Alan Wake Ending

[PayneTrayne]

There's probably gonna be some spoilers in this, so if you don't want spoilers look away. Seriously, just look away now. I'll give you a minute to leave, don't forget your bag. Cheers!


Now to those who have played the game, you may find the ending lacking. I know I did. What's the importance of Mr. Scratch? Why is Rose the new Lady of the Light, why is Nightingale glaring menacingly over Rose's shoulder at the end when he was clearly taken by darkness? You just gotta wonder right. Also, it's not a lake, it's an ocean.

My theory is such: Alan wrote the darkness out of the lake to save Alice, and wrote it into an ocean. This is odd but in Tom's poem he describes seperate ports meaning Cauldron Lake isn't the only place the darkness exists. Alice swims out of it because the darkness isn't there to clutch at her.

As for Nightingale, I believe that he's becoming the new Jagger.

As a sidenote: I didn't play the DLC, so if the DLC clears any of this up, give me a heads up.

 

[Audemas]

I remember playing Alan Wake for the first time and thinking to myself I can't wait to see how this game ends. Then when I finally beat it, I felt like it was a complete let down. I didn't understand the ending in the slightest and it seemed like they wanted me to buy the DLC so I could understand how the story ends. Although I'm over it now and I don't really care how it ends.

 

[Diablo2000]

As a sidenote: I didn't play the DLC, so if the DLC clears any of this up, give me a heads up.

Yeah, actually the DLC give a real ending to the thing... That what I read on wikipedia for release, I didn't play Alan Wake to see it...

 

[Sniper Team 4]

The DLC ending is much better, but if you are hoping to have your questions answered, you will be let down. What bothered me most about the ending was that Alan is left behind. The FBI agent, Rose, Mr. Scratch, Zane...all those I was willing to accept as stuff that would be tied up in a sequel. But Alan being left, insane, in The Darkness bothered me. The DLC fixes it so, while still trapped, he is no longer insane and is back on his feet, ready to fight his way out. There's even a line in the DLC that throws everything about Alan's very existence into question. He backs Zane into a corner with the question, "Wait, so am I real? How did you know I would find the clicker? You wrote me into the story!" Zane doesn't have an answer and response with, "No, I was...that was different..." but you can tell that he's hiding something.
So yeah, this game really needs a sequel.

 

[PayneTrayne]

Yeah it does seem that way. I mean I never really expected the story to end because Alan mentions that well ended horrors ruin the fun.

But I still.....I just wanna know gorram it!

 

[PayneTrayne]

Gah, I guess I just have to buy the DLC. But I don't want to spend money, the dilemna!