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[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Think about it, guys. Really think about it. What if the Alex Casey novels were inspired by newspaper articles of Max's life that Alan had read. Night Springs exists in Quantum Break. Alan was a writer on Night Springs. American Nightmare is a Night Springs episode.

posted ?Alan Wake reference in the Quantum Break demo

Imagine if we got a crossover between all three series one day.

We are through the looking glass, people.

 

[Zeyphersan]

I think the tshirt is a fun easter egg

 

[UnderWaterTree]

thats actually is pretty cool if it was planned like that

 

[antitrop]

The Lakeverse.

 

[Card Boy]

The LakeVerse.

It's not a Lake it's an Ocean.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

The LakeVerse.

 

[TheUnsunghero26]

I think we'll definitely see more Alan Wake references in Quantum Break. Would be cool to see Ilkka Villi in the TV show part.

 

[Tokubetsu]

It's not a Lake it's an Ocean.

 

[ClearData]

We must go deeper.

 

[ichtyander]

If you remember the lines Thomas Zane recites to Alan in the nightmare in the intro: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1F4F2OVOyQ&feature=player_detailpage#t=386)

For he did not know, that beyond the lake he called home, lies a deeper, darker ocean green, where waves are both wilder and more serene. To its ports I've been. To its ports I've been.

The Old Gods of Asgard's song "Balance Slays the Demon" also has a piece of the same text:

Beyond the lake he called home, lies a deeper darker ocean green

Beth Wilder is one of the protagonists (alongside Jack Joyce) and Paul Serene is the main antagonist in Quantum Break.

I'm wondering if Jack Joyce will eventually have to make some kind of a choice or find a balance between the two, to slay the demon.

 

[Frog-fu]

Didn't Remedy/Sam Lake already confirm that Alan Wake and Quantum Break do?

Max Payne is a Rockstar property now though, so nah.

 

[GitarooMan]

I'm convinced at the end of Quantum Break we will see something like "Screenplay by Alan Wake"

 

[Exploratory]

Op you talk about Jack.
Op you talk about Alan.
Op you talk about Max.

But its not a trifecta. It goes beyond. There is another.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

If you remember the lines Thomas Zane recites to Alan in the nightmare in the intro: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1F4F2OVOyQ&feature=player_detailpage#t=386)


The Old Gods of Asgard's song "Balance Slays the Demon" also has a piece of the same text:


Beth Wilder is one of the protagonists (alongside Jack Joyce) and Paul Serene is the main antagonist in Quantum Break.

I'm wondering if Jack Joyce will eventually have to make some kind of a choice or find a balance between the two, to slay the demon.

Oh snap.

Didn't Remedy/Sam Lake already confirm that Alan Wake and Quantum Break do?

Max Payne is a Rockstar property now though, so nah.

Rockstar and Remedy are pretty tight, it's no big deal.

Op you talk about Jack.
Op you talk about Alan.
Op you talk about Max.

But its not a trifecta. It goes beyond. There is another.

Crime thriller
Supernatural thriller
Science fiction thriller

NEXT GEN CORPORATE THRILLER COMING 2023!?

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

What if Max and Alan are connected, like Will Ferrell in Stranger than Fiction? When Alan vanished, Max wound up starring Max Payne 3.

OMG.

 

[BUNTING1243]

I love weird connected universes ala Portal and Half Life, I hope there are more hints in the full game.

 

[Genio88]

It could be, but i don't think they'll never do something like that

 

[UrbanDandy]

Time Mechanics and Bullet Time plus light and dark mechanics?

Sounds hard to build, but I'm all for it.

 

[Hypron]

So Max Payne vs Alan Wake vs the Quantum break guy. Who wins?

Spoiler

Probably Max because he seems to be pretty much invincible.

 

[Grisby]

Could be cool and Max Payne's VA has some pages in AW.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

So Max Payne vs Alan Wake vs the Quantum break guy. Who wins?

Spoiler

Probably Max because he seems to be pretty much invincible.

Max and QB guy both got time powers but Alan can rewrite reality, so...

 

[jacksepticeye]

More like nods rather than same universe

 

[CrazedArabMan]

My mind will be blown and I will be happy.

But more than likely all separate just with easter eggs acknowledging the other games.

 

[MidEvlDed]

Unless any combination of the 3 characters appeared in the same game in some meaningful way, then I don't think it really makes a difference.

And after playing Max Payne 3 it's hard to see how that world, which feels very real, fits in to the world of Alan Wake, which does not.

 

[WinFonda]

Quantum Break
Alan Wake
Sam Lake

The rhyme connection

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Unless any combination of the 3 characters appeared in the same game in some meaningful way, then I don't think it really makes a difference.

And after playing Max Payne 3 it's hard to see how that world, which feels very real, fits in to the world of Alan Wake, which does not.

Max Payne 1 and 2 dip their toes into the surreal a lot more than 3.

 

[grosvenor_92]

That would be mind blowing but its probably just an easter egg

 

[MrCunningham]

Max Payne 1 and 2 dip their toes into the surreal a lot more than 3.

Indeed, Max Payne 1 and 2 have are heavily inspired by film noir and pulp novels, it also loves to reference things like Twin Peaks. The original Remedy games are very much in the same world as Alan Wake, though that should be no surprise as Sam Lake wrote them. Though probably not officially, since Rockstar owns the franchise.

Also...

The universe keeps expanding....

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Indeed, Max Payne 1 and 2 have are heavily inspired by film noir and pulp novels, it also loves to reference things like Twin Peaks. The original Remedy games are very much in the same world as Alan Wake, though that should be no surprise as Sam Lake wrote them. Though probably not officially, since Rockstar owns the franchise.

Also...

The universe keeps expanding....

Barry's career before becoming a literary agent/Christmas lights salesman!?

 

[K' Dash]

I just want a real ending for Alan Wake, I feel we're never getting it

I really care about the character

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Maybe Max fell into a vat of the time-stopping stuff from Quantum Break and that's why he can do unlimited Bullet Time? Like Obelix with his super strength from the Asterix books.

 

[EBE]

you forgot something.

(sorry for the quality. my phone doesnt have a very good camera)

cooper.
Cooper.
COOPER.

 

[Coffee Dog]

Max very obviously exists in the Alan Wake universe as the protag of the books Alan wrote. He just doesn't have the same name because lol rockstar

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

you forgot something.

(sorry for the quality. my phone doesnt have a very good camera)

cooper.
Cooper.
COOPER.

Max very obviously exists in the Alan Wake universe as the protag of the books Alan wrote. He just doesn't have the same name because lol rockstar

But what if Max is an actual character in the LakeVerse? And Alex Casey, Alan's protagonist, is based on the life of Max Payne? Or what if writing the life of Alex Casey gave Max life?

 

[antitrop]

I just want a real ending for Alan Wake, I feel we're never getting it

I really care about the character

Yeah, mark down Alan Wake as one of my least satisfying endings of any game last generation. Just the whole ending section, including the final boss fight, just really sucked the wind out of my sails at the very finish there, but I still loved the game, overall. It's because I enjoyed the game so much, I expected much more out of the ending.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Yeah, mark down Alan Wake as one of my least satisfying endings of any game last generation.

Remedy still has the rights... they might revisit him... one day.

One day, he'll come back to us.

 

[Doug Heffernan]

Sam Lake is a mysterious dude, I wouldn't be surprised if all three games existed in the same universe somehow.

 

[Coffee Dog]

I just want a real ending for Alan Wake, I feel we're never getting it

I really care about the character

American Nightmare wrapped things up really well, to the point that I'm not even sure where a sequel would go without feeling like more of the same.

Edit: I'm specifically talking about the main plot/Alan here. Sure there are a bunch of tiny things unresolved but they don't really have to be.

 

[Conscience Falls]

Remedy still has the rights... they might revisit him... one day.

One day, he'll come back to us.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5CRjoQKyY8

Write all of the love letters

 

[Komo]

Just please let Remedy make Max Payne 3

 

[Nightengale]

Max Payne : Take-Two IP
Alan Wake : Remedy IP
Quantum Break : Microsoft IP

It's nice to dream though.

 

[overdrivex]

Remedy still has the rights... they might revisit him... one day.

One day, he'll come back to us.

i think it will likely happen, but with the way games like walking dead/ wolf among us are developed. digital download title with Episodic releases every couple of months and a retail release per season, i can see ms giving them funding for that.

 

[EBE]

SHIT
the most prominent symbol in Alan Wake is the torch

a symbol of enlightenment it can only be found by quite literally shining your light on it.
what is the most prominent symbol we've seen in Quantum Break so far?

the butterfly, specifically the monarch

now i had always heard that moths were attracted to flames (the torch) and being that butterflies are KINDA like moths i decided to bing search "are monarch butterflies phototactic" and i got this
being that butterflies are symbols of resurrection due to their natural life cycle and MONARCHS are attracted to light (the torch's FLAME) and resurrection by flame is associated with the pheonix..
you see where im going with this?

Spoiler

half life 3 confirmed

Spoiler

alan wake WILL be back

 

[MrCunningham]

you see where im going with this?

Spoiler

half life 3 confirmed

Spoiler

alan wake WILL be back

Spoiler

Alan Wake will return in Quantum Break 2: The resurrection of Max Payne

 

[Disgraced]

The Lakeverse.

It's not a Lake it's an Ocean.

So let it be written.

So let it be done.

 

[dreamfall]

The LAKEVERSE.

LET THEM DREAM! I love this idea!

And let Mona make a surprise appearance in Quantum Break!

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

SHIT
the most prominent symbol in Alan Wake is the torch

a symbol of enlightenment it can only be found by quite literally shining your light on it.
what is the most prominent symbol we've seen in Quantum Break so far?

the butterfly, specifically the monarch

now i had always heard that moths were attracted to flames (the torch) and being that butterflies are KINDA like moths i decided to bing search "are monarch butterflies phototactic" and i got this
being that butterflies are symbols of resurrection due to their natural life cycle and MONARCHS are attracted to light (the torch's FLAME) and resurrection by flame is associated with the pheonix..
you see where im going with this?

Spoiler

half life 3 confirmed

Spoiler

alan wake WILL be back

Spoiler

Alan Wake will return in Quantum Break 2: The resurrection of Max Payne

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Does Sam retweeting this make this now canon?

 

[Slowdive]

This would be pretty cool if true.

 

[CreeperBlocks]

Does Sam retweeting this make this now canon?

This should be interesting.