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Cake day: August 1st, 2023
  • AutoPastry@sopuli.xyztoPC Gaming@lemmy.ca•Phil Spencer says Microsoft's PC-heavy lineup this year is 'historical' and an 'anomaly', so don't get used to it
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    1 day ago

    The title makes this sound like it’s going to be less common that they’ll be releasing games on PC, but in case anyone skips the article it’s actually in regards to PC-exclusive content

    Totilo points out to Spencer that three of Microsoft’s nine releases in this period are PC-only (The War Within, Towerborne in early access, and Ara: History Untold), and asks whether this is a new norm for Microsoft.

    “No,” says Spencer. “This is historical. There might always be some anomalies, but I look at those three as an anomaly. We want our games playable across as many screens as possible. We think about the Xbox platform as the Xbox console, PC and cloud. We want all the games playable across all of those. We want them to be Play Anywhere.”

  • AutoPastry@sopuli.xyztoPC Gaming@lemmy.ca•*Permanently Deleted*
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    23 days ago

    I have no problem with the in-game “jump scares”, but the popup ones were a bit much. I was glad when they added a setting to reduce the intensity of those, makes it much more tolerable.

    Side note: I am playing through and loving the new Lake House DLC. Night Springs was fun, but this is the kind of continued AW2 experience I’ve been hoping for. A highlight was reaching the Floor -3 with

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    the ATDs and reading about how they’re trying to copy Wake’s writing style and brute-force new content. Entering the main room with the hundreds of ATDs clacking away really gave a feeling of dread and “the FBC continues to mess with things they don’t understand.”

  • AutoPastry@sopuli.xyztoGaming@beehaw.org•Just finished Alan Wake 2
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    3 months ago

    Yeah if you just finished your first playthrough it might be a little soon for the Final Draft. I beat it a few months ago and just finished the DLC a week or so ago, so I think it’s a good time for me. I bet you could just watch the cutscenes or differences on YouTube though.

    I actually haven’t played the Max Payne games, but I’ve heard good things. I think there’s a remake of those rumored, so I’m probably going to wait and go check out Quantum Break next!

  • AutoPastry@sopuli.xyztoGaming@beehaw.org•Just finished Alan Wake 2
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    3 months ago

    If it helps you decide, the Night Springs DLC is technically a prequel to AW2 but more or less standalone. The DLC is also pretty short with 3 separate chapters that are just a couple hours long total, and locations are reused from the base game. I believe there were supposed to be a couple extra chapters that got scrapped (partially due to James McCaffrey’s passing). That being said, I did enjoy it and think the third episode in particular was pretty interesting.

  • AutoPastry@sopuli.xyztoGaming@beehaw.org•Just finished Alan Wake 2
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    3 months ago

    I’m currently playing The Final Draft. Totally agree, I think AW2 is a masterpiece and has sold me as a big fan of Sam Lake and his work. I liked the first game (and loved Control), but the sequel is a lot more fun than the first gameplay-wise.

    Night Springs DLC spoiler

    I was a little confused by the three episodes, obviously they’re intended to be other characters (Rose, Jesse, Sheriff Breaker), but apparently they are all just stories written by Wake as attempts to escape the Dark Place prior to AW2. The third episode talks about how all characters have “echoes” and with the multiverse are basically real and canon (even relating to their real-life counterparts). Sam Lake = the Director = Alex Casey = Max Payne, etc - each is as real as the others and they’re tied together by a string. Pretty interesting take, and I like that this episode basically canonizes Max Payne and Quantum Break in the Remedyverse.

    After I finish the Final Draft, I will have to play Quantum Break. I think a Max Payne remake is rumored, so hopefully that will see light not long after. I have already played Control and it’s DLCs multiple times and can’t wait for that sequel.