Finally made Alan Wake 2 thermos!

Since scalpers bought up all the official ones, I had to make one myself.

Used a regular Airam 0.45 as a base. Even finding one of those was a pain, though.

I've almost got the cosplay ready but I don't know what shoes to get

So there seems to be a common understanding about Tom Seine/Zane and his manipulation of Alan Wake. Zane lets Alan believe that Scratch is his dark doppelganger, manipulating things behind the scenes. He comes across as a chancer, and he collaborated with Scratch on Return once Alan had "given up" before Scratch abandoned him.

But as we learn, he's still stringing Alan along. Since Scratch is just Alan with the Dark Presence possessing him. But really, it's just Alan's darkness made manifest. And, as we see in the time loop, the "edits" that Scratch makes are actually by Alan Wake. All of Return is written by Alan Wake. Both the darker earlier draft & the last second edits in pen. Tom Zane has him believe otherwise because it seems to suit his agenda.

What is his agenda? It seems like it's to escape the Dark Place (possibly with or without Alan himself). He gets Alan drunk & drugged and helps him write Return (much the same way Barbara Jagger does in the first game). Along with this, he makes a "companion piece," a horror short film called Yöton Yö/Nightless Night.

Now, Nightless Night is a very, very dark bizarro version of Return that draws upon Watery/Bright Falls history (Huortori Brothers, etc). It stars Sami Jarvi as Alex Casey. Some themes like a Secret Murderous Cult, a writer trapped in a Dark Place trying to escape, and the Protagonist returning home. And it ends with Alex being sacrificed to resurrect the Writer (played by Tom Seine) from the well.

The common wisdom is that the original draft of Return (before Alan's pen edits) had Alex Casey as the Protagonist (though Saga clearly played an important roll) and, presumably, had a narrative more in line with the film Nightless Night.

That this was Tom Zane's master plan to engineer his own escape (and possibly Alan's as well - maybe they're aspects of the same person).

And then, in doing his last minute edits, Alan scuppers this plan and rewrites Return with Saga as the protagonist. And saves Alex Casey in the process.

BUT. Did he foil Tom Zane's plans? The most important part, it seems, is that after Alan learns of Tom's betrayal/manipulation and kills him , he sees Tom wake up and yell "Cut." "Now that's drama," he says with a smile and rubs the fake blood off the gunshot wound on his forehead.

All that manipulation is seemingly an act. Tom Zane didn't actually get "caught out" in a lie. He didn't actually try to switch places with Alan at the last second. It was all for the sake of "drama."

Like in Alan Wake 1, Tom the Filmmaker acts as a guide to Alan. He clearly has some insidious ends (it's suggested he may, in fact, be the real Mr. Scratch in the Control DLC - Alan's doppelganger). But he creates these film scenes within reality where he plays the untrustworthy manipulator (like Teddy in Memento), both an ally and an antagonist. All for the sake of some end, Alan doesn't understand.

So what if Nightless Night and all that isn't Tom's master plan at all? What if it's all about getting Alan to the place he needs him to be? As in, maybe it's a double or triple bluff, and Tom wants Alan to "foil" his plan for Nightless Night. What if Zane wants Alan to achieve "enlightenment" and become the Master of Many Worlds? Engineer great drama in order to get Alan to overcome himself and his darker, self-destructive instincts. And that requires Alan to contend with various dramatic archetypes. With Tom Zane playing the trickster character.

What does anyone else think?

Crazy but

I didn't see a shotgun at first so i don't have a shotgun now and all i have is 30 colt ammos

When im about to kill her in around 10 more shots , i have no more ammo (. Story mode)

Any idea?

The mental image of it talking Alan that long to figure this out is just inherently funny I’m sorry

this is satirical if you couldn't tell

Hello all! Here’s my latest Alan Wake model. I hope you enjoy!

Inspired by those who already contributed some Alan Wake in-game photography, I'd also like to share my unique impressions of the game (and it's absolutely stunning light effects). Currently playing AW2 for the first time. Enjoy.

A throwaway account due to preferring anonymity, but I was given this game signed by leadership teams of Remedy and Microsoft as a launch celebration gift when I worked on the game during my time at Remedy.

The photo mode in AW2 is genuinely so fun. I haven't even finished the game yet but I wanted to share some of my favorite pics I've taken and edited so far! I'm still a beginner when it comes to photo editing at all but I think I did pretty okay with these so far.

Are the haters supposed to represent critics of Remedy games? I feel like many of the complaints like not understanding the story, the characters being too sad, the story making you feel dumb, etc could easily be complaints people in the real world could have with a game like Alan Wake or Control

So a few Chapter Songs like Angers Remorse play during an ingame sequence - but most don't. So where do you think the best place for each Chapter Song would be?

*Follow You Into the Dark - Nightingale Boss Fight

*Dark, Twisted & Cruel - 1st Scratch Fight

*This Road - maybe hear the different versions on Radios throughout the Dark Place (like Pat Maine)

So in the Final Draft it's strongly suggested that Alan Wake may be the product of some sort of collaboration between Tom Zane and Dr. Darling - Tom's body & Darling's voice.

So I'm wondering - is the same for FBI Agent Alex Casey? Sam Lake (Sami Jarvi) is an actor seen both in the Harvey Garrett Show in Alan Wake 1 (more as a cameo with a nod to Max Payne). But then in Alan Wake 2 he's shown as an actor in the Mr. Door show in the Darkplace. With Sam Lake using his own voice. And that he "plays" the role of Alex Casey the detective in the Darkplace Movies and becomes the face of his Echoes and the Alex Casey that's killed over and over again. But he also appears as a Finnish speaking actor playing Alex Casey in the Darkplace "film" Nightless Night.

But the real FBI Agent Alex Casey looks exactly like Sam Lake from the real life Harvey Garrett Show and from the Darkplace Mr. Door Show.

What's going on? Should we be thinking about Alex Casey the same way? Is he a "collaboration" of sorts between Sam Lake (the Darkplace actor) and....Zachariah Trench's voice? Trench seems unconnected to the Darkplace. Perhaps his voice is inspiration?

But, someone else also had James McCaffrey's voice in the RCU -- Tom the Diver from Alan Wake 1.

Mostly likely not a planned thing back in AW1 thst James voices Tom the Diver & Alex Casey's book narration - but neither was Alan Wake himself.

But now Sam Lake the writer is using this fact as a Meta detail in the Alan Wake world. So should the same be for Alex Casey?

Do you think there is a reason that Alex Casey & Tom the Poet share the same voice? Is the Alex Casey voice a voice of paternal authority for Alan? His Dad perhaps? Is this why it becomes the voice of his hard boiled protagonist AND his Darkplace incarnation of Tom Zane? Is it also an echo of Trench's voice leaking into Alan's imagination? Is Sami Jarvi a real being in the Dark Place that is connected to Tom Seine? An Elder God perhaps? A fictional echo of the actor topside? Did the actor fall into the Dark Place? Does FBI agent Alex Casey know of the Actor Sam Lake?

I've had to look at maps online to find a couple of them. Weirdly, those maps show an icon that looks like two kids next to each other. Like a "generic friendship" sign or something.

Also, do you get any sort of confirmation that you've pet all 12 deer or is it just something you have to manually check?

Wondering if there's anyway I can access files? I'd like to have typewriters sound in the game when we change the scenes during the missions and hotline ringing specifically in the game & at the control resonant too if possible?

Is there anyone can help with that?

I'll post this here as well because it seems like the photo is edited from a Night Springs North Star photo 🫡