Where is the remastered version on Steam?

[Adeptus Lebowski]

New to ALan Wake and have been playing the sequel on Epic. Loving it so much so far but I saw on Epic you could buy the remastered version. Is this version on Steam also the remastered?

[WolfEisberg]

Epic is the publisher of remastered and AW2, so it's unlikely to come to Steam any time soon, you'll be waiting for a very long time for it to come to Steam, it may never come to Steam.

[Adeptus Lebowski]

Originally posted by WolfEisberg:

Epic is the publisher of remastered and AW2, so it's unlikely to come to Steam any time soon, you'll be waiting for a very long time for it to come to Steam, it may never come to Steam.

ok thanks. I'll just play it on Epic then np

[PopCornFlakes]

Originally posted by Lebowski 1/4 pro gamer:

Originally posted by WolfEisberg:

Epic is the publisher of remastered and AW2, so it's unlikely to come to Steam any time soon, you'll be waiting for a very long time for it to come to Steam, it may never come to Steam.

ok thanks. I'll just play it on Epic then np

PLayed both steam version and epic remaster of alan wake , honestly , remaster is useless . minimal changes and color adjustments (for the worse) and Steam version is working flawlessly on modern hardwares .

Steam versionis way better , epic remastered is just money grab (they are giving it away for free while buying Alan Wake 2 tho )

[Adeptus Lebowski]

Originally posted by PopCornFlakes:

Originally posted by Lebowski 1/4 pro gamer:

ok thanks. I'll just play it on Epic then np

PLayed both steam version and epic remaster of alan wake , honestly , remaster is useless . minimal changes and color adjustments (for the worse) and Steam version is working flawlessly on modern hardwares .

Steam versionis way better , epic remastered is just money grab (they are giving it away for free while buying Alan Wake 2 tho )

ok, thanks for tip. So no graphical improvements at all?

[SPY123]

Originally posted by Lebowski 1/4 pro gamer:

Originally posted by PopCornFlakes:

PLayed both steam version and epic remaster of alan wake , honestly , remaster is useless . minimal changes and color adjustments (for the worse) and Steam version is working flawlessly on modern hardwares .

Steam versionis way better , epic remastered is just money grab (they are giving it away for free while buying Alan Wake 2 tho )

ok, thanks for tip. So no graphical improvements at all?

I suggest checking a comparison video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cJwDvYPJkg

[Banana Duck ඞ]

The remastered version is absolutely awful, its way worse than the original. Its buggy as hell (the lift inside the mill is always bugged, Taken have a buggy death animation, theres audio issues, theres graphical issues like flickering, theres so much more wrong but i would be here for ages writing it all). They also decreased the atmosphere (theres less fog), and some scenes are too colourful (which doesnt suite the game).
They increased the amount of props, so like... theres now more objects in the environment such as wooden crates etc.
The only gameplay difference is that they made it easier for some strange reason, the game was already too easy to begin with. They added 2 flare guns in every chest (this not only makes the game easier but also makes it feel imbalanced because now the most powerful gun in the game always has way too much ammo). They also increased health regeneration.

[Adeptus Lebowski]

Originally posted by Banana Duck ඞ:

The remastered version is absolutely awful, its way worse than the original. Its buggy as hell (the lift inside the mill is always bugged, Taken have a buggy death animation, theres audio issues, theres graphical issues like flickering, theres so much more wrong but i would be here for ages writing it all). They also decreased the atmosphere (theres less fog), and some scenes are too colourful (which doesnt suite the game).
They increased the amount of props, so like... theres now more objects in the environment such as wooden crates etc.
The only gameplay difference is that they made it easier for some strange reason, the game was already too easy to begin with. They added 2 flare guns in every chest (this not only makes the game easier but also makes it feel imbalanced because now the most powerful gun in the game always has way too much ammo). They also increased health regeneration.

thanks for the info buddy. Gonna stick to steam version then, appreciate it.

[Madjestik85]

maybe the version will still be released on steam

[DankSlayer]

Originally posted by Madjestik85:

maybe the version will still be released on steam

I sure hope not, because then they will delete this version and force us to play the crap "remaster".

[mutiny]

Originally posted by DankSlayer:

Originally posted by Madjestik85:

maybe the version will still be released on steam

I sure hope not, because then they will delete this version and force us to play the crap "remaster".

If it's a separate game they would both probably be available. Sadly I am still waiting for Alan Wake Remastered and Alan Wake 2 on Steam. I know sales figures are terrible on EGS so Remedy is probably waiting too. I don't think publishers know how many games there are to compete with. I can wait forever while playing other games.

[WolfEisberg]

Originally posted by mutiny:

Originally posted by DankSlayer:

I sure hope not, because then they will delete this version and force us to play the crap "remaster".

If it's a separate game they would both probably be available. Sadly I am still waiting for Alan Wake Remastered and Alan Wake 2 on Steam. I know sales figures are terrible on EGS so Remedy is probably waiting too. I don't think publishers know how many games there are to compete with. I can wait forever while playing other games.

Remaster has been making a profit for some time now. AW2 is about to make profit really soon. It hasn't sold terribly on EGS at all, about 1/3 of the sales happened though EGS, at around 600k copies. Prior to a recent update people were able to use a web browser inspect element and see in the code the number of owners that earned an achievement. It was at around 650k before the winter sale 2024. That is about 1/3 of the total sales which is pretty normal for a PC + console release.

Even Capcom has stated their games don't recoup development costs until about 1 to 1.5 years after release, that doesn't even include marketing costs. AW2 has vast majority of development + marketing costs recouped in 11 months.

https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/data/result.html

[DankSlayer]

Originally posted by WolfEisberg:

Originally posted by mutiny:

If it's a separate game they would both probably be available. Sadly I am still waiting for Alan Wake Remastered and Alan Wake 2 on Steam. I know sales figures are terrible on EGS so Remedy is probably waiting too. I don't think publishers know how many games there are to compete with. I can wait forever while playing other games.

Remaster has been making a profit for some time now. AW2 is about to make profit really soon. It hasn't sold terribly on EGS at all, about 1/3 of the sales happened though EGS, at around 600k copies. Prior to a recent update people were able to use a web browser inspect element and see in the code the number of owners that earned an achievement. It was at around 650k before the winter sale 2024. That is about 1/3 of the total sales which is pretty normal for a PC + console release.

Even Capcom has stated their games don't recoup development costs until about 1 to 1.5 years after release, that doesn't even include marketing costs. AW2 has vast majority of development + marketing costs recouped in 11 months.

https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/data/result.html

>g-guys alan wake 2 will surely become profitable in 2 weeks!!!
PFFFFFFFFFT
Dude please
They had all their industry simps just dropping to their knees and polishing their knobs HARD over this game for MONTHS and bought several awards for AW2, and yet it STILL utterly failed to make any actual profit. Meanwhile indie games just show up and make millions of dollars.
Alan Wake 2 is a joke.

[animal_PLANET]

Not sure why this debate is still a thing.

Even if AW2 hasnt recouped costs. It doesnt affect Remedy at all. As they already made a profit from signing the exclusive deal with Epic. Remedy didnt spend a cent on anything related to AW2. EGS cover all costs.

[DankSlayer]

Originally posted by animal_PLANET:

Not sure why this debate is still a thing.

Even if AW2 hasnt recouped costs. It doesnt affect Remedy at all. As they already made a profit from signing the exclusive deal with Epic. Remedy didnt spend a cent on anything related to AW2. EGS cover all costs.

Sure. Alan Wake 2 is still a failure that couldn't perform better than a meme indie card game about scoring big points with poker card and jonklers.

[animal_PLANET]

Originally posted by DankSlayer:

Originally posted by animal_PLANET:

Not sure why this debate is still a thing.

Even if AW2 hasnt recouped costs. It doesnt affect Remedy at all. As they already made a profit from signing the exclusive deal with Epic. Remedy didnt spend a cent on anything related to AW2. EGS cover all costs.

Sure. Alan Wake 2 is still a failure that couldn't perform better than a meme indie card game about scoring big points with poker card and jonklers.

Epic is still worth tens of billions. Remedy is still developing multiple games.

AW2 sales had zero effect on either company. So whats your point?