Alan Wake 2 is here, and as you would expect from a survival horror game, particularly one developed by the twisted minds at Remedy Entertainment, the game is packed with secrets to uncover for those willing to stray a bit off the beaten path.
27.10.2023 - 23:07 / gameranx.com / Saga Anderson / Sam Lake / Alan Wake
It’s no secret that sometimes it takes a LONG time for a video game to get the sequel it deserves. The irony is that sometimes these sequels come from genre-defining titles and ones that sold many millions of copies upon their release. An excellent example is with a certain horror franchise that Remedy Entertainment made a long time ago. Despite the unique setting, story, protagonist, and horror elements, there was no sequel to the game…until now, that is. After a long period of teases, rumors, and waiting, Alan Wake 2 is now available for purchase, and the teams behind the game are excited to talk about it.
Specifically, the teams welcomed the games’ launch in a press release and had some key things to say about it:
“We have come to the end of a long journey to return to the story of Alan Wake,” said Sam Lake, Creative Director at Remedy Entertainment. “We want to thank our fans and partners for their support. We are now ready to present our first ever survival horror game, a genre that lets us dive deeper and be more ambitious than ever before in crafting an experience of intense atmosphere and a twisted, layered, psychological story.”
The good news is that the game’s wait seems to have been worth it. After all, on Metacritic, the game has a score of 88, showing that people dug the horror themes and the twisted story. One thing that many of the reviews said was that the game didn’t simply “do what came before and improve it.” Instead, they took big steps forward to help define this series while also adding to the cast to flesh the game out more. The story is apparently one of its biggest strengths, as many praised it for its “madness” as well as its “absurdity” while also ensuring that everything wrapped up together nicely and felt meaningful as they played it.
You can get hyped for it by watching the launch trailer below.
Now, since this is a horror game, we should warn you that this title won’t be for everyone. But if you don’t mind lots of scares and your mind getting bent around a bit, you’ll like it. Here’s the game’s official synopsis:
“Alan Wake 2 pushes players into a psychological horror story from the perspective of two playable characters. Saga Anderson risks her life to solve a deadly mystery of murders in the Pacific Northwest while Alan Wake attempts to rewrite his reality to escape the depths of the Dark Place, a nightmare version of New York City.”
Alan Wake 2 is here, and as you would expect from a survival horror game, particularly one developed by the twisted minds at Remedy Entertainment, the game is packed with secrets to uncover for those willing to stray a bit off the beaten path.
Alan Wake 2 is here, and as you would expect from a survival horror game, particularly one developed by the twisted minds at Remedy Entertainment, the game is packed with secrets to uncover for those willing to stray a bit off the beaten path.
Alan Wake 2 is a mindf***.
Alan Wake 2, the long-awaited sequel to Remedy Entertainment’s 2010 cult action-horror game, was released last week and has already inspired an effusive reception.
The Manuscript Pages in Alan Wake 2 allow you to look deeper into the larger story happening in the game. These pages are scattered throughout the narrative, but some are well-hidden and hard to find in Watery.
Alan Wake 2 is a tale about the outrageous horror story Alan is writing, and much of it comes to life in Bright Falls because of the Dark Place. There are Manuscript Pages that you can find that detail significant parts of the story, and several appear in Bright Falls.
The Cult Stashes you find in Alan Wake 2 can be extremely helpful in keeping your supplies high throughout the course of your playthrough. There are several you can find while exploring Bright Falls.
To say that Alan Wake 2 hooked me at the outset would be an understatement. The survival-horror masterpiece was gripping, surreal, and creepy from the second Remedy Entertainment gave me control of a naked man who had just crawled out of a supernatural lake and found himself lost in the woods and hunted by a maniacal cult. But one sequence, a little more than halfway through the story, convinced me that I was truly playing a game for the ages.
Complete your Alan Wake 2 treasure hunt with the Cult Stash locations in Bright Falls. The Bright Falls area only becomes fully available to explore in Chapter 5 of Saga’s story. At that point, you’ll be free to run around the Bunker Woods region to the west of Downtown. This whole area is a complicated series of walkways guarded by Taken monsters. You’ll need to be prepared before exploring thoroughly — and if you just want to reach each Cult Stash, here are the locations you’ll want to check first.
The ultimate weapon is waiting for Saga in the Sheriff’s Station. If you’re looking to deal maximum damage fast, you’ll want to unlock the Pump-Action Shotgun in Alan Wake 2. This killer shotgun holds six shells, letting you lay down even more hurt on swarms of Taken you’ll face at the end of the game. When the action heats up, you’ll need to deal as much damage as possible.
The Alan Wake 2 Cult Stashes in Watery have a unique distinction — one of these puzzles is bound to become a viral sensation for being so difficult. If you’re good at math, you won’t even blink at once of these problems, but the rest of us might spend an hour trying to calculate a relatively tough equation. At least, in video game terms. When was the last time you needed to bust out a pen and paper to figure out a survival-horror game puzzle?
One of the most powerful weapons in the game is also very easy to miss. Learn how to get the Rifle in Alan Wake 2 and solve the puzzle of the missing doorknob. To get the Rifle — a powerful 5-shot weapon that’s extremely accurate and effective against even the most powerful Taken creatures — you’ll need to find a missing doorknob. This door is so innocuous, and the area it’s located is so tense, you can very easily walk right by it without noticing. There is also a clue to the Rifle’s location in an e-mail that’s also incredibly easy to miss.