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Alan Wake Was Nearly A Sandbox Title

February 17, 2010 in News comments 3

Speaking to computerandvideogames.com at Microsoft's X10 event, writer Sam Lake revealed that upcoming horror/thriller title Alan Wake was almost a sandbox game...

"We were constantly trying different gameplay elements to see which would end up in the game and which would work well together," said Lake.

"Certainly, there were prototypes we tested and were not happy with that didn't end up as part of what Alan Wake is.

"For example, early on we tried out sandbox elements. With them we were constantly running into situations where we had to [endure] big compromises in our thriller pacing and our thriller storytelling. At the end of they day we decided it wasn't worth it. We wanted to do a story-driven game - that's what we feel Remedy games are supposed to be.

"[Sandbox] was one thing we decided to abandon and go in a different direction. Some of these things look good on paper, and then when you try them out they don't work as well."
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    Aussie Legend Feb 17, 10
    Excuse my unknowningness, but I thought Alan Wake was a sandbox >_>

    As long as its not super linear I'm not too discouraged.
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    dwg14390 Feb 17, 10
    I thought so too.

    At least I remember in the very early builds of the game back in 05/06 they said it was gonna be sandbox.
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    Daweii Feb 26, 10
    It started as a sandbox game the game was a sandbox game when it was a PC only title. The title was touting incredibly high computer specs just to run the game on medium settings, when the Xbox 360 was added to the release schedule the game was downgraded to a linear action thriller.

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