Alan Wake Remastered was announced this week and is right around the corner. We won't have to wait too long, but it sounds as though it's intended to remind people of the franchise before an alleged sequel.
We already heard rumours of a sequel in the works, but according to recent comments from Jeff Grubb on a Giant Bomb stream (thanks to VGC for the transcribe), Remedy is hoping to gain people's interest in the series again through the remaster.
Grubb reiterated the comments he previously made about how Remedy is working with Epic Games to produce Alan Wake 2, claiming the developer is "super, super busy".
"They’re planning an Alan Wake sequel. This is something I’ve talked about before… they are working with Epic Games on producing an Alan Wake 2, or at least it’s in the planning stages. So does that turn into anything concrete and real? I’m hopeful. I think so. I don’t imagine it will get derailed.
"Remedy is really busy. They’re super, super busy, so we’ll have to wait and see if that turns into anything soon or not. But yeah, Alan Wake Remastered is them taking back Alan Wake and saying, ‘hey, this is one of our key franchises, we want people to remember it'"!
We got our first proper look at Alan Wake Remastered during the PlayStation Showcase last night, along with a gallery of stunning 4K screenshots. As for the game itself, it's launching on October 5 for Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S.
Are you hoping an Alan Wake 2 comes to life? Let us know in the comments below.
[source videogameschronicle.com]
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Every time a remaster comes up I’m gonna type this.
Enough is enough lets focus resource and time on new games, dam sodding feed up with having a new generation console playing ten year old games etc I played ten years ago
I might as well be ten years younger the way this generation is going, boring boring boring.
@Dezzy70 Honestly I don't hate remasters, I just hope that they don't fill up schedules too much like the first few years of the Switch or other systems (excluding Xbox Live or games randomly thrown onto online stores)
@Dezzy70 Why let it bother you? You're still getting new games regardless of remastered ones. This game like many other remasters are actually new to some people. Ten years ago plenty of people were 7 or 8 and now they get to play this game for the first time.
@Shigurui
Just because the resource and time could be spent making new games that’s all 😊
@Dezzy70 I don't mind them at all, because sensibilities change. To be honest I tried Alan Wake for the first time earlier this year (while it was still on GP), but over the years I have been spoiled and it just felt so stiff and janky that I ended up giving up, so I'm looking forward to trying this to see if I fare any better.
Similarly, the Demon's Souls remake is completely night and day compared to the original, and I love Star Wars but missed out on KOTOR and dislike turn based combat, and if it is real time (which there's a fair chance it will be) it will give me a chance to play through a story I never would have otherwise.
That said, there is a limit - the rumoured Last of Us remake sounds completely ridiculous!
@Dezzy70 I hear that resource and time thing a lot where remasters are concerned but I've never heard of a single game that didn't get made because of a remaster. More often than not they're done by support devs or different devs entirely.
In this case specifically Remedy are known to be making Control 2, they're making a multiplayer game set in that universe and possibly Alan Wake 2. If this remaster sells well and makes money then it's beneficial to them financially. I see no downside.
@Shigurui
Well no developer will say we did not make a new game because of a remaster.
But it still takes time and resource away that could be spent on a new game.
Anyway both have our points and that’s cool
Keep gaming.
@Dezzy70 You played them ten years ago, but that doesn’t mean everyone else did. Alan Wake was never released for PlayStation, so there are probably many gamers who have missed out on this game. And with the fact that Alan Wake 2 will be on PS5, it makes sense to release a remaster of the original as well.
@John117
Well I shall try to make the point, I mean do we really need another gta v remaster.
Most of these remasters we can play with backwards compatibility anyway, with slight enhancements.
Waste of resource and time.
Make us some new generation games please.
Nearly a year into the new generation getting fed up with it now.
@Dezzy70 The GTA V remaster should just have been a patch for the original. They do that all the time on PC, no need to make a remaster to add some improvements. And yeah, the GTA V patch is not "necessary" in the sense that it is actually available on all platforms, but Alan Wake isn’t possible to play on the PS5 with backwards compatibility and would have to be ported anyways. And they probably want to use this to promote the Alan Wake franchise, so they need to make a well enough product to sell to those that never played the original (they are less likely to be sold on ten year old graphics). So it makes more sense resource wise to remaster it in the latest version of the engine so it can easily be released on all platforms.
@heksesang
Good point with Alan wake on the PS5 thought they could play it some how.
Guess a few extra lights and resolution won’t hurt the old dog of a game.
I enjoyed the game first time round but won’t revisit. I enjoy the most the experience of new games, explore new lands and moving forward.
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