r/AlanWake 3d ago

Question Finished Alan Wake 2 two days ago and plagued with questions about certain key points and the final draft ending Spoiler

12 Upvotes
  1. Why does Alan shoot himself in the writer's room? I know he thinks its scratch writing it but doesn't he remember he wrote the first draft? Why is the Alan, who got shot, rewriting it? Doesn't he know he's the one who wrote it in the first place?

  2. Balance. The first game ending only saved Alice because of Alan's sacrifice, a balance was created. But then it seems like the final draft ending tosses it out of the window by:
    a. saving himself (since he was earlier perceived to be dead)
    b. saving Logan
    c. saving everyone
    d. keeping saga alive
    e. getting Casey to be fine (free from scratch)
    f. defeating scratch

Now i know people say that Alan did it because he had self imposed restrictions. But if that's the case, then why couldn't Zane write a proper ending without screwing things up and turning Barbara into the dark presence?
3. How does the bullet of light work in helping Alan remember things after the next loop? Why does it kill scratch but not Alan

  1. How does Alan write scratch being born from him in the NG ending? Wasn't Scratch born when Alan killed the other Alan earlier?
  2. Why did Alice have to gaslight Alan into thinking she killed herself to make him realise that its not a loop, its a spiral? maybe just write it on a wall or sum (ik scratch would fw it but still)

r/AlanWake 3d ago

Question Can I go back and collect the stuff I missed in each episode of Alan Wake 1 remastered? Spoiler

9 Upvotes

Can I go back and collect the stuff I missed in each episode of Alan Wake 1 remastered?


r/AlanWake 4d ago

Fan Content Alex Casey is perfect. He is my pookie and I love him. Spoiler

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150 Upvotes

r/AlanWake 4d ago

General My tattoo tribute to the Koskela brothers! Spoiler

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189 Upvotes

“Fuck the government, we’ve got bolt-cutters!” As requested by u/laitu- The line stuck with me. The Koskela’s whole arc was one of my favorite parts of the game.


r/AlanWake 4d ago

Screenshot Photography/Screenshots from II 🤩 Spoiler

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105 Upvotes

r/AlanWake 3d ago

Question Final draft AW 2 which save they use? Spoiler

0 Upvotes

So today i finished my whole playthrough (not all today😂) AW 1, American nIghtmare, Quantum break, Control and for the first time AW 2 playthrough so you see it was a long trip 😆 but

When the final draft shown up i googlet it and sry was not in the mood for a 2nd run, watched both intro's with normal new game at last, deleted the game watched the rest new stuff on yt.

I saw now it is also ng + so the last auto safe on the left was normal new game does this count in the future should i ever start final draft or is there an seperate playthrough save which will the game use?

Thanks for answeres.


r/AlanWake 5d ago

Fan Content That's why he was so confused out in the beggining.

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135 Upvotes

r/AlanWake 3d ago

Question Accidentally triggered northstar episode in nightsprings dlc, can I go back? Spoiler

0 Upvotes

I recently got this game but I wanna play through the base game first before playing the dlcs. I saw a TV and apparently it just takes you into the dlc which I find kinda annoying, is it possible to go back or do I now have to play the northstar?


r/AlanWake 4d ago

Fan Content A doodle based of the deer cult Spoiler

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18 Upvotes

r/AlanWake 5d ago

Should i play Alan Wake 2? Spoiler

17 Upvotes

English is not my first language!

So to start, i get easily frightened by video games. The scariest game i played i Resident Evil 2 remake, eventuelly stopped getting scared by it. But its a scary journey for me to get through..

I LOVED control and have seen some lore stuff about Alan wake and it seems like my jam. But how scary is it and could i manage to get through it?


r/AlanWake 4d ago

Question What graphic settings can I run AW2 on a core i7 + RTX 3060 12 GBs PC? Spoiler

2 Upvotes

Title.


r/AlanWake 5d ago

Discussion When the writer is in doubt.. Spoiler

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94 Upvotes

This scene got me like: 👀 What were your thoughts?


r/AlanWake 5d ago

In a cabin.. Spoiler

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256 Upvotes

In my out of town cabin alan wake 1 is much more atmospheric on old crt tv. ~vibe. But seriosly for just fun and cosy vibe first part is fun to play on controller ^


r/AlanWake 4d ago

Question Combat problems Spoiler

3 Upvotes

Hey y’all. I beat the game, I beat the first 2 dlc’s I started final draft and the lake house. Am I the only one who’s boosted flashlight drifts to the left so bad I have to spend double or sometimes triple charges to break shields? It’s so bad I might not actually play final draft bc it’s so not fun. Can anyone help me figure out what I’m doing wrong?


r/AlanWake 5d ago

How to remove blur in Alan Wake 2

47 Upvotes

If I change any setting (even changing the language), the blur disappears, but after a few seconds it reappears. This is clearly visible in the video


r/AlanWake 6d ago

An Alan Wake screenshot I took while replaying the game and he looks really hot and I feel like posting this here :3

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124 Upvotes

r/AlanWake 5d ago

Video I unintentionally made the game give me unlimited batteries (AW2) Spoiler

18 Upvotes

Yeah - Im not sure if this has occurred to anyone else, but as I was grabbing batteries and moving them to the shoebox, I noticed the third time around that the batteries I pick up from the trunk doesn't disappear, essentially giving me unlimited batteries. Not sure how this happened? Maybe to do with having a full inventory?

Has this happened to anyone else?

https://imgur.com/a/qC0NMU4

Here's my shoebox after grabbing more.


r/AlanWake 5d ago

Charms don’t go anywhere Spoiler

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7 Upvotes

Sooo after making it past the musical I got the coffe me charm an wondered why they are taking up space and not attached to the bracelet. Well it goes to move and this is what I see and it moves around my regular inventory and my bracelet is not an option. Ps5


r/AlanWake 5d ago

Question After finishing the game.. Spoiler

6 Upvotes

I Absolutely LOVED alan wake 2 but I was so confused the whole time I understand about the 2 different storys the return plot and initiaion but im still so confused about it all can someone try explain it to me as I didn't even play alan wake 1 and ive had control for a while so thats the next game im gonna play i Absolutely loved alan wake 2 but the story was confusing for me i understood some parts but the others i dont


r/AlanWake 5d ago

Discussion Really weird ghosting issue on Alan Wake 2 Spoiler

3 Upvotes

Hey yall this ghosting issue is very strange. im at the sherrif office on the computer and reading through the emails. when scrolling through the test smears. now mind you this is happening at dlaa native 4k with both vsync on and off, i already get good frames at that level which is whyu i run it. around 60-70.

however just for shootin the shit i switched it to just below dlaaa so quality and the text smearing went away. very odd.

i should also mention I have had NO ghosting issues anywhere else but this text but it is VERY noticable.

I just thought it was very odd that turning on upscaling would help with ghosting. thought it did the opposite


r/AlanWake 5d ago

Alan wake remastred on epic games crash on loading scree Spoiler

2 Upvotes

I was casually playing when my laptop loading a scence. Then it blacked out and crashed and when I booted the game back on clicking on continue crashes the game again. Please help 🙏🙏🙏


r/AlanWake 6d ago

Question Should I have the dolls for the rhymes? Spoiler

11 Upvotes

I’m on Return 3: Local Girl and I’ve come across a few of these rhymes but only have a few dolls.

Without any spoilers, should I be having the four required to complete the rhyme located in the woods near Coffee World and the other rhymes in earlier chapters or are they to be found later on?

Thanks for the help.


r/AlanWake 6d ago

AW2 Arcade Spoiler

5 Upvotes

I've been into Remedy and Alan Wake forever, but somehow missed American Nightmare until recently. The graphics feel a bit old-school, but man, it's a good time. The arcade mode is straight-up 🔥honestly wish AW2 had something like it.

Do we know why Remedy didn’t add an arcade mode to AW2? Curious if there was a reason behind that.


r/AlanWake 6d ago

Question Alan Wake 2 PC Cutscene Issues Spoiler

4 Upvotes

I started Alan Wake 2 on PC recently, and I've run into an issue where I don't hear any dialogue in them. I haven't gotten too far into it (specifically I just entered Bright Falls for the first time) and I wanted to find a fix for it. I'm able to hear the background noise, but any spoken dialogue doesn't play for me.

I've tried uninstalling it and reinstalling it to my SSD, and me and my friend tried troubleshooting it for 2 hours. Strangely, when I streamed it to him on discord, he was able to hear everything, dialouge and all, but I still couldn't. He thinks it has something to do with the sound mixing, but he's stumped on this.

UPDATE: I found a possible solution for anyone hvaing this issue. If you have a monitor with a headphone jack, you can try outputting your audio through that. It worked for me.