Alan Wake 2 borrows a lot from classic horror, but no influence is more prominent than Twin Peaks. Here’s everything the game learns from the series.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Alan Wake 2 wears its influences on its sleeve, and Twin Peaks might be the one it's proudest of. Twin Peaks , which began airing in 1990, is part gentle soap opera satire, and part surreal murder mystery. But where the first Alan Wake was based on the first two seasons of Twin Peaks , Alan Wake 2 has more in common with the third season , The Return.
Both Twin Peaks And Alan Wake Feature Dark Parallel Universes And Protagonists Who Get Trapped In Them The similarities extend to plot, too: Twin Peaks and Alan Wake both prominently feature dark, alternate dimensions that their protagonists enter willingly but cannot leave. In Alan Wake, that's the Dark Place. Alan's wife Alice is drawn into it at the beginning of the first game.
As it turns out, this isn't the original Cooper, but Mr. C, a body double created when the real one first entered the Black Lodge. Twin Peaks next checks in with both Coopers at the beginning of season three, when it reveals that Mr. C's been busy running a criminal enterprise while Cooper lies in wait. Only one of them can exist outside the Black Lodge at a time, and Mr. C has to return before Cooper can leave. However, in order to get around that requirement, Mr.
The achievement for collecting 25 thermoses in Alan Wake is called "Damn Good Cup of Coffee," paraphrasing Cooper's comments on his first cup of Twin Peaks brew.
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