Summary
- Alan Wake 2 has longer, immersive chapters with unique level design and thrilling plot twists.
- Night Springs DLC adds more exciting sections with references to past games and unexpected endings.
- Play Return 8 and 9 to finish the game's story and experience intense sequences and cliffhangers.
Compared to the first Alan Wake game, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Alan Wake 2 is a longer sequel 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:consisting of 19 linear chapters, some shorter and some that are much longer than others. These are called 'Return' and 'Initiation' and are split among the two protagonists, FBI agent Saga Anderson and Alan Wake, which can eventually be played in different orders.
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Each chapter in Alan Wake 2 is crafted to immerse you with its unique and horrifying level design, atmosphere, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:and shocking plot development. Whether you prefer the tone of Alan's Initiation levels in the Dark Place or those of Saga's in Return, here are the best, most fun, and scariest sections that the game has to offer.
Updated on June 16, 2024, by Dennis Moiseyev: While no new chapters have been added to Alan Wake 2 (168澳洲幸运5开奖网:unless you count the changes in New Game Pl🍨us), the Night Springs DLC is officially out, and it brings three new sections that are equally worthy of being mentioned on this list. The three Night Springs episodes continue to showcase the excellent game design flair and unique vision from Remedy, and here's how they compare to levels in the base game.Major spoilers for gameplay elemen𝔉ts and story details in Alan Wake 2 ahea🍸d!
13 Return Prolo✨gue - The Cult 𝓡
Alan Wake 2 had one of the most unexpected and well-crafted openings to a game in recent memory. It starts with the live-action Alan Wake in the Writer's Room before transitioning to former FBI agent Robert Nightingale emerging from Cauldron Lake and being playable as he runs naked through the woods, scared and confused. Then cue the dramatic title card reveal.
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:The jumpscares come one right af♏ter☂ another, with first the traditional deer running through the woods jumpscare and then a loud black-and-white flash of the dark presence of Mr. Scratch popping up on your screen. Immediately after, Nightingale is introduced 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:to the♔ deer-maꩵsk-wearing Cult of the Tree, falling right into their hands and getting his heart torn out. It sets up the game's chilling tone, and the scares have you on edge right away.
12 💮 Return 7 - Summoning
Return 7 is all about summoning Scratch and trying to trap him, and to do that, Saga, Casey, and Estevez need a form of art to lure him. So what better choi𝓡ce than to have the band back together and have Tor and Odin play some Old Gods of Asgard songs live? T📖hey set up shop atop their van in front of Cauldron Lake, and Casey and Estevez help with the lights.
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Your journey to the scene of the summoning is just as fun as the mission itself, as you get to see Odin and Tor's van driving erratically in the distance with some humorous dialogue. It's a short section where Saga must face hordes of Taken, similar to cleansing Control Points, that's to be continued with a boss fight once Alan's Initiation chapters are complete. It's also an homage to the Stranger Things Eddie Munson Metallica solo in the Upside Down.
11 Initiation 8 - Zane's Film
Initiation 8 is the last full-length echo and plot board mission you have with Alan Wake in the Dark Place, and it isn't the most exciting note to end on. You start back in the Oceanview Hotel and have one of the strangest, most convoluted encounters with Thomas Zane in room 665, and then head to the Poet's Cinema theater to investigate what's significant about the film 'Nightless Night.'
The theater is a much smaller environment and the least atmospheric, despite the ghostly Taken sitting in the audience. Though the puzzles have you venture outside, the claustrophobic lobby and theater room are mainly where the enemies will get you. Sam Lake is the true highlight of this chapter! You get to see him perform on-screen in 'Nightless Night' and he has an additional cameo as Casey's on-screen actor 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:in the projector room using his natural voice.
10 🏅 Return 8 And 9 - Deerfest, Com൩e Home
Return 8 and 9 are continuations of the final chapters in the game and can ultimately be grouped into one. Deerfest sees a Scratch-free Alan entering Bright Falls with a stance nodding to the first game, and Come Home sees Saga facing her personal hell trapped in the Mind Place before crossꦆing into 𒉰the Dark Place and meeting Tim Breaker.
Saga gets to be in the shortest stretch of the Dark Place, narratively profiling and battling her way through in a final hurrah before coming back to help Alan in an endin꧑g that concludes on an unsatisfying cliffhanger. Alan's Deerfest sees plenty more intense sequences, like escaping angry Deerfest goers and one last chase from Casey's Scratch and the Dark Presence into the Writer's Room, where it all began.
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9 Night Springs Episode 2 - North Star ⛎
North Star is a Night Springs DLC episode that mashes up the objectives of Return Chapter 3 and Control, with a little added twist 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:of H.P. Lovecraft cosmic horror. You get to play as the Night Springs version of Jesse Faden, simply known as The Sibling here, and she trades her powers and Ser💜vice Weapon for a standard gun and flashlight in the ominous environment of Coffee World searching for her brother.
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The Sibling gets some help from Sheriff Tim Breaker and must fight Taken and coffee-loving cultists who are being converted by Dark Triangle Roast. This episode feels like an abridged alternate level design of Return 3 with a nod back to Control, though with an ending you won't see coming. The puzzles also seem like a rehash and Coffee World feels even smaller than when you last left it.
8 Night Springs Episode 1 - Number One Fan 🐲 𝔍
With Number One Fan, Remedy makes it really feel more like Number One Fan Service. You get to see the world of Night Springs from essentially the point of view of obsessed fan Rose Marigold, who here is just The Waitress. The environment turns very pink, Alan communicates through various talking animals, the theme centers on love and self-affirmation 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:while delivering hilarious quotes, the main antagonist is a werewolf double of Alan Wake, and The Waitres🐷s get♕s her writer in the end.
The Number One Fan experience is like playing through Rose Marigold's dream and seeing it come true. You need to rescue The Writer from an army of Taken "Haters" and follow a blazing motorcycle trail of The Writer's evil twin, The Bad Boy. You get lots of ammo and go on a rampage spree taking down Taken left and right and ultimately confronting a werewolf who also shoots explosive hearts.
7 🍬 Retඣurn 5 - Old Gods
Old Gods sees Saga going to the Valhalla Nursing Home to learn more about herself from relatives Tor and Odin, but once again, not all is as it seems. Tor is in the Wellness Center due to a mysterious injury, and the place is haunted by the dark presence of Taken resident Cynthia Weaver, who's hunting Tor and pulling him into an Overlap in the outdoor pond. Cynthia also feels the most Resident Evil-like boss, with her diving and stalking the water and levitating in the second phase.
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Cynthia's terrifying look can top Mr. Scratch, and the mission is riddled with some nasty pop-up jumpscares from her at random points. Couple that with the dark nursing home and hospital environments, and it's one of the scariest chapters you can play, especially the new Taken enemy designs introduced here. On the bright side, you now get the bolt cutters to use on secret areas you couldn't get to before.
This chapter features the heaviest amount of lore for Thomas Zane outside the Dark Place due to Cynthia's connection, so be on the lookout for those documents, as well as some mentioning Alan Wake and his disappearance.
6 Return♊ 3 - Local Girl
Return 3 - Local Girl is the first step Saga takes to exploring her life in the Control-teased town of Watery, which she can't seem to remember. She has to find the key to her trailer, hidden away in the abandoned, Taken-haunted amusement park of Coffee World. But before that, you can also explore some fun conversations with the Koskela brothers and Valhalla Nursing Home residents in the sauna, as well as see the talented Ahti sing.
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You receive the crossb🌄ow heading up to the amusement park, explore more about Saga's daughter Logan, reunite with Tor and Odin Anderson, have some clever amusement park ride puzzles and battles, and complete a parade float Overlap. There is a really effective jumpscare with the introduction of the hammer Taken in the Kalevala Knights Workshop, and the boss fight with Deputies Mulligan and Thornton is an intense, chaotic sequence.
5 Initiation 2 - Casey �🎀�
Initiation One was the In Between with Mr. Door studio tour and the Angel Lamp tutorial, but Initiation 2 ups the horror and engagement with the Dark Place, sending Alan Wake to 𒀰the underground subway tunnels of Caldera Station. This chapt🐻er introduces the unique plot board mechanic that allows you to change your environment to complete puzzles, and it utilizes the level design best out of all the Dark Place sections.
Your main goal is to perform a ritual to clear the blocked subway tunnel exit, and the puzzle environments around you have ghastly scenes of victims burned alive in a subway car and Taken enemies within every inch of the location. In the end, you'll be surprised with a suspenseful and tense chase sequence by the Dark Presence of Mr. Scratch.
4 💃 Return 2 - The Heart
Return 2 - The Heart is the peak blend of Gothic horror and detective thriller in the game, and you won't feel the same atmosphere you get here in any other chapter. You restore power to the Witch's Hut 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:and get your first manual save point, recover a heart from the General Store, and get jumpscared by a deer-masked Cultist before getting jumpscared again with Nightingale's Dark Presence.
Once you recite the poem and place the heart into the Witch's Ladle cutout, you open your first Overlap and follow ambient red lighting amid the trees that have Blair Witch-inspired cult symbols hanging from them. That's where you'll face the first boss, Nightingale, and it's super close-quarters and unpredictable. This section also introduces a new enemy—wolves—168澳洲幸运5开奖网:and the Federal Bureau of Control!
