Same

Same, its undeniable, especially wnen you realize what its doing to decades worth of lore built up in remedy games.

can you please play Baldur's gate 3

@@vanilla5554 Its not his type of game, its an amazing game of its genre but Alan Wake 2 is better for streaming within a few videos or so. Baldur's Gate 3 will take forever like Zelda. I wouldnt expect them to finish it even if they choose to stream bcuz its a long game. JS, I appreciate this game being streamed more than all of the goty nominees personally.

​@ghostmkc4045 what I don't care if he streams it or not I'm just recommending he plays it on or off video

7. BAMFing, and I'm not talking Nightcrawler.

oh damn, I absolutely had been thinking that was his voice actor in live action the whole time. I guess he does look pretty different than Darling in Control, but I just assumed it was the beard and hair lmao

i'm loving all the call backs to control

Their name even comes from the game. Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

I was clapped 9 times, oh hi! 👋

I doubt it to be completely honest. BG3 has a similar moment and it's not even part of the main story. Just an optional sidequest.

@@omnizenn4559 You're talking about "LIVES ALL MORTAL LIVES, EXPIRE. SOULS GO TO THEIR DOOM..." part right? That part was more similar to Rivers in the Desert from persona than Herald of Darkness.

I would LOVE for AW2 to win GOTY but i think Baldurs Gate will win it. Alan Wake 2 should have no trouble winning best Narrative, Music, Audio Design and Direction

Alan Wake 2 is already my personal game of the year and I’ve played everything this year (RE4, Zelda, Diablo, spider man) EXCEPT BG3, I’ll get around to it. I predict Zelda will take the title though I didn’t enjoy it as much despite zelda being my favourite franchise. Whatever the case I’ve been gaming since the 90’s and I don’t think we’ve ever had a year like this for gaming. The real winners in 2023 are all of us.

Baldur's Gate absolutely deserved the GOTY award. It was literally so good that other devs voiced the narrative of "don't hold the rest of us to that standard".

I’ve been a fan since they watched Avatar the first time, Sheera’s always been like that 😂

The Ashtray Maze and We Sing have cemented Remedy as one of the most creative passionate developers around, at least in my opinion.

Not Vara Dark.

I like seeing the reaction from people when enemies show up to attack during the segment, some don't even notice them until they get hit lol

The musical was Sam's Lake idea. Almost didn't happen, he fought for it to be there.

Jesse Faden, the literal janitor of whatever weird stuff Sam Lake can come up with, ha ha.

There's also a reference to Remedy's other game "Quantum Break". Tim Breaker's actor, Shawn Ashmore, was in that game and so was Jesse's actress Courtney Hope. On one of the boards by Tim in the Dark Place, he mentions a dream where he says he remembers the red-headed woman and that Door seems familiar, as his role is similar to the role Lance Reddick (RIP) played in Quantum Break, Martin Hatch.

@@catswithlasers Quan-Tim Breaker-er

Well, yes and not. Mr. Door is (most likely) supposed to be the Remedy verse counterpart for Mr. Hatch, but he technically isn't Mr. Hatch, as they have no rights to the IP of Quantum Break. Same goes for Alex Casey being Alex Casey instead of Max Payne.

@@TheJanstyler But Tim Breaker literally said that he feels like he has a connection to Warlin Door in another dimension/universe.

​@@TheJanstylermartin hatch is warlin door, the reason they cannot use the name martin hatch officially because Quantum break is still the property of microsoft

@@Playradise I am aware. Thats why ainsaid, yes and no. No he isn't Hatch, he can't bee because of IP. Yes he is the remedy verse counterpart of Hatch.

If they made the game earlier, we might have just played as Alan in The Dark Place. No Bright Falls. No connection to other Remedy games except for Max Payne. Basically it's like American Nightmare but longer.

BG3 will still take GOTY, simply because of the hype and its huge middle finger to the stagnating industry. But I can't see the world, where AW2 doesn't sweep most of the awards. Creativity, direction, graphics, narration in all of those aspects it is a major contender.

I’m glad it did take 13 years to make. Did you ever see the Alan Wake 2 demo that was released a few years ago? They were really about to go all out for the sequel.

@@coupdegrace2767 Well it already won critic's choice at the golden joysticks and since GOTY at the Game Awards is 90% critic's vote, I'd at least say AW2 has a lot better of a chance of winning than a lot of people think.

@@samwalters6170lmao, no. Acting like Zelda doesn’t exist.

They don’t gotta remember that.

@@GradietPanda12345 yeah they don't have to, just thought it'd be cool for them to remember it

I swear I remember them saying something about Quantum Break not technically being connected due to publishing (Microsoft being the QB publisher, Epic Games being the Alan Wake publisher). I could be misremembering but I think it's a similar thing which Max Payne being owned by Rockstar Games -- either way there's NO WAY you're going to have a character that is all about breaking time in one game and the same actor in another game being "Tim - e Breaker" and it not basically be the same guy. Just like Alex Casey IS May Payne but legally not due to rights, Tim Breaker totally IS Jack Joyce. Publishing rights are as wonky at the FBC, I swear to God lol

​​@@Kaspar.C0LDI believe Lake said in an interview that while QB rights are with Microsoft and we're always planned to be, there is an agreement that Remedy can freely hint and nudge at it, referring to it in their games. Just don't use the actual copyrighted material, and Microsoft is fine with it. I mean, in the We Sing portion, there is a section with Shifter written on the floor, another reference to QB.

Right, like I said basically the same situation with Max Payne in that they can't blatantly name drop it but they can allude to it as much as they want. Like I said, he might not technically be Jack Joyce, but he's definitely Jack Joyce. Essentially Alan Wake, Control, and Alan Wake II are all canonically connected while Quantum Break and Max Payne aren't solely because of rights issues. Without those rights concerns, though, they certainly would be all connected. I've seen _a lot_ of people be confused on that specific technical detail, but I know in all the fans head-canon Alex is Max and Tim is Jack. Even the *real world* overlaps and "bureau of control" play into the lore if you catch my meaning. It's too meta lol @@CorporalCookie

Quantum Break is definitely connected, Mr. Door is definitely a Shifter (probably was replacing Martin Hatch due to the Lance Reddick passing away)

Not legally IIRC. But just like Alex Casey is Max Payne, Tim Breaker is the breaker of time Jack Joyce. Publishing is worse than the FBC smh

​@@Kaspar.C0LDLegally, No. But in Quantum Break there is literally an Easter egg on a tv called the Return featuring Alex Casey and Alan Wake. Remedy being slick, slipping "Jack" in this game. 😂

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