Thanks so much for covering Pillory!

Chester Bless is absolutely going to be the villain. We need to save our boy Barry

Hi Hidden Machine, first time commenting on your channel hehe. Today I checked the PCGamingWiki page, and I discovered that a user called "NeutronVortex" in a Steam forum has discovered/created a method to downgrade the game to the original version without the patch, solving the annoying bug of the ragdoll physics, giving clear and simple instructions on how to do it by the use of a program called "xDeltaUI". I checked it myself and it works, in fact now I will finally be able to enjoy this remastered without this bug breaking the immersion of the gameplay. Too bad we never received a solution from Epic or the developers. All the thanks to "NeutronVortex" for this fix! Greetings from Argentina. A hardcore fan of Alan Wake and the universe created by Remedy.

Great video, brought me back to the classics an redownlaoding a few as i watch. Never knew about Night Breed i loved that movie still own it today.

I haven't checked the full video bc I haven't finished the game yet... BUT this video was recommended in my feed, and I think is the only place I can post my crazy hypothesis where Control is connected to yet ANOTHER game that probably no one here even imagined... Bear with me: DESTINY. Yes, I'm a Destiny player, but here's my idea: Control (and everything related) happens before the Traveler (a paracasual god of creation, for those non-Destiny players) got to the solar system. What we see in Control is darkness, a paracasual force, noticeable is the power of the mind (the other one is light, power of the physical and creation, domain of the Traveler). Again... bear with me 😂 I know it sounds crazy. There are so many "references" from Destiny in Control, like: - One of the main symbols throughout both games are black pyramids (see Black fleet). Both representing powers of the mind, one way or the other. - There is an "ascendant plane" (different layers of reality, sort of speak), in both games. They look quite similar also (for anyone that played both games, remember the ascendant plane in Destiny is usually turned to crap bc bad guys). - The main material for darkness and stuff from there are "onyx-like" stone...? Check the floors in the ascendant planes in Control and go watch one pyramid sheep from the Black Fleet. - The board communicate with us via subconscious, or objects that are paracasual energies or whatever (like the hotline). Darkness in Destiny is a paracasual force of the mind, using "darkness artifacts" can be used in similar ways (remember we got stasis from a darkness soccer ball? or how we got messages via the Veils statues?). - The service weapon... c'mon, that's pyramid tech all the way. - Both games have paracasual forces. In both you wield it in similar ways. - The worm-like guy we fight when cleaning the fridge in Control within the ascendant plane is eerie similar to the worm-gods that exist in Destiny. So, my pseudo-theory goes like this: In Destiny, there are lore tabs mentioning darkness forces present at moments of human history way before the game (like our current times, and even before). What we are seeing in Control are manifestations of that darkness. Nobody knew at that time wth was that, so they deal with it as they could. It will stay an "unknown" subject until, centuries later, when the Traveler came and it uplifted humanity, then we discovered other forces of darkness (see Clovis Bray and Clarity), until darkness brought humanity to The Collapse. Even after that, it would take centuries to understand that those forces (including the ones in Control) are not good or evil, just "forces" like gravity or magnetism, and then we understand how to wield darkness at our will even later. Yes, it is a butchered explanation of Destiny (bc is not the game being discussed here, didn't want to go too deep) and Control (bc I'm not even close to an expert in this). Wow... I should go back to work now!

Take a shot every time u hear "echo of"

Kill Knight looks very promising. Whishlisted. Thanks for the recommendation.

I'm just glad there's more of a hint about Tom the Filmmaker's origins. That he's an echo of Alan.

Quantum break sucked

Thanks for this Video as always was great :) Loved Night Springs especially Tim's Epiosde.

Hotline Meaumi what is that?

Coming back to this and just now seeing Polaris is a spiral. Damn.

I love Linkito so much, Metal Slug Tactics deviates from what the original franchise do. Great presentation Matt

Wait they're fucking paper weights

Glad you enjoyed Daymare town, thats a remake of the original from the creator of Submachine!

hhhhh so many skill issues

Theory: all the remedy multiverse games are TV shows in the MGS 4 universe

Max Payyyyne

I used a barcode scanner to scan the clipboard Sam is holding in the "Time Breaker" episode, and i got a link to "Nikey Jordan" shoes, which are the ones Sam himself has been wearing at conventions. Just in case anyone hasn't discovered it yet. Not big, I know, could just be Sam saying "Just do it" in regards to theories. So regardless, nice Easter egg on Sam's part.

Pretty positive Alan is Jesse’s brother, but from another reality. There would be no reason to show that he switches spots with her brother…. Maybe “Scratch” somehow got out of the dark place and took her brother over….. I mean anything is possible at this point, with the multiple realities. Just like Warren Door is pretty much Lance Reddick’s (RIP) character from Quantum Break. They are all linked/related in the multiverse, by some connection, because Alan has to KNOW of these people, to be able to write them into a story. So, he, in some form or fashion, is directly related to all the people he’s writing into the story, or he wouldn’t be able to shift them at all. I mean, right? 🤷‍♂️

Perfect video 🔥🔥❤❤

Krazy that i watched interview w andy serkis this morning, found out he voice narrated a game called ENSLAVED, after watching that just so happen to see reviews on hellblade 2, which brought me to this short... No way that ninja theory made both .. this vid brought things full circle and ive only been up since 9am 😂🤯

I have a genuine question...why does the dark place exist? I mean how was it formed?

All the bear traps and intricate traps designed by the developers with dynamite and chainsaw enemies in Re4 Remake reminded me of TEW.

sorry for my ignorance, but I have a genuine question. Is Control and the FBC “real” or they’re like all fiction created by Alan in the Dark Place? this gets me so confused after playing AWE dlc

How about list of alter names in comic book section in third episode? Dylan as alt version of Jesse? And Tom and Scratch alt versions of Alan?

Let’s say The Board is a collective of consciousness across all reality like Tim and Alan or Jesse but maybe not just Tim maybe The Board is also True Thomas Zane and “The Former” refers to Zane appearance before being replace hence why it looks so similar to the Diver. Banished because it was self serving and manipulative just like Tom in Alan Wake 2

I am actually getting tired of multiverse stuff. Right after the MCU movies everyone has been doing this multiverse stuff. The only thing we know 100 percent is that Control and Alan Wake are the only actual connected games as they are the only two games that directly have the characters show up in each others games. The real Jesse Faden shows up in a quick shot in the Alan wake section of Alan Wake 2 and Alan Wake shows up in control. And the FBC shows up in Alan wake 2 as well. We really don't need yet another franchise with another multiverse. I really wish Remedy would stay away from using the tired already played out multiverse stuff.

I’m curious what will happen if Microsoft ever does decide to sell the rights to QB to Remedy? They’ve very much built this new era around tiptoeing and getting close to the line but not crossing it so if they did have the opportunity to purchase the rights I wonder how they would do it? Straight up acknowledge the events and characters or just keep doing what they’re already doing? It’ll be fun to see if that ever happens On another note I truly think Shawn Ashmore is going to play a huge role in Remedy and its games going forward. That line from Sam in Time Breaker about Shawn becoming a superhero and jumping between realities is a hint for what’s to come. I feel like he’s going to become the glue that holds the RCU together or at least plays a huge role in making it somewhat make sense. Idk I’m probably wrong but I can’t help but feel that Tim/Shawn is very important to Remedy’s future plans

There's no definitive take or answer but for my money your interpretation here resonates very strongly with me

i noticed something change in remedy after control... they embrace everything come out from their community as lore as fact as fan fiction etc.... they choose goes in their own way and listen to their fans at same time too....and they even mocking ppl with idea majority of community says no its not true....in rose episode most ppl in community never thinks about maybe mr scratch is twin brother of alan wake and they wanted to inform us you can think about it too even we never wants going in this path in our main plot ..okkk dont let idiots say you are wrong ...thats why in last episode we will going in all phase of video game or movies creation...first is idea imagining then writing second one is sketch like 2d game we played next one is comic book full sketch second is level design design with low effort other act create places based on real life enviorment or visual in your mind then hire ppl for voice acting playing role etc and last one director make it real in one type of media...sam lake really loves his community and adore all of us

I think the Lake house DLC is gonna tie into control 2,set it up kinda like they did in the AWE DLC in control. that being said i hope they do the Max Payne remakes before control 2. so they could tie it all together that way.

Regarding the "both wilder and more serene" stanza of Tom's poem in Alan Wake: Obviously, now, post Quantum Break, the poem has retrospectively become a reference to "Beth Wilder" and "Paul Serene". But, it jumped out at me, due to my linguistics brain, that that the reference is MORE than just recontextualising the words "wilder" and "serene" assurnames. The words "both" and "Beth" are what we linguists call a "minimal pair", in that the words are identical save for one different sound in the same location. In this case, the non-identical sound is the vowel nucleus of each syllable: "o" and "e". Everything else is the same. Similarly (although not a minimal pair), "more" and "Paul" share the same vowel nucleus of their respective syllables: "or" and "au" are the same vowel. It's the consonants AROUND that vowel that are different. I guess this is just a way of overthinking and over-describing the fact that they rhyme (lol), but it's pretty cool that this is probably intentional. Beth Wilder was chosen because of the phrase "both wilder", And Paul Serene was chosen because of "more Serene". Anyway, it's probably exceedingly obvious. But I just get a thrill that clearly people at Remedy love language and love playing with it.

Мagnificent, thank you!

I dont like the multiverse theory being that much exposed, now Mark Whalberg as Casey is canon, thanks Sam

I know this sounds crazy, but I've figured out The Dark Presence. It is literally Doctor Casper Darling. We can see as he slips into madness in day 665. He reaches out. He creates Thomas Zane. An artist. We see huge Darling influences everywhere. Including his theory on many worlds. They very fundamental time works and reacts as Doctor Darling thinks it will. They both fail and they so they incorporate the idea of themselves together. The birth of Alan Wake. A story about an archetype. A writer. Someone that uses both art and logic to weave a narrative. We see 665 as a major point in the game. Events often happen at 665. Literally a joke from Doctor Darling. Neighbor of the beast. The dark presence is Doctor Darling going mad searching for a way to escape. Reaching and creating characters. As we see events in the Dark Place don't happen linearly. Doctor Darling actually created The Dark Place when exposed to Hedron AND it had always existed there. We have casual loops feeding on each other to gain traction. "Thousands have gone missing withing the labyrinth of me." "This is the ritual. To lead you on. Your friends will meet him. When you are gone." The ritual is leading Alan on. His friends will meet HIM. When you Alan is gone. Doctor Darling reaching out trying to reach his friends in the FBC. The Dark Place is another reality created by Doctor Darling as he descends alone into chaos.

Doesn't this guy work for the Pinkertons or something? Yeah, not watching this...

43:02 Isn't the mirror in Control a direct call to the multiple existences of one person and Darling would already be aware of this?

Thoughts on The Lake House dlc?

49:00 Thanks. Wonderful video.

40:20 see how the polygons drawn here are the same level that Time Breaker goes through across the video game.

39:42 Agree. You are not the only one. Sam has been able to involve us in a way that time doesn't exist. Everything is happening at the same time and things are overlaping. Its an extension of David Lynch Inland Empire movie, but the forth wall doesn't exist. I'm waiting for a next videogame in which we the player physically have to do something that will affect the game.

34:00 remember. Door said to Alan you dont how is behind your mask. So, this Alan is a character, a version of the Alan's writer.

24:42 Did you check all possible combinations? Where did you get that map? That's insane the multiple permutations of outcomes depending on decisions...a proper Caos Theory. Does the TreeMap resemble a butterfly? But yes... everything connect to Alan, which makes sense because he is the creator of the history. So, Alan is unable to scape from the Dark Place...so, its looping to him bringing the heror to him. Plus, he "doesn't know" yet who is Door and how he is playing with him. Something he learn on "the mask" chapter.

20:04 Any hypothesis about what FMV are they referring to? We can assume that Time Breaker is a Quantum Breaker secuence.

Yay! Waited for this video! 😁

17:05 Yes! A lot stuff! Specially the "Max Payne" moment...we are characters in a video game! A graphic novel puzzle

16:45 I freaked out in that scene! I was expecting "Alan" do the Dylan dream sequence monologue. Especially the part when Dylan talks about Door and the police.

I think trying to figure out the difference between “Dark Place influencing the Real World” and vice versa is almost a moot point, thanks to the Dark Place being a non-linear ocean; Today-Alan could clairvoyant his way into some knowledge about Tomorrow-Earth, then accidentally scribble it down and somehow pass it to Yesterday-Alan, who then typed it up and suddenly the Dark Place and Our Place end up nicely synchronizing.

I've got a feeling episode 3 is something bigger. It gives me the same vibes i had when playing control and realizing the world was much bigger than we thought. Also need to know if we are still getting the free dlc that they talked about before the game was released.