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Alan Wake 2 director says Remedy's confidence in the game was boosted by Everything Everywhere All At Once

www.pcgamer.com Alan Wake 2 director says Remedy's confidence in the game was boosted by Everything Everywhere All At Once

Sam Lake says Oscar-winning sci-fi film "gave us confidence".

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They weren't confident after how well Control did?
I actually just watched the first half of this movie for the first time tonight. Had to pause it to let my dog out and now go to bed. Not sure about finishing it. That’s just me.
- Two words: Chekov's Buttplug
  
  You're missing out. It's a slow boil, but then it kicks into gear. Not to mention that everything else at the beginning makes sense and has callbacks. It's such a thrilling ride!
- That movie is such a rollercoaster you owe it to yourself to finish. It’s just an accelerating spiral of weirdness.
  
  Idk after a certain point the weirdness just becomes an excuse for tricking the Academy into giving awards to a movie that delivered half of its emotional journey through exposition.
  
  And it worked, dammit, I DID want a refutation of nihilism told through anal dildo kung fu, it turns out.
- It takes a solid 45 minutes before it even begins to get rolling, and by the end it's absolute pandemonium. It's wonderful.
- Here's what you do: watch act 1 sober, then when act 2 starts you pause the movie and take three big ass bong rips and press play.
  
  You understand the universe!
- Honestly, it's fine. If the humor doesn't click with you it could be a struggle.
  
  It didn't click with me, either. I think it's fine, but it's a weird one to have been the mainstream hit that it was.
- Big waste of oscars that one.
I did not like Alan Wake 1 and hated that movie. Alan Wake 2 is just a GPU benchmark to me.
- I did not like Alan Wake 1
  
  Then why did you bother with the sequel?
  
  I didn't, I just commented on this post.
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- Doesn't really seem spoilery to me at all. Alan Wake - and Remedy in general - is very into surreal weirdness and world fuckery. He's mostly talking about audiences being receptive to pushing creative boundaries.
- I am genuinely confused as to how that’s a spoilery headline. Genuinely.
  
  Haven't played the game yet, but the first game had absolutely no world / universe jumping in it.
- how did the headline spoil anything
- Who spat in your everything bagel?
  
  Everyone did. Technically.
- Bit much
- Why are you clicking on threads about a game you don't want spoiled?
  
  The headline is visible from the feed without clicking any links. 🤷‍♂️
  
  Because the headline came up in my home feed...

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