[quote name='StarKnightX']Just sayin , but I hadn't heard of either one of those until you brought them up.
Actually that would be lie. I have heard of MAG but don't know much about it. Haven't heard of Heavy Rain though.[/QUOTE]
I'm sure there's plenty of people who haven't heard about them. That's why I said they aren't as popular as Uncharted or MGS, but I know I see the games being discussed everywhere.
[quote name='gunm']I didn't care for the "story" in Max Payne. I just enjoyed the bullet time action and noir theme. IMO atmosphere does not a story make.

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The gameplay was indeed awesome, and yes, I guess it was more the atmosphere than the story itself, but they did the story pretty well. Some guy who's family was murdered and now a running riot, killing everyone, isn't exactly a fresh concept.
[quote name='FriskyTanuki']What is Alan Wake supposed to be about? I can only remember that it stars some guy that likes to go outside and do stuff in bad weather.[/QUOTE]
IIRC, it's about a journalist or something of the sort, who's family just died or he's just a loner? Ayway, he's suppoed to travel to this town, but when it's dark, creatures attack you, so you have to stick near light, blah blah.
It's the weather dynamics and story that are supposed to be top notch.
I'm not sure what exactly your goal is in the game TBH.