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[Draugoth]

IGN has posted an Article: "Alan Wake 2 Might Be The Closest We Ever Get to Silent Hills"

Kojima himself then retweeted the article:

 

[kanjobazooie]

Not enough fetuses, though.

 

[RagnarokIV]

Cool

 

[Madflavor]

Is that true? How is Alan Wake 2? I'm an old school Silent Hill fan and I love my Survival Horror games to be atmospheric and actually scary.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Sam Lake is in Death Stranding

Im still holding hope that a Kojima is somewhere in AW2

 

[acm2000]

im only 10 hours in and its fantastic, but ive just witnessed a certain... music part... thats probably the best sequence in any game ever

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Sam Lake is in Death Stranding

Seriously? I don't remember seeing him? I put hours into that damn thing!

Maybe I saw him and didn't realise. Most likely..

 

[adamsapple]

Seriously? I don't remember seeing him? I put hours into that damn thing!

Maybe I saw him and didn't realise. Most likely..

 

[Chuck Berry]

Seriously? I don't remember seeing him? I put hours into that damn thing!

Maybe I saw him and didn't realise. Most likely..

He's a late game guy you can make deliveries to, but he's a massive pain in the ass to reach because hes really dug into that snowy mountain area. I think I made two runs to him before I said fuck it. The distance and terrain just wasnt worth the wear n tear on my gear.

Fuck now I want to play Death Stranding.

 

[SimTourist]

There is nothing scary or horror about Alan Wake 2, in fact the first game was way spookier.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Well I'll be, did not expect that at all

He's a late game guy you can make deliveries to, but he's a massive pain in the ass to reach because hes really dug into that snowy mountain area. I think I made two runs to him before I said fuck it. The distance and terrain just wasnt worth the wear n tear on my gear.

Fuck now I want to play Death Stranding.

That does sound painful!

I did get quite far but I don't think snowy mountain far, or did I

D'ya know, that's the one game my brain seems to flake out on. I semi remember there were more raider types about, most of the bridges were built and I had the truck, I got hooked on pumping more into the network.. but it's gone

It's got me an all, I want to boot it up too now. My PS4 save is long gone but I rebought it on Steam and PS5, haven't touched either

PS5 it is.

 

[K' Dash]

Is that true? How is Alan Wake 2? I'm an old school Silent Hill fan and I love my Survival Horror games to be atmospheric and actually scary.

It does have the Silent Hill vibe.

 

[EDMIX]

Respect, Ima try to pick this up at Gamestop either on their buy 2 get 1 free sale for used games or used later next year.

 

[nowhat]

He's a late game guy you can make deliveries to, but he's a massive pain in the ass to reach because hes really dug into that snowy mountain area. I think I made two runs to him before I said fuck it. The distance and terrain just wasnt worth the wear n tear on my gear.

Fuck now I want to play Death Stranding.

With the Director's Cut (or whatever it is called), you can build a highway around those mountains. And it's pretty epic, I spent many laps just going around it just because it's so cool to drive.

 

[analog_future]

Is that true? How is Alan Wake 2? I'm an old school Silent Hill fan and I love my Survival Horror games to be atmospheric and actually scary.

If you love old school SIlent HIll and Survival Horror, Alan Wake 2 is the game for you.

 

[tmlDan]

wait, cause he retweeted it?

The world we live in is weird....

 

[rofif]

I liked the game well enough but you barely do anything in it

 

[Arsic]

Respect, Ima try to pick this up at Gamestop either on their buy 2 get 1 free sale for used games or used later next year.

Who is gonna tell him ?

 

[EDMIX]

Who is gonna tell him ?

 

[tomato shrub]

Is that true? How is Alan Wake 2? I'm an old school Silent Hill fan and I love my Survival Horror games to be atmospheric and actually scary.

Not completely the same, but since all of them are heavily inspired by David Lynch I'd make this comparison:
Silent Hill - Molhulland Drive
Alan Wake 2 - Twin Peaks: The Return

 

[Connificent]

Playing as a FBI detective solving a crime feels like Silent Hill alright.

 

[Snowdonhoffen]

Sam Lake is in Death Stranding

Im still holding hope that a Kojima is somewhere in AW2

It would be cool af to be honest, but Kojima already appeared (in voice form) in Control as Doctor Yoshimi Tokui with Aki Saito once again translating for him (or at least it sounds like him).

 

[Chuck Berry]

It would be cool af to be honest, but Kojima already appeared (in voice form) in Control as Doctor Yoshimi Tokui with Aki Saito once again translating for him (or at least it sounds like him).

Holy shit I had no idea

 

[tommib]

Alan Wake 2 - Twin Peaks: The Return

This can't be understated. Everything in AW2 is Twin Peaks: The Return. From the release of the doppelgänger to the metalanguage and existential self-references.

 

[Snowdonhoffen]

Holy shit I had no idea

Aside from being a side mission it's also only available on PS4 so it can be missed by a lot of players. It's not even on the PS5 version for whatever reason.

 

[danklord]

This can't be understated. Everything in AW2 is Twin Peaks: The Return. From the release of the doppelgänger to the metalanguage and existential self-references.

Shocking twist: AW has been Twin Peaks the entire time!

 

[SJRB]

It's pretty clear by now that Sam Lake > Kojima at this point in terms of complex cinematic narrative.

Alan Wake 2 (and Control) are on a whole different astral plane compared to the faux-intellectual schlocky cringe that Kojima is going for lately.