Alan Wake Sequel Will Up the Weirdness Factor

[John Funk]

Alan Wake Sequel Will Up the Weirdness Factor

How weird will Alan Wake 2 be? Very weird, according to the game's writer.

Recap time: After over half a decade in development, Alan Wake was released, was still in the running for a potential sequel [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/7524-Review-Alan-Wake].

While no sequel has been confirmed, however, writer Mikko Rautalahti thinks that Alan has more stories to tell. "There will be more Alan Wake, if we have anything to say about it," he told Xbox 360 World [http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=259392]. "It's a bigger story than just one game, and we want to make it very weird and scary and wonderful."

That's not to say that Rautalahti thinks that the first game was an incomplete story, though. "I'd like to say that if our offices were wiped off the face of the Earth and all you got was that first game it would work just fine as a standalone product ... I know some people don't see it that way but it's not intended as a huge cliffhanger, it's an ending to that story."

And yet, the Remedy team knows exactly what next challenges the beleaguered writer will be facing next, should a sequel get greenlit despite the first game's lukewarm sales. "We have a very definite story arc and the weird and horrible things that happen to him, and what he needs to do in the end to put things right."

(CVG [http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=259414])

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[Kapol]

Here's hoping for AW2. It's one of my favorite games in a long time, and it likely would have done a lot better if it hadn't launched next to RDR.

 

[TPiddy]

Yes to this. Loved the first, wished it was longer. Just hope they go with better lip-syncing next time. That bugged the shit out of me!

 

[TPiddy]

Haven't played Alan Wake yet and don't intend to do so anytime soon. I rather spend my money on titles with a multiplayer component as well.

Wow... quite the contribution to the thread...

 

[TPiddy]

Wow... quite the contribution to the thread...

Yes it was. He was explaining that a key selling point to some gamers is a multiplayer mode.

So yes it was actually. Don't be condescending, especially when you're in the wrong.

No, sorry. There is no contribution here. Would you like it if I posted under every game I've never played, just to tell the people there I've never played it?

 

[Jared]

Well, if they can overtake the Japanese in weird, I will be impressed...as, it will take that to weird me out!

Would love a sequel!

 

[Eruanno]

More weirdness? I have no problem with this. Bring on the next Alan Wake, pretty please!

 

[Gildan Bladeborn]

I would have been happy to assist with bolstering the sales figures of Alan Wake, as Remedy has had a pretty solid track record in my book and what I saw of the game always looked interesting, but Microsoft decided it didn't want to sell this game to me (and then offered an insulting answer as to why there would no longer be a PC version). So much for that then.

Sort of hard to be excited about a potential sequel to a game you didn't get to play because a suit somewhere decided it should be a console exclusive.

 

[TPiddy]

No, sorry. There is no contribution here. Would you like it if I posted under every game I've never played, just to tell the people there I've never played it?

I'm impartial, waste your time on it for all I care.

The key thing of the guys post was that he didn't buy the game because it did not have enough variety outside a single player mode.

Not sure why you are defending this guy, but at any rate, that's like me going to a Starcraft II thread and saying, "sorry, I don't play this cuz it's an RTS". Same level of relevance. Alan Wake was intended as a single-player experience and this guy chose to tell he us that he didn't buy it because of that. Zero contribution.

 

[The Hairminator]

OT: We learn from our mistakes. I say green light for a sequel, I'm sure they will improve on what went "wrong".

But what did go wrong? It was quite an excellent game, though combat got very repetitive towards the end. If you mean the multiplayer, I doubt they'll find a way to implement it, even in the sequel.

The original's biggest flaw, according to me, was lack of marketing, and too long a development time, making people lose interest.

 

[TPiddy]

Your ignorance knows no bounds.

I'm just going to be the bigger man here and leave you alone in your confused state. You obviously do not understand what I have told you twice and come across as a very muddled user.

And I need to get off my high horse? Explain to me how someone posting that they chose not to purchase / play a game because of a feature of the game that was already well-known and expected before-hand is any kind of contribution to a thread?

It's just like "I didn't buy Final Fantasy XIII because it's Japanese". How does that contribute, at all, to a Final Fantasy thread?

Just drop it already and don't try to act like you're superior. I've seen people get probation for posts with more content than his.

 

[Susan Arendt]

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Excuse me, this is a thread? This is a news article so far I am concerned.

And don't reply with the weakest argument I have read on the site this month.

Weakest argument? Have ever bothered to read what's up? "The News Room". You call that a weak argument, I call you on the fact you cannot read. Doesn't mean I am wrong or you are wrong, merely how you percieve things. A thread is reserved for the forum boards, which the shiny button "Forum". You know, with the rules as 'adding discussion value'. News articles don't have such requirements. Once more, not saying you are wrong or trying to act hostile.

I think I was pretty clear about that.

Yes, this is a thread. The strings of comments that follow Forum posts, articles, news stories, videos...they're all threads. Threads are not "reserved for the forum boards," but even if they were, you might notice that the News Room is a section of our forums.

So, yes, news articles actually do have those requirements.

Now, everyone knock it off arguing about who said what when and how it was or was not a good idea. Let's all just move on and get back on point about the discussion, which is whether or not we're looking forward to an Alan Wake sequel.

Yes, please, gimme.

 

[Sniper Team 4]

Haven't played Alan Wake yet and don't intend to do so anytime soon. I rather spend my money on titles with a multiplayer component as well.

Wow... quite the contribution to the thread...

No kidding. I read that post and thought, "Then why are you here?"

On topic: Alan Wake turned up the weird factor to about eight on the last level of the game, where it had been at a steady two or three for the rest. I am sorry Remedy, but that was not a complete game. If your studios were destroyed, I would find a way to bring you back. What type of ending was that? I need more closure than just, "The End...?" Please make Alan Wake 2. Please!

 

[voetballeeuw]

Alan Wake was a great game, loved the story, the gameplay (until the ending, where it got repetetive). Looking forward for the sequel.

 

[TPiddy]

On topic: Alan Wake turned up the weird factor to about eight on the last level of the game, where it had been at a steady two or three for the rest. I am sorry Remedy, but that was not a complete game. If your studios were destroyed, I would find a way to bring you back. What type of ending was that? I need more closure than just, "The End...?" Please make Alan Wake 2. Please!

I actually enjoyed the old lady and the well-lit room... very Stephen King-ish... I'm not sure why it didn't sell well, but I will assume that the graphics / voice acting had a lot to do with it, as well as the timing of the release... putting it right up against Red Dead Redemption was not a good idea.

 

[Sniper Team 4]

On topic: Alan Wake turned up the weird factor to about eight on the last level of the game, where it had been at a steady two or three for the rest. I am sorry Remedy, but that was not a complete game. If your studios were destroyed, I would find a way to bring you back. What type of ending was that? I need more closure than just, "The End...?" Please make Alan Wake 2. Please!

I actually enjoyed the old lady and the well-lit room... very Stephen King-ish... I'm not sure why it didn't sell well, but I will assume that the graphics / voice acting had a lot to do with it, as well as the timing of the release... putting it right up against Red Dead Redemption was not a good idea.

Oh I agree. The whole, "Oh, don't worry about him. He's who your friends will meet once you gone," is the part that made me go, "Wait, what?" Everything else I could follow, but it seemed like the last few minutes of game play, they were setting it up for a second game and it's rather silly that they keep saying that Alan Wake is a stand alone game if it has to be. I refuse to accept that. More Alan Wake!

 

[Sonicron]

Alan Wake is one of those rare games I couldn't bring myself to quit for purposes of sleeping. I had to beat it in one sitting through the night, it was simply that thrilling. So I say, yes, please give us more Alan Wake!

 

[KaiRai]

Hell yeah! Loved Alan Wake, this will be just as awesome! Love the way they do their writing. Weirder the better

 

[traineesword]

didn't it fail miserably due to some guy pointing out that there was a few less pixels on the wheel of a car than the HD amount of pixels that the xbox360 could allow. i don't remember where i read that though, so i can't back that up.

and also some people cancelled their pre-orders because they found out that time and effort had been put into the game. This however, i can back up. The following is a post from the ZP Alan Wake thread. i remember reading and being appalled at as the poor decieved person didn't seem to make any sense.

NINE years in the making?! Damn, I wouldn't get that game even if it WAS good.

this would be the second time i've quoted him for this post, and he's still not gotten back to me saying "i was being sarcastic, you know, for a laugh".

i still don't understand either... why would you refuse to get a good game because it had been in development for 9 years? i could understand you not getting it on account of being dead within the 8th year of development... but ... just... eh?


oddly enough, i've been put off alan wake due to my friend getting all fan-boyish over it and getting radgy whenever i think about mentioning how it borrows slightly from the works of Stephen King. Infact, i am fearful he will jump up right now, grab a heavy object and sprint the 5 miles distance between our houses just because of what i typed now.
Such fan-boyism could put people off using "the-most-awesome-creation-of-awesome-awesomeness".

 

[Tdc2182]

I would much rather a different IP on the same system. A sequel would just be lacking for me. One of the most amazing things about it was the originality.