Alan Wake 2: Night Springs Review - Worthy DLC or Empty Fan Service?
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- Remedy surprised everybody by releasing their first expansion for the amazing Alan Wake 2. Titled Night Springs, the expansion takes us through three short stories starring alternative versions of Rose Marigold, Jesse Faden and Tim Breaker. But is Night Springs worthy of Alan Wake 2 or is it just cheap fan service. Let's find out.
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Okay so the thing is that there were supposed to be 2 extra NightSprings DLC episodes. One called "Cold Case" and the other one called "Altered World Event". In Cold Case you were supposed to play as Alex Casey, but as you might know, the voice actor James Mccaffrey passed away due to cancer. James wasn't able to complete the work he was supposed to do, so they cut his episode.
The Altered World Event episode was probably going to be an episode where you play as FBC agent Kieran Estevez. And since in the main story Estevez and Casey sort of got together at the end, Alex Casey was probably going to have a role as a side character in her episode as well. Just like Jesse Faden and Tim Breaker both showed up in eachother's episodes.
But yeah, they scrapped both these episodes because of James' death presumably and they didn't want to finish these episodes without him.
Maybe they will still release the episodes eventually, just like they are still producing the Max Payne 1 & 2 remakes without him.
It really sucks we only got 3 out of the 5 episodes we should have gotten but this does explain why the DLC is so short.
I just wanted to let you all know a bit more context and maybe, just maybe they just postponed the 2 missing episodes to figure out how to respectfully finish them without James' help.
Honestly way to short
$6.70/5.33 shut up
Alan wake 1 also had short dlcs, so I kinda expected this
I really thought we were gonna get a mr door boss fight boy was i wrong
Maybe next dlc!
As a remedy fan, i loved this dlc, i knew it wasn’t going to be anything to crazy going into it but i really enjoyed it for how fun it is
I’m so happy to see max Payne and director faden in this
This is how I feel as well. I love it and it is exactly what I want in a short, cheap DLC
I mean, how did you NOT know that Night Springs would be basically like a twilight zone like presentation? Anyway, yeah, I mean it as a cute little experience l, but the gameplay aspect itself…was incredibly tedious, blowing the F out of enemies as rose was kinda cathartic I won’t lie, the combat in 2/3 was even worse, i have hopes the next dlc might be a little better, well see, but hey, $7.5 for 3 hours ain’t too bad.
Oh, I guess I worded it a bit poorly. The presentation style did not surprise me but I was expecting it to focus more on Alan. Something similar to American Nightmare where he gets trapped inside of an episode of Night Springs.
I mean they did say these were attempts at him trying to leave the dark place. They never said it was gonna have Alan be playable@@rioichiFIN
how'd you get it for $7.50? It's $15 on the Epic store (12 in the current sale)
@@iamdmcBecause the 15 dollar package includes 2 DLCs, of which Night Springs is one of them. 15 ÷ 2 = 7,50. So both DLCs both cost 7,50 you just buy both in a package and have to wait until the second one is released
For me it was pretty good for 8€, the rose one was kinda "meh" but at least funny, the others two where interesting with many references
Rose is just a fun character. Maybe her gameplay was the weakest but still was a fun time.
I feel like the Rose episode was for the girls players cuz i LOVED IT its my favorite actually lol
The gameplay was meh but I love her being so delulu
Where is it only €8 it's $16 on xbox right now
@@GrizzlyatomzI think they refer to 16 Is the price for the two DLC, this One AND the other that no One knows about It yet, so in that case you Will spend 16 but this DLC only cost 8, the other half Is for the next DLC
YOU. ARE. NOT. COFFEE.
It was short but it was fun and I like the way they went with it.
I hope the next one that is coming in October will be a bit more in line with the game.
Way too short, nothing but re-used locations, mechanics, and gameplay, half-assed loredump in the third act. It's kinda unbelievable to think they spent the past couple months on just this. I REALLY hope the lake house is the best game dlc that has ever existed bc even for the low price of the expansion, it's disappointing at best.
Sweetbaby was here.
It’s a cute little snack before we get the main dlc eventually.
The only problem, is that it’s WAY SHORT!
In my opinion, they should’ve made it more repayable. With like challenges or leaderboards.
Yeah I stopped and listened to the Night Springs song all the way through after each episode, super banger. ❤
SAMEEE
Same
It's Alan Wakes American Nightmare II basically
yes and no, that was a full game (it has a conclusive ending) , and its based on a nightspring tv show (or barry's nightmare)
this has the same premise, but are not full games (more like teasers for future games either control 2, alan wake 3 or a new ip to replace quantum)
this dlc's end in cliffhangers.
I’m really happy they’re mixing all the remedy games in this dlc, honestly I’m super excited to play this but I love Alan wake
"LOVE NEVER GIVES UP!!"
I think that for the price it was a good deal. I'm wondering which puzzle you couldn't figure out from Time Breaker, because it's everything pretty straight forward? Was the one of the corridors? At least you're showing that when you say it in the video.
I somehow expected something like this. I didn't want to buy it but because it has to be bought to get the Lake House I thought I might as well buy it now.
I didn't like the idea and I was afraid that they would bring Rose in because of some fan comments and so they did. Personally I just can't stand ditsy characters like that anywhere at all and I don't enjoy the gringe type of humour in general... hrrrr... However it wasn't all that bad. Rose tinted colour was a nice touch. But man, fandom going too far can be quite scary.
Me being a new Remedy games fan liked to see some Control here in a form of Jesse. Coffee world puzzles and the warehouse part was the best part of the dlc. Cult and coffee remarks were really funny. It was the most coherent episode.
I don't know anything about Quantum break so all those references were lost on me but it was the most interesting episode.
Fighting with all the ammo you can carry was boring. I couldn't help but to think that it was for the haters of the game. Here, blast away it says. Guns and ammo felt though like they had no potent. I was expecting more story than mindless blasting. But the idea that Rose of all characters had the heavy weaponry added some amusement in it.
I generally dislike fan services. I understand that it can be sometimes necessary though. Giving it here in the dlc is a fitting place I presume. And maybe it was a thank you to the fans who have been so supportive of the game.
I liked that they managed to put the main aspects of the game in different episodes. Love and the echo of the main bad guy in first, puzzles and cult in second and all that confusion and trying to get out of somewhere in the last episode.
Mr. 🚪 however was absolutely the best thing. I could listen to him all day! 😉
I highly recommend trying Quantum Break if you have the chance. I dont love it as much as I do Alan Wake and Control but it's still a great game. Even if not "officially" in Remedyverse it adds a lot of context to Tim Breaker and even Mr. Door in AW2. Thanks for watching and for your comment!
@@rioichiFINQuantum Break is a great game, really enjoyed, at least up until the last boss fight. That was just BS. Loved the live action episodes too. Really cool story. Helps explain AWEs.
0/10 no Barry Wheeler
Facts
I think their holding out on Barry because he will appear in a new IP
Barry is probably in FBC custody and might be in Control 2 that's what I believe I think he would fit in there more than in Alan Wake 2 story
Nice to get a bit more story, but I am slightly dissapointed that it didn't add a bit of combat mini games, so that the game had more replayablity. Once ou have fully experienced the game's story, there isn't much to do, since the only other thing I enjoy other than the story was combat. But since combat was relatively limited to fit more room for mystery solving and story, I was hoping combat would be a more involved in expantions. Control had mini games in one of it's DLCs, so I was anticipating something along those lines.
I love it, I can see the menu could possibly be used for maybe later episodes, I doubt that will happen but I can dream
I liked everything but the hotel puzzle in episode 3
Yeah, I guess you had to do the rooms in order but my small brain didn't realise that and I just kept running into rooms randomly.
@@rioichiFINnot even in order. I did it from 9-12-3-6 and vica verca, but the right combo is random
@@SensibleMax No, the right combo is in order. The 6'oclock room is only there for you to start over or to punish for not doing the puzzle right
Ill be honest, definitely not a puzzle worth getting upset over lol, solution was right in your face (unlike the main game at certain points where things were much more obtuse)
I already played the 2 first chapters, it was very short and not worthy, I though it was a more relevant stories than just fun times with the three of them
I’m looking so forward too start playing this DLC😎Hope we see Barry in the Lake House DLC☺️Greetings from Norway🇳🇴
i was absolutly expecting something like this (kinda like american nightmare)
the name itself shows it was not about alan...
now is it worth it?
i think it is...
the first chapter is not something that adds to the story, buuuuuuuuuuut its super fun and hilarious
2nd and SPECILLY 3rd chapters are an expansion to the actual remedy multiverse , and are quite good (too bad they are too short)
north star do not add to alan wake , but again i was expecting this as this is a nightsprings episode so it was expected to either be a what if... or an expanded content to control (kinda what they did in control with alan wake AWE), and i too was dissapointed that this was not control jesse at first , but then the 3rd episode of the dlc explained this and i simply loved it as it was NOT the same Jesse
Time Breaker explains and expands the remedy multiverse, conecting the stories to 2 characters, alan and warlin... as alan in a way IS the master of many world (or he is intended to be in his own story path), i simply wish that this episode was longer to explore more of this character as it was trully interested and very cleverly made (specially the final part where you go back to an early DOS game)
and the music was fantastic...
is it worth it?
i think it is as long as you do not expect something related to the main game or something conclusive (this are teasers for whats gonna come in control 2 , alan wake 3 or a new IP that will replace quantum)
the absolute downside is that this are very short episodes and you can finish each one in half an hour (it took me around an hour and half to finish the 3)
More Alan wake 2 is a good thing but I agree was a bit too short and the reuse of areas was a bit lame
Not sure if the three DLCs are worth $17 but I'm definitely buying the physical Limited Collector's Edition for $199
It was amazing, but I felt like there really should have been ONE more small section with another character. IMO, it should have been a very small section with Darling.
good video :) Love the finnish accent !
Not a big fan of fan service content, so this DLC was more of a miss for me, especially because of how short and easy it was. There was little of challenge in it and gameplay didn't really have anything interesting going for it. Overall, I was bit disappointed.
Definitely fun if you’ve played these games. #1 fan is my favorite of the three 😊
$20/16 for the season pass that comes with the 3 dlc, which this is the first... 100% worth it for $6.70 😅
no this dlc was as I expected I was thinking you would play in a night spring episode and I was right. The other Dlc will likely go into door a bit more.
I would say 30 minutes per episode is on the faster side if your running everywhere not exploring . Took me about 3 hours
Generally I would say their about 40 minutes to an hour each. It honestly didnt feel like they were too short (maybe episode 2), but I would have wanted maybe another episode. Which is unfortunate since I think there was one that was going to be Casey, by the VA for him passed away…
They have a memoriam for him at the end of Night Springs with new dialogue, which leads me to think this. Kind of sad to think we might have played as Casey😢 RIP McCaffrey
Huh, the episodes definitely were 30-40minutes for me and I think I found and read most additonal notes and such. But I admit, I do generally play games quite fast. Thanks for watching!
The rose one was painful to playthrough at times.
So pass and wait for Max Payne. Got it thanks 👍
It’s short for 3 tales. But decent.
Great video!
Are u finnish?
Good side stories but about the performance issues remedy didnt gave a shit again...
I think it runs great now on ps5. In performance mode.
@fallb0rn on series X I was getting some visual glitches with shadows. Otherwise yeah, it was fine.
Bro no Barry Wheeler? 0/10
Wasn't estevez supposed to be another episode and dude this dlc was well known what it was about....
I think Casey was supposed to be a fourth episode but because the voice actor passed away, they weren't able or didn't want to do it. And yeah, it was obvious that the DLC was going to be presented as Night Springs episodes but I fully expected it to be mainly from Alan's perspective. Maybe I missed some news/leaks before the announcement idk
I think it's because Casey was in there, so they decided to cut both episode of Estevez and Casey, cuz, you know, in memory of James. I do hope they eventually bring them back though.
I knew Casey was supposed to be in there. And you're very right. Which is understandable. I just hope Estevez is used more. Id have love to learn more about the FBC members.
Estevez will probably be the protagonist for the Lake house, she did mention that she went there first before heading into town.
Yea just re-used maps and mechanics, glad I never bought the dlc.
I'm kind of disappointed it doesn't contribute more to the main story in the same way that Alan Wake 1 DLC's did.
It did though. We know that Rose is an "artist" of sorts with her fan fictions, which might explain how she was "contacting" Alan in the main game. The town made a channel between artists. We also learn a bit more about Door, and how Tim Breaker is involved with him. Remember in the story how he says he doesn't know how but he has a feeling Door has to do with everything? This could be why. There are hints at answers for the main story. Of course, they can't answer everything until AW3. AW2 already has a fairly complete story with appropriate cliff hangers, to extend it immediately would be doing a disservice to the self-contained story.
Hopefully Lake House would expand on it
It contributes a lot imo, just not in the more obvious ways, like expanding on Alan, Saga or Door. Time Breaker has a lot of lore implications.
@@BillyCobbOfficial Yup. Also I hadnt played the Final Draft NG+ and gotten its ending, otherwise I shouldve known the Time Breaker DLC was going to end that way lol. Either way, yeah the lore implications for that one is pretty huge. Can basically guarentee we're getting plenty of Door, Breaker, Ahti, and Alan in Control 2
It was exactly as advertised and you're mad it didn't meet your fanfiction. Cool.
Quantum Breal exclusive rights expired
No, Microsoft still owns the rights to Quantum Break.
LOL. the chapter song sounds like some kind of new age pop excrement the likes of megan thee stallion or that WAP singer would make.
What people are not getting is that these characters’s stories are not completely separate from the main game, they are actually help you see the way they are in the main story a bit better
WAY TOO SHORT HAHAHAHHA
Pretty short and lame dlc
I got it through the delux edition and it’s garbage 😂
So it's as trash as the base game. thank you for letting us know.
Why do you think it's trash
@@Thewatcher-ej6qvbecause he's joyless
Dudes says this while having a assassin creed profile picture🤣
@@YeeeeeahBoyee Assassin's Creed post AC Unity is all trash. try again.
@@Thewatcher-ej6qv boring gameplay, uninspired pretentious story, and last but definitely not the least, sweet baby DEI product.
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