WilcosWorld

By Adam Wilcox

Adam Wilcox; tea drinking Brit with fondness for the media and tech.
12 Dec 05

Alan Wake

This is the brand new game from Remedy, (makers of Max Payne), on the next gen systems- (XboX 360, PS 3). I wasn't going to buy a 360, but with this game and Splinter Cell 4 in the making I think I might have too.

The trailer video is simply breathtakingly cool.

Alan Wake represents everything that's exciting about the future of video games. It's dynamic, player-controlled storytelling being told in a way that has never been done before. It was a profoundly original experience that evoked an emotional response in this viewer, and that's a place that video games need to visit more often if they are to dominate art and entertainment in the 21st Century. The entire thing simply oozes style and tension, and I was on the edge of my seat during a scene they showed where Alan was racing in his car toward a lighthouse as the sun was setting, and darkness fell around him. - Infuze Magazine

If this is the way computer games are heading, I think film makers better have some good tricks up their sleeves... Honestly I mean it. Check out the Alan Wake website for screenshots and video.