ǝuoƃ ǝɹ,noʎ uǝɥʍ ɯᴉɥ ʇǝǝɯ llᴉʍ spuǝᴉɹɟ ɹnoʎ
uo noʎ pɐǝl oʇ lɐnʇᴉɹ ǝɥʇ sᴉ sᴉɥʇ
Alan Wake 2 is a miracle of a game: a 13 year old IP with a troubled development history, previously locked down by Microsoft but ostensibly the centerpiece of the connected universe that all Remedy games revolve around, finally gets a sequel in 2023 - and it fuckin' rules. And this is coming from someone who hates survival horror games.
I really don't have anything to add to the conversation that you haven't already heard. The story rips, the gameplay rips, Saga's Mind Place caseboard rips, the atmosphere and worldbuilding fuckin' rips, the performances across the whole cast all rip, the New Game+ mode that changes content of the story in a thematically appropriate way rips, the fact that almost every other game Remedy has ever made all the way back to Max Payne are all thematically and narratively relevant to the Alan Wake mythos rips, the mid-game, in-engine, totally missable Yötön Yö short film rips so goddamn hard. I haven't stopped listening to that Old Gods of Asgard album ever since I got ahold of it. When I was omega-tier sick, I had fever dreams about being lost in the Dark Place and finding manuscript pages. It was awesome.
There's no way in hell this can be anything less than Game of the Year for me. I am so, so invested in this world Remedy has created, and I'm going to immediately dive into Control and the other games I missed as soon as I get the chance. And for someone with a backlog as big as mine, there's truly no better accolade I can bestow upon a game than "caused a dramatic priority shift in the Up Next queue".
Looking forward to seeing what the madlads at Remedy cook up for us next.
ɹǝʌǝɹoɟ sdool ʇᴉ ʇɐɥʇ ʎɐs ǝɯos puɐ
pɐoɹ sᴉɥʇ 'ɹǝʌǝɹoɟ sdool ʇᴉ ʇɐɥʇ ʎɐs ǝɯos puɐ
ǝɯᴉʇ ʎɹǝʌǝ uo noʎ ǝsol ᴉ ʇɐɥʇ pɐoɹ sᴉɥʇ 'ɹǝʌǝɹoɟ sdool ʇᴉ ʇɐɥʇ ʎɐs ǝɯos puɐ
uo noʎ pɐǝl oʇ lɐnʇᴉɹ ǝɥʇ sᴉ sᴉɥʇ
Alan Wake 2 is a miracle of a game: a 13 year old IP with a troubled development history, previously locked down by Microsoft but ostensibly the centerpiece of the connected universe that all Remedy games revolve around, finally gets a sequel in 2023 - and it fuckin' rules. And this is coming from someone who hates survival horror games.
I really don't have anything to add to the conversation that you haven't already heard. The story rips, the gameplay rips, Saga's Mind Place caseboard rips, the atmosphere and worldbuilding fuckin' rips, the performances across the whole cast all rip, the New Game+ mode that changes content of the story in a thematically appropriate way rips, the fact that almost every other game Remedy has ever made all the way back to Max Payne are all thematically and narratively relevant to the Alan Wake mythos rips, the mid-game, in-engine, totally missable Yötön Yö short film rips so goddamn hard. I haven't stopped listening to that Old Gods of Asgard album ever since I got ahold of it. When I was omega-tier sick, I had fever dreams about being lost in the Dark Place and finding manuscript pages. It was awesome.
There's no way in hell this can be anything less than Game of the Year for me. I am so, so invested in this world Remedy has created, and I'm going to immediately dive into Control and the other games I missed as soon as I get the chance. And for someone with a backlog as big as mine, there's truly no better accolade I can bestow upon a game than "caused a dramatic priority shift in the Up Next queue".
Looking forward to seeing what the madlads at Remedy cook up for us next.
ɹǝʌǝɹoɟ sdool ʇᴉ ʇɐɥʇ ʎɐs ǝɯos puɐ
pɐoɹ sᴉɥʇ 'ɹǝʌǝɹoɟ sdool ʇᴉ ʇɐɥʇ ʎɐs ǝɯos puɐ
ǝɯᴉʇ ʎɹǝʌǝ uo noʎ ǝsol ᴉ ʇɐɥʇ pɐoɹ sᴉɥʇ 'ɹǝʌǝɹoɟ sdool ʇᴉ ʇɐɥʇ ʎɐs ǝɯos puɐ