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Alan Wake 2’s next expansion is about a Control agent investigating a spooky painting - and it’s out next monthSomeone’s been huffing turps again
Someone’s been huffing turps again
Image credit:Remedy Entertainment
Image credit:Remedy Entertainment
Alan Wake 2 - Lake House Expansion | PS5 GamesWatch on YouTube
Alan Wake 2 - Lake House Expansion | PS5 Games
The DLC is “set in an eerie new location on the shores of Cauldron Lake,” say the developers, and runs parallel to the main story. It’ll see you guiding FBC agent Kiran Estevez through the Lake House research station, “where reckless experiments have caused reality to collide with the Dark Place.” Agent Estevez appeared as a character in Alan Wake 2 - a busybody whorudely takes over the investigationof player character Saga. Her name also pops up inbriefly in some documentsin Control.
The trailer shows a hallway full of bodies, and a twisted painting that screams in an anguished voice: “Murderer! Pain! Misery! Hatred!” All right, calm down Mr Painting. What is this,Layers Of Fear? Get over yourself.
Alan Wake 2 is a “stylistic tour de force and one of the most unique and confident horror games in recent years,” said Katharine (RPS in peace) inour review. But she also noted that “the climax to Saga and Alan’s story does drop the ball somewhat in its very final moments. Enough is resolved to not feel like it’s a complete disappointment, but it also leaves just enough hanging in the air to feel faintly unsatisfying at the same time.”
Maybe this second spooky slap of DLC will tie up some loose intestines. But if I know my weird storytelling rules, it’ll stubbornly refuse to make everythingtooneat.
