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Sam Lake is a Disco Elysium enjoyer, just when he couldn't get more awesome

Sam lake is a legend

Alan Wake 2 has been out for a few days now, it is amazing, and I like to think Sam Lake is kicking back at home, finally playing Baldurs Gate 3.

"he was trying to buy more sand for his hour glass, I wasn't selling any"

This man is 53 years old. We can only hope to age this gracefully.

Guy doesn’t age. Or he ages like a fine wine.

G-Man as his favorite character is such a cool choice. G-Man clearly feels like a Remedy character that he would himself write

I could listen to him talk about games and storytelling forever. Also he genuinely has great taste in games too. Beyond hyped for Alan Wake 2.

A game dev with excellent taste? Planescape? Disco? Damn. No wonder I love this guy's games so much.

Do you want Alan Wake's iconic layered outfit back in Alan Wake 2?!?

I hope Noclip eventually does a documentary on Remedy.

When he said he sees traversal in games as important, storytelling in action games and also about seeing games as an artform, it is clear Sam Lake really knows what makes a good game or what makes a game good. This is also what makes me love Kojima so much, I would love for them to work together more.

I'm just happy that the game industry has someone like Sam Lake in it. Been a fan for a very long time and I'm always delighted when I hear him talk about various things.

Protect him at all costs

Listening to him talk about CRPGs... maybe Remedy will get enough courage to make us a classic RPG with amazing storytelling they are so good at?... would be absolutely amazing!

I love the amount of Sam Lake content we're getting these days. Didn't know BAFTA did these kinds of videos, so it's a nice discovery to make as well.

Just seeing him makes me happy. What a legendary man

Such a talented team led by a true dreamer

Sam Lake has been as vital to storytelling in video games as Hideo Kojima. Much respect.

could listen to sam lake talk all day.

Absurdly good taste. What a joy to listen to

Sincerely hope he is not going to retire any time soon. A childhood hero for many of us, who grew up with their games since the og Max Payne. A true treasure of the gaming industry and entertainment as a whole!

I loved Sam before he shouted out Planescape Torment, but that just set it in stone

Planescape Torment is awesome then and now!

Sam was already a legend in my eyes, but rocking the Planescape: Torment card made him even better.

Sam Lake is an actual gamer, not surprising. Planescape torment, great answer

My goat

Ok, After this interview, I need an rpg made by Sam Lake...

Never thought I'd hear Sam Lake talk about adventure games. Great interview!

Sam is a GOD of video games.

Man has amazing taste in games

For me Max Payne 2 will always be my favorite game. It’s me in my college dorm, a companion and hope during dark depression, and gave me Poets of the Fall. Very grateful for Remedy.

It's rare when developers admire other games, and do not really care about awards, they just want to create experiences. Sam Lake isn't a lake, he is an ocean because of this~

In this house we love Sam Lake ❤

This is what the games industry needs. Developers passionate about the games they create, and who lift each other up and enjoy each other's works.

I love that he had Would you kindly as the favorite quote. Great twist if you didn't know it!!!!

I wish more people played Planescape: Torment. It truly is one of the best, if not the best narratives ever conceived in a video game.

Listening to this dude speak of such passion he's had over the past 20 years, I wanna buy the man a drink and play everything his team has ever made.

Loved when he brought up how traversal in games is underrated. Preach Sam!

Sam Lake's a genius, a legend

planescape torment, my man knows whats good.

Sam lake wrote his story of amazingness!

Sam Lakes favorite quote is Would you kindly? Impeccable taste - god he just gets cooler and cooler

Legend!

Imagine if all game studios had this type of creative direction and sense of passion and love for their creations and their piers. Remedy never fails to Deliver... I know what I'll be doing 12 hours and 9 minutes from now.

I love hearing industry pros talk about games in general. Marketing sort of forces them to stay "on brand" but this is an artistic field with influences and inspiration from everywhere.

Max Payne was such a game changer for me when I discovered it in my teens, seeing the real Max Payne in all these Alan Wake 2 interviews brings me back ^_^

Seeing Sam Lake talk about games brings me SO much joy. I can’t even explain how happy seeing him makes me! I love what he says about games being an interactive art form and how it’s constantly evolving. The amount of immersion and world building in Remedy games are truly second to none.

Was so surprised when he talked about Planescape: Torment and Disco Elysium

Here is a man that truly understands and respects the medium of gaming. He's also very clearly someone who WANTS to improve his craft and is looking for ways to innovate any narrative he crafts

Sam should really play a short hike. His favorite mechanic is traversal, he wants a short game with an adventure and he wants interaction with other characters. He also wants stylization and something recognizable.

What a wholesome guy who just loves games and gaming in general. Imagine if he and Miyazaki did a collab 😮

This man is a rock star of video games! 😎 Being a gamer - makes sense, after listening to the interviews of Sam Lake 🤘

I can't believe I didn’t know about this awesome person until I discovered Alan Wake 2 a couple weeks ago

Sam Lake. THANK YOU. Your passionate is overflowing, not only a spectacular game director but a genuine video game player and hearing him gush over games he used to play and details he still remembers 20+ years is beautiful so thank you Sam Lake from the gaming community.

Same lake is a spiral force of creativity !

Still feels to me that Sam Lake is underrate. This guy is a fucking genius!

I only started getting into Remedy's stuff a couple of months ago as I wanted to play Alan Wake 2 since it gave me strong Resident Evil 2 Remake vibes (which I of course love), and I'm genuinely upset it took me thing long! I love listening to interviews like this with Sam Lake since basically everything he says about storytelling and game design really, really resonates with me. I'm just so happy that there are still creatives out there who not only want to use videogames as the art form they deserve to be, but also know exactly how to do that very, very well. Cannot wait to see what's next from him because I will be there on day one.

My love for Max Payne only increases by the day, couldn't be much proud of it. Thanks Sam!

What a sohisticated gaming palette! Quite respectable

We have to protect this man at all costs. He is a global treasure. Thank you so much for your contribution to the videogames world, Mr. LAKE 🙏🏻

Sam Lake liking Immortality and Disco Elysium is one of the less surprising things I’ve ever heard. Great games and so up his alley.

Sam Lake has become my favorite person in video games hands down. Remedy kicks ass and knowing that such a wholesome, creative, unique, and passionate dude is behind them makes it all even better.

We're very lucky to have studio heads that really care about the art of it all, like him, instead of just the money that can be made.

Same Lake mentions Ultima series. Amazing. A childhood and modern day hero playing a Titan of a series.

He's one of the best individuals in the gaming industry imo. Remedy have never had a misstep.

He brings pure art in video games , major respect for these man and mostly for all Remedy Staff , simply amazing

When he was talking about narrative I had a feeling he was gonna mention Disco Elysium. One of the best games I ever played. Loved the art style, world building, characters and narration in the game with added exceptional voice acting from really talented artists. Truly a masterpiece and one of a kind game. Same goes with Alan Wake 2. It's an awesome game and really amazing work of art. Love Sam Lake and whole Remedy for making awesome games since Max Payne.

He's not a lake, He's a Lake

Disco Elysium and Bioshock referenced, holy cultured takes

Ahhh a man of culture

Planescape, Yes! Literally the best answer, stone cold narrative classic.

Sam is a national treasure

"You'd find that Lady Luck was really a hooker, and you were fresh out of cash" Max Payne Also Sam Lake has a definitely great taste in games Like These kind of games i would expect from a guy who created Mind-blowing stories Remedy is one of the rare cases of group of people or a videogame company who dont look at videogames and see how to earn more money, they desperately trying to bring their idea, their vision. They just want to tell amazing stories, without battlepass, outposts, time savers and etc. They love games and its pretty fucking rare these days

Planescsape torment mentioned!

Sam lake is a gem. Love this man ahaha

Im very happy for Sam and everyone at Remedy. Those guys are truly a GOAT in my life Max Payne 1 and 2 are some of my favourite third person action shooters, I played control last year and while I was rather confused by it story at times the gameplay was incredible and Sam dancing at the game awards to Herald of darkness as well as the video clip from the game, just makes me excited and pumped to want to play there games. And they’ve all just had such unique styles and visions of what they wanted out of each game I have a lot of respect for developers like that and also that they don’t want to be bought out by anyone.

I've always said "movement" is my favourite thing in video games (outside of their capabilities to deliver interactive narratives), it's so cool to hear Lake has a similar opinion when it comes to "exploration". Also, absolutely LOVING that Alan Wake 2 is out and REALLY GOOD!

What I love abotu Sam Lake is how he's still passionate about games. He's still in love with the medium, and hearing that he loves Disco Elysium...brought a smile to my face. I have yet to play it, but it's on my list of "Games to Play Before I Die."

Watching this video on my bright TV as I’m working on my computer gave an imprint on the side of my peripheral like an echo from Alan Wake 2 and Sam Lake was there.

It took me 180hours to complete one playthrough of BG3. So having two weeks for it and more is certainly wise.

Absolutely wonderful, Sam is a joy to watch

I love to see Harry in the middle of the cover. Taquila 🌅sunset

Love Sam Wake. Thanks for this! 💕

The fact that Max payne is my favorite written video game ever and the creator of it says that his favorite video game quote is would you kindly by BioShock is so beautiful. Would you kindly is a tattoo idea I've.considered for awhile but hearing him say that only affirms my decision. It's great to hear the best writer compliment BioShock, probably the other greatest written video game ever

Sam Lake is my KOJIMA.

Sam Lake you beautiful man! Keep doing what you do best man.

He is ONE OF US! ONE OF US! God Bless him! OMG and he loves MORTE! :)

Two companies that won't stop giving me games with great tales, music, and gameplay: Remedy and Supergiant. For me, they are the Western video game industry.

*"IT'S PAYNE!!!! WHACK HIM!!!!"*

The og Max payne Sam Lake is so good to listen to his understanding and thought process always trying to push the envelope in narrative of the game. The choices are absolute gold

The point about moving is definitely true for me. Cyberpunk has a Quicktravel Point to every major location yet I still choose to drive myself, because I enjoy taking Night City in.

I also started gaming on the commodore 64. Donkey Kong and Dizzy are the first games i ever played. Im as much into gaming as i was then. Im 40 now and just started AW2 this past weekend and its perfect.

I love listening to Sam talk! Any subject.

I love the question of "What is your favourite game of all-time?" The answer of Dragon Age: Origins comes to me so quickly. Although... Baldur's Gate 3 is definitely a threat to the top spot. I haven't finished it yet though. One day

Awesome video

This man is so interesting to listen to and very inspiring. Legend!

This man is cultured.

Favorite mechanic in a game: Traversal hmm makes sense now, judging on how they were able to make Control's physics and movements

Listen to me, I was 17 when I played Max Payne. Only after many years have passed I understood who Sam Lake is (sorry Sami Järvi for us peasants not being able to say YOUR REAL NAME!) and lovely his contributions were to my personal live growing up with videogames. Max Payne was transformational. I never forgot about it, then came Alan Wake, then Quantic Break, then Control................. I could not believe my life growing up and witnessing these games at the same time, it was like a dream but also the realest things I've ever witness in the gaming space. 2023: AW2 finally a reality. Damn, expectations over the roof. OVER THE STRATOSPHERE. Still. you know what? Up to the end I was blown away - every second I could not expect what came next. 30h+ completely intimate and lived-in experience. With all the garnishments of tying together with all your other games. The happiest I could ever be in gaming ever since my dad taught me about his 386SX. Please be happy with your awesome career, Sami, and all the people around you. I was born in 1984 in Portugal and cannot be more grateful to eventually have found your games. I hope, please, you read this. You deserve accolades and respect in your creative/work life. It has been world defining to me - I cannot imagine the world without you, truly. Please don't retire before your next game, I cannot wait for it :)