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Posted May 08, 2012
More spooks, more chills, more thrills, more Alan Wake--DRM-free only on GOG.com!

Save up to 25% when you preorder Alan Wake's American Nightmare! Buy it alone for just $13.49--or pick it up with the original Alan Wake and save an additional 15%, which makes your preorder price just $11.24! Don’t worry, if you already bought Alan Wake on GOG.com, you’ll get the additional 15% discount added automatically. ;)

[url=http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/alan_wakes_american_nightmare][/url]If you loved Alan Wake--the award-winning cinematic blend of horror and action that has wowed gamers on both the Xbox 360 and PC--you’ll love everything about the stand-alone sequel Alan Wake: American Nightmare. With a full-fledged story mode and a pulse-pounding survival mode, this game has what it takes to appeal to both horror junkies and action fans alike.

The story of Alan Wake's American Nightmare continues with mystery writer Alan Wake taking the fight against evil to a new level as he struggles to defeat his evil double and change the very nature of reality. With the same tight pacing and plot that has made Alan Wake one of the best action horror games ever made, American Nightmare delivers on cinematic horror on a whole new level.

Meanwhile, if action gaming is more your thing, the survival mode where you must stay alive, using the innovative Fight with Light mechanic, throughout the long and lonely night. Can you survive until sunrise? It’s a tough challenge, so sharpen up those reflexes, turn out the lights, and prepare yourself for a chillingly good time.

Alan Wake's American Nightmare will be released on the 22nd of May. Preorder before then and save 10%--or save 25% if you own Alan Wake or purchase it along with American Nightmare!
Posted May 13, 2012
The story is what makes the game, the combat is just fine and pretty awesome cuz its different enough. The sound effects, music and all around mood of the game is what makes it incredible.

One of the best games i have ever played.

Buy it, if you dont enjoy it youll be part of an extremely rare crowd. Its worth every single cent youll pay for it and more.
Post edited May 13, 2012 by Germaximus
Posted May 13, 2012
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GameDesigner: Its nice and all but what about some old games?
last two weeks were mostly steam games, and on April there was widely available ones.
new games should be in addition to old games not instead, meaning having only new games released in a day without any old ones as well does subtract from gog uniqueness.
before the new gog approach we had like 2 or 3 old and rare games a week, with a price of about 6-9$ , now its mostly new games and not that old of a games (like AC and RCT3) at 20$ price point.
thats my opinion on the matter.

Waiting for:
WC prophecy
System Shock
Age of empires ,all of them (its about time :P)
As someone else said, they're mixing things up, but we just got Quest for Glory and Zeus + Poseidon, both over 10 years old. (For me, that's old "enough" to be considered classic; I'm a pre-'04/'05 guy) I would post the occasional reminder too (because I too am here for the old games), but let's not pretend like they've stopped releasing old titles.

I'm guessing (with all due respect) that you are not very familiar with how GOG acquires the rights for many of these games, nor what serious legal hurtles might be involved. System Shock is a mess (though I still retain hope), and the Age of Empires series is owned by Microsoft, so both of those will probably be really challenging to get here. Since the other Wing Commanders are here (EA has entered into a deal with GOG), as far as I know Wing Commander: Prophecy should show up eventually, although probably not the expansion pack (given the legal woes with those, too).
Posted May 13, 2012
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jimbob0i0: Well with this added it twisted my arm... missus said I could grab both before the %50 promotion ends....

Downloader and NAS in overdrive ;)
HA! I know what you mean about talking to the missus. I feel like a jerk if I don't give the wife a heads up before I buy myself something.
Posted May 14, 2012
The description of the game says:

"Fight till dawn arcade mode: In the action-packed Arcade Mode, you’ll need to master the Fight with Light mechanic to stay alive until dawn and beat your friends on the Leaderboards. Can you survive until sunrise?"

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/alan_wakes_american_nightmare


But on the Remedy forum:

"The GOG version doesn't have leaderboards or achievements (they have no such infrastructure yet)."

http://community.remedygames.com/showthread.php?p=150536


Is the description wrong?
Posted May 14, 2012
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NoClusterForGOG: Is the description wrong?
I'd say that both descriptions are wrong. I'm almost sure that the GOG version is indeed missing leaderboards and achievements as GOG does not host any service of this kind (which I don't consider a bad thing). And I think that Remedy's statement is wrong because of the evil little word "yet". I doubt that GOG is even planning to provide this kind of stuff. They are about providing games, not online features and so on. The GOG version could only provide these features if they were hosted by the developer or publisher - and since Alan Wake's achievements and leaderboards are powered by Steamworks it's unlikely that these things will ever find their way to the GOG version.

And personally I must say that I couldn't care less. Achievements are for suckers and in case of all PC games this kind of leaderboards gets hacked sooner or later anyway (as it was the case with Hitman Blood Money, making its leaderboards one of the most useless features of all time). But at least the GOG version is guaranteed to work a whole lifetime. :P
Posted May 19, 2012
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SimonG: Am I the only one who thinks the cover artwork looks like a tie-in for a Tool Time/Home Improvement game?
My thoughts exactly, but it does fit the uninspired protagonist a lot better than the ridiculous wannabe-cool dress of the original game.
However this seems to be a more action oriented part, and I don't care for the absurde story anyway.
Bought.


Please note:
the 25% discount for owners of the first game only seems to work, if 'American Nightmare' is the first item, you put in your card.
At least, that's what happened to me, that the system didn't recognize the additional 15% off, when I had put in EA discounted games in the first place.
Posted May 19, 2012
Alright, so I purchased the first Alan Wake here. When I go to pre-order this one; I'm not getting the extra discount. I will add that I have purchased the first one as a gift. However the promo page does state:
Save up to 25% when you preorder Alan Wake's American Nightmare! Buy it alone for just $13.49--or pick it up with the original Alan Wake and save an additional 15%, which makes your preorder price just $11.24! Don’t worry, if you already bought Alan Wake on GOG.com, you’ll get the additional 15% discount added automatically. ;)
So, I've bought it, but I'm not getting the additional 15% off. It's still showing up in my cart for 13.49 USD. What gives?
Post edited May 19, 2012 by the_bard
Posted May 19, 2012
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the_bard: Alright, so I purchased the first Alan Wake here. When I go to pre-order this one; I'm not getting the extra discount. I will add that I have purchased the first one as a gift. However the promo page does state:
Save up to 25% when you preorder Alan Wake's American Nightmare! Buy it alone for just $13.49--or pick it up with the original Alan Wake and save an additional 15%, which makes your preorder price just $11.24! Don’t worry, if you already bought Alan Wake on GOG.com, you’ll get the additional 15% discount added automatically. ;)
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the_bard: So, I've bought it, but I'm not getting the additional 15% off. It's still showing up in my cart for 13.49 USD. What gives?
Try to buy it as a gift too?
Posted May 19, 2012
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spinefarm: Try to buy it as a gift too?
Yeah, that doesn't add the additional discount either. This sucks. It's not much, but that couple of dollars I was going to save was going towards a weekend promo game.
Post edited May 19, 2012 by the_bard
Posted May 19, 2012
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spinefarm: Try to buy it as a gift too?
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the_bard: Yeah, that doesn't add the additional discount either. This sucks.
You can leave TET a PM with the issue... that is the only thing I can think off
Posted May 19, 2012
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the_bard: Yeah, that doesn't add the additional discount either. This sucks.
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spinefarm: You can leave TET a PM with the issue... that is the only thing I can think off
Yeah, hopefully I can get an answer before it goes off promo. Thanks.
Posted May 21, 2012
I still haven't heard anything.

/me knocks on the door of GOG headquarters

"Hello, is anyone home?"
Posted May 22, 2012
Remove it from the cart, add again, log out, log in again... you know the drill.

I bought it yesterday, got the 25% discount alright.

Dolantin, I have to respectfully disagree, although I of course respect your opinion. I loved the story, at last, after such a drought an interesting multilayered plot with a lot to discover.
Posted May 22, 2012
ummmmm.......isn't this supposed to be available today?
Posted May 22, 2012
It will be, in a couple of hours. The release thread already got published here, but that was a mistake.
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