Alan Wake II is Remedy's Entertainment fastest selling game, but still hasn't recouped development and marketing expenses.
    • Gamma@beehaw.orgEnglish
      30·
      6 months ago

      Agreed. I loved the first but I’m not going to install epic for one game

        • bitfucker@programming.dev
          22·
          6 months ago

          So to compensate for a poor service that is epic game launcher you have to turn to oss solution maintained by the community thanklessly while still giving epic the 25% cut of your sale? I’d rather not give epic any money at all

          • sfera@beehaw.org
            3·
            6 months ago

            As I previously said, I don’t advocate for buying from Epic. But if it happens that you have some games from their Store (for whatever reason, like ones you got for free) there are alternatives to their client.

        • Gamma@beehaw.orgEnglish
          5·
          6 months ago

          I primarily play on TV and VR so big picture is already my interface of choice

          Edit: does it even support Steam? They’re not advertising it on the FAQ:

          Support for launching games from the Epic Games Store and GOG

        • Luvon@beehaw.org
          1·
          6 months ago

          I use playknight, though I still don’t buy from epic.

          Play knight gives me an overview of all humble keys I haven’t used as well as gog, steam, epic, etc.

          Just helps me make sure I don’t buy a game on sale that I own

    • bread@feddit.nl
      25·
      6 months ago

      I’m sure there are many who share that sentiment. I tend to forget games even exist if they’re Epic exclusive.

    • hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz
      6·
      6 months ago

      I don’t particularly hate epic,but ~90% of my games are on steam,so I don’t really install the rest cause I don’t need to.

      that being said,I will buy it when and if it comes to steam. if not,oh well…

    • teawrecks@sopuli.xyz
      4·
      6 months ago

      I have to assume they did the math and concluded an epic exclusive was still the more lucrative option.

  • CharlesReed@kbin.social
    49·
    6 months ago

    I’m convinced they would have done so much better if it hadn’t been Epic exclusive. I know more than one person who won’t play it on PC because of this.
    It’s a great game otherwise.

    • Chloyster [she/her]@beehaw.orgM
      12·
      6 months ago

      It also likely wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t an epic exclusive (they funded it). I do wish they could have gotten someone else to publish it of course, but I’m thankful the game exists at all, it’s really outstanding

  • lightninhopkins@beehaw.org
    3·
    6 months ago

    I enjoy the story, the combat is annoying though. When you get injured and can no longer see it’s silly. I liked the combat in the first one more.

    • teawrecks@sopuli.xyz
      8·
      6 months ago

      That’s wild. The combat in the first one felt mind numbing to me. Just constant padding with the same flashlight/gun combo over and over and over.

      • Telorand@reddthat.com
        5·
        6 months ago

        I dropped the first game specifically because of the “combat.” I’d give Alan Wake II a try if it was a different mechanic.

        • teawrecks@sopuli.xyz
          5·
          6 months ago

          I haven’t finished it yet, but AW2 is a dramatic step up in the entire experience. They still “pay homage” to the original combat, but there aren’t nearly as many enemies. If you’re familiar with the Control story and like that universe, I’d say it’s a must play.

  • spacedogroy@feddit.ukEnglish
    2·
    6 months ago

    It also didn’t release as a physical copy. New digital releases in the UK at least are always pretty expensive, whereas with physical copies there’s at least a chance of a small discount from a retailer.

  • Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org
    2·
    6 months ago

    This made me realize I haven’t played it yet. I looked up the sales prices and realized why. It hasn’t really gone on sale for a price that I would be comfortable paying. I loved the first one back in the day. I haven’t tried control yet. Might give that a go in the meantime

    • Hazmatastic@lemm.ee
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      6 months ago

      Control is fantastic if you like the Remedy vibe. Not checking it out would be doing yourself a disservice, I think.

      • Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org
        1·
        6 months ago

        I’ve heard really good things about it. I think it’s on ganepass right now so I should probably give it a go

  • dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de
    2·
    6 months ago

    I would have bought it day one if there was a physical release for PS5. With it being digital only, I will wait until it’s in a sale (and probably until it’s on Steam).

  • emptyother@programming.dev
    1·
    6 months ago

    Its music level released on YT gave it a lot of exposure. If even that wasn’t enough, what hope do we have for an Alan Wake 3 or Control 2 without a crappy tacked-on monetization scheme? Because thats always next if a singleplayer game series doesn’t make as much money as the publishers wanted it to.

    • Chloyster [she/her]@beehaw.orgM
      6·
      6 months ago

      The headline is kinda misleading. Yes it hasn’t recouped costs yet, but they sound confident it will. It’s the best performing Remedy game ever released

      Edit: misleading maybe not the right word. “Doesn’t tell the full story” is probably better