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Doesn't really seem spoilery to me at all. Alan Wake - and Remedy in general - is very into surreal weirdness and world fuckery. He's mostly talking about audiences being receptive to pushing creative boundaries.
how did the headline spoil anything
I am genuinely confused as to how that’s a spoilery headline. Genuinely.
…I think maybe you need to play the first game again. And maybe American Nightmare.
I stand by my statement.
..... Are you sure you played the first game? You may want to give it a second pass.
What do you think The Dark Place was?
What did you think they meant by Ocean?
That's only info from the first game which you didn't really play.
I choose to believe they’re seriously criticizing you for 23 year old spoilers, it’s so much more fun.
Did you even read the comments you’re referring to? Do you know anything about the game we’re talking about here? “The Dark Place” and “Ocean” are not spoilers for the sequel, and no one is saying the sequel is going to resemble EEAAO.
Refamiliarize yourself with the source material, and actually read the article you can’t stop popping off about.
The whole shtick is writing becoming real creating multiple realities and you do realize Control with its Alan Wake dlc and Quantum Break exist along with American Nightmare and the DLCs for AW1.
The Signal dlc is Alan going crazy in the dark place trying to write his way out.
Remedy considers Quantum Break and Max Payne explicitly Canon
Time jumping and Hatch are a form of multiple realities.
Control also explicitly is about multiple worlds and realities including the Astral Plane.
The Dark Place is considered a different reality and established as such in Control by having it's own Door in the Ocean view motel.
It's the swirl.
If you somehow played the remedy games and didnt also notice that Alan Wake wrote the Max Payne games which exist too idk what to say.
Go back and replay you somehow missed everything.
From the fan wiki description of the motel:
"The Oceanview Motel & Casino is a Place of Power connecting between various different locations. The Federal Bureau of Control theorizes it to be a gateway to alternate dimensions and Thresholds. "
Here's a reddit thread from 2 years ago with the same conclusions. https://www.reddit.com/r/controlgame/comments/q8gtz5/what_really_is_the_oceanview_motel/
Well you seem to know the story better than the devs. So I'll take your word on it.
SMH fake Alan Wake-head
The first game is about >!Alan Wake slowly realising that while he's saving Bright Falls, he's also imprisoned at the bottom of the lake. He's basically at both places at the the same time, because he's written himself into the story.!<
Wow, the spoiler thingy didnt work on alexandrite.
Who spat in your everything bagel?
Everyone did. Technically.
Bit much
Why are you clicking on threads about a game you don't want spoiled?
The headline is visible from the feed without clicking any links. 🤷♂️