Footage of Alan Wake
2006-09-27 10:39:44 by Manager
During the Intel Developer Forum conference last night, Remedy was invited to show how Alan Wake looks today. It was played on a PC, but the Xbox 360 version shouldn't be much different. Do I have to say it looks awesome?
Since 1132 Days
2006-09-27 13:43:24 In reply to rupbert (2006-09-27 13:18:47)
The hardware is more than powerful enough to run this game, it's just taking time to exploit it's power. Quite why you mention that the Gears of Wars developers are struggling is a mystery to me.
Since 990 Days
2006-09-27 13:44:23
josef: umm, the 360 gpu is equivilent of x1900 but also with the new tech ati plan on using in their next pc cards, the unified shizzo, which when used right, is uber powerful
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Since 1921 Days
2006-09-27 13:44:28 In reply to MikaRMD (2006-09-27 12:55:21)
And the 360 version will look good. Promise.
Anyway, thanks for the kind comments :) and happy gaming!
Mika Reini
Remedy Entertainment
Always been a great fan of Remedy and Future Crew back in the days :D
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Since 866 Days
2006-09-27 14:00:55
A 360 would never had handled this with such a framerate.
60 fpm would be realistic.
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Since 1167 Days
2006-09-27 14:01:16 In reply to BlimBlim (2006-09-27 13:44:28)
Always been a great fan of Remedy and Future Crew back in the days :D
I just watched the video for the 4th time and just realised they are using volumetric lighting! That is incredible technology to be running in realtime!
@ Dukemaster
Don't forgot the 360s eRAM though.
Since 1202 Days
2006-09-27 14:03:23
Oh and Sam Lake is Max Payne. I'll never embrace that block of wood they got for 2. :)
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Since 1754 Days
2006-09-27 14:08:03
Holy crap! I've been waiting to see this puppy in action since E3! Thank you so much Manager for pinching this from such a low brow conference.
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Since 1179 Days
2006-09-27 14:09:35 In reply to BlimBlim (2006-09-27 13:44:28)
Always been a great fan of Remedy and Future Crew back in the days :D
Future Crew owns/owned.
People who aren't familiar with their work, check out a little bit of history:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Crew
These guys really pushed the boundries of what was possible in real time--far before people were even interested in real time 3D. If you haven't seen any of their work, it's worth checking out a few of their demos (give second reality a peep--it's a classic). The demo scene is not what it used to be--but there's still a scene there..definitly worth checking out.
Not everyday I get a chance to pimp my love for Future Crew!
Oh, and Remedy rocks too! Max Payne 1/2 are two of my favorite 3rd person shooters--I want part 3--but only if you guys make it :(
Since 1062 Days
2006-09-27 14:13:33 In reply to josef (2006-09-27 13:04:24)
The biggest problem getting this running smoothly on the 360 won't be the CPU but the GPU. The 360 gpu is already pretty far behind current PC gpus (look up the fillrate)
A lot of decent developers are struggling with. (See: MotoGP, Oblivion, Quake IV, Gears of War, Battle for Middle Earth II, etc )
But hopefully we'll see it on a 360 at X06.
A PC GPU is only as good as the bus that is feeding it, and most PC's don't have sufficient bandwidth to keep up with the rendering bandwidth/performance of most GPU's.
As Mika Reini said that they are developng the 360 seperately and that it will look as good as they can make it.
The 360 may struggle with streaming though, considering the HD isn't standard and all *damn it MS*
I would be ineterestee to know what resolution settings the game was running at there.
Like Optimus said though this CPU pretty much blows the X360's CPU out of the water, even with processes running in the back ground (even in vista) i still expect the PC CPU to out perform the X360's CPU. (360 may have the upper hand with physics calculations though)
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Since 1053 Days
2006-09-27 14:24:53
Hi Mika Reini, if you have time can you let us know what will be the major differences between the PC version and the 360's? The PC version looks stunning by the way I just want to know if we can expect the same on 360 the version.
Since 1159 Days
2006-09-27 14:24:57
i have total fate in remedy
and i love when people who actually work on a game come onto a forum and talk about it...have to say though this is probably the most gifted forum by console standards
i haven't a notion what you's are talking about half the time...but this forum has thought me more about graphic design technology then 2 years in college...
i see something i dont know and i google it,just so i can join in
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Since 1918 Days
2006-09-27 14:38:02 In reply to Tiz (2006-09-27 10:55:10)
Was Scully hot or not?
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Since 1159 Days
2006-09-27 14:41:07 In reply to Snoopers (2006-09-27 14:38:02)
Since 954 Days
2006-09-27 14:48:44
This looks awesome, too bad the vid isn't of the highest quality. But it's better than nothing! :D
Since 1114 Days
2006-09-27 14:52:47 In reply to Snoopers (2006-09-27 14:38:02)
Anyway, Alan Wake looks awesome - and the quad-core CPU was on display just so Intel could flex its muscles, the game wouldn't stress it at all - and as for Vista, I'm typing on it right now, and for gaming, it's surprisingly resource friendly. It's nothing like the jump from ME to XP was.
And please no more 360 vs PC debates - of course PCs are more powerful all around, for more reasons than I care to list. And that's as it should be, they cost anywhere from twice as much, to twenty times as much as a 360/PS3. But please, 360 lovers (of which I am one), don't come up with reasons to argue the point, 'cause the 360 is still an awesome piece of hardware!
@Remedy - you guys rule!
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Since 1179 Days
2006-09-27 15:17:22
Wow holy crap...
Core 2 Quadro @ 3.7Ghz--WTF?!
That is one hell of a PC.
Since 873 Days
2006-09-27 15:20:26
360 will be able to run that easily.
..And I believe a Remedy dev already stated that.
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Since 1179 Days
2006-09-27 15:26:25 In reply to Ascalaphus (2006-09-27 15:20:26)
..And I believe a Remedy dev already stated that.
But I'm sure it will be close--my only point is that, that's one hell of a PC. Core 2 @ under 3ghz performs amazingly well (pretty much outperforming every CPU on the market)--we're talking about hitting 4GHz with the Core 2 architecture--and this is no Pentium 4/D--that extra 1000Mhz is a big jump in performance.
At 2.4Ghz the Core 2 Duo can go neck and neck with AMD's top of the line (and at around $300)--3.7Ghz is..astounding.
Since 873 Days
2006-09-27 15:40:49 In reply to GriftGFX (2006-09-27 15:26:25)
But I'm sure it will be close--my only point is that, that's one hell of a PC. Core 2 @ under 3ghz performs amazingly well (pretty much outperforming every CPU on the market)--we're talking about hitting 4GHz with the Core 2 architecture--and this is no Pentium 4/D--that extra 1000Mhz is a big jump in performance.
At 2.4Ghz the Core 2 Duo can go neck and neck with AMD's top of the line (and at around $300)--3.7Ghz is..astounding.
The 360 will run the game well, but there will still be limitations due to RAM. That is a certainty. However, I have faith that Remedy will give us something close to what we saw.
Since 1080 Days
2006-09-27 15:41:09
The tornado strikes my phobia of violent storms. That was really cool how the van dropped several seconds later after the tornado ended.
Since 1071 Days
2006-09-27 15:47:43
Wow quite a huge surprise that remedy reads xboxyde :)
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Since 1228 Days
2006-09-27 15:50:58
lol he nearly got creamed by the Van at the end.....
but yes im very impressed by what i just saw....thanks
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Since 1179 Days
2006-09-27 15:52:07 In reply to Ascalaphus (2006-09-27 15:40:49)
The 360 will run the game well, but there will still be limitations due to RAM. That is a certainty. However, I have faith that Remedy will give us something close to what we saw.
Since 854 Days
2006-09-27 15:59:12
Oh my god :| The clouds are SO realistic!
Since 1002 Days
2006-09-27 15:59:45 In reply to Optimusv2 (2006-09-27 15:47:43)
maybe if they didn't care about the world around them we would get games faster?
yeah!
Back to work Mika!!! :)