Alan Wake might not be reliable as the author of his reality in Alan Wake 2, let alone the reality he might affect for deuteragonist Saga Anderson.
Alan Wake 2 offered a much deeper look at the sequel during today’s PlayStation Showcase, and many more details have been presented since. Unlike Alan Wake 2’s reveal teaser at The Game Awards 2021, this trailer reveals that there will be diverging narratives and players will have a hand in both. One of the more unique characteristics of Alan Wake’s storytelling, the eponymous writer’s work is able to manifest in reality. However, with two realities seemingly coexisting at once that players balance between, it will be interesting to see Wake’s full potential.
Alan Wake 2’s Saga Anderson is an interesting addition to the franchise as an FBI agent arriving in Bright Falls to solve its ritualistic murders. That insinuates that Alan Wake 2 would therefore swap back-and-forth between protagonists, but that is not necessarily the case, and how much influence Wake’s writing has on either storyline will be exciting to explore. The game leans fully into survival-horror gameplay this time around, echoing a lot of what made Resident Evil 2’s remake as compelling as it is, but Alan Wake 2 could be far more original if the player cannot trust Wake when he is at his typewriter.
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It was reinforced throughout the original Alan Wake that the writer was experiencing the results of his written work as he discovered manuscript pages precluding or addressing every occurrence.
