Alan Wake 2 Ending Explained And How It Sets Up Alan Wake 3

[Music] well if the ending has to fit the story this is how I see it return is a story about a story that comes true and I'm a character in the story not just a character the hero okay a hero 13 years after the original cult classic Allan Wake 2 is finally upon us it stars out Wick who coincidentally has also been trapped in the dark place for 13 years trying to find a way out Saga Anderson an FBI profiler who arrives in brightfalls to investigate some ritualistic killings is also involved with how the original panned out not to mention it's not a lake it's an ocean becoming a meme the question that everyone has to wonder is how does it all end spoilers for alen Wake 2 and its ending follow you have been warned seriously you ready okay Allan Wake is still in the dark place after the credits have rolled wait come back there's more we promise first we need to return to the beginning when Saga arrives in bright Falls along with her partner Alex Casey portrayed by Sam Lake naturally it's because a new victim of the killings has emerged it's a former FBI agent Robert Nightingale who dodged pursued wake in the first game as Saga interacts with the town's people including Sheriff Tim breaker and learns more about the cult of the tree who seemingly killed Nightingale she also happens upon a manuscript of pages for telling the events after nightingale's corpse comes to life Saga pursues and eventually kills him however along the way she learns from Casey that a cult was committing murders to somehow summon Alan Wake an author who went missing coincidentally cauldron Lake recedes after nightingale's death and who should turn up but wake himself the trio returned to town and he talks about his escapa through the dark place seeking an escape it's important to note that wake didn't Escape per se instead the ritual to summon him occurs later in the game when he washes up on the shores of cauldron Lake he's gone back in time though it's also revealed that this isn't wake but Mr scratch his evil clone and dark presence we'll keep all that aside for now and shift to Allan wake's perspective in the dark place Allan tries to use his creative ability to bring stories to life to right away out it's not working very well but ate the mysterious janitor from control helps out using the angel lamp he Ventures through a darkplace version of New York City encountering Alex Casey the fictional version who starred in his crime novels scratch and even Sheriff breaker Thomas Zayn also appears about Zayn he set up the ocean view hotel with Barbara Jagger encountered the dark presence in cauldron Lake which possessed Jagger and defeated it his body was taken by the Light presence and would would warn other artists about the dark presence the lake and the dark place he even wrote about Alan W coming to cauldron Lake and defeating the dark presence as a backup plan using a magical clicker his mother gave him in his childhood when he was afraid of the dark as seen in the first game however there is a theory that this zaye isn't the original especially since the diving suit that he wears is unlike that seen in photos back to the present Zay who could very well be the original it's unclear is unstable due to being stuck in the dark place and Allan kills him it's around this point that an alternate wake contacts the current one to tell him that the time is looping Allan would eventually right return to escape the dark place however scratch changed it and reality is being affected which explains the shift from psychological Thriller in the first game to outright Horror in the second as if that wasn't bad enough the novelist changed saga's past leading to her daughter drowning for now wake and scrp want the same thing the mystical clicker which can amplify their abilities the former wants it to defeat scratch while the latter wants it to finally free the dark presence presumably to commit some horrible Deeds as Saga obtains the clicker from The Cult of the tree the Federal Bureau of control apprehends wake Saga eventually learns that her ability which allows for sensing the changes that return has brought upon reality is inherited from Odin and Tor Anderson who have a history with the dark presence and her grand uncle and grandfather her attempt to return to wake with the clicker leads to the reveal that it's scratch but the bureau manages to repel him in time with no other choice Saga works with Casey Odin T and FBC agent Estes to summon the real Alan Wake it leads to wake scratch's summoning to the previous point in the story scratch confronts the group and while Saga manages to dispel him from wake's body he ends up possessing Casey Saga is sent to the dark place and scratch obtains the clicker it seems like it's curtains for Our Heroes but unbeknownst to everyone events are in motion back in the dark place the real alen wake arrives at his apartment and finds that his wife Alice committed suicide due to scratch's haunting it's after this that he's presumably summoned by Saga and sent back in time however after scratches moves from him to Casey in the real world wake realizes he needs to return to the dark place to the writer's room to stop scratch he has has to do that by writing a new ending to return which is still tougher than it seems in the midst of all this Saga overcomes the dark presence and uses her mind place to work together with wake the problem is that it's still a horror story and a happy ending for everyone well that may be impossible thanks to a mysterious individual Saga obtains the clicker and bullet of light wake uses it to push scratch out of Casey's body and when he possesses Allen again Saga shoots him with the bullet of light return is seemingly complete and reality should change but the fate of saga's daughter remains unknown however during the credits it's revealed that Alice wake isn't dead she faked her suicide to return to the dark place after the first game's events Alice mentions meeting with an organization the Federal Bureau of control as revealed in controls awe expansion after going to their offices her memories came flooding back she remarks that the Visions haunting her were Allan still trying to reach out which could have been his alternative selves and she can see them because she also went to the dark place Alice is the one who helped Saga in the dark place leading her to the clicker and the bullet of light she then reveals that there are only two ways out of the loop destruction or Ascension destruction was attempted many times over but they're getting to the Ascension bit by bit Alice will continue showing Allan the images he needs to see the light he needs to see in the meantime Allan well wakes up despite his bullet wound at his desk in the writer's room and says the words it's not a loop it's a spiral these are the words uttered by Alex Casey in the film nightless Night by Thomas Zayn but wake says them with a newfound realization as if something has been gleaned and things have changed so yeah Allan Wake is still stuck in the dark place however the real question is what the hell just happened there's a lot to break down it's theorized that Allan isn't just looping back as evidenced by his alternative selves but descending the spiral parallels jito's uzamaki which is Japanese for spiral and how it evoked Insanity in those who beheld it however it also meant other things like infinity and managed to distort time and the world not unlike the dark place perhaps wake can follow the spiral and climb back out but that's not the real problem because wake did leave the dark place and scratch followed shortly after scratch was still alive despite being killed in Alan wake's American Nightmare when Allan tries to write return scratch suddenly appears to change it the two are interlined either he finds a way to contain scratch continuously run into him in the dark place repeats the same song of dance which ends up with him back in the dark place or Allan ascends scratch represents the dark presence so perhaps by becoming the light presence weight can finally move on how he achieves that is another matter entirely but Zayn's body was taken by the Light presence once upon of time and nightless night which he directed is referenced which could be a clue the other alternative as suggested by other theories is that Allan needs someone to assume his place so that he can escape of course it's also worth noting that the sheer amount of metac commentary where Allan Wake the game represents the creative writing process as a whole wake is unable to create the perfect conclusion is AK to having writer block while Saga represents a fresh set of eyes or even a guest author if you will the alternate version of wake off also fits in with creative director Sam Lake's statement about how there were tons of different concepts over the years for Alan Wake 2 and he's happy this is the one that they got to make almost as if the conclusion is the way forward into the future at one point wake kills an alternative version of himself thinking it's scratch out of Rage from Alice's death this alternative version was also trying to undo returns effects perhaps his death embodies a direction remedy didn't want to go and is anyway View as futile in the end the destruction path if you will if Wake needs someone to assume his place then it's probably not indicative of having just another body physically present but someone creative they could take up his mantle and write a new step forward for wake and the world instead of a fix or a conclusion then again Ascension could also mean wake gets to leave the dark place and live in the afterlife the end no more Allan Wake it's hard to say at this point there are plenty of unresolved plot threats like Tim breaker who was looking for warland door in the dark place believing him to be the reason for his confinement also Odin and T didn't crop up again during the story after trying to save Saga when she went to the dark place could they have also ventured inside it's also unlikely that Zayn is dead and he may pop up again night Springs the first expansion would be an ideal place for all of these stories remedy itself described its multiple self-contained epis episodes of the TV show where players would control several familiar characters from the world of alen wake and experience the unexplainable how their stories will pan out remains to be seen but there's also the Federal Bureau of control in how Alan Wake 2 lays the groundwork for control 2 the FBC appears semi-regularly throughout the base game monitoring cauldron Lakes phenomena and running into scratch before repelling him the official description for The Lakehouse the second paid expansion says it involves a mysterious facility situated on the shores of C Lake set up by an independent government organization to conduct secret research until something goes wrong this conclusion leads to Saga and Allen stories colliding once more as they explore the lake house in two separate adventures two possible theories are that this organization is the FBC and it's trying to stop the dark presence viewing it as a massive threat to the world however things go wrong which leads to Allen and Saga being dragged into things again the other theory is that this isn't the FBC and that it has other plans for the lake and the dark place either way Saga and Allen are involved and Jesse feden the director of The Bureau may also appear to clean up the latest mess it would help to set up whatever groundwork is necessary for control 2 and further expand on the remedy verse all we need now is quantum breaks Jack joy for the team up to be complete to say that Allan Wake 2 story will send you for a loop is an understatement it's a game that so effortlessly shifts from live action and video game to meta commentary and narrative present past and future and so on while many will no doubt groan at the prospect of another Cliffhanger oneliner to keep them busy here's hoping that Allan awake 3 arrives much sooner than the second game hey did you know that we at gaming bolt upload new videos every day stick around drop a like subscribe and hit that Bell and let us know what kind of content you'd like to see in the future with a comment [Music] below

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Published: Sat Nov 04 2023