2023-10-21 09:00:03
Game news Alan Wake, the nugget of the horror video game basically resembled… GTA!
Published on 10/21/2023 at 11:00
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Between redemption, too many ambitions and flop, in this JV Legends, we return to this license which is soon releasing its second opus: Alan Wake!
Warning, this is a video:
To find the complete story of the development of Alan Wake, watch our JV Legends, in the player at the top of this article.
Alan Wake is a license from the Remedy studio which appeared in 2010. Although today, the franchise is getting a lot of attention with its second opus (scheduled for October 27, 2023), it was not a thing won at all! The journey of the famous writer was strewn with pitfalls and this is the story that we tell you in this JV Legends! It all started in 2003, at the time of the release of Max Payne 2. It’s no coincidence, the two sagas have a very special link which we explain to you in detail. At the same time, the Alan Wake machine is launched, and we first have a first idea of what the software will be: something close to GTA. The studio is doing everything to make its new project as successful as possible by creating its own game engine, you will see, it is a revolution for the time! But the results and ideas, although original for the time, did not satisfy the publishers, we will have to review all of that.
To do this, Remedy will use what they call the “Sauna”, we’ll let you watch the video to learn more about this curiosity. From this process was finally born the final idea of the Alan Wake that we know today. An atmosphere that mixes both a Stephen King book and an episode of Twin Peaks. The story takes place in the small town of Bright Falls. Alan Wake, a writer the opposite of Max Payne, comes there to enjoy the calm and nature. A pitch that coincidentally resembles Misery by Stephen King. The difference is that our man will find himself trapped by his own story… which he has not yet written! Pages of his future work are scattered everywhere and predict what will happen to him: chainsaw threat, knife attack, etc. and all this happens within minutes of being revealed. The author must then defend himself as best he can with his flashlight and his pen, true survival horror.
Okay, he has a little more than a flashlight
Problems until the game is released
However, despite these very good ideas, the game encounters quite a few obstacles. First, between 2003 and 2010, that’s 7 years of work, which will cost the studio a lot of money. Afterwards, we have the sales which are a failure, the marketing which is not the best, the criticisms of the players on the gameplay, etc. We tell you all this in detail in the video. But above all, the game is released on the same day as Red Dead Redemption and everyone is only for the cowboy John Marston. Moreover, if this other subject interests you, another JV Legends exists on the subject. Despite everything, Alan Wake finally gets his head above water thanks to several events.
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