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"Remedy has tried to make Alan Wake 2 several times"
- Thread starter DeckardWintermute
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Pretty sure they always had the IP for a sequel. The rights to the first game reverted ba m
They still need somebody to publish the game
Are people reading the article? It's not that they can't get it made, its that they haven't had an idea good enough to make a sequel worthy of the original.
They've always had the IP. Microsoft just had first refusal on the publishing rights for the first game. Alan Wake is published by Remedy themselves on Steam.
Indeed in this very interview, they say they have talked to "potential partners" (plural) about a sequel in the past.
It's going to be a hard pitch. The game sold decently, but didn't set the world on fire. And if it's a multi-platform game, it'd be difficult to pitch a sequel given that the original games were exclusive to PC and Xbox - which is important since it's largely a narrative experience. They'd probably be better off doing a standalone game in the Alan Wake universe.
Hmmm, so basically it can go anywhere really. It seems he/they still don't really have a concept worthy enough for a sequel.
I do hope at some point it will be made. I loved the first game, American Nightmare not so much. The atmosphere was fantastic in AW and it sure was spooky too. QB was great stuff in there that really shows the potential of this developer and what they could do for a AW2, but that's mostly about visuals and animations I'm talking about.
A final pitch of AW2?
I'd buy a remaster of AW1 on PS4 day one. If they don't have any great ideas for 2 I get it. But I'd love to play back through the first one in higher res, trophies etc.
Waiting on someone pointing the blame at big X next
I mean. Not at all. How did you get that?
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My bad, I've made like 3 threads total on this site. I just saw an article about Alan Wake 2 and figured other people would find it interesting?
Alan Wake was so good. Like a really well done proceedural that you binge through to see what happens.
Also some people didnt like the combat but I actually thought it was pretty clever. And it was always intense.
Also some people didnt like the combat but I actually thought it was pretty clever. And it was always intense.
I'd love an Alan Wake sequel more than anything, but if Remedy themselves can't nail it then it's probably for the best that it's been dormant.
It really didn't take long for someone to assume the lack of an AW2 was on Microsoft, or suggest that Sony should fund publish a sequel.
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Yeah, it's a little disheartening to see they've tried multiple times but couldn't get it to work. I'm assuming the problem is advancing the combat, because the story is there.
I'll continue to pitch my idea that an Alan Wake sequel needs to switch gears and have players play as ALICE Wake, his wife.
Alan Wake was a complicated game that was also 1/2 of a dysfunctional marriage where we saw his side of events while playing through a narrative orchestrated by him to "rescue the damsel in distress", like it was an old-school fairy tale and his wife was just waiting for him burst in and slay the dragon like a traditional hero, as if that fixes the issues they had in their relationship.
Reverse it. Play as Alice tracking down rumors of her husband's whereabouts only to find herself caught up in the next story he's creating, one where she's the protagonist. ALICE is actually the one with a literal phobia of the dark, so playing as her as she has to fight the living embodiment of her deepest fears to rescue the man she both loves and was hurt by - while also grappling with the growing understanding she was being put through a traumatic journey of HIS design in HIS story - would be a psychological wonder-trip for a character who deserved to be more than a plot Macguffin. It would balance the narrative and have us see Alan from HER perspective, one that was clearly affectionate but also supremely damaged.
Whether her journey to find him would heal their marriage or only reinforce the cracks in their relationship would be a spooky and thoughtful journey into the dark unknown I would be thrilled to try.
Alan Wake was a complicated game that was also 1/2 of a dysfunctional marriage where we saw his side of events while playing through a narrative orchestrated by him to "rescue the damsel in distress", like it was an old-school fairy tale and his wife was just waiting for him burst in and slay the dragon like a traditional hero, as if that fixes the issues they had in their relationship.
Reverse it. Play as Alice tracking down rumors of her husband's whereabouts only to find herself caught up in the next story he's creating, one where she's the protagonist. ALICE is actually the one with a literal phobia of the dark, so playing as her as she has to fight the living embodiment of her deepest fears to rescue the man she both loves and was hurt by - while also grappling with the growing understanding she was being put through a traumatic journey of HIS design in HIS story - would be a psychological wonder-trip for a character who deserved to be more than a plot Macguffin. It would balance the narrative and have us see Alan from HER perspective, one that was clearly affectionate but also supremely damaged.
Whether her journey to find him would heal their marriage or only reinforce the cracks in their relationship would be a spooky and thoughtful journey into the dark unknown I would be thrilled to try.
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Not final in the sense it was completed but more like they pitched it again and it didn't work out.
Watch at 1:01:20 for the exact moment but probably start at 59:00 minute mark talking about the relationship
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Really? I thought it was great, like playing through a Stephen King novel.
Why not re-release on everything? It never came to PS. That would be a good test of demand for a sequel.
I actually agree with this. Between two MPs and QB, AW is the weaker game. Would still like to see AW2 at some point anyway though.
*Someone* has to fund it..
If MS doesn't want to.. . I hope Shuhei and Shawn Layden jump on this opportunity.
If MS doesn't want to.. . I hope Shuhei and Shawn Layden jump on this opportunity.
Nintendo loves funding games no one else wants to fund.
This is true. Alan Wake was originally an open world game. They then made a linear game after hitting development hell but set it in the same open world using the existing assets.
It's why, despite being a linear game, Alan Wake doesn't suffer from corridor syndrome and actually lets you go way off the beaten track and explore in a way that other traditional linear games don't.
MS were pitched a sequel at least two times if not more just by watching the video. The first time they tried again with American nightmare dlc as a test for the sequel. Then it was between a sequel and a new ip and ms chose quantum break and finally after quantum break they were given an updated pitch and they passed on that as well. This is to say that they had the opportunity but chose not to and that could be simply because they didn't like the pitch and I don't blame them if they thought it wasn't going to work out.
We'll see. If not for Nintendo, 1/2 of what Platinum has made in the last 7 years wouldn't exist.
I hope they nail a winning concept eventually. Next to Shenmue, Alan Wake is the story I want to finish most.
I don't think they need to do much with the combat itself, the game played great. If they expand the types of enemies, maybe giving them roles, while expanding the weapon selection and provide well designed encounters, that would be enough imo. It'll be a damn shame if the story is never finished.
I don't think they need to do much with the combat itself, the game played great. If they expand the types of enemies, maybe giving them roles, while expanding the weapon selection and provide well designed encounters, that would be enough imo. It'll be a damn shame if the story is never finished.
Like Phil would say, I can feel it coming in the air soon... Once Control is out of the way.
Platinum makes action gameplay focused games. Alan Wake is cinematic action adventure with heavy focus on story. Not really something Nintendo does, but maybe that could be a reason to try? Seriously doubt it though.
Definitely think they have a game cooking with Sony, but not Alan Wake related.