The graffiti in the city section is so interesting! I've noticed ones that say Find Alice, Casey, Alan Wake, Initiation, Cult of the Word, Scratch, Lost, Return, and AWE (the acronym for Altered World Event from Control). And I've noticed the only walls that aren't covered in graffiti are posters for Night Springs, and a few billboards for Mr. Door's talk show.
Dont Write, You Die Here, Mister Scratch, are a few more. Also because it's all his writing, in this game you could call AWE's Alan Wake Events, especially because he alters the world events.
These episodes are so well written. Even if control isn't physically intertwined with the story, their little messages sprinkled throughout the entire story about Control and the FBC. The writing of these series is just so good
The drinking coffee in sync to ME seems to dictate a simulation. Like even when Alan thinks he’s OUT of his story he is STILL in his story. I’m happily confused 🥰
It's also straight out of the "Return" trailer within "Quantum Break". Same for some of the other character positioning, the shirt Alan's wearing, etc.
It's also just a Sam Lake meme. He loves his coffee and he's constantly posting videos of himself sipping it exactly like this on his social medias. He does the synced thing with his wife or other people.
Loving this play through so much. Right near the end of the episode i saw another connection to Control. It clicked as soon as i saw the Chapter title when he entered Parliament Towers. The title was "Haunting." Straight away that split second i remembered a couple FBC case files that Jesse comes across in the AWE DLC. The FBC was monitoring Alice Wake after what happened at Bright Falls, due to fact they were considering Alan to become part of the Prime Candidate program, but he disappeared. Many years later the Investigation Department of the FBC brought Alice in for some questioning regarding the Bright Falls AWE, because they left a monitoring station at Cauldron Lake and managed to capture a shaded entity known as Dr Hartman and took him back to the Bureau for test and interrogation. When the FBC was talking to Alice about Alan, in the file she mentioned she was being haunted by visions of an angry, screaming Alan in her apartment, so she set up cameras and lasers to capture any images she could of Alan. I now realise that who she was terroised by was Mr Scratch. The thing is , the Alice Wake interview by the FBC was triggered by her photo exhibition,The Dark Place, which was a wrong move by the FBC. Because when they brought Alice in for questioning, The Thing That Was Not Hartman felt her presence in the Oldest House and broke out of containment killing a large number of FBC agents before they managed to seal the Investigation Department. When i realised how this all tied in with Control, in particularly the AWE DLC it blew my mind. Remedy you are geniuses. Chef's Kiss.😘
If you want another connection, Dylan talks about Mr. Door in one of his rants. "I was in a dark place, and there was a dark man there. His name was Mr. Door, and he told me that there are many worlds - side-by-side, on top of each other, some inside of others. In one world, there was a writer who wrote a story about a cop. In another world, the cop was real. Door said he himself was in all of them at the same time, endlessly shifting between them."
@@wahlflower3517 This! :D .. I didn't remember exactly what he said but it is insane. I remember Dylan meeting him in the dark place. Also, many people think the reason Tim Breaker [time breaker] is here is because he also travel to a different world. it is only logical that him or images of him is here looking for Mr. Door.
@@wahlflower3517 I have a feeling Quantum Break was going to be a part of the Remedy Connected Universe but they couldn't get the rights to QB back from Xbox so they didn't use Martin Hatch. Cause according to Jason Schnider on Twitter.. Mr. Door was going to be played by Lance Reddick. Either scheduling or something came up. So I'm assuming Door is just an alt universe version of Hatch. Same with Tim Breaker.
things i noticed : all the graffiti in Alan's new york is related to him, in different styles and fonts: "mister scratch", "find Alice" , "don't write", "initiation", " you lost her", and the posters of night springs, the dark place, and Casey's movies. - also there is multiple signs with the excerpts from manuscript of alan wake 1, such as Millington thinking how stupid that they doing all this search for a writer. - and the elevator door to Alice's apartment have the same design from the ash tray maze in control
So in Quantum Break another game made by Remedy about time travel and different timelines there was a interdimesonal being called Martin Hatch he said he exist in all timelines at once but Quantum Break isn't apart of the connected universe cus they don't have the rights to it So when Control came out in it there were Paranatural Entities The Board - They are beings that probably look like The Former - They live in the upside down pyramid in the Astral Plane The Former - It was apart of The Board but they kicked it out cus it did something wrong - It lives in the Astral Plane Astral Spikes - They are side enemies in the game - They are from the Astral Plane Hedron - It was the entity that helped Dr Darling create the HRA's it also either created Polaris for Jesse or it unlocked Polaris that was already inside Jesse - It's home is a world called Slidescape-36 Polaris - It is the entity that has helped Jesse since she was a kid - It's home is Slidescape-36 The Hiss - It is the main enemy in Control - It's home is a unidentified dimension The Clog - It is the archnemesis of Ahti the janitor - It's home is a unidentified dimension Mold-1 - It is a entity that spreads throughout the Oldest House - It's home is a unidentified dimension Not-Mother - It is the entity that caused trouble in Ordinary when Jesse was a kid - It's home is a world called Temple The Dark Presence - The main enemy of the Alan Wake games - It's home is a world called The Dark Place But when you question Dylan Faden in Control he says he's been to different worlds and he met Mr Door a powerful being that can exist in any world he wants He is so powerful nothing effects him he can come and go through dimensions when he wants I think Ahti is another being as strong as Mr Door But also you my think Mr Door sounds like Martin Hatch well the theory is cus Remedy dosnt have the rights to Martin Hatch they made Mr Door instead they even look similar too the only difference is Hatch is played by the late Lance Reddick and Door is played by David Harewood
@@Carcosahead Yeah, it's like the MCU how they link together. I watched a Recap video on RUclips because I never played Alan Wake or Control, Control also has a DLC that is about Alan Wake helping to tie the two together. The main story of Control as far as I could tell in the Recap has no connection outside easter eggs to Alan Wake until the DLC, the only thing they share is the FBC and Ahti the Janitor (Alan Wake II). There is also a 'Federal Bureau __' in Alan Wake, that Alan wrote. It wasn't called 'Control' but its description is very similar to Control (FBC) which is what inspired the theory Evelyn mentioned, that Alan Wake created the FBC
@@CiarlaArt Alan may not have created the FBC, unlikely though as everything in Remedy seems to be created by Alan, but he did create the Hiss, and their chant is him chopping and mixing words of a page to sound alien.
It's a good story line. And the acting both model and voice is top notch. Not to mention the environment. I see so many elements from prior games and TV shows, all combined together, that it kinda reminds me of a Steven King Novel, that the protagonist is King, and he's fighting through his greatest fear, writers block.
I usually hate horror games, but I watched the first episode you played of Alan Wake 2 and enjoyed it so much that I went back and watched your playthrough of the entire first game before coming back to this playthrough. Probably will also watch Control since there seems to be a lot of overlap. Anyways, love the way you're playing this game, and love your style of gameplay in general.
It sure beats the people pushing 40, acting overly excited like every mechanic is new. "Oh a stick!! Ahhh get the stick! It's a stick, I have the stick!"
Yahhhs! I literally binged Gab’s play through of Alan Wake, then Control so everything is so fresh. Seeing the connections here is so cool. At the end of the Control dlc, when they got the blip from bright falls, Jesse asked about the agent in charge there, Estevez. That was the name of the person on the radio, 41:53 I cannot wait to see more!!
YEAHHH I BINGED WATCH ALL OF ALAN WAKE 1 JUST SO I CAN UNDERSTAND THIS STORY AND I LOVE ITTTTTTT I NEED MOREEEE also LOVE THE VIDEOS GABS KEEP IT UPPPP❤❤
I love the design of the new york area so much! All the tiny details and easter eggs on written on the wall like find alice or cold casey. It’s story wise, as well as visually so well made.
35:14 The whole thing with Mr. Door and Tim Breaker is about Quantum Break. Remedy doesn't have the rights, similar to Max Payne, so they had to get creative with the names and subtle references like what Tim is describing here about being from another reality. Warlin Door is Martin Hatch of Quantum Break (who's nature is partially described there). Courtney Hope who plays Jesse in Control also played Beth in QB and she has red hair which Tim references here. I had never played QB until a month ago to prepare for this game and I'm glad I did. If you ever seen the series Fringe, QB feels like Fringe turned into a video game. It also literally includes actual 20 min episodes to watch and that change depending on what you do in the game.
So Hatch is referred to as a "shifter", a being that exists in all possible moments of time at once, which Jack Joyce and Beth Wilder also would be. I think anyone who uses the Chronon machine and gets Chronon syndrome becomes a shifter or dies from the sickness. Best part, it's all explained in AW1, in the first Night Springs episode. Quantum reality, all things exist at once and we are in all of them, but a machine created by the Professor can set the reality to one specific one (The one in which his gun always jams). The time machine in Quantum Break is the opposite form of the Quantum reality machine, in that it splits the person living in one reality into all of them at once. The episode is also a great explanation of how Alan can die continuously and still come back (The player dying and restoring a save point), the reality he died in is just that, one reality, and the story continues in the reality Alan doesn't die in. To add - This also means there is a reality in which Paul Serene doesn't die, so we may get Aidan Gillen in another Remedy game in the future.
Yessss Gab, I’m so ready!! You’ve made me want to restart the entire series, maybe even go back to Control! I’ve been saying “Alex Casey, Alan WAKEYYYY” 😂😂
Definitely rewatch Control on Gab’s channel! I just did before this came out and it’s really enhancing my experience knowing all of the details from that game. I’m actually getting a ps5 soon for my bday and the first game I play is gonna be Control hehe! best wishes, Director Faden 😜
It's amazing how good the graphics are. I remember some of the games in the 1980s, all pixeled. Now, some of them are like watching an interactive movie. This is a good story too.
This really is magnificent. A glorious bow of wild madness tied on the entire Remedy-verse. Plus we get to finally hear Sam Lake's own voice, and he seems every bit as goofy a person as I'd hoped :) Just wonderful. Thank you for sharing it with us, Gab.
Hopefully with all these Max Payne and Quantum Break references we'll get more games from them or at the very least we'll see something in the same vein.
Evelin, I think you can assign the healing items into a quickslot! Alright, this might get long. I will write things down as they come. Isn't Casey (FBI), the exact same dude that played Alan's character in the movies (from The Dark Place)? I highly suspect he is, indeed, the character himself. We know that he was sent excerpts of the books, which lead him to investigate the crimes; the character does exactly that. Also, the "Doctor" he speaks to in the tunnels is the woman who interrupted, along with his partner, the Cult of the Trees when they killed Nightingale. This makes me think that Alan himself wrote all of the crimes and cults mentioned somewhere along his numerous attempts to get out. Saga definitely has something supernatural going on, since she can see and hear things when she analyses objects/people/etc. Maybe she was written by Alan, or Scratch, or just Alan making Scratch do it. In Control's DLC, Alice goes to the FBC because of Scratch stalking her, and we read a manuscript were Alan wrote exactly that to "set things in motion". Considering all this, I think that Rose is, perhaps, aware of the things that were/will be written, and that is why she knows Saga (from a previous written storyline, when she went there?) and the fact that her daughter drowned or is going to drown. Speaking of Rose, I think the lunch boxes are hers. Ahti indeed seems to be a Finnish god of water (related: I don't think it is a coincidence that the tour guide that takes you to forbidden places is also Finnish). He calls Alan, Tom, from Thomas Zane; could this be because Alan is him? That it was Tom who wrote him into existence, and Alan, in turn, wrote him? It is paradoxical, but so is the nature of the narrative. In Control, Zane wasn't a writer, I don't exactly remember if he was a musician or something else, but Jesse knew him as a writer, does that mean she was written by Alan, as well as all that happened to her and her brother, Polaris, the Hiss? Most likely, for me, at least. This could mean that every game that followed the first Alan Wake, were all attempts made by Alan to escape the Dark Place. Thank you for playing this game! I am enjoying it soooooo much
anyone else relized the person alan was talking to on the phone at the beginning was scratch solely cause the dialonge sounded simiular to the control dlc? it sounded so simiular and just, love the connected points in this
many of the signs in the Dark Place quotes from the first game and the American Nightmare spin-off's manuscript & narrated segments printed on them, which is a cool touch
This series is awesome but I REALLY wish Gab would slow down and read some of the words all over the walls! There're a lot of interesting tidbits in the background!
Did anyone else keep seeing Alan's flannel move near his stomach? Like it was opening? It was every time they show him near the end of the video where they are all sitting at the desk 😂😂😂
11:52 Casey: "The rain tried to wash away the sins of this city. But some sins, the evidence of the crimes committed, could never be erased. Not by the rain. Or any amount of therapy from Dr. Jack Daniels. It remained, *bruises under my skin like tattoos*. Bruises in my soul. *Scar tissue on my heart*. The tattoos on Nightingale's skin and heart, perhaps?
Gonna try decipher the poem/ritual chant. I believe it's a cultist addressing Alan/Tom Zayn on the behalf(?) of Mr. Scratch. THE WRITER OF THE FIRST WORD (Alan Wake, cast as a Biblical creator figure) NOT THE WRITER OF THE LAST (not the one to usher in the end. Satan, the destroyer, the anti-Christ in both senses of the term. The name Mr. Scratch being another name for the devil) WITH THE TERROR OF THE LIGHT (The Dark Place defies definition, and so abhors and "fears" the light - both figurative and literal - that provides it) AND THE SHADOWS CAST (Mr. Scratch, and the horrors of the Dark Place "cast" by the "light" of a creative mind) THE THIRD EYE NOW OPEN (parautilitarian abilities, like the reality warping demonstrated by Wake through the Dark Place) TO PROJECT THE NIGHT (the parautilitarian abilities work through the Dark Place, but in the same way the Dark Place works through Alan, projecting Mr. Scratch, Nightingale and other Taken into reality, spreading its influence. The brighter the light, the darker the shadows.) THIS IS THE MOMENT TO WRITE THIS IS THE RITUAL TO LEAD YOU ON (a double entendre; the ritual leads Alan further into the Dark Place, but he's also being "lead on". By whom? Scratch?) YOUR FRIENDS WILL MEET HIM WHEN YOU ARE GONE (Alan Wake's friends will meet Scratch after Alan is "gone". Destroyed? Subsumed?) Edit: on further examination, I believe the poem serves double purpose, especially in that "lead you on" line. It's both advice and warning to Alan (THIS IS THE MOMENT TO WRITE), and it's a taunt from Scratch and the Cult of the Word. Light and dark in the same phrases. On a complete non-sequitur, I wonder if all the meta layers of Initiation and how it cribs on his preexisting material, the floodplains of Cauldron Lake, and where they find Alan isn't just a subtle joke about him being washed up. He's written enough for it to be the case lmao Edit 2: It needs him to hope. To grow brighter. Around one constant, they revolve.
okay this part is so much better than the first two parts (nothing about Evelien's playing, just the beginning of the game was somehow super uninteresting to me). I really like the part where you're above street lvl, go upstairs, and then you're at street level. I like THAT type of subtlety more than the blatant plastered everywhere FBC and Night Springs references, and blatant mentions of Mr. Scratch and Alex Casey. The more the game name drops references the more I roll my eyes, but the really subtle stuff like going up stairs to go downstairs is soooooooooooooooooooo cool holy crap. I also feel like there's just a bit more gameplay starting here, whereas the previous part with Saga just feels super slow and uninteresting overall, and the only thing trying to keep interest were the name/reference drops, which wasn't particularly interesting to me. Having a van with FBC license plate was interesting, but having a guy literally explicitly stating out that he's from the Federal Bureau of Control was...too in my face. ^^;; Sadly so far 90% of the "cool" stuff the game showed have been really lackluster, but I really love the going up stairs to be downstairs thing. Also i like how you can collect light from one source to put elsewhere to solve puzzle. Now if only Alan would stop giving blatant hints would be lovely... I'm normally really good at enjoying all games, and even when they're cheesy I can just put myself into the right mindset, so it's kinda crazy to me that this game is making me roll my eyes so much. I think it's to do with the game blatantly being cheesy ala Twin Peaks style, but the overall style of the game and how the characters behave and narration is overly serious - which just makes it feel so melodramatic in a bad way. But I'm really hoping now we're in the meat of the game and things just click for me because i REALLY want to enjoy it. But super glad Evelien's having fun playing it! It's such an amazing feeling to play something that really captures you!
Hearing the phone ring gave me chills. Takes me back to playing Max Payne with my dad. I wish Remedy could have full ownership of Max to really entwine them properly
The Professor Casey was talking to sounded like Saga. I still have 3 parts left of the first one but when Sheriff Breaker is talking about being a different person with a different name could he be talking about Sarah Breaker who was sheriff in the first game.
Weird that the NYC section would have Alex Casey in it and he'd pull up in the exact same attire Max Payne does in Max Payne 2, which is set in NYC mainly if I'm recalling correctly.
My god, they really did go off on the art direction with this game 😍 it's so good! I love the use of the live action cut scenes, it adds a whole other level eeriness
Just my theory, but I believe the reason Sheriff Breaker (Shawn Ashmore) was obsessed with Mr Door was because he may supposed to be a version of Martin Hatch (originally Lance Reddick) (😢 RIP) from Quantum Break.
@@Carcosaheadoutside of references to Max Payne and Quantum Break, these games are not connected to Alan Wake, The Remedy Connected Universe is only Alan Wake and Control in terms of the Story and Characters.
I don't think Ahti is "God," I was thinking about it today having watched yesterday's episode, I think he's more of an intermediary for The Board. He's basically ageless, can appear in multiple realities, but is limited in the actions he can take. Note that he referred to Jesse as the "Janitor's Assistant," while she was still director of the Federal Bureau of Control, which means he basically delegates messes that need to be cleaned up. He's capable of acting physically in other worlds, but in a limited capacity, such as the walkman to get Jesse through the Ash Tray Maze. Just my thoughts
I do kind of wish you'd slow down a bit to check out the details. There are a lot of little messages that change on the walls and signs that seem to add more context. Otherwise, you were my first choice to walk this playthrough with.
Using live action footage in video games has come a long way since the original resident evil. These days game footage is almost photo realistic so blends with live action more effectively.
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It's tripping me out how Alan looks like John Wick from the back, the hair, the way his beard looks from the back when you can't see his face fully
The graffiti in the city section is so interesting! I've noticed ones that say Find Alice, Casey, Alan Wake, Initiation, Cult of the Word, Scratch, Lost, Return, and AWE (the acronym for Altered World Event from Control). And I've noticed the only walls that aren't covered in graffiti are posters for Night Springs, and a few billboards for Mr. Door's talk show.
So many fascinating details to find and appreciate!
Dont Write, You Die Here, Mister Scratch, are a few more. Also because it's all his writing, in this game you could call AWE's Alan Wake Events, especially because he alters the world events.
And at 1:04:27 a sign says "You may not be the only "you" out there." & "Please carry a portable light with you in the subway"
These episodes are so well written. Even if control isn't physically intertwined with the story, their little messages sprinkled throughout the entire story about Control and the FBC. The writing of these series is just so good
I love how the sign changes around 22:47 from "Don't sleep again" to "Stop writing Wake" when she puts the light in. So many cool details!
Yes! Also signs in subway states quotes from first alan wake
The drinking coffee in sync to ME seems to dictate a simulation. Like even when Alan thinks he’s OUT of his story he is STILL in his story. I’m happily confused 🥰
It's also straight out of the "Return" trailer within "Quantum Break". Same for some of the other character positioning, the shirt Alan's wearing, etc.
@@slartimus OMG I forgot about this! Where is QB2?! I still have to play Control 😅
I have a feeling that Alan never actually met saga. I think the Alan she’s seeing is you know who
It's also just a Sam Lake meme. He loves his coffee and he's constantly posting videos of himself sipping it exactly like this on his social medias. He does the synced thing with his wife or other people.
@@MaRaMa-ARTZ or MAYBE we are ALL in a simulation 😳
🦉 Owlan Wake agrees
I wonder if Scratch is the 'Alan' with Saga and Casey pretending while the real Alan is in the New York Dark Place?
Loving this play through so much. Right near the end of the episode i saw another connection to Control. It clicked as soon as i saw the Chapter title when he entered Parliament Towers. The title was "Haunting."
Straight away that split second i remembered a couple FBC case files that Jesse comes across in the AWE DLC. The FBC was monitoring Alice Wake after what happened at Bright Falls, due to fact they were considering Alan to become part of the Prime Candidate program, but he disappeared. Many years later the Investigation Department of the FBC brought Alice in for some questioning regarding the Bright Falls AWE, because they left a monitoring station at Cauldron Lake and managed to capture a shaded entity known as Dr Hartman and took him back to the Bureau for test and interrogation. When the FBC was talking to Alice about Alan, in the file she mentioned she was being haunted by visions of an angry, screaming Alan in her apartment, so she set up cameras and lasers to capture any images she could of Alan. I now realise that who she was terroised by was Mr Scratch. The thing is , the Alice Wake interview by the FBC was triggered by her photo exhibition,The Dark Place, which was a wrong move by the FBC. Because when they brought Alice in for questioning, The Thing That Was Not Hartman felt her presence in the Oldest House and broke out of containment killing a large number of FBC agents before they managed to seal the Investigation Department. When i realised how this all tied in with Control, in particularly the AWE DLC it blew my mind. Remedy you are geniuses. Chef's Kiss.😘
If you want another connection, Dylan talks about Mr. Door in one of his rants. "I was in a dark place, and there was a dark man there. His name was Mr. Door, and he told me that there are many worlds - side-by-side, on top of each other, some inside of others. In one world, there was a writer who wrote a story about a cop. In another world, the cop was real. Door said he himself was in all of them at the same time, endlessly shifting between them."
@@wahlflower3517 I remember that vividly as I've just finished Control for the seventh time of asking.
There is also that refrence to Mr. Door. I mean he is the guy that Dylan talks about .. and he seems to manipulate the world[s]
@@wahlflower3517 This! :D .. I didn't remember exactly what he said but it is insane. I remember Dylan meeting him in the dark place. Also, many people think the reason Tim Breaker [time breaker] is here is because he also travel to a different world. it is only logical that him or images of him is here looking for Mr. Door.
@@wahlflower3517 I have a feeling Quantum Break was going to be a part of the Remedy Connected Universe but they couldn't get the rights to QB back from Xbox so they didn't use Martin Hatch. Cause according to Jason Schnider on Twitter.. Mr. Door was going to be played by Lance Reddick. Either scheduling or something came up. So I'm assuming Door is just an alt universe version of Hatch. Same with Tim Breaker.
things i noticed : all the graffiti in Alan's new york is related to him, in different styles and fonts: "mister scratch", "find Alice" , "don't write", "initiation", " you lost her", and the posters of night springs, the dark place, and Casey's movies.
- also there is multiple signs with the excerpts from manuscript of alan wake 1, such as Millington thinking how stupid that they doing all this search for a writer.
- and the elevator door to Alice's apartment have the same design from the ash tray maze in control
So in Quantum Break another game made by Remedy about time travel and different timelines there was a interdimesonal being called Martin Hatch he said he exist in all timelines at once but Quantum Break isn't apart of the connected universe cus they don't have the rights to it
So when Control came out in it there were Paranatural Entities
The Board - They are beings that probably look like The Former - They live in the upside down pyramid in the Astral Plane
The Former - It was apart of The Board but they kicked it out cus it did something wrong - It lives in the Astral Plane
Astral Spikes - They are side enemies in the game - They are from the Astral Plane
Hedron - It was the entity that helped Dr Darling create the HRA's it also either created Polaris for Jesse or it unlocked Polaris that was already inside Jesse - It's home is a world called Slidescape-36
Polaris - It is the entity that has helped Jesse since she was a kid - It's home is Slidescape-36
The Hiss - It is the main enemy in Control - It's home is a unidentified dimension
The Clog - It is the archnemesis of Ahti the janitor - It's home is a unidentified dimension
Mold-1 - It is a entity that spreads throughout the Oldest House - It's home is a unidentified dimension
Not-Mother - It is the entity that caused trouble in Ordinary when Jesse was a kid - It's home is a world called Temple
The Dark Presence - The main enemy of the Alan Wake games - It's home is a world called The Dark Place
But when you question Dylan Faden in Control he says he's been to different worlds and he met Mr Door a powerful being that can exist in any world he wants
He is so powerful nothing effects him he can come and go through dimensions when he wants I think Ahti is another being as strong as Mr Door
But also you my think Mr Door sounds like Martin Hatch well the theory is cus Remedy dosnt have the rights to Martin Hatch they made Mr Door instead they even look similar too the only difference is Hatch is played by the late Lance Reddick and Door is played by David Harewood
So you need to play all the fucking games to understand the plot 😢
@@Carcosahead Yeah, it's like the MCU how they link together.
I watched a Recap video on RUclips because I never played Alan Wake or Control, Control also has a DLC that is about Alan Wake helping to tie the two together. The main story of Control as far as I could tell in the Recap has no connection outside easter eggs to Alan Wake until the DLC, the only thing they share is the FBC and Ahti the Janitor (Alan Wake II). There is also a 'Federal Bureau __' in Alan Wake, that Alan wrote. It wasn't called 'Control' but its description is very similar to Control (FBC) which is what inspired the theory Evelyn mentioned, that Alan Wake created the FBC
@@CiarlaArt Alan may not have created the FBC, unlikely though as everything in Remedy seems to be created by Alan, but he did create the Hiss, and their chant is him chopping and mixing words of a page to sound alien.
It's a good story line. And the acting both model and voice is top notch. Not to mention the environment. I see so many elements from prior games and TV shows, all combined together, that it kinda reminds me of a Steven King Novel, that the protagonist is King, and he's fighting through his greatest fear, writers block.
King was mentioned in passing by Alan in the first game. It does take after his work, as well as other media. Have you watched/played the first one?
@@habitantedelvacio I've watched it, but didn't make the connection.
@@dagiel9061 I didn't say it negatively, sorry if it came out that way. I was just going to recommend it to you if you hadn't 😅
@@habitantedelvacio No worries 🙂
@@habitantedelvacio "In passing", Stephen King are literally the first two words spoken in the game.
I usually hate horror games, but I watched the first episode you played of Alan Wake 2 and enjoyed it so much that I went back and watched your playthrough of the entire first game before coming back to this playthrough. Probably will also watch Control since there seems to be a lot of overlap. Anyways, love the way you're playing this game, and love your style of gameplay in general.
Gab: gets the flare gun upgrade
Also Gab: doesnt have a flare gun yet
I've been looking forward to these episodes everyday! Gab your playthroughs always have such cosy, good vibes.
It sure beats the people pushing 40, acting overly excited like every mechanic is new. "Oh a stick!! Ahhh get the stick! It's a stick, I have the stick!"
@@adamburdt8794 you're going to be 40 some day jackass
Yahhhs! I literally binged Gab’s play through of Alan Wake, then Control so everything is so fresh. Seeing the connections here is so cool. At the end of the Control dlc, when they got the blip from bright falls, Jesse asked about the agent in charge there, Estevez. That was the name of the person on the radio, 41:53 I cannot wait to see more!!
The way Alan is slamming those doors open is giving Leon S. Kenny in RE4. 😂😂😂
YEAHHH I BINGED WATCH ALL OF ALAN WAKE 1 JUST SO I CAN UNDERSTAND THIS STORY AND I LOVE ITTTTTTT I NEED MOREEEE also LOVE THE VIDEOS GABS KEEP IT UPPPP❤❤
Lol...slow down on the caffeine !
@@seasyrenn LOL I CANT HELP IT ITS REALLY GOOD
Lol currently doing this too!
@@jadaleon568🌈 ☕️ 🌈 ☕️
I've not seen the first one but I feel like I understand what is going on
The actor for Alice is actually so freaking good. Most games that i see where they have real actors are kind of cringey but she did so well
I love the design of the new york area so much! All the tiny details and easter eggs on written on the wall like find alice or cold casey. It’s story wise, as well as visually so well made.
35:14 The whole thing with Mr. Door and Tim Breaker is about Quantum Break. Remedy doesn't have the rights, similar to Max Payne, so they had to get creative with the names and subtle references like what Tim is describing here about being from another reality. Warlin Door is Martin Hatch of Quantum Break (who's nature is partially described there). Courtney Hope who plays Jesse in Control also played Beth in QB and she has red hair which Tim references here. I had never played QB until a month ago to prepare for this game and I'm glad I did. If you ever seen the series Fringe, QB feels like Fringe turned into a video game. It also literally includes actual 20 min episodes to watch and that change depending on what you do in the game.
So Hatch is referred to as a "shifter", a being that exists in all possible moments of time at once, which Jack Joyce and Beth Wilder also would be. I think anyone who uses the Chronon machine and gets Chronon syndrome becomes a shifter or dies from the sickness.
Best part, it's all explained in AW1, in the first Night Springs episode. Quantum reality, all things exist at once and we are in all of them, but a machine created by the Professor can set the reality to one specific one (The one in which his gun always jams). The time machine in Quantum Break is the opposite form of the Quantum reality machine, in that it splits the person living in one reality into all of them at once.
The episode is also a great explanation of how Alan can die continuously and still come back (The player dying and restoring a save point), the reality he died in is just that, one reality, and the story continues in the reality Alan doesn't die in.
To add - This also means there is a reality in which Paul Serene doesn't die, so we may get Aidan Gillen in another Remedy game in the future.
The jumpscares were crazy man, I was so immersed with the character wandering around and shit just flashed into us.
Yessss Gab, I’m so ready!!
You’ve made me want to restart the entire series, maybe even go back to Control!
I’ve been saying “Alex Casey, Alan WAKEYYYY” 😂😂
Definitely rewatch Control on Gab’s channel! I just did before this came out and it’s really enhancing my experience knowing all of the details from that game. I’m actually getting a ps5 soon for my bday and the first game I play is gonna be Control hehe! best wishes, Director Faden 😜
Alan slowly turning into John Wick
Alan Wick
It's amazing how good the graphics are. I remember some of the games in the 1980s, all pixeled. Now, some of them are like watching an interactive movie. This is a good story too.
Not sure if Gab noticed but the subway signs wrote "Dont sleep again" and "Stop writing, Wake". Cool details!
The red headed woman sounds a lot like Jesse and the “Polyhedrons” much like the big Polaris that got destructed
its name was Hedron!
22:45 The signs on the subway also change... 23:25 ...basically every sign or graffiti is giving Alan messages. This is so cool!
I just noticed when you interact with the thermos, the cup lid gets removed
This really is magnificent. A glorious bow of wild madness tied on the entire Remedy-verse. Plus we get to finally hear Sam Lake's own voice, and he seems every bit as goofy a person as I'd hoped :) Just wonderful. Thank you for sharing it with us, Gab.
The graffiti in the Alan section is my favorite, Find Alice, Scratch, all the little details
Hopefully with all these Max Payne and Quantum Break references we'll get more games from them or at the very least we'll see something in the same vein.
Gab has the best playthroughs! Love the vibe.
Evelin, I think you can assign the healing items into a quickslot!
Alright, this might get long. I will write things down as they come.
Isn't Casey (FBI), the exact same dude that played Alan's character in the movies (from The Dark Place)? I highly suspect he is, indeed, the character himself. We know that he was sent excerpts of the books, which lead him to investigate the crimes; the character does exactly that. Also, the "Doctor" he speaks to in the tunnels is the woman who interrupted, along with his partner, the Cult of the Trees when they killed Nightingale. This makes me think that Alan himself wrote all of the crimes and cults mentioned somewhere along his numerous attempts to get out.
Saga definitely has something supernatural going on, since she can see and hear things when she analyses objects/people/etc. Maybe she was written by Alan, or Scratch, or just Alan making Scratch do it. In Control's DLC, Alice goes to the FBC because of Scratch stalking her, and we read a manuscript were Alan wrote exactly that to "set things in motion".
Considering all this, I think that Rose is, perhaps, aware of the things that were/will be written, and that is why she knows Saga (from a previous written storyline, when she went there?) and the fact that her daughter drowned or is going to drown. Speaking of Rose, I think the lunch boxes are hers.
Ahti indeed seems to be a Finnish god of water (related: I don't think it is a coincidence that the tour guide that takes you to forbidden places is also Finnish). He calls Alan, Tom, from Thomas Zane; could this be because Alan is him? That it was Tom who wrote him into existence, and Alan, in turn, wrote him? It is paradoxical, but so is the nature of the narrative. In Control, Zane wasn't a writer, I don't exactly remember if he was a musician or something else, but Jesse knew him as a writer, does that mean she was written by Alan, as well as all that happened to her and her brother, Polaris, the Hiss? Most likely, for me, at least. This could mean that every game that followed the first Alan Wake, were all attempts made by Alan to escape the Dark Place.
Thank you for playing this game! I am enjoying it soooooo much
In control, zane was a filmmaker.
@@dark_neverland that was it, thanks!
8:25 I like how the sign for the different subway lines spells out "Don't"
22:48 "Don't Sleep Again" turns into "Stop Writing Wake"
@@TheRawrnstuff ooh, I'm almost to that spot
anyone else relized the person alan was talking to on the phone at the beginning was scratch solely cause the dialonge sounded simiular to the control dlc? it sounded so simiular and just, love the connected points in this
Alan's part couldn't be more mind ending and I LOVE it. I can't wait to see more
Alex Casey is pretty much Max Payne and I'm loving it. Makes me want Max Payne 4 that much more..
17:35 Clever way to get the player in the right position for the visual overlay.
Just finished watching the last video. Incredible timing! I'm really loving these videos :)
Yessss! Love the spooky cozy vibe you provide for this ❤
56:15 they put lots of Layers of Fear inspiration especially in the sound effects
many of the signs in the Dark Place quotes from the first game and the American Nightmare spin-off's manuscript & narrated segments printed on them, which is a cool touch
*You can boost your Flaslight* to make enemies vulnerable.
For a game that is in third person and not really about guns, this game got these reload animations pretty good.
As someone who had never heard of Alan Wake before watching this play through, i can definitely say, my mind is messed up right now 😂
This series is awesome but I REALLY wish Gab would slow down and read some of the words all over the walls! There're a lot of interesting tidbits in the background!
Some of this gives silent hill vibes of feeling you've escaped only to still be there, maybe, probably
Did anyone else keep seeing Alan's flannel move near his stomach? Like it was opening? It was every time they show him near the end of the video where they are all sitting at the desk 😂😂😂
11:52 Casey: "The rain tried to wash away the sins of this city. But some sins, the evidence of the crimes committed, could never be erased. Not by the rain. Or any amount of therapy from Dr. Jack Daniels. It remained, *bruises under my skin like tattoos*. Bruises in my soul. *Scar tissue on my heart*.
The tattoos on Nightingale's skin and heart, perhaps?
Gonna try decipher the poem/ritual chant. I believe it's a cultist addressing Alan/Tom Zayn on the behalf(?) of Mr. Scratch.
THE WRITER OF THE FIRST WORD (Alan Wake, cast as a Biblical creator figure)
NOT THE WRITER OF THE LAST (not the one to usher in the end. Satan, the destroyer, the anti-Christ in both senses of the term. The name Mr. Scratch being another name for the devil)
WITH THE TERROR OF THE LIGHT (The Dark Place defies definition, and so abhors and "fears" the light - both figurative and literal - that provides it)
AND THE SHADOWS CAST (Mr. Scratch, and the horrors of the Dark Place "cast" by the "light" of a creative mind)
THE THIRD EYE NOW OPEN (parautilitarian abilities, like the reality warping demonstrated by Wake through the Dark Place)
TO PROJECT THE NIGHT (the parautilitarian abilities work through the Dark Place, but in the same way the Dark Place works through Alan, projecting Mr. Scratch, Nightingale and other Taken into reality, spreading its influence. The brighter the light, the darker the shadows.)
THIS IS THE MOMENT
TO WRITE
THIS IS THE RITUAL TO LEAD YOU ON (a double entendre; the ritual leads Alan further into the Dark Place, but he's also being "lead on". By whom? Scratch?)
YOUR FRIENDS WILL MEET HIM
WHEN YOU ARE GONE (Alan Wake's friends will meet Scratch after Alan is "gone". Destroyed? Subsumed?)
Edit: on further examination, I believe the poem serves double purpose, especially in that "lead you on" line. It's both advice and warning to Alan (THIS IS THE MOMENT TO WRITE), and it's a taunt from Scratch and the Cult of the Word. Light and dark in the same phrases.
On a complete non-sequitur, I wonder if all the meta layers of Initiation and how it cribs on his preexisting material, the floodplains of Cauldron Lake, and where they find Alan isn't just a subtle joke about him being washed up. He's written enough for it to be the case lmao
Edit 2:
It needs him to hope. To grow brighter.
Around one constant, they revolve.
21:29
The name scratch has been graffitied on the right wall there. Pretty sure I saw it a couple of other times as well.
25:44
Now I see scratch and Casey graffitied 😮
28:08
Alice
My brain when i was watching this: the squirrel going: ALAN! ALAN! ALAN!!
okay this part is so much better than the first two parts (nothing about Evelien's playing, just the beginning of the game was somehow super uninteresting to me). I really like the part where you're above street lvl, go upstairs, and then you're at street level. I like THAT type of subtlety more than the blatant plastered everywhere FBC and Night Springs references, and blatant mentions of Mr. Scratch and Alex Casey. The more the game name drops references the more I roll my eyes, but the really subtle stuff like going up stairs to go downstairs is soooooooooooooooooooo cool holy crap. I also feel like there's just a bit more gameplay starting here, whereas the previous part with Saga just feels super slow and uninteresting overall, and the only thing trying to keep interest were the name/reference drops, which wasn't particularly interesting to me. Having a van with FBC license plate was interesting, but having a guy literally explicitly stating out that he's from the Federal Bureau of Control was...too in my face. ^^;; Sadly so far 90% of the "cool" stuff the game showed have been really lackluster, but I really love the going up stairs to be downstairs thing. Also i like how you can collect light from one source to put elsewhere to solve puzzle. Now if only Alan would stop giving blatant hints would be lovely... I'm normally really good at enjoying all games, and even when they're cheesy I can just put myself into the right mindset, so it's kinda crazy to me that this game is making me roll my eyes so much. I think it's to do with the game blatantly being cheesy ala Twin Peaks style, but the overall style of the game and how the characters behave and narration is overly serious - which just makes it feel so melodramatic in a bad way. But I'm really hoping now we're in the meat of the game and things just click for me because i REALLY want to enjoy it. But super glad Evelien's having fun playing it! It's such an amazing feeling to play something that really captures you!
Just finshed binge watching Alan wake 1 I love the little things they put in the game that's like a Easter egg for the first one
20:48 Polyhedrons referencing Hedron/Polaris, the "red headed woman" being Jesse
Hearing the phone ring gave me chills. Takes me back to playing Max Payne with my dad. I wish Remedy could have full ownership of Max to really entwine them properly
When she went into the Scratch picture, my first thought was "It's Anti-Septiceye".
Omg. I wonder if Gab remember Mr. Door from Control? Dylan mentioned him. He is the guy that Dylan met in the dark place. It is insane.
At one point, Alan used both hands to open two lockers at once, this was impressive for some reason.
I really am loving this series! Your voice is so comforting to listen to while I sew
I love how unapologetically cliched Alex Casey is. "THIS CITY" lol
21:36 I didn't catch that! I love nonsensical geometry.
The fact that Remedy can make me excited for a cameo by a shoebox is truely impressive!
16:17 Evelien: "Words of power... make you stronger"
Me: ♫♫ More than, Harder; Makes us, Stronger; Do it, Faster; Words of, Power ♫♫
This game has many references and many small details, one can get lost in it.
Can’t wait for this series to keep going! Loved the escape room vid and that’s why I ended watching this ❤❤
you're Alan wake 2 uploads is giving me life thank you for your service Ms. Evelien 💐
"AWE" graffiti on the walls in the Dark Place = Altered World Event from Control.
So I'm guessing the fictional, fictional, fictional version of Alex Casey would've been Max Payne if Remedy still owned the rights to Max Payne?
So many Max Payne references 😊
It's time for tea and my favorite trippy timeline/reality game experience! 🍵🔦
Alan wake 2: part 3! thanks for the video gab!
Exactly what i said out loud during the whole game, either "this looks so cool!" or "what the fuck?"
20:23 "Crazy Wall" the 2023 version of a "Visoin Board"
The Professor Casey was talking to sounded like Saga. I still have 3 parts left of the first one but when Sheriff Breaker is talking about being a different person with a different name could he be talking about Sarah Breaker who was sheriff in the first game.
but the image was totally of Tammy Brooks! I wonder if she might be the professor
Weird that the NYC section would have Alex Casey in it and he'd pull up in the exact same attire Max Payne does in Max Payne 2, which is set in NYC mainly if I'm recalling correctly.
Serious Silent Hill Vibes.
I think I’ve watched every single video on ur channel now I can’t get enough 😂
Hey Gab! I'm still watching Part 1. Hope you have a Happy Halloween! 👻
'Red headed woman' a reference to Jesse Faden?
Or/and Beth Wilder from Quantum Break, both roles played by Courtney Hope. In the same note the Sheriff mentions polyhedrons too.
Can't wait to see more of this game from you!
My god, they really did go off on the art direction with this game 😍 it's so good! I love the use of the live action cut scenes, it adds a whole other level eeriness
At 22:46 the sign says "don't sleep again" then "stop writing wake"
Also read the graffiti!
Finally i remember whose paly Tim, he playing a chartaher on The Rookie. I forgot his name lol
1:25:54 Oh no, is she going to help the Dark Place spread?
-Alan Wake, unholy fucking messiah. Pleased to meetcha.
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01:00:50
Just my theory, but I believe the reason Sheriff Breaker (Shawn Ashmore) was obsessed with Mr Door was because he may supposed to be a version of Martin Hatch (originally Lance Reddick) (😢 RIP) from Quantum Break.
18:58
1:32:24 whats the song called at the end?
It still surprises me that Alan Wake is connected to Control.
And Quantum Break, And Max Payne 😊
@@Carcosaheadoutside of references to Max Payne and Quantum Break, these games are not connected to Alan Wake, The Remedy Connected Universe is only Alan Wake and Control in terms of the Story and Characters.
Alan was about to piss me off with that slow ass run!😭😭😭😭😂
I don't think Ahti is "God," I was thinking about it today having watched yesterday's episode, I think he's more of an intermediary for The Board. He's basically ageless, can appear in multiple realities, but is limited in the actions he can take. Note that he referred to Jesse as the "Janitor's Assistant," while she was still director of the Federal Bureau of Control, which means he basically delegates messes that need to be cleaned up. He's capable of acting physically in other worlds, but in a limited capacity, such as the walkman to get Jesse through the Ash Tray Maze. Just my thoughts
🐹 ALAN!.. ALAN!.. ALAN!.. ALAN!..
1:21:35 call me imprest
when i read the title of the vid my brain immediately went "concrete jungle where dreams are made of"
Was Casey not in Max Payne game too? The first ones.
I do kind of wish you'd slow down a bit to check out the details. There are a lot of little messages that change on the walls and signs that seem to add more context. Otherwise, you were my first choice to walk this playthrough with.
Using live action footage in video games has come a long way since the original resident evil. These days game footage is almost photo realistic so blends with live action more effectively.
Turns out Warlin Door is an anagram of "Oni Warlord"
That professor woman looks like Tammy with that thing on her head
9:58 Cult of the tree graffiti