Alan Wake Plot Reveal
The game's protagonist passes a note with hints about the story to come.
February 20, 2009 - One thing is certain. Alan Wake the horror novelist leans heavily on his copy editor. On Remedy's official Alan Wake forums, the community manager posted some text taken from the long-awaited horror game. The post is a positive sign that Alan Wake is still on the way.
The in-game note from Alan Wake includes some spelling errors. Such as when he states he can no "loner" be sure if the character in his novel will survive the experience. It's unclear if the misspellings are intentional. The note offers a peek into the plot, though much of this was already known. Alan Wake is a novelist working on his next book. But the pages he's written are mysteriously being edited, and new pages are appearing seemingly out of nowhere. The protagonist's name has been changed to Alan Wake and aspects of the plot are turning the novel into a horror story.
Here is the complete and unedited quote:
The amount of pages keeps growing each night. There are also new edits on the old pages. They keep getting more aggressive. The story is rewriting itself. The protagonist is now my namesake, and his wife is called Alice. The most worrying aspect: the genre seems to be shifting. It's turning into a horror story. I can no loner be certain whether the hero can succeed or even survive. Apart for the jumbled fragments of bad dreams and an oppressive feeling, I can remember nothing of the process when I wake up. But this morning, a breakthrough! When I came to my senses, I could smell her perfume on my shirt. I am close. I know it. I must push on.
- Alan Wake
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source: http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/955/955878p1.html
Not much in the way of details. It reminds me a little of The Dark Half by Stephen King. Anyway, discuss.
