Alan Wake (Special Edition)

@Shan

Before you start blaming Steam...its an excellent service firstly.

To install from DVD you have to run the Setup file from you DVD 1.

Put DVD in your drive & run autorun.exe. If you already have steam installed it must be closed.

You do not log into Steam & enter keycode directly...the game will install first on your drive through DVD...then Steam will launch (dvd will install it if its not present on your PC)..you enter the keycode & Steam will verify your game files which got installed from DVD (takes 2-3 minutes)

Then Steam will patch the game automatically if there are any patches.

You can't be serious if you say you downloaded 7GB thats your fault...a patch is maximum 100MB-2GB.

I have 20+ retail games on my Steam & this is the procedure to follow.

If you don't know what you're doing don't post misleading reviews about Steam to prevent people from playing this excellent game.

Besides mostly all games require Steam type services these days...EA has Origin...other games use Games for Windows Live & Rockstar use Social Club.

Yes Steam takes a while to start if you close it but its a minor hiccup..Steam is to PC what Xbox Live is to Xbox 360.

If you dislike Steam then there isn't any other option for you other than to consider console gaming.

Regarding the packaging box not present you shouldn't have used it & contacted flipkart if it arrived in bad condition...flipkart would always help you out on that.

Cheerio! ;)

I had played this game on xbox 360 in 2010 and decided to get again for pc as now i have decent gaming rig.
my specs are :
i3 2100 3.10 ghz
4 gb corsair 1333hz ram
sapphire hd radeon 7850 2gb ddr5.

i can play this game on ultra max settings and it runs smoothly
i get around 50 to 60 frames as per fraps application in game @ 1080p and cutscenes are 60 fps 720p

the graphics are quite good , if you own a gaming pc and have not played this game then get it for sure.
if u have xbox and have played on xbox and have gaming pc i say still get it.

i got this from flipkart @damn cheap 699
it came with 2 disc one with game and dlc and one with audio cd.
beware it has steam activation and u have to download 7.5 gb update to play it, u cant play without steam.

overall must buy @price.

The PC version of the famous Alan wake by Microsoft Studios bring something new and a bit different.
The presentation of the game itself should be the selling point. Every chapter is presented as a new episode and every episode ends with a mind bending twist or revelation.
I was disappointed that it only had 5 chapters, but that does not mean that it's a short game. Every chapter (other than the first one) takes more than 90 minutes to complete, atleast it did for me because of my lame skills.
The story is very engaging and the concept of hurting the dark ones in light is something I loved. Its an unforgiving game and there are number of times where you cannot kill every enemy. This is in Normal difficulty and I would not like to imagine what it will be in Nightmare difficulty.

So all in all, if you love games or just want something to kill some time, this is a must buy. I have already pre-ordered american nightmare because I would like to know how the story unfolds.

This game is really good. I thought it might be like Resident Evil or Silent Hill but actually this game is really different and enjoyable. Story is very interesting, game is really tricky, graphics is eye catchy and background music really gets you into the game.

My gaming rig is AMD Athlon X3[445] 3.1Ghz, 8Gb DDr3, Nvidia 550ti Graphics, Asus Xonar Audio with 750Gb Hdd. I get a very decent framerate and I'm sure people who are using anything below this specification can still enjoy the game. I don't think this game has that high system requirement.

Overall I'll rate this game as follows

Gameplay : 7/10
Graphics : 8/10
Story : 8/10
OST : 6/10

This was my first game on the xbox,technically my friend's xbox :P but yea basically i borrowed his xbox for this game and halo:reach,but the story and the scary environment in this game makes it so awesome,i had to get it on pc just to re-live the awesomeness.
And its based on the Novel by Rick Burroughs,trust me it has a fantastic story!!
The soundtrack also in this game by Poets Of the Fall was very well done,totally awesome soundtrack!!
If you haven't tried it out on the xbox and if you love a good action/horror game with a absolutely fantastic story,you definitely must give this a try!!!!

Also Flipkart you're awesome as usual,got the game very quickly.