low settings I have ever seen in my short time checking out.
However, I fired up the game on my 11700/3060 laptop and much to my surprise everything ran halfway decent. Yes, everything was at low, but it was pleasantly playable and still looked decent. Granted this was on a 14 inch monitor at 1080p (720p DLSS) this game has some of the best low settings I have ever seen in my short time checking out.
Luipadre
Member
Lets just say its masterfully implemented seemlessly into the game. It doesnt feel cheap at all
Danjin44
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I would say they did pretty good job combing live action and game in such unique way. Remedy has very specific style when making games and AW2 is embracing that proudly, some people like it and some don’t but it what makes their game stand out from others.
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Chuck Berry
Gold Member
This is the coolest use of a “multiverse” (christ I hate that fucking term) I have ever seen. The way everything is tied in to each other is just on a whole other level of style and depth you just don’t see nowadays in games period. It’s not big brained or anything, but it works, especially if you’re familiar with Remedys work. I just can’t believe they made it all fit together. It’s a crazy, incredible fucking accomplishment.
My brains gears can only turn so much thinking about how they’ll potentially connect everything to those Max Payne remakes.
My brains gears can only turn so much thinking about how they’ll potentially connect everything to those Max Payne remakes.
SCB3
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Connected Universe, its not a Multiverse
Chuck Berry
Gold Member
SCB3
Member
Control did pretty well if you explored everything, much better than Quantum Break which was very forgettable
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
Yeah some voices sound very muffled
Hugare
Member
I'm a huge AW fan and I'm loving this, but I also think this will be the worst Remedy game in terms of replayability
They had that perfect balance between narrative and gameplay. But this time the gameplay takes a backseat.
I dont mind it right now, 'cause everything is so fresh and I dont know where the game will take me, but other playthroughs may be kinda boring.
I also dont get people praising the gameplay 'cause to me, this is Alan Wake at a slower pace, with a narrow FOV and less resources.
They had that perfect balance between narrative and gameplay. But this time the gameplay takes a backseat.
I dont mind it right now, 'cause everything is so fresh and I dont know where the game will take me, but other playthroughs may be kinda boring.
I also dont get people praising the gameplay 'cause to me, this is Alan Wake at a slower pace, with a narrow FOV and less resources.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
rofif
I know you're playing the PS5 version, have you had any kind of audio glitches where the audio skips out for a line or two randomly and you need to pause/unpause the game to fix it?That's about the only issue I've had with Xbox. It seems to happen most often when I'm loading a fresh save, not when I'm playing the game. Like after loading a save, the audio cuts in and out for the first few seconds, then after I pause / unpause the game, it fixes it.
Otherwise, the frame rate in the Quality mode has been pretty consistent to my eyes so far. Just finished the second boss so have seen a fair bit of combat by now as well.
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Also, here's a couple of words in the same sentence that are tickling my Remedy-verse fancy.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
This 100 percent. I'm so in love with the universe remedy have made.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
And once again, I am loving the atmosphere and lighting of the game.
It is a genuine-ass survival horror title.
It is a genuine-ass survival horror title.
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
No audio glitches like that. Only some muffled speech from time to time
That's about the only issue I've had with Xbox. It seems to happen most often when I'm loading a fresh save, not when I'm playing the game. Like after loading a save, the audio cuts in and out for the first few seconds, then after I pause / unpause the game, it fixes it.
Otherwise, the frame rate in the Quality mode has been pretty consistent to my eyes so far. Just finished the second boss so have seen a fair bit of combat by now as well.
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Also, here's a couple of words in the same sentence that are tickling my Remedy-verse fancy.
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
I playing the game on hard difficulty and personally think the actual gunplay is VASTLY better than original AW and even think the encounter is much better. (shame we still dont get freaky looking enemies)
As for replayability, I have to see how they gonna handle NG+ and Nightmare mode.
Luipadre
Member
As much as i like the mind place and the board i would like an option to skip it on ng+ or an autosolve thing to speed things up a bit
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Chuck Berry
Gold Member
Just a random small amusement park in the middle of the woods on a bleak grey day. Nothing creepy about that. Nope.
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ikbalCO
Member
Yeap.And once again, I am loving the atmosphere and lighting of the game.
It is a genuine-ass survival horror title.
i am playing this part right now. A model for a modern silent hill should look like.
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
I’ll be curious to see what the takeaway is for normal vs hard mode. I’m under the impression the game spawns more enemies more often on hard mode. I know they must take more hits to finish because I generally end a chapter low on ammo for the character I was using, albeit still good on health and heal items.
The game could use more enemies for sure I don’t think anyone would mind that.
Combat feels good here, and gives you some fun tools to tackle baddies with but it suffers from the same issue the original and RE7 do — basically one enemy type all game. It’s also Controls problem too with too few enemy types that are easy for Jesse to overcome.
I would love to see control 2 or whatever is next really focus on upping enemy variety.
SJRB
Gold Member
Interesting thing I noticed is that lowering the difficulty level not only drastically reduced enemy health but also reduces enemy spawn rate.
This is pretty neat for me because the combat is by far the least interesting part of the game. In fact, I play this game for everything but the combat and it's so cool the game caters to that by removing it as much as possible.
This is pretty neat for me because the combat is by far the least interesting part of the game. In fact, I play this game for everything but the combat and it's so cool the game caters to that by removing it as much as possible.
JusticeForAll
Gold Member
Sure, but her being black simply doesn't make sense in the game.
Sleepwalker
Member
Booted this baby up at max settings with path tracing and ray reconstruction with framegen at 4k dlss quality. Got around 48-55 fps during the first investigation thingy and now around 60 in the town.
Which setting should I tone down to gain a little more perf? Would like to be around 60 in the forest as well. Or is there any guide for ray tracing settings? The df one only covers raster.
Which setting should I tone down to gain a little more perf? Would like to be around 60 in the forest as well. Or is there any guide for ray tracing settings? The df one only covers raster.
Salmon Snake
Member
This game is beautiful on PS5. First I chose Quality mode but pretty quickly changed to 60fps mode.
Sure the IQ drops down but smoothness is always better imo.
I hope that PS5 Pro is real.
Sure the IQ drops down but smoothness is always better imo.
I hope that PS5 Pro is real.
Insane Metal
Member
Just got there too. Such atmosphere. Loving it, honestly. GOTY material.And once again, I am loving the atmosphere and lighting of the game.
It is a genuine-ass survival horror title.
Mister Wolf
Member
Put dlss to performance.
Dafuq are you talking about
Yeah acceleration makes me miss targets
Sleepwalker
Member
Won't there be a big hit in IQ?
Mister Wolf
Member
You can't have everything.
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Sleepwalker
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Well I know, but I'm not going all the way to performance to gain 5-10fps, id rather lower some settings which is why I asked.