Alan Wake VS Heavy Rain

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Groucho said:

Alan Wake will sell better (maybe), but Heavy Rain will get the critical acclaim. I kinda think Alan Wake is past the point where it could possibly be a great game. It may be "okay".

If the devs were really talented, it would have been finished by now, rather than dragging on this long. They probably backpedaled a couple times to push the date out this far (5 years now? It was shown, and claimed to be "pretty far along" before the 360 was even released), and that's never good for the end product.

 

Remedy is a third the size of studios working on similar projects. What other developers do in 2 years could easily take 5 if their staff was as small as Remedy's. And no, Alan Wake has only been actively in development for 3 years.  The fact that a game in development this long looks this good is a testament to Remedy's competence. They designed the game with future graphics in mind, not current. But I do agree with you, Alan Wake will sell better but Heavy Rain will receive better reviews.