I finished Saga’s content, or at least as far as they’ll let me go: The concert at the lake. I have to say, Tor and Odin are my favourite characters of the franchise, with Ahti coming in second place. And I got to see Ahti a lot in Alan Wake 2, love it. Saga’s not so bad in the end, but I don’t manage to fully connect with her, I still find most of her story unnecessary. I found Casey’s story more interesting, to be honest.
With Alan I just watched Zane’s lost film, the tension prior to that point was constantly building, and there is no immediate release. Now everything starts making sense, I think. The ritual to lead you on, he comes back while you stay in the room, it’s not a loop, it’s a spiral… Zane is using Wake to get out. The real question is: who is Zane? In the original game he is a writer, here he’s a movie director. And when Alan meets him he’s surprised he looks like him. Is Zane Scratch, trying to fool him to write a story to be able to escape? On the other hand, someone comments on Alan not knowing who he really is. There are still more questions than answers, but this is as far as I’ll get. Yesterday I screwed up. I decided to move from Fedora to Tumbleweed, copied Alan Wake 2’s saved games in a folder… and they’re not there. So I wiped my NVME and lost my saved game, I’d have to start over, but I’m not willing to be honest. I guess I’ll watch the rest on YouTube. I’m quite disappointed but now I have to choose another survival horror from my backlog.
Titan Station:
After finishing The Invincible for the second time, it reignited my love for space-themed walking simulators, and I had this one waiting for me. The storytelling is a bit awkward, and the voice acting is not too good, especially the main protagonist, who sounds like an amateur person with a regular mic recorded it. In fact the credits give a nickname, not a real name, unlike the rest of the cast.
But it’s a chill game and it looks quite good on my CRT, and the story isn’t bad in itself. Just the way it’s told. Now I’m looking for more similar games, we’ll see if I find more.
Damn, losing your saved games like that absolutely sucks. I’m so sorry. I’m glad you got to experience most of it, at least. The lost film in the cinema is so good too, almost more audacious than the We Sing chapter is shoving a whole ass European art house short film in there haha.
As I was watching the film’s plot develop, I was unsure whether I had to change realitiy via drawing board to save Casey, it was giving me anxiety!
Remedy are unique, I hope they keep going for a long time and don’t lose their identity. Control is my favourite game by them, with Alan Wake 2 behind it.
I’d give Alan Wake 2 an 8, I don’t give it a 9 or so mainly because the performance is all over the place and it annoyed me from start to finish. I’m looking forward to Control Resonant!
I advanced quite a bit in Alan Wake 2:
spoiler
I finished Saga’s content, or at least as far as they’ll let me go: The concert at the lake. I have to say, Tor and Odin are my favourite characters of the franchise, with Ahti coming in second place. And I got to see Ahti a lot in Alan Wake 2, love it. Saga’s not so bad in the end, but I don’t manage to fully connect with her, I still find most of her story unnecessary. I found Casey’s story more interesting, to be honest.
With Alan I just watched Zane’s lost film, the tension prior to that point was constantly building, and there is no immediate release. Now everything starts making sense, I think. The ritual to lead you on, he comes back while you stay in the room, it’s not a loop, it’s a spiral… Zane is using Wake to get out. The real question is: who is Zane? In the original game he is a writer, here he’s a movie director. And when Alan meets him he’s surprised he looks like him. Is Zane Scratch, trying to fool him to write a story to be able to escape? On the other hand, someone comments on Alan not knowing who he really is. There are still more questions than answers, but this is as far as I’ll get. Yesterday I screwed up. I decided to move from Fedora to Tumbleweed, copied Alan Wake 2’s saved games in a folder… and they’re not there. So I wiped my NVME and lost my saved game, I’d have to start over, but I’m not willing to be honest. I guess I’ll watch the rest on YouTube. I’m quite disappointed but now I have to choose another survival horror from my backlog.
Titan Station:
After finishing The Invincible for the second time, it reignited my love for space-themed walking simulators, and I had this one waiting for me. The storytelling is a bit awkward, and the voice acting is not too good, especially the main protagonist, who sounds like an amateur person with a regular mic recorded it. In fact the credits give a nickname, not a real name, unlike the rest of the cast.
But it’s a chill game and it looks quite good on my CRT, and the story isn’t bad in itself. Just the way it’s told. Now I’m looking for more similar games, we’ll see if I find more.
Damn, losing your saved games like that absolutely sucks. I’m so sorry. I’m glad you got to experience most of it, at least. The lost film in the cinema is so good too, almost more audacious than the We Sing chapter is shoving a whole ass European art house short film in there haha.
spoiler
As I was watching the film’s plot develop, I was unsure whether I had to change realitiy via drawing board to save Casey, it was giving me anxiety!
Remedy are unique, I hope they keep going for a long time and don’t lose their identity. Control is my favourite game by them, with Alan Wake 2 behind it.
I’d give Alan Wake 2 an 8, I don’t give it a 9 or so mainly because the performance is all over the place and it annoyed me from start to finish. I’m looking forward to Control Resonant!