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Posted May 22, 2012
There's no waking up!

Alan has to battle the herald of darkness, the evil Mr Scratch, in Alan Wake's very own American Nightmare for $14.99 or only $12.74 for the next week if you buy it with Alan Wake or already own the original here on GOG.com. In addition to that, we’re offering the original Alan Wake for only $14.99 for the next 72 hours!

The return of the gaming world's favorite writer leaves Alan in Night Falls, Arizona; a classic American Route 66-type of location, but on a borderline between reality and fiction. The player is once again caught in a war between light and dark and needs to battle hordes of creepy foes controlled by Mr. Scratch while he searches for a way to burn his evil self from existence once and for all. Alan Wake's American Nightmare is faster-paced than the original Alan Wake and more focused on action in the spirit of “From Dusk till Dawn” and the Tarantino movies, especially in the brand new “Fight till Dawn” arcade mode.

Alan Wake's American Nightmare combines AAA production values with excellent gameplay and entertaining story to deliver a whole new take on Wake's world. New weapons like the combat assault rifle, sawed-off shotgun, or the fan-favorite nail gun make surviving until sunrise in the new arcade battle mode quite a blast--literally! This makes Alan Wake’s American Nightmare a perfect place to get into the beautifully dark and twisted fantasy world of Alan Wake, even if you've never played the original story.

Grab your flashlight and your nail gun and try to fight the evil with light in Alan Wake's American Nightmare, available now DRM-free on GOG.com 15% off for $12.74. That, combined with the original Alan Wake50% off promo, means that for the next 72 hours you can grab both Alan Wake and Alan Wake’s American Nightmare together for only $27.73 on GOG.com!
Posted May 22, 2012
Very good AAA release of DRM-free.
Posted May 22, 2012
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ne_zavarj: Sadly .
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Pheace: Think you jumped on that without understanding what he was actually saying :)
Actually, I think both meanings are true.

I wanted to say that Steam is a lot less powerful than many actually think. But, quite ironically, by making all those assumptions they actually give Steam more importance because they engross the idea that Steam is actually all powerful. This is the internet, opinions do matter. The more people think pleasing Steam is becoming essential to be successful in gaming today, the more that will actually become real.
Post edited May 22, 2012 by SimonG
Posted May 23, 2012
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PMIK: Okay, the first non- CD Projekt, non-indie game with concurrent release.
To my understanding Remedy is indie too. ;)
Posted May 23, 2012
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SimonG: I wanted to say that Steam is a lot less powerful than many actually think. But, quite ironically, by making all those assumptions they actually give Steam more importance because they engross the idea that Steam is actually all powerful. This is the internet, opinions do matter. The more people think pleasing Steam is becoming essential to be successful in gaming today, the more that will actually become real.
Unfortunately Steam actually is incredibly powerful. Sure, their power derives from many developers', publishers' and gamers' willingness to cooperate with them or use their services but the problem is: someone has to do the first steps, avoid a Steam release and support other distributors but that results in suffering lower sales (since Steam currently is THE place, with more potential customers than anywhere else). Someone as powerful as EA with several established franchises can do that but most developers and publishers are better off cooperating with Steam. Not to mention that Steam provides services that other distributors don't such as multiplayer hosting - if you don't use them you end up with additional costs and responsibilities as a developer or publisher. Personally I don't think people and developers are as much responsible for Steam's monopoly as other distributors who don't do much to compete with it. Now honestly, GOG is not developing well because people said "screw Steam, I'm going somewhere else" but because the GOG team is doing a good job. If GOG and other distributors will continue gathering new clients and customers Steam's monpoly is gonna end all by itself.
Posted May 23, 2012
Steam: 13,99 Euro
GOG: 14,99$ (about 11,7 Euro)
Posted May 23, 2012
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SimonG: I wanted to say that Steam is a lot less powerful than many actually think. But, quite ironically, by making all those assumptions they actually give Steam more importance because they engross the idea that Steam is actually all powerful. This is the internet, opinions do matter. The more people think pleasing Steam is becoming essential to be successful in gaming today, the more that will actually become real.
Most of the game devs would loose incredible amounts of income if they decided to duck with steam. This is the definition of power. Valve knows exactly how beneficial it is for game devs and publishers to be on steam. Of course, it's mutually benefitient, but Valve could easily live without American Nightmare.

American Nightmare would have a rather hard times living without Steam. Another example of power.
Posted May 23, 2012
Great wee game well worth buying if you enjoyed the first one
Posted May 23, 2012
Well I'm about an hour or so in to it, and I don't think it is as good as the original, but still a really good game.

I'm not sure, it just doesn't have as good an atmosphere as the original, and making it more open-world means it is also a lot more backtracky.
Posted May 23, 2012
Nitpicking...

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recognizer: Remedy are a lot like the Scandinavian counterparts to CD Projekt RED
They (we) are not really Scandinavians, but "close enough" I guess. No viking blood running in their veins (well, maybe a little, due to geographical proximity).

"Nordic" is probably a more accurate, generic term for the northern European nanny states that include also Finland.
Posted May 23, 2012
Wow. A new new game release (even though its really an expansion) ;)
Posted May 23, 2012
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timppu: They (we) are not really Scandinavians, but "close enough" I guess. No viking blood running in their veins (well, maybe a little, due to geographical proximity).

"Nordic" is probably a more accurate, generic term for the northern European nanny states that include also Finland.
Isn't it amazing that your language is actually from the same language family as Hungarian despite the fact that there's no geographical or notable cultural connection between these nations? (only thing I remember from linguistics class - works wonders for picking up intellectual girls :B)
Posted May 23, 2012
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F4LL0UT: Isn't it amazing that your language is actually from the same language family as Hungarian despite the fact that there's no geographical or notable cultural connection between these nations? (only thing I remember from linguistics class - works wonders for picking up intellectual girls :B)
I don't know if Hungarians have the same perk, but I like knowing a language that is wildly different from most other languages (even nearby). It makes it easier to speak more freely abroad (if Finns smalltalked freely, that is). Estonia may be an exception, they might understand a bit what we say, or don't say.

Lately I've been trying to help one foreigner living here to learn Finnish better, and only now I realize how hard the language really is, at least if you want to speak it properly (learning broken Finnish that still gets your point across may be much easier, just forget about all the "sijamuodot" and spell out all words in their basic forms). But then you still might not understand when someone speaks proper Finnish back.
Post edited May 23, 2012 by timppu
Posted May 23, 2012
Ah, okay. My mistake!
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timppu: Nitpicking...

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recognizer: Remedy are a lot like the Scandinavian counterparts to CD Projekt RED
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timppu: They (we) are not really Scandinavians, but "close enough" I guess. No viking blood running in their veins (well, maybe a little, due to geographical proximity).

"Nordic" is probably a more accurate, generic term for the northern European nanny states that include also Finland.
Posted May 24, 2012
The minimum Graphics requirements says that it requires both DirectX 10 and DirectX 9.0c. Might want to fix that.
Posted May 25, 2012
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boct1584: The minimum Graphics requirements says that it requires both DirectX 10 and DirectX 9.0c. Might want to fix that.
It requires a DirectX 10 compatible graphics card, and DirectX 9.0c software to be installed. It's worded vaguely, but it's not incorrect.
Post edited May 25, 2012 by barleyguy
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