Console Gaming

So, 2 days ago I got a copy of Alan Wake and I decided to spent some time on it without having many hopes for a good game as this is not a genre i am really fond of. To my surprise, it turned out to be and amazing game, easilly one of the best titles I’ve played this year.I mean, the experience was so intense that I didn’t even let the controller for a moment before I finished it.

Alan Wake utilisies Remedy’s own engine, its called Alan Wake Engine and imlpements a Havok component to produce extremely realistic physics.The graphics of the game are also amazing, absolutely natural transactions between day and night, fully volumetric and high detailed shadows projected everyware, dynamic rendering and a depth of field of about 2 kilometers without a single loading screen and of course not the slightest drop in the frames per second

Although the technical features of the game are out of this world, the main asset of Alan Wake is it’s storyline.Alan Wake, a bestselling crime fiction author is unable to write anything for the past 2 years. In order for him to relax and get some inspiration, his wife Alice Wake convices him into going for vacation in the idylic small town of Bright Falls.Upon their arrival Alan has an intense fight with Alice and leaves the cabin where they were supposed to stay in the middle of the night, knowing that his wife wouldn’t follow him because of her fear of the dark. Not long after that Alan hears his wife’s terrified screams coming from the small house and momments before he reaches her, Alice falls into the Cauldron lake.Alan dives too in an attempt to save her but he blacks out and wakes up 1 week from then with his car stuck in the bark of a tree. This is where the main plot sets in following Alan in his endavors with the goal of saving his wife.

The sound in the game is also great, with the volume of speech increasing and decreasing according to your location in the field, high quality recording and of course incredible voice acting, it just adds up to the whole experience.

Now something, and possibly the only thing I didn’t like.Because the aspect of the game is third person, the camera is placed above Alan’s left shoulder and a bit up. Those who, like me, are used in having the camera in the right side, could push the right analog stick and the camera went to the right. But, here’s the tricky part, the camera, after a bit, would go back to the original possition, thus forcing me to spam the button.

Overall the game was an amazing experience.I got so emerged into the plot that when I finished the game I was having second thoughts before walking into the dark. A must-have addition to your collection.

Graphics : 10/10

Sound : 9/10

Gameplay : 9/10

Storyline : 10/10

Overall : 9.5/10

ARTWORK AND TRAILER

“This is Adam Finix…Is anyone out there?...Can you hear me?...This is Adam Fenix…Can you hear me? What have you done?!.With the above line, back in April 2008, Epic Games Inc hinted the development of Gears of War 3.Exactly one year after, the official anouncement comes, eventhough not as expected(*see bottom of post), from the designer Cliff Bleszinski that GoW3 was on the way.Here’s some info :

Name : Gears of War 3

Genre : 3-rd Person Shooter

Developer : Epic Games, Inc

Publisher : Microsoft Game Studios

Platforms : Xbox 360 (only)

Release Date : 5 April 2011

As stated by Microsoft, Gears of War 3 is going to be “a conclusion to the CURRENT story arc for Gears of War”. That could mean several thing as you can assume but that’s not the topic of this post. In the third –and final- release of the series, the story finally unveils and a lot of unanswered questions generated after the credits of the second one are now shed light upon. The story takes place about 18 months after the dramatic destruction of Jacinto, the military HQ. The world of Sera is once again filled with thousands of Locust that have recovered and regenerated despite the fact that humans thought they were dead. How that happened, still remains a mystery. In addition the dramatic broadcast from Adam Fenix, father of Marcus Fenix , adds another layer of mystery into the whole plot making the story even more engaging, as there are many speculation regarding his role in the game.

The final part of the trilogy is going to be the most advanced yet made, technically speaking. The graphics are going to be better than before as the game makes use of the new installment of the Unreal Engine. Also a lot of new weapons will be added, such as the double barreled shotgun and, after the request of a large number of gamers, a female soldier(shown in trailer).

**SPOILERS**

Now I know that is still a bit early for storyline guesses and other such thing but I have found some pretty interesting theories which might interest you.

Theory number one

This theory suggest that COG initially attempted to breed superhuman soldiers and Adam Fenix was in charge of this program. The superhuman subjects though grew too powerful and uncontrollable and broke away from their labs, finding refugee underground where they created a sub culture, the Locust. The Locust, due to the fact that they where discriminated by normal people, as they multiplied underground grew aggressive towards the human species. When they became too powerful and threaded humans with extinction someone had to do something, and as the superhuman project head, Adam Fenix was that someone. He created the Lambents whose mission was to kill the Locust. Taking that into consideration , It could also explain the Sires who could be an early form of the Lambents

Theory number two

There is this other theory which is the exact opposite to the previous one. This one explains that Adam Fenix is either under captivity by the Locust or has allied with them, with the later being more plausible.

Theory number three

Well this is not actually a theory, just an assumption I made after watching the trailer. Dom, now appearing with a beard and long hair, seems to have lost any interest in his life, let alone the battle due to the recent death of his wife. The scene at 00:40 resembles that fact. The female character now could be Anya Stroud but I find that highly unlikely. Instead she could be another Carmine :D

TRAILER AND ARTWORK

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