[quote name='mr_bungle']Oh good grief dude, please shut up. No one is impressed at the fact you spent so much money on a gaming PC and now hate Alan Wake because it was a repetitive 360 game that didn't have $5000 graphics. It's people like you that deter me from any interest in PC gaming and make the entire community seem like stuck up nerdy douchebags.
Console games for the freaking win. Thank goodness for call of duty and halo, they brought gaming mainstream and it's about freaking time.[/QUOTE]
Spoken like a true twelve year old. You do realize that the industry has a long history dating back to before you started getting an allowance, right? It's laughable that you think Halo brought gaming mainstream. The original Mario Bros. moved more units than the entire Halo series combined. Mario 3 sold more than twice as many copies as the best selling Halo game. Learn some history beyond the limited frame of reference you have as a child and you'll realize that Halo and COD are just the latest fad games and aren't particularly notable in the overall history of the industry. Mario is king, followed by GTA, Final Fantasy, and Gran Turismo.
Maybe your reading comprehension is poor, but Alan Wake would still be a garbage game even with $5000 graphics. As was stated (and which I don't see you disagreeing with), the gameplay is extremely repetitive and the story is poor. No amount of "polish" will save a game if it's boring and lacks artistic vision. One of my favorite games of this generation actually has some of the worst graphics and controls of this generation (Deadly Premonition), but breaks new ground with its story and open world investigative gameplay structure. Console games that try to put all of their eggs in the graphics basket like Alan Wake are engaging in futility because the current consoles are dated and too old to produce good graphics without some extreme wizardry by the programmers (God of War 3).
Truthfully, it sounds like u mad you can't afford the best possible gaming experience. I was there too once, mowing lawns to save up for my SNES and later Sega Saturn. Now I have a 50 inch Pioneer Elite 1080p plasma, a 30 inch computer monitor, and a PC with triple GTX 480 sli. Do you know why? Because when I was a broke ass kid like you, I didn't hate on people better off than me. I worked hard, got into a Top 10 law school, worked hard there, and landed an elite law firm. Now I can buy whatever I want, while you sit there and rage as you fill out community college applications.