I find the best lore raises more questions than it answers, and Lake and his team do that in spades. And you absolutely should give it a play with some more Alan Wake under your belt. Even outside the DLC they have lore connecting the two games all over. And of course, it only leaves me with more questions than I had. Another dead letter:
To the Esteemed Members of the American Psychiatric Council,
I am writing you to inquire about the significance of dreams in relation to one’s mental health? I am aware that there are many books purporting to contain the True meanings of dreams, but I have reservations about their legitimacy.
I understand that this is not usually done, but if I would greatly appreciate your thoughts on my Condition. Ever since I was young, I have had intensely-vivid dreams. They only occur sporadically, but in them I witness very strange events. I understand dreams can seem real at the time, but these feel markedly different. They do not occur often, perhaps only one or two a year.
Last night I had one. I saw a small, empty town. It was utterly dark. There was a Lake at its center. Shadows of people moved around me, muttering odd things. A bright light woke me up. I was screaming in my sleep. My wife had been shaking me for minutes before I woke.
Because of this recent incident, I have decided to seek help. The doctor says I am physically fine, but I wanted to consult your Expertise. Thank you for your valuable time.
Yours Very Sincerely,
Richard Bowker
Like, how many people did this event affect? It clearly wasn’t limited to Bright Falls and close associates of the artists the Dark Presence is feeding off of. This is some unrelated schmuck living who knows where, and he’s having dreams of the Bright Falls event. And this wasn’t even in the DLC. The Lovecraftian web of influence of other planes of existence in these fictional games fascinate me so damn much.
I’ve just gotta get more hard drive space to open it up.
I don’t know if you’ve ever seen the show Fringe but I love it. Has a lot of Control vibes/flavor but came out years before. There’s an episode of it where a guy is able to sort of ‘predict’ certain events that are about to happen. Some level of precognition. Gets these vividly intense visions of a particular event and has to make it via a diorama or some type of artistic expression. Episode explains what is going on with him and why he can hear it. There are also a few other letters scattered throughout the Bureau that seem to suggest there are some inate abilities in a lot of people. I don’t know if I made this theory or read it in the game but I started to think that there were ‘psykers’ or something that the Bureau were keeping an eye on to be able to detect/notice various anomalies. Wondering if that poor fucker could be one of those.
Control had me begging for more and, luckily, it gave me more. The game having as many text docs as it does pissed off a few friends but made me ecstatic. SO MUCH LIVING IN THAT WORLD!
I find the best lore raises more questions than it answers, and Lake and his team do that in spades. And you absolutely should give it a play with some more Alan Wake under your belt. Even outside the DLC they have lore connecting the two games all over. And of course, it only leaves me with more questions than I had. Another dead letter:
Like, how many people did this event affect? It clearly wasn’t limited to Bright Falls and close associates of the artists the Dark Presence is feeding off of. This is some unrelated schmuck living who knows where, and he’s having dreams of the Bright Falls event. And this wasn’t even in the DLC. The Lovecraftian web of influence of other planes of existence in these fictional games fascinate me so damn much.
I’ve just gotta get more hard drive space to open it up.
I don’t know if you’ve ever seen the show Fringe but I love it. Has a lot of Control vibes/flavor but came out years before. There’s an episode of it where a guy is able to sort of ‘predict’ certain events that are about to happen. Some level of precognition. Gets these vividly intense visions of a particular event and has to make it via a diorama or some type of artistic expression. Episode explains what is going on with him and why he can hear it. There are also a few other letters scattered throughout the Bureau that seem to suggest there are some inate abilities in a lot of people. I don’t know if I made this theory or read it in the game but I started to think that there were ‘psykers’ or something that the Bureau were keeping an eye on to be able to detect/notice various anomalies. Wondering if that poor fucker could be one of those.
Control had me begging for more and, luckily, it gave me more. The game having as many text docs as it does pissed off a few friends but made me ecstatic. SO MUCH LIVING IN THAT WORLD!