I thoroughly enjoyed Alan Wake, and I am not usually a fan of horror aspect games. I suspect the difference lies within the quality of the scares. Alan Wake doesn't rely on cheap scare tactics, or petty manipulation as so many other games in this genre have in the past. No blind camera angles, no black matt darkness, no unavoidable attacks, and no infinite cloning whilst you have limited ammunition. I think that made it feel both more real, and more fair. Those aspects I have just mentioned never actually scared me they just really frustrated me. Those games ususally just pissed me off rather then actually provided any scare value.

I will say that the game was still too linear for my taste. I would have enjoyed more of a sandbox element. I think the first developer to do a good job of marrying both horror and sandbox will have an instant hit on their hands. You have to admit this about Remedy though based on Alan Wake they are fairly original as the concept and implimentation are concerned. I also wouldn't wager on another four years. They now have an engine under their belt that they are thoroughly versed with. So you can probably cut a couple years out of the development cycle.

Stop. Why are you even in thos thread if you dont like Alan Wake. Personally Alan Wake is better than any Resi or SH so it's an opinion.

are you crazy? Alan wake was and is pretty much awesome.!!!

what, in your opinion, was bad about it? 

I enjoyed Alan Wake a lot so I am looking forward to whatever new title Remedy comes up with.

Nothing is AAA until it launches and gets the reviews in my view, but I guess when advertising you have to make clear you're aiming to make a AAA game.

I liked Alan Wake but if I was Remedy I'd really, really think about going multi-plaform on this.  In the current market, unless you've got backing (which admitedly they might from MS) then I'd think very carefully about staying exclusive when you don't have to.

Look at Valve moving to support PS3, Insomniac moving to support 360.  It just makes financial sense.

but if they go multiplat, then it will take another 10 years before we see their next game!

Nice to hear, hopefully it doesn't take too long this time!

I want a NEW IP rather than AW2

That's one game, several years away....

But probably good news, and I highly doubt that it is anything other than Alan Wake 2

We all know it is Alan Wake 2!