Alan Wake 2 kept its promise and got a new trailer during the Gamescom 2023 Opening Night Live conference. It’s very heavy.
The appointment had been made for a few days now, but Alan Wake 2 finally revealed itself a little more at the dawn of its release. A staggered launch to avoid being eaten by bigger than him. Sam Lake, Creative Director of Remedy Entertainment, took to the stage at Gamescom 2023 to show us what awaits us in the Dark Place. Spoiler alert on the end of Alan Wake !!!
A mouth-watering trailer for Alan Wake 2
Spoiler alert on the end of Alan Wake !!! Go straight to the trailer if you don’t want to be spoiled.
At the end of the first episode, the tortured writer frees his wife from darkness, but in exchange, agrees to become a prisoner of the Dark Place. L’Antre Noir in French. An evil place, lodged below the crater lake in the town of Bright Falls, which took the author prisoner. Alan Wake 2 therefore focuses on his attempt to escape from this universe which coexists with reality. “For thirteen years, he has been a prisoner of the dark lair, where his nightmares, his fears and his stories materialize around him. For thirteen years, he has been trying not to sink into madness and to write a story capable of modifying the reality that surrounds him in order to escape. In vain, so far » summarizes the synopsis of the part about the author.
With the new trailer for Alan Wake 2, Remedy Entertainment dwells on this place that can drive the novelist crazy at any time. A parallel dimension that feeds on the thoughts, fears and writings of Wake, in particular his criminal fictions which take place in New York. We also have a glimpse of the many live-action scenes that will be integrated seamlessly into the adventure.
A second playable character
In Alan Wake 2, there will indeed be two characters and therefore two plots. We will again embody the writer, but also Saga Anderson. An FBI agent who is going to investigate on the side of Bright Falls for a dirty story of ritual murders in shambles.
But like Wake in the first opus, she will find that the pages of a horrific story will materialize in real life. “The investigation turns into a nightmare when Saga discovers the pages of a horrific story that begins to come to life around her and seems to have a connection with Alan Wake, a writer who went missing in the region just over a decade ago. ». Alan Wake 2 will be released with a little delay, on October 27, 2023 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.