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Alan Wake 2 - new survival horror experience from Remedy

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Movie studio owned by rich lesbian with taste in boring films and cucked to death scandinavian game company.

I can't wait!
Don't worry, Machinegames have already done enough to label us as the cucks.
Also, Finland ain't part of scandinavia.

I understand your antagonisms, but I have geographic autism:

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Alan Wake, Control developer agrees €15m convertible loan from Tencent
Alan Wake and Control developer Remedy has entered into a €15m convertible loan agreement with technology conglomerate Tencent. This type of loan is an agreement that can be converted into a predetermined number of equity shares at a later date.

Tencent's loan is still to be approved by Remedy's Extraordinary General Meeting, which is scheduled to be held by 24th October. Following its approval, Tencent will "have the right to convert the loan into new Remedy shares in accordance with the terms and conditions of the convertible rights" three years after the drawdown.

"Part of Remedy's long-term strategy has been to strengthen our position in the value chain, to have more control over how our games are commercialised, and to grow our share of the value these games can create," Remedy CEO Tero Virtala said today, in a press release detailing the loan.

"As we move towards self-publishing, this financing will support us in developing and fully realising the potential of the games we have in development and successfully carrying out the commercial activities of our next self-published games."

The studio exec said Tencent's investment in the company "demonstrates strong confidence in Remedy's long-term vision and strategy".
Source: Eurogamer
 

duke nukem

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Tencent really has money to burn if they made that deal. Does anyone think that in 3 years, Remedy stocks would be worth of 15 million? Even if Tencent would get 100% of the stocks, their total value would be closer to 0 dollars.
They dont even have any good ip to resell.
 

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What has Remedy got in the pipeline? Those Max Payne remarks, Control 2, and a multiplayer game set in Control's universe, irc.
Out of all that, the Max Payne remakes have the best chance of succeding.
 

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What has Remedy got in the pipeline? Those Max Payne remarks, Control 2, and a multiplayer game set in Control's universe, irc.
Out of all that, the Max Payne remakes have the best chance of succeding.
Didn't know Control was getting a multiplayer game. Could have been cool before everybody started chasing the live service model. Had good mechanics. I can't get my third person multiplayer fix anywhere. Single player enemies way too dumb and boring. Always revealed when the AI is put in wide environments instead of the linear, closed-in areas they were programmed for. You realize that they have no creativity or caution when they engage.
 
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Tencent really has money to burn if they made that deal. Does anyone think that in 3 years, Remedy stocks would be worth of 15 million? Even if Tencent would get 100% of the stocks, their total value would be closer to 0 dollars.
They dont even have any good ip to resell.
China is desperate to own non-Chinese stuff because 1: Internal investment options are non-existant 2: China is a big bubble, doomed to collapse as all its shit catches up with them.
 

H. P. Lovecraft's Cat

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Trying to play through Alan Wake 1. It's a terrible video game. It's technically pleasing and the atmosphere is cool but the second the gun appears in your hand it's insta-shit. Bout ready to skip this turd for a story rundown on youtube and go straight to 2. I tried to playing this years ago and even back then It seemed like shit. Shit does not appear to age like wine.
 

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It's pretty funny when allan gets clobbered by perfect accuracy sickle throws while doing his pathetic stumble dodge though, so it's worth playing until that gets old.
 

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I trust post-Control Remedy. Everything they made before Control was shit, but it's a different company now. I'm suffering through this poop because Alan Wake 2 looks p amazing.
You got it all backwards mate, Remedy post Max Payne 2 is complete shit, and Alan Wake 2 is the biggest turd they produced
 

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Playing this one GeForce Now. The lighting and atmosphere is top notch, but I largely dislike the blur effect that permeates much of the game when the dark presence is abound.

I find the Mind Palace redundant and a waste of resources. Not only does it waste my time by recapping shit that has always been said, but it takes the player to participate in this clue association game that fails at making you feel like a detective. It is neat that you can cycle between the Mind Palace and the "real world" bit I still find it largely superfluous.

I'm quite let down by the game touring itself as a survival horror. The combat is serviceable but the encounter design thus far feels very flimsy. I'd go so far as to call this an adventure game with light shooting sections. Perhaps that's too harsh as I'm still in the early game.

Thank Christ they did away with the chapter recaps.

Curious to hear SDG"s findings.
 
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It's a superb game but there's a black woman in it. Quite the dilemma for the edgelord, so the obvious solution is to play it, enjoy it, and post that you're never ever touching that shit.
 
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