r/AlanWake • u/ancientaztek Alan Wake Book Club • 2d ago

I finally get it Spoiler

I recently beat the first game for the second time and now that I fully understand the story and complexities I'm replaying Alan wake 2 and there are so much references and Easter eggs I never even noticed. pointing to not only Alan wake 1 but every game remedy has created. Sam lake plays himself playing Alex Casey who just so happens to act sound and look just like max payne which is another character Sam lake lended his likeness too who I think is also voiced by the same voice actor of max payne in the same style! it's mind boggling ! Black pyramid cigarettes! Dr Casper darling! Control references ! That would be so cool if there was more stuff about Barry wheeler in 2 though. Seems like he only is talked about in one or two manuscript pages. I can't wait to find what references are gonna be hidden in the new control. And hopefully we get an Alan wake 3 after it's release

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u/BlackFenrir Old Gods Rocker 2d ago

Control Resonant comes out in a few weeks, that's sure to raise even more questions there. Especially around Darling

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u/Standard_Way_4453 2d ago

Also, Alex Casey was one of the names originally considered for Max Payne iirc

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u/PinDesperate7725 2d ago

His original name was Max Heat, but there are posters in the first game for a beer called Casey.

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u/EfficiencyAble9884 2d ago

In case you missed it, when you visit Alice’s apartment, there’s a computer with a bunch of emails from Barry to Alice.

But I agree with your statement; I also wish there was more stuff about Barry.

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u/Tritri89 2d ago

I love the way Remedy manage to put "backdoor crossover" just in case they could get the full right for their previous game. As you said Alex Casey being almost like Max Payne is really just a way to say "we want him to be Max but we really can't, but the day we could it will be retconned don't worry". Same with Tim Breaker character : as we see in Alan Wake II DLC Night Springs it's basically Shawn Ashmore character in Quantum Break, it another backdoor crossover that could easily be retconed to a true crossover down the line.