The part of this first vision I can’t figure out is Wake’s mention of a detective. And if not, it’ll swiftly go over your head as you continue through the tutorial. If you’ve played before, you may pick up on what Alan is talking about. This is exactly the plot of the second DLC episode, The Writer, so its placement in the first scene may seem odd, but it’s so cryptic that I think it works.
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So he learned how to write himself out of trouble, twisting his own words into weapons to push back against The Dark Presence which sought to use his own mind against him. Alan was trapped in the Dark Place, too deep to emerge from this apparently physical (or maybe not) realm. Vision 1 features Alan recapping, albeit vaguely, what sounds like the DLC episodes now packed in with the main game. As Alan is taunted and chased by his first Taken, he retreats down a staircase and passes an outdoor board of flyers, signs, and a curious QR code. The first vision appears in the game’s opening moments. Sporting his longer hair and filmed in the same style that we saw during Control’s Wake-heavy second DLC episode, these so-called visions offer more of Remedy’s preferred brand of puzzling language that nonetheless leaves breadcrumbs for players to follow. Scan them and each one will bring you to new footage of Alan–official whereabouts unknown, but we can assume the Dark Place. When playing the game for review over these past few days, I happened upon a few subtle nods that Remedy left for players, and whether you can’t play the game yourself or you maybe did and missed them, I wanted to break them down here so the theory-obsessed fan community can take a close look at these new “visions” of Alan Wake.īy my count, three times throughout the remastered version of the game, players can find new QR codes that were never in the game before.
It’s one that alters the original not just visually, but with important new content. Before I dive in head-first with more fan theories, note that this article will include several SPOILERS for Alan Wake and Control, so proceed at your own risk (and don’t mind my madness).Īlan Wake Remastered is a special kind of re-release. But whatever the perpetually cryptic Zane meant when he said that line to Alan, I’ve looked at Alan Wake Remastered–and the obvious sequel we’ll now be getting–as one of gaming’s great miracles. In many ways, the game’s warm reception in 2021 is something I couldn’t see coming.Įach year that passed since Alan Wake launched (fatefully) alongside Red Dead Redemption in May of 2010 has made it feel less likely that we’d ever get Wake’s proper sequel. But I nonetheless had Zane’s line on my mind this past week when I dove into Alan Wake Remastered. “Beyond the shadow you settle for, there is a miracle illuminated.” Those words by Thomas Zane spoken in Remedy’s Alan Wake are not as often quoted by fans as some other go-to lines–something like “It’s not a lake, it’s an ocean” comes to mind as a fan-favorite.
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