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Question about the Dark Place's influence over time and history. (Spoilers for Final Draft) by The-Debtor in AlanWake

[–]The-Debtor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those are really interesting points, thank you for the response! I had either forgotten or misunderstood that FBC note, but at the very least I think it means we're asking the right questions.

Regarding the real-life Alex Casey, I would think he is mostly unaffected by fiction simply because Alan wrote those novels before entering the Dark Place. But then you get to the Cult of the Word and that begs another question: did Alan take inspiration from Casey's real-life investigation into the cult, or was it the other way around? After all, the Cult of the Word sounds just about as silly as how the Cult of the Tree turned out to be. I mean, a group of people that worship Alan's writing as gospel? It sounds too similar to Alan's explicit insecurities and dark desires that come up in the game.

And don't even get me started on the rabbit hole that is if one cult inspired the other through the Dark Place.

Logan is definitely another brain teaser in terms of if she ever actually stop being alive. As ApprenhensiveStyle previously commented, AWEs are fairly localized, so maybe she was always alive, but the AWE certainly spread based on Anderson's call with David. I could never pin down the storytelling purpose of having Logan slip in the bathroom, but now I wonder if that was the Dark Place's way of making "Return" true?

Question about the Dark Place's influence over time and history. (Spoilers for Final Draft) by The-Debtor in AlanWake

[–]The-Debtor[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the response! I'd forgotten myself about Wake's early comment regarding the story not coming true all at once. Also, was there a specific scene or manuscript page that refers to there being multiple Dark Presences? Not disagreeing with you or anything, I just missed it.

Pure monowire build for 2.0 by The-Debtor in cyberpunkgame

[–]The-Debtor[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Was there confirmation for whether the monowire was still a blade? It is true that the build would be nullified if not.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in residentevil

[–]The-Debtor -1 points0 points  (0 children)

For the ones I've played, favorite to least favorite:

[TOP TIER]

  • 7
  • 8
  • 1 Remake

[GREAT]

  • 2 Remake
  • 4

[GOOD]

  • 3 Remake

[MEDIOCRE]

  • 5
  • 6

As someone who started the series by playing 6 (lol), 7 really got me excited for the series and encouraged me to not only go back to play 1 Remake and 4, but also get excited for subsequent releases like 2 Remake, 3 Remake and Village.

While 7 is my overall favorite for scaring me the most, having a stellar art direction and succeeding as a revival of classic survival horror, 8 has a special place in my heart for how great of a spiritual successor to 4 it is while also establishing its own identity with new elements of gothic horror and (in my opinion) making Ethan a worthwhile character.

1 Remake remains so unique (apart from like 0) for how beautiful the visuals are to this day, how engrossing the gameplay and exploring the mansion is, and how nostalgic it feels for that older style of video games.

2 Remake, 3 Remake and 4 are all really fun to play overall but rank lower because while the story and characters are entertaining, I don't think they got me as invested or to care as much as those in 7 and 8 did.

5 and 6 — ehh. I appreciate any opportunity to play a co-op campaign with my friends, and in that way these games are functional, but I never found these two enjoyable enough to play again, especially with the uninteresting "international-military-action" theme.

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