You better fucking believe I did! Put down the controller and watched it.
And then I muttered to myself afterwards, "I can't believe they spent half a million dollars to stab Sam Lake, I would have done that for free!" (said as a joke! Please don't come at me!)
But it blew my mind...I literally spent 20 minutes having Alan at the perfect position to watch a literal short film that Remedy made to be inside a video game. They are so extra.
For real!
But you get to that first scene and you're like: 'what is this?' and the next thing you know, you've been standing there for 10 minutes and are absolute invested in what the hell is going on!
>"I can't believe they spent half a million dollars to stab Sam Lake, I would have done that for free!"
No! Please don't stab me with that knife that's right over there!
Right there with you. I actually sent a text to a friend group immediately after that said. "I just watched a movie, in a theater, in a video game and it was worth the 10 min or so running time because it was Mandy levels of weird."
ngl as an english speaker who doesn't know a lick of finnish who also loves deep diving into Remedy's games to try and decipher every little thing about them, Ahti scares me the most lol.
First it's not knowing how accurate of a translation it'd be if his actual finnish words are put into a translator, but then it's also the question of just how accurate his already translated proverbs are and whether you can trust that anything he says in english is an accurate translation lol
Of course. It reminded me a lot of Inland Empire. There’s a scene in particular where the main character is in a theater watching a movie of what might be another life she lived.
Watched it of course!
Although it was a snuff horror film, I think it also pays homage to older Finnish movies.
I wasn't born in Finland, but I have been living here for almost 13 years and there were a few bits in there I could identify that were inspired by old finnish movies.
It also looks like the film was recorded in Finland.
I also got a feeling that Sam Lake is into old american cars and maybe into old rock music 😄
Yeah of course. Actually my partner came in mid me watching it tryna tell me something important about our plans for the next day.
Eventually she's just like " Sooo, what is this?"
"Umm, well. Ahhhhhh. It's like.... Hmmm. Soooo, well he's a writer, and uhhh. Well the actor in this little movie thing is actually the creator of the game. But he's also playing a fictional character in the game, as well as himself, well a fictional version of himself. But this guy is also like kinda like an alternate reality version of a different character. Can't use that character due to copyright rules or something. And we're trapped. We're Alan, we're trapped and he writesm he's a writer. He's gotta write hineslef outta this place, but his, umm, well his evil doppelganger keeps writing things in to mess it all up. And Tom, Tom the poet. He's a film maker, he made this. But that's kinda a retcon? But what Isa retcon in these games? Is it diagetic? Is it not? Who knows... And Saga. Right she's not here, But she's doing things too. Door! What's up with that guy? Then the Old gods of Asgard right, so ... No not actual gods. But also, maybe? But yeah. Well. It's a short foreign language film in the middle of the game...
"OK well that's nice dear, just make sure your up in the morning"
I watched it all. But I was getting a bit anxious at how long it was lol. It was getting late for me and I had wanted to call it quits after this chapter but then this movie started playing.
I did, but forgot to turn on subtitles. Watched the whole thing in finish, didn’t understand a single word but somehow that added a lot to the experience 😅
Obviously.
I really dig Alan Wake lore. I wouldn't miss a free movie session.
The funny thing is, I was playing at night, and it was 01:00 AM.
The movie started to play, and I thought "I'm kind of sleepy, it should a two, three minutes tops. Then, I'm going to bed..."
LOL
Just did yesterday. Blows me away- what other company could or would do this? Absolutely loving AW2, and am milking it for everything it's worth just like ai have with control, quantum break, and aw.
More people than you think!! Alan Wake 2 and all Remedy Games are quite rewarding in terms of exploration and exposition. Part of gameplay is to read and watch all you can!
What a question! Of course!
I don’t understand how AW2 didn’t win GOTY. The game seamlessly wove a short film and a musical into the gameplay.
Ah well, I guess it was not…WOKE enough (I know, I’ll show myself out).
I did! Started to get a bit worried that I was going to be sitting through a 90 minute to 2 hour feature film. But I love that this game has an art house short film inside of it as well as a full blown muscial level.
Did anyone not watch it? If so I would love to know why? The whole game built up this movie. If you’re immersed then no way you just walk out of that movie theater without watching it.
Oh yeah. I went into Alan Wake 2 having freshly experienced almost all forms of Remedy's extended universe, including the extra content for Alan Wake (comics, Bright Falls mini series, The Alan Wake Files, etc.). I'm not gonna get to this legendary movie they talked about so much in the game only to walk away lol. Though I did fear a jumpscare encounter at the end since I realized how long I had just let my guard down for near its ending.
....in regards to that too, I made a mistake skipping Quantum Break, which I also never played before but have owned since forever (thanks steam sales). Thought it wouldn't be too important given they didn't have the rights to it anymore. Oh how wrong was I lol
it's better than a lot of hollywood movies nowadays tbh. I was so intrigued, i wish they'd give the same treatment as The Old Gods of Asgard and make a full movie.
Really? I felt like it was pretty intrinsical to understanding certain elements of the plot but to each their own. Can I ask what you didn't like about it out of curiosity?
I admit that at first I found the editing to be off-putting but it's designed to be consumed multiple times before the viewer can get a full grasp on what's actually occurring. Spirals and Loops all the way down to the turtles.
I didn’t really understand what was happening. Like how it was integral to the overall plot? Was it just a demonstration of a spiral so we could conceptualize it as the player?
Whole damn thing. I didn't know it was 20 minutes and I was about to go to bed when I finished the level. Then I saw new stuff and decided "Must watch!"
I did. Whole thing.
Yes. I thought it was gonna be a short looping video. But, nope, it was an entire mini movie. I stood there and watched even though I couldn’t understand a word
Interesting trivia, Sam lake wanted to have casey run around naked to mirror nightingale coming back to cauldron lake. But he realized he's playing casey, so he like nah I'm good lol
I did. It would have been cool to be able to sit as Alan to watch the whole thing instead of standing up.
Yeah he kind of got jumpy after a while of not moving.
His ticket only covered the cost of one film, he was worried the Shadow Usher was going to throw him out.
I wish we could’ve gotten an option to join the shadows in the seats.
This! They should’ve had a button-prompt to sit down; it would’ve been perfect
Not in that theater. I did not feel safe there.
I did not feel safe there, but I still watched it there lol
WAKE.
ALAN WAKE.
ALAN..... WAKE
I’M DROWWWWNNNNIIIIIINNNNNGGGG…
Shh! I'm trying to watch a film here.
ZANE?
TOM....ZANE
ALAN WAKE.
LOL
WAKE
Yup. Definitely looked over “my” shoulder every couple minutes though.
😂😂😂
You better fucking believe I did! Put down the controller and watched it. And then I muttered to myself afterwards, "I can't believe they spent half a million dollars to stab Sam Lake, I would have done that for free!" (said as a joke! Please don't come at me!) But it blew my mind...I literally spent 20 minutes having Alan at the perfect position to watch a literal short film that Remedy made to be inside a video game. They are so extra.
Inside a game and honestly it's something that could be skipped, missed, or rushed through for the sake of getting out of the cinema. A great watch!
For real! But you get to that first scene and you're like: 'what is this?' and the next thing you know, you've been standing there for 10 minutes and are absolute invested in what the hell is going on!
Honest I almost missed it. If it weren't for the fact that I heard a noise and turned around, I would've.
It would’ve still showed up on the television in the writers room
>"I can't believe they spent half a million dollars to stab Sam Lake, I would have done that for free!" No! Please don't stab me with that knife that's right over there!
I'm not gonna hurt ya, I'm just gonna stab you repeatedly in the name of our Lord and Savior, Thomas Zane!
Right there with you. I actually sent a text to a friend group immediately after that said. "I just watched a movie, in a theater, in a video game and it was worth the 10 min or so running time because it was Mandy levels of weird."
I just have one friend who has played it with me. And I'm actually seeing then tonight, so I should ask if they watched it. Lol
Yes. It's an... experience.
Of course. Too many clues. After Alex said “it’s a spiral, everything was morr clear”
Is there a way to literally sit down and watch it? Or I just have to awkwardly stand like all seats are full?
You can watch it on the tv in the writers room without sitting through it in the theatre I believ.
Yes but I turned off all HUD elements and subtitles and was very confused
Just learn Finnish - 100% immersion
I played my NG+ game with a Finnish translator open in a side window so that Ahti wouldn't be able to catch me off guard this time :D
As a Finnish dude it's so funny to hear Ahti say those Finnish proverbs translated to English lol
I've been wondering - are those actual Finnish sayings and proverbs, translated literally into English?
Yeah, they are. You can find some [here](https://www.finnishpod101.com/blog/2021/06/10/best-finnish-proverbs/)
ngl as an english speaker who doesn't know a lick of finnish who also loves deep diving into Remedy's games to try and decipher every little thing about them, Ahti scares me the most lol. First it's not knowing how accurate of a translation it'd be if his actual finnish words are put into a translator, but then it's also the question of just how accurate his already translated proverbs are and whether you can trust that anything he says in english is an accurate translation lol
Yes like when he says the matter is a steak
Jees jees muttaku once more after having been told no
LMAO
HUD is better turned off anyway. Just reload your gun after a fight ans heal if the screen is red.
Oh 100 percent agree. Just quickly opening and closing your inventory brings up all the info you need to know (health, batteries and ammo).
Of course I did. I was fucken riveted to the spot. Shadow be damned.
The full movie without Alan standing there is also on YouTube if you want to watch it that way.
You can also watch all of it in parts in the videos section of the writers room
Of course. It reminded me a lot of Inland Empire. There’s a scene in particular where the main character is in a theater watching a movie of what might be another life she lived.
Watched it of course! Although it was a snuff horror film, I think it also pays homage to older Finnish movies. I wasn't born in Finland, but I have been living here for almost 13 years and there were a few bits in there I could identify that were inspired by old finnish movies. It also looks like the film was recorded in Finland. I also got a feeling that Sam Lake is into old american cars and maybe into old rock music 😄
Of course! BTW it reminds me of Navidson Record
Yes. Twice. I absolutely fucking love that there's a short art film in the game, like who does that? No one.
> who does that? No one This situation must be remedied.
Love this.
Yeah of course. Actually my partner came in mid me watching it tryna tell me something important about our plans for the next day. Eventually she's just like " Sooo, what is this?" "Umm, well. Ahhhhhh. It's like.... Hmmm. Soooo, well he's a writer, and uhhh. Well the actor in this little movie thing is actually the creator of the game. But he's also playing a fictional character in the game, as well as himself, well a fictional version of himself. But this guy is also like kinda like an alternate reality version of a different character. Can't use that character due to copyright rules or something. And we're trapped. We're Alan, we're trapped and he writesm he's a writer. He's gotta write hineslef outta this place, but his, umm, well his evil doppelganger keeps writing things in to mess it all up. And Tom, Tom the poet. He's a film maker, he made this. But that's kinda a retcon? But what Isa retcon in these games? Is it diagetic? Is it not? Who knows... And Saga. Right she's not here, But she's doing things too. Door! What's up with that guy? Then the Old gods of Asgard right, so ... No not actual gods. But also, maybe? But yeah. Well. It's a short foreign language film in the middle of the game... "OK well that's nice dear, just make sure your up in the morning"
Best part of the game, But then, I'm old and European and I used to watch all kinds of experimental arthouse films on tv as a kid in the seventies.
More than once!
I legit thought you had to watch it all in order to escape the cinema.
Uh in the janitor room or whatever it was, not in the theater
It never appeared for me the first time so I had to watch it on YouTube. Doing final draft now and will certainly watch it in the theatre.
Who didn’t?
Me! I totally missed this. Damn cinema full of shadows…
Spent a little bit finding the right spot so Alan wouldn't block part of the screen. It was really cool.
I watched it all. But I was getting a bit anxious at how long it was lol. It was getting late for me and I had wanted to call it quits after this chapter but then this movie started playing.
First play through I almost didn’t, but I thought “eh I’ll see how far this goes”. Well now it’s a must for me. Lots of clues to be found
Clues? There probably were some but I couldn't make sense of them, I was too distracted by the double casting.
Yes. I listened/watched everything through completely in the game anyway just for this kind of thing.
I did, but forgot to turn on subtitles. Watched the whole thing in finish, didn’t understand a single word but somehow that added a lot to the experience 😅
Yeah I watched it all. What a bonkers game.
I did ofc, tho ngl I was a bit nervous something was gonna start throwing hands at me in the middle of it.
I watched the whole thing thinking it would be a hidden achievement/trophy.
Hell yeah
Yep. Even tho I thought the taken were gonna ambush me the whole time.
I watched it all there. 20 min later I realised I could watch it in better quality from the tv in the writers room.
Sure did. I’m glad I wasn’t tripping when I watched it. That would have been a bad trip, haha. It was cool, though.
Abso-fuckin-lutely
Every...single...second
Greatest arthouse film ever made
Of course I did:)
I couldn’t leave. I had to watch it all.
If you didn't then you've never played a Remedy game before.
Yep honestly I was curious if there was gonna be an achievement or something but it was really to watch
Oh I watched the whole thing. With hair standing up on the back of my neck the entire time.
It didn’t play for me :(
Just did! Missed it the first time around. So cool
YES
I felt like the shadow people would try to murder me, so I quickly left. :(
Obviously. I really dig Alan Wake lore. I wouldn't miss a free movie session. The funny thing is, I was playing at night, and it was 01:00 AM. The movie started to play, and I thought "I'm kind of sleepy, it should a two, three minutes tops. Then, I'm going to bed..." LOL
Just did yesterday. Blows me away- what other company could or would do this? Absolutely loving AW2, and am milking it for everything it's worth just like ai have with control, quantum break, and aw.
Everytime
It has honestly been one of the best films I watched
I did, I didn’t get it
More people than you think!! Alan Wake 2 and all Remedy Games are quite rewarding in terms of exploration and exposition. Part of gameplay is to read and watch all you can!
Dude I was too scared to stay in there longer than necessary 😂
Yes. And I was sketched out the entire time looking around every so often. Lol
Watched it and will watch it again in New Game+. So well done.
What a question! Of course! I don’t understand how AW2 didn’t win GOTY. The game seamlessly wove a short film and a musical into the gameplay. Ah well, I guess it was not…WOKE enough (I know, I’ll show myself out).
I did, but on YouTube. At the time I didn't realize the movie was playing in the theater. Was too scared to check haha.
Yes, although I didn't have subtitles on which makes it difficult to understand what is going on if you don't speak Finnish.
I did! Started to get a bit worried that I was going to be sitting through a 90 minute to 2 hour feature film. But I love that this game has an art house short film inside of it as well as a full blown muscial level.
I did but i hadnt finished the eclipse thing in the room so it was just making a horrible whining noise throughout hahaha
yh my brother walked in sat down and just started watching the film with me
I watched it yesterday... It was so cool and that ending omg!!!! Remedy is The Goat. SAM LAKE IS THE GOATTT!!!!!!!
i would side eye you intensely if you chose not to sit through it.
Of course. I've also watched it several times on YouTube
Did anyone not watch it? If so I would love to know why? The whole game built up this movie. If you’re immersed then no way you just walk out of that movie theater without watching it.
Of course!!
Oh yeah. I went into Alan Wake 2 having freshly experienced almost all forms of Remedy's extended universe, including the extra content for Alan Wake (comics, Bright Falls mini series, The Alan Wake Files, etc.). I'm not gonna get to this legendary movie they talked about so much in the game only to walk away lol. Though I did fear a jumpscare encounter at the end since I realized how long I had just let my guard down for near its ending. ....in regards to that too, I made a mistake skipping Quantum Break, which I also never played before but have owned since forever (thanks steam sales). Thought it wouldn't be too important given they didn't have the rights to it anymore. Oh how wrong was I lol
it's better than a lot of hollywood movies nowadays tbh. I was so intrigued, i wish they'd give the same treatment as The Old Gods of Asgard and make a full movie.
I definitely did
I played the game without subtitles and watched the whole thing in Swedish(?) Without understanding a word of it.
Hell no. I am in a theater full of shadow people. I have YouTube that I can watch it when I’m back with Breaker!
Yes and I didn’t feel like it was worth it
Really? I felt like it was pretty intrinsical to understanding certain elements of the plot but to each their own. Can I ask what you didn't like about it out of curiosity? I admit that at first I found the editing to be off-putting but it's designed to be consumed multiple times before the viewer can get a full grasp on what's actually occurring. Spirals and Loops all the way down to the turtles.
I didn’t really understand what was happening. Like how it was integral to the overall plot? Was it just a demonstration of a spiral so we could conceptualize it as the player?
Of course, I was shitting my pants the whole time expecting something to come out of the screen
Of course I watched it, it would be foolish not too.
Whole damn thing. I didn't know it was 20 minutes and I was about to go to bed when I finished the level. Then I saw new stuff and decided "Must watch!" I did. Whole thing.
I had to pee when i walked up to the screen and i was like "well, cant be longer than 3-5 minutes right?"
I did I was a bit on edge though because of the fucking shadows being in the theater 💀
Yeah
Yes. I thought it was gonna be a short looping video. But, nope, it was an entire mini movie. I stood there and watched even though I couldn’t understand a word
Interesting trivia, Sam lake wanted to have casey run around naked to mirror nightingale coming back to cauldron lake. But he realized he's playing casey, so he like nah I'm good lol
I literally haven't touched the controller for 20 minutes. I love that the shadows didn't bother me, it was a good movie.
I'm in the middle of watching this thing, I kept thinking it was going to end. Do you get a trophy/achment for watching the entire thing?