It’s not just Gears Of War that’s possibly getting a touch of the remastered treatment over at Microsoft. While their exclusives may have dwindled in the golden years of the Xbox 360, Microsoft still had some solid titles that were cranked out. Alan Wake for example, is a magnificent piece of tense storytelling and survival. A classic from developer Remedy Entertainment, it’s also a title that will most likely never ever see a sequel. But a remaster could be on the way.
That’s according to a customer survey from Microsoft which NeoGAF picked up on, In it, participants were asked how likely they were to recommend the game to a family member, and if they’d like to see it as a pre-order exclusive for Remedy’s other upcoming game, Quantum Break:
Alan Wake, if you never played it, starred the titular author as he made his way to the small town of Bright Falls in order to finish his latest horror novel. Wake got over his writer’s block, penned an award-winning novel and lived happily ever after. No, I’m lying. Sh*t got freaky, the whole town became an arena for a malevolent darkness and Wake had to fight back against his own literary creations using a combination of light and bullets.
I’d kind of like a complete edition on Xbox One, even though it already exists on PC. Alan Wake, packaged with the DLC specials The Signal and The Writer could be something special. Combine that with the spin-off game Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, and you’d have one hell of a pre-order incentive if Microsoft went this route.
Because with that kind of offer in place, you’d be guaranteed to have at least one good game for your money.
Last Updated: March 19, 2015
RinceThis
March 19, 2015 at 15:03
One of the best games I have ever played.
Dutch Matrix
March 19, 2015 at 15:28
One of the best games I have never played.
RinceThis
March 19, 2015 at 15:30
I haven’t tried the DLC yet though. Heard the first is good, the second not so much.
FoxOneZA
March 19, 2015 at 16:09
My best game of last generation followed by Gears and Max Payne 3.
Darren Peach
March 19, 2015 at 17:40
Max Payne 3 was brilliant. Just kept giving.
Darren Peach
March 19, 2015 at 17:38
Purely from a design aesthetic, The game was insane. The way the light created that eerie silhouette around those diggers for example. Simply incredible.
RinceThis
March 19, 2015 at 15:03
One of the best games I have ever played.
Blood Emperor Trevor
March 19, 2015 at 15:05
Milk that remastering cow for all it’s worth!
Blood Emperor Trevor
March 19, 2015 at 15:05
Milk that remastering cow for all it’s worth!
WitWolfy
March 19, 2015 at 15:05
Just get the PC version. That is as remastered as its going to get.
Hammersteyn
March 19, 2015 at 15:24
And as ported as it can get.
Hammersteyn
March 19, 2015 at 15:06
I thought they were remastering Gears of War?
Blood Emperor Trevor
March 19, 2015 at 15:09
“We want new IPs & innovative games! We’re sick of sequels,” cried gamers.
The publishers replied with, “here have this remastered game. It’s exactly the same as the one you played before except for having a shinier coat of paint.”
And the gamers went…
Pariah
March 19, 2015 at 15:12
You went through a lot of effort just to post that picture.
http://media.thehubsa.co.za/uploads/20081204_055421_Noddy_Badge.jpg
Blood Emperor Trevor
March 19, 2015 at 15:14
Cheers, Big Ears!
RinceThis
March 19, 2015 at 15:39
You leave him alone, he’s all Noddy’s!
Hammersteyn
March 19, 2015 at 15:15
Update graphics is a big thing for console gamers.
Capt. Bob of the Blood Ravens
March 19, 2015 at 15:25
Of course it is. You need a whole generation of consoles for a graphics upgrade. For a PC you just need a talented modder and mod support.
Darren Peach
March 19, 2015 at 16:03
Dude, Why on earth do you feel the need to placate the master race, Even if it’s in jest ?
Hammersteyn
March 19, 2015 at 16:06
They need help, they’ve gone through all their material so many many times.
Darren Peach
March 19, 2015 at 16:08
LOL. Very Noble of you.
Hammersteyn
March 19, 2015 at 16:33
XD we’re all friends here. I just not sure if they heard me in their ivory towers.
Darren Peach
March 19, 2015 at 17:26
I was once doing a gig at this agency, One of the guys starting talking about his Battlefield Exploits. Being a freelancer eager to get to know the folks, I chatted with them. Naturally they looked at me funny ( Agency folks are weird like that and they are hipsters ). Anyway, After carefully being subservient enough to warrant their attention for a moment we went online to check our respective rankings. He was part of the Master Race and he clearly worked and played Battlefield with all his spare time. My game-time compared to his was not worthy. He even sniveled at my achievements. After that day I gave up all hope in humanity and decided that the Master Race are hard to relate to. They live on a higher plane of existence.
Blood Emperor Trevor
March 19, 2015 at 15:29
I have a brilliant multi-million dollar idea for Ubi or EA, probably more EA’s thing:
Remaster a previous gen game, but remove some of the content and sell it separately as a season pass and with additional cosmetic DLC. WIN!
RinceThis
March 19, 2015 at 15:31
http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131125084645/walkingdead/images/8/8c/Shut-up.gif
Dutch Matrix
March 19, 2015 at 15:32
I was gonna say that!
Blood Emperor Trevor
March 19, 2015 at 15:36
tee hee
RinceThis
March 19, 2015 at 15:38
You big meany!
Darren Peach
March 19, 2015 at 15:32
No thanks. The more we enable these plonkers the less innovation we will see.
Ryanza
March 19, 2015 at 15:38
I am worried about Quantum Break. First off I’m worried about the story. Quick, boring story, that gets boring after an hour. Second, gameplay. That slow-mo is going to get boring real fast. Then when you stop using slow-mo you will find that aiming a weapon to not be easy and then you forced to use slow-mo to not die.
So nothing would get me to pre-order Quantum Break, let alone buy an Xbox One for it.
Alan Wake was really good. Good interesting story that sucks you in for hours. Good gameplay, shine light on evil bitch and shoot the fucker. The sound of the game was really good.
Alan Wake was just a damn good game. Don’t let Microsoft use Alan Wake to get you to buy a shitty game like Quantum Break. Quantum Break is not going to be all that.
That’s the way it is, cause Ryanza said so. Fuck yeah, drink beer.
Oh yes. Microsoft article. So Don’t Support DRM.
RinceThis
March 19, 2015 at 15:42
Have to disagree. Although Alan Wake is one of my favourite games, the gameplay was not good. Sticky as heck.
Ryanza
March 19, 2015 at 15:50
You shine a light on the enemies and you shoot them. The gameplay was fine.
Let me not make sticky jokes.
Spathi
March 19, 2015 at 16:43
This. The story was all Twin Peaks and amazeballs, but the game itself was just okay.
Tbone187
March 19, 2015 at 16:05
Gears and now this. What’s with all the re-sampling? Won’t be much of a difference on XboxOne will it?
GooseZA
March 20, 2015 at 09:09
No thanks.
I enjoyed Alan Wake but I don’t get the big hoo hah around it. There were many far better games last generation in my opinion that I’d consider picking up if they were remastered.
eg.
MASS EFFECT TRILOGY,
Gears Trilogy (that’s right, Judgment can suck a lemon)
Red Dead Redemption
Dead Space 1