UPDATE: No Full Game PReviews for Alan Wake?
Ending to be removed for previews if Remedy's Matias Myllyrinne gets his own way.
UPDATE: According to Keith Stuart over at The Guardian, Matias Myllyrinne was referring to PREVIEW not REVIEW copies of the game not having the ending. As we say in the story though, this is very much Matias' own opinion. Cheers Stuart.
That said, we are still awaiting a response from Remedy itself on the quote attributed to Matias Myllyrinne.
Matias Myllyrinne of Alan Wake developer, Remedy, has come to personal conclusion that either games journalists are untrustworthy bastards who love to ruin their own readers' gaming lives, or that Alan Wake is all about the ending. This is why he doesn't want review copies of the long-awaited Xbox 360 and PC game to include the denouement, the finale, the ending of the plot.
He tells G4TV, "I think we're going to be insanely careful about how much of the story we reveal. We'll clearly discuss with some of our friends at Microsoft whether we even give the ending of the game for anybody's preview."
Sounds more like he wants to be sanely careful, but that doesn't sound quite as hype-laden. He continues,
"I'd like to hold it back, (I) don't want anybody to spoil it for the audience. That's just my personal feeling."
So, a personal feeling and not official policy.
That said, we are still awaiting a response from Remedy itself on the quote attributed to Matias Myllyrinne.
Matias Myllyrinne of Alan Wake developer, Remedy, has come to personal conclusion that either games journalists are untrustworthy bastards who love to ruin their own readers' gaming lives, or that Alan Wake is all about the ending. This is why he doesn't want review copies of the long-awaited Xbox 360 and PC game to include the denouement, the finale, the ending of the plot.
He tells G4TV, "I think we're going to be insanely careful about how much of the story we reveal. We'll clearly discuss with some of our friends at Microsoft whether we even give the ending of the game for anybody's preview."
Sounds more like he wants to be sanely careful, but that doesn't sound quite as hype-laden. He continues,
"I'd like to hold it back, (I) don't want anybody to spoil it for the audience. That's just my personal feeling."
So, a personal feeling and not official policy.
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deleted 2 Nov 2009 11:27
1/6
this only stops you from fully review the story aspect of the game, unless the gameplay graphics and sound all take a massive downturn at 95% complete?, i think this is a good idea i for one have been waiting ofr this game for a good few years now (too long so much so the shine has gone) so id ont want some reviewer telling me the ending is good or bad and how it happens, you know journalists cant keep their traps shut for 5 mins!
Joji 2 Nov 2009 14:37
2/6
Sounds like they are running in case its crap. I laugh if this turned out to be rubbish.
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TimSpong 2 Nov 2009 15:19
3/6
haritori wrote:
this only stops you from fully review the story aspect of the game, unless the gameplay graphics and sound all take a massive downturn at 95% complete?, i think this is a good idea i for one have been waiting ofr this game for a good few years now (too long so much so the shine has gone) so id ont want some reviewer telling me the ending is good or bad and how it happens, you know journalists cant keep their traps shut for 5 mins!
It's actually a shame that games hacks are perceived as the kind of people who dislike their readers to the extent that we would give away endings.
Personally, I recall sneaking into the see Jaws when I was a young 'un, only to have someone behind me saying to his best gal "Oh, yeah, this is the bit where the head..." I can't even finish that in case it ruins it for someone else.
Cheers
Tim
config 2 Nov 2009 17:22
4/6
@haritori It could have a really crap ending. If the game very much on hinges its story, that could would be a big mark down that reviewers never get to
config 2 Nov 2009 17:28
5/6
@Joji It's been in the pipe so long, I'd laugh if it was actually good. All the Wake wavelength radiation I've been exposed to has been tightly focused by a giant hyperbolic mirror, then bounced off the blogosphere.
So, yeah, my expectations are pretty f**king low.
So, yeah, my expectations are pretty f**king low.
deleted 2 Nov 2009 23:24
6/6
Well whatever happens, i know spong wouldnt of given the ending away its those eurogamer guys i dont trust! ;-)