How Alan Wake Was Rebuilt 3 Years Into Development | War Stories | Ars Technica 

Dont forget that he is Max Payne, literally 😂😂

Max Payne,Alan wake and control?That guy is a genius

Lmao i did the same thing

Wish they didn't change the character to some generic looking dude in MP2.

@@sluxi All the faces in the first Max Payne were of Remedy employees.

Is it a good game?

Bet me to make that comment!!

ITS PAYNE, WHACK THE SUCKA!

Yeah, why does he look like Max Payne?

@@flobbie87 He wrote Max Payne and lend his likeness for the first game.

Max Payne 3 didn’t feel the same without his face lol

My favorite has to be “There are 65 million pigs and cows in the world!”

@@valettashepard909You beat me to it!👏🏽

Basically the king of character oriented mystery horror. I would go even so far as to say that it is the only game to ever do lovecraftian horror properly, not just relying on the surface tropes, but actually capturing the deeper meaning of cosmic horror by tapping into that...instinctive fear of the great unknown that we all know is there. While I cannot say that the ending line *"It's not a lake. It's an ocean."* was the best ever, I am confident that it's the best ending that was never followed up with a proper sequel. American Nightmare is great, don't get me wrong, but the ending is just heartbreaking. You finally see Alan reunite with Alice, only for it to dawn on you that this reality is not that reality. Brilliant. Think about it, the first installment was structured as a contemporary tv show, while the "sequel" was not at all subtly similar to The Twilight Zone. It was practically telegraphed from the first moment that Alan's writing has forced him to descend through the different layers of reality, all the way down to fiction. I could go on longer, but the point is that most people really missed the deeper significance and just wrote it off as a second tier horror game. Probably because they didn't play the two DLCs. There's some seriously important information there that probably should have been part of the original game.

It was basically the Alan Wake of video gaming

My Life in Gaming agreed!

My only problem with Alan Wake was the dullness of the facial expressions of the characters, it took me a little off from the experience. Great game, none the less.

Steven Hunt 👊

Sam here from Ars Technica. Thanks for the shout, MLiG! We're big fans of yours, as well.

Same! Best of the best The story of this game is crazy💖

Huh ! Thanks for the Connections ! CONTROL is AWEsome !

Man I loved Control.

I like it but the texture pop in and poor framerate at times just really took it away for me. Think I'm gonna wait to finish it on ps5.

@@MrEldorado15 I see what you did there...

I'm honestly at a loss as to why everyone loves Control so much. I personally think its Remedy's weakest game. The setting and the world building is incredible, but the lack of story, characterization, good voice acting, along with repetitive gameplay and a forgettable protagonist disappointed me immensely. And jeez, that menu map is probably the worst that I've ever seen implemented into any game. I was frustrated and bored by the 2/3rds mark and just wanted it to be over. The ending wasn't even worth the effort at all, but I will say the art direction and graphics were some of the best I have ever seen.

Gameplay is always in the end, a bit weak. But the story always carries the game.

@@GreedAndSelfishness Remedy? Weak gameplay? What?

@@tiagometallica007 I think you could call it repetititive, but not exactly weak

@@tiagometallica007 The lack of standard enemy variety. Can't speak for Max Payne, but Alan Wake and Control, despite both having supernatural stuff going on, mostly stick to the creepy humanoids template. Control has some cool bosses, but normal mobs are still rather dull as Alan Wake's. I love Alan Wake, but that is still a glaring issue.

@@GreedAndSelfishness Remedy to 3rd person shooter what Platinum games is to Character Fighters, I wouldn't categorize their gameplay weak. Not trying to sound rude BTW.

on epic also 90%off and you give give 88% of your money directly to the dev and publisher, instead of 70% ;) support the dev buy directly "if possible"

And its coming to Game Pass soon.

Thank you

@@KurosuKirie But you lose achievements...

thank you. such a great buy for less than $2

I agree. It was unfortunately released on the same day as Red Dead Redemption in North America, which I think led to it being overlooked. I played both games that year, and I enjoyed A. Wake more, though RDR received far more accolades.

One of my fave games ever. I loved the story and the character

@Timothy Dexter Source?

A too painful memory.

I would have missed that, but I knew something was driving me nuts about this guy.

Judging by the comments I think it didn't need to be reminded

i think its a finnish thing

Hey... You Max Payne?? Affraid so! Max! I'm Mike, Vladimir's Frie- Ehhh!, who taught you to shot??? UUUGH! ENOUGH COP! AAAAAAHHHHH!!! "ragdolls out of the window" MAX! DEarEst Of AlL My FrienDs!!! JESUS CHRIST APOCALYPSE NOW!!! WE HAVE SOME HEAVY SHI- PAYNE!! SHOOT TO KILL!!!! *BOOOOOOOOOOOOM* "everyone ragdolls" Neighbor: NO ONE'S DRIVING ME OUT OF MY HOME!!!! Max Payne -> Touches big painting. Neighbor: YOU GIVE ME NO CHOICE!!! *shotgun blast* *shotgun blast* I loooove Max Payne 2 xD

@Bryce Czirr Winterson would have found a way to do this nice, neat and clean!

HALT IT

@@Wordplay7891 HEY YA!!! iT'S PAYNE!!! SHOOT SHOOT!!! OH IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS! *dies* -OPEN THE DOOR! SOMEBODY!!! IM GONNA BURN ALIVE IN HERE!!! SOMEBODY GET SOMEBODY,CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, HELP!!! *max shoots the door, it opens* -HEY WHAT THE HELL, WATCH IT ROOKIE!!! THAT DOES IT YOU PSYCHO!!! pew pew pew!! *Max dies, sad violin music plays*

I came for exactly this quote, and was not disappointed.

Yeah those moments were nice took you out of the tension for a minute while keeping you immersed in the world

Yes, insane attention to every detail is what sets Remedy apart!

I fondly remember the different tv shows in the Max Payne games (the first 2). It made the world so much more immersive.

@@KimStennabbCaesar Im'a go play those 2 games now! Thanks for the tip! :D

Always has been.

Alan Wake Control shared universe confirmed !

@@jinzokrim9979 Anyone who has read the documents in Control knows that it is exactly like that.

@@kamilv1992 that and the fact that you can actually see alan wake in the containment area 🤣 looking forward to the dlc

@@happyguycol wut? I missed that part

@@AnneDank69420 yup. Yo may play it again 😀

Yes he's so open, humble and frank. I was astonished. Obviously not an American.

This video inspired me. Sam Lake is so amazing. Alan wake is truly a gem, I hope we get a sequel some day!

Yes, its a masterpiece

I have one chapter left to play and I dont want it to end. So I have started playing Tomb Raider (2013) just so I can go back to Alen Wake later.. Brilliant game.

I do that with the Max Payne Games.

Same! First Life is Strange too!

Alan Wake 2 is a reallity now!

Yup, there's a couple of King novels where the main character is a writer and creates this character that becomes real, and he has the ability to sculpt events through writing. It's funny that I missed that part despite reading a lot of King before playing Alan Wake. But the atmosphere is there. Like he said, King meets Twin Peaks in a sense.

Yuppi yeah, I know which one you’re talking about. And yes I agree the story is somewhat similar. But I’m referring to the style of the writing. To me, it’s definitely more Dean Koontz’ style than Stephen King.

Dean Koontz with the typical King-writes-about-a-writer scenario.

@@ralphengland8559 I do remember one Koontz story about a writer who invent an evil version of himself (more or less like the Stephen King book)... but it turns out its a gouvernement assassin clone... damn, that's a stupid denouement. Younger, I really liked his books. A lot of human darkness in them... The last book of his that I'Ve read was "Breathless" but it was SOOOOO stupid, such a bad twist... It burned me, probably forever....

Like a woman being pregnant but not telling anyone yet. Just dropping a few hints.

lol

Honestly….would watch in a heartbeat

It's so good. The same grounded mysticism from Control in a cozy pacific northwest landscape. They nailed the David Lynch tone without making a nonsensical pile pf symbolism that lacks story. And at the time, the combat was unique for the survival horror genre, lots of tension from juggling flashlight, battery, and firearm. Now I want to play it again myself!

I've been playing it for the first time recently (never owned a 360) and let me tell you, when you come after playing Control a lot of things kinda make sense, the perspective you get makes the experience very especial, highly recommended.

@@ShinkeiDEI well now Im definitely revisiting it!

You're in for a good time, just know that the camera controls are thoroughly weird and the cutscenes look way worse than the actual game. Good news is if you've even a fairly modest PC you can probably max it out at 4K.

you really should play some Max Payne as well. great story.

That's makes me so excited that Alan Wake 2 will probably me more open world. I'm so excited to see their original visions come true! Makes me so much more hyped for the game, I can't wait!!! 😁

Control is in the same universe and has direct ties. Next DLC is based around Wake.

D-do we have to...?

I've been trying to forget that for damn near 20 years.

Weeehhhhhhhh whaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh Weeehhhhhhhh whaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh Weeehhhhhhhh whaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh Weeehhhhhhhh whaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh

i used to have nightmares as a kid because of that level. i regret nothing

I'd rather not. I like to think somebody at Remedy was in an absolutely FOUL mood when they put that level together.

Man, I have it on pc running max settings at a billion FPS. It's a nice upgrade from the 360 version!

@@nickharris5231 I know, it's the 2012 build. A remaster using the new Northlight engine would be amazing!

@Frankie Basile It's a rumor, we have nothing from Remedy.

You made me smile, thanks!

*...*

@Yggdrasil Actually the Control DLC is called AWE. Control will try and explain Alan Wake.

Sounds a bit like something out of that Syfy mini-series The Lost Room.

@@cooledi9116 Wait, are you serious? Didn't play the game but I know the story of it and the Foundation DLC. The second DLC revolves/ties to the Alan Wake universe?

@@Ancor_Vantian It is indeed, confirmed by Sam himself.

@@Ancor_Vantian it does not revolve around alan wake but there will be some explanation related to alan wake

There is a giant bridge with a control center, the bridge spins around and stuff to connect the two different sides, there’s also one bridge like that that’s filled with stuff. You should try again to beat the game, the end is really good!

Why did you abbreviate Alan Wake?

What a crazy coincidence.

Wofaze okay, smarty - what I’m saying is, now we know where the character model for Max Payne came from - it’s interesting to know.

Only 98%

That is max Payne

He does because they actually really took his face model. No kidding.

they blurred it in a few of the "clips" It always bothers me when tech channels don't think about the mouse pointer.

I know what you mean. He seems so likable and like someone who I would love to work with or just hang out and talk about fiction.

saaaame

You cheecky punster. ;)

It's true 😥

@@joffrecueva5662 Sorry mate, that sucks.

Interesting. My wife almost ruined this game for me with her hatred of games. My marriage limps on and my experience of the game at the time was damaged slightly.