Alan Wake 1 | The Best 6/10 Game I've Ever Played 

Hey Bricky play Project Mikial from the Muv Luv franchise. Purge Xenos in fighter plane inspired mechs.

OH cmon Bricky, not mentioning the Poet and the Muse song? with is basicly giving more clues about the story not only it's beeing and absloute banger

Why i hate the sequel. No Barry…

It’s the cargo pants and boots. The man radiates dominant energy.

Woe! Screeb upon ye!

They released a bit of supplementary lore (outside the game iirc), where it's revealed that Nightingale WAS a highly skilled FBI agent once, alongside his partner. But then his partner got Taken by the darkness, and Nightingale spiraled into depression and paranoia. He isn't even on the force anymore during Alan Wake 1, and is just lying about his authority.

He picks very particular writers too

@@blackitten81so he’s doing a Soldier TF2? Gotcha

​@@blackitten81Well that makes his paranoia a lot more sense now.

@@Dragonk116Yeah, he also became aware of the name 'Alan Wake' through his nightmares, iirc, which is why he believes Alan is at fault.

EXACTLY

(affectionate)

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That's what I love about remedy games. Most of em are solid 6-8/10 but the love they put into em is so incredibly clear and they ooze with passion and weirdness that you can't help but enjoy the world and characters they create. Really excited for bricky to see the musical number in Alan Wake 2.

@@combatcorncob6334 I'm really glad their games have been so successful lately, since they genuinely seem to be improving on a core aspect with each release. With Quantum Break they learned how to do visuals and envoirments, yet it still played like shit. Then with Control, it's like their pitch was "guys, we really need to work on this movement thing" and made a game where you actually feel "in control" of your character. AW2 proves Sam Lake went to writer's school and turned the goofy story of AW1 into a serious work of art that somehow still retains it's goofyness. I really can't wait to see what they do next

​@literallyjustgrass meanwhile every game rockstar makes feels more sluggish and shitty to play than the last cause they want that cinematic realism while simultaneously making it more of a handholding on rails cinema system.

You do that too 😎

I'm not the only one?

hey watson

“Think fast chucklenuts”

ii thought i was the only one

yes

I also like how it directly leads into Control's AWE, which while being a kinda crappy DLC gameplay wise also is a really good teaser for Alan Wake 2, what with the end of Alan Wake 1 being Departure, while the ending of AWE talks about "An Arrival".

​​@@torinriley7569 and Alan Wake 2 being return

mood

It's just insane how good Remedy has become, I thought it would be hard to top Control's ashtray maze. But then they gave us We Sing and Herald of Darkness and DAYUM

I'm about to try Control , i hope it's good

​@@shurno1588If you love control, pleaasseee do alan wake 2. It's a sequel to both control and the OG Alan Wake but they don't say that upfront. If you provide proof that you beat Control, I'll buy you a copy of AW2, no joke. I just love the game that much that I want others to experience it.

@@shurno1588it is very good. Go all in on upgrading flight and telekinesis. Then have fun!

You're right, but to be fair, it was never established what he would've then done with that power.

Yeah, there's a few points in this video that made me question this guy's media literacy

Sucks but I'm glad to hear the remaster on console is really good, which is what I'd hoped.

im glad I got the original version

Apparently there are major issues running it on AMD CPUs.

Yeah I played about half way and had 0 major bugs. Hell most of the bugs were ones I caused to happen by being a dumbass and not being where I should

@@Lead_FootIt's weird because I was watching his streams and commented on the artifacting. I have an AMD GPU and CPU. I had artifacting too, but it was only some speckles for a couple of seconds in the top left corner of the screen as a cutscene was about to start, instantly disappear during the cutscene, reappear after the cutscene for a couple of seconds, then gone. So it seems the artificating is AMD related, but I wonder what caused his artifacting to be so atrocious.

Its so cool, looking back. You can see the progression and their learnings through each one (sometimes stepping backwards, but much more commonly forwards). I can't imagine how it'd be like to play them all in a row for the first time, especially jumping from Alan Wake to Control lol

Big agree. Though, not in Remedy-verse, I found Alan Wake 1 more enjoyable after right after binging Max Payne series. You might notice the similarities, contrasts and reflections: Max’s internal monologues to Alan’s novel narration, the transition from making a neo-noir action game to an action horror thriller (eventually more horror in AW2) in Sam Lake’s writing. It’s a stretch but the moment I booted Alan Wake up after Max Payne binge I was like “Sam Lake just went from being a face of the character to be a character insert as Alan Wake”. Or all of that, a load of bull, just because I had Pepe Silva moments after seeing too much of Remedy BTS stuffs.

Second that big agree I love how it all ties together. Like each game stands on its own but it can be part of a bigger overall interwoven universe.

​@@justgunsolidMax Payne 1+2 is part of the remedyverse as Alan's Alex Kasey novels, they just had to change the name because rockstar controls the IP

@@joshbored15 Its kinda obvious when you’re first introduced to Alan Wake as the character, a neo-noir writer turned to horror genre after finishing off the series of “Alex Casey” (mirroring Remedy stated they were done with Max Payne before selling off the IP to Rockstar). While it would sound great to have “Max Payne” in Remedy-verse, “Alex Casey” benefits better from flexibility by not having to be tied down by the parameters MP set up and exploring new materials (late James McCaffrey portrayed Casey with the range/blend from Max Payne 2-3 in AW2). Quantum Break might be the same case since there’s some carried over ideas but I haven’t played it enough to know how much. Just it’s not in the same vein as Max Payne/Alex Casey.

Huh, I only knew bout Freeze addition, gotta look into it

As someone who's been doing a pretty hardcore dive into the lore of these games recently, this is a very good summary. (I'd still argue that Zane's page is only there because Alan wrote that Zane wrote about him, but considering AW2 that might just be the act that wedged Alan in this "spiral" in the first place...)

It didn't make the asphalt, it just paved the roads

I wonder what they will do with Alan being sent into the Entity's realm with Dead by Daylight for his crossover moment. Canon or likely not

@@TheReZisTLust I could see Remedy having a cheeky little "lol Dark Place moment" reference

@@colbyboucher6391 gonna have a Dwight or Meg pop up in o e of his notes lmao

definitely play Alan Wake 2 though, everything about it is an improvement on this game Survival Horror instead of Clunky 3rd Person Action Adventure, theres waay more to chew on in the story, and the acting and characters are amazing

yea what i personally love about Barry is that the game sets him up as this slimy greedy agent caricature whos just in it for the money, and then its almost immediately revealed that he's actually Alan's best friend (since childhood!), genuinely enjoys his writing, and really is just an all around loyal and decent person, esp in comparison to Alan lmao. in fact Barry's biggest flaw is arguably that hes TOO loyal, to the point of being a bit codependent (built his entire life around Alan, has jealous beef with Alan's wife, tries to insert himself into Alan & Alice's romantic getaway, enables Alan's alcoholism, goes along with his most deranged ideas without question, etc etc). that's a surprising amount of layers and depth to a character who just looks like a loudmouth sidekick on first glance

why suprising. remedy never misses

To be fair, they also had Alan Wake's American Nightmare to get it right.

​@@Exel3ncewell there was that contract to make a single player campaign for CrossfireX that we'll just ignore

@@Exel3nce wasn’t super familiar with their games till I played the first alan wake. I’m getting into their back catalogue since I just beat Alan Wake 2 last week.

Yep, he manipulates artists, trying to understand the supernatural properties of the Lake. At first I was also confused by this character, after only watching the AW1 story on youtube... but looking back at the Control DLC, his behavior/intentions makes more sense

The Narrator change in salvations reach really throws off the quality unfortunately

Jonathan Keeble is also a premium Narrator, dude is an absolute gem for Gotrekcand Felix

@@Sandblaze1 I didn't know they changed, I literally JUST started Armour of Contempt, so I'm only like halfway through the books rn. Definitely my favorite 40k series I've read so far tho, hope the bring Toby back before the sabbat worlds crusade comes to an end...

As much as I adore Jonathan Keeble's narration, I kinda wish they had gotten Toby back for The End and The Death books. Would have been fitting to both start and end the Horus Heresy with Abnett and Longworth

@@tyjames3339 yea its only for like a book or two but its really jarring especially going from armor of contempt to salvations reach but if you can push through it its a great story. I still cant understand why they decided to switch up narrators.

As was Konrad and Lorgar.

Is this about audible?

@gridwall2828 Yes it is!

Totally agree. I listen to the audiobooks semi-regularly because they’re so enjoyable. Although I do tend to prefer reading to listening for Iron Gold and Dark Age because the narration isn’t as strong.

Goated book series

HAIL REAPER

My eyes were blinking so hard after almost every line of dialogue trying to figure out the many foreshadows, callbacks, plot twists, character developments I think I went into a state of REM sleep. Sam Lake is a 10/10 writer.

DON'T do that lmfao are you crazy?

Throw in Quantum Break too. That has references that won't be seen until Alan Wake 2.

Come to think of it, didn't remedy state that all of their previous games were part of a shared universe? Assuming that their future games will be part of this universe too, trying to untangle everything will probably be a bit more than an American Nightmare.

Yeah its INSANELY rewarding to figure out an obscure plotline for yourself. God its so intruiging

He had a career before Alan Wake lol. Matthew Poretta was in Robin Hood: Men in Tights.

@@lolusuck386 i’m sure he did never said he didn’t😂 just said he’s gotten a lot better

It's the simplest explanation, but they do kind of play around with it in 2, and nothing gets 100% confirmed or denied. The ambiguity is intentional, to enhance the mindfuck of fractal levels of fictionality, and to illustrate how impossible it is to draw the line between what's "real" and what was "written in" using the power of the lake (and, perhaps most scarily, how that distinction might actually be completely meaningless). Basically any (combination) of the following could be the case: - Zane pulled in Alan, an existing person, to be the hero (as you suggest) - Zane literally invented Alan whole-cloth - Alan used Zane, an existing person, as a background character in his writing - Alan invented Zane whole-cloth, to set up his story - Zane and Alan are actually the same person Again, the recursive mindfuck of it is the point. Alan/Zane need (or at least they believe that they need) to make a convoluted, layered story filled with lots of set-up in order to outsmart the darkness, which (they believe) will not accept/will corrupt a simple retcon. And this is not even getting into all the other authors who are involved - Like how the Old Gods of Asgard might have actually kicked off the whole thing with their songs (which are also "stories", which the power of cauldron lake considers a valid medium and reacts to). It's a messy web of artists influencing each-other's work.

I stopped playing when you had to fix the power, did it get better later on?

@@syrusalder7795 It has highs and lows, but the experience is definitely better once you unlock more abilities and weapon-forms. Jesse is way under-equipped when the explosive swarmer enemies are introduced at the NSC.

Asura's Wrath is such a different vibe and yet I understand the comparison perfectly

@@Ramonatho I just realized both games have the episode stick where an episode ends and give you recaps of previous episodes at the start of the new episode. I think the only difference is Asuras Wrath give you the Next time on Asuras Wrath bit

Honestly I was always surprised at how much attention Alan Wake got back in the day considering it came out the same year as Deadly Premonition which imo, is a much better game.

Shoeboxes will survive nukes, that's a fact.

You know there’s more right?

You gotta read the “sequel trilogy”. It expands the world and the depth of the story in an incredible way.

Need to read the rest of the books! Book 6 is gonna wreck you in the best ways possible.

Sometimes your grandpa turns into a shadow demon and you gotta exorcise him with a flashlight and .40 S&W. That's just how it goes in the PNW.

No the gameplay is still dogshit like every other remedy game unfortunately. Their strength is everything but that lol. At this point they should just turn the remedy universe into a movie series or something

Golden son absolutely blew me away. One of the few books that not only brought me to tears but managed to make me audibly panic. If you know, you know.

Id argue Iron Gold is the weakest, but that's like say. 7/10 is awful. The standard Pierce Brown has for his writing is ridiculous.

wdym, control is much much better and aw2 is far below everything remedy has ever done. even aw1 feels nicer

@@Exel3nce Well, that's, like, your opinion, man. I'm a fan of survival horror games, and AW2 plays like a good RE game.

You mean the light of Alan?😂