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In this latest developer diary for Alan Wake's American Nightmare, the gang at Remedy describe the origins of Alan Wake's evil alter-ego, Mr. Scratch. Born out of the legend of Alan Wake's arrival and subsequent disappearance in Bright Falls, he's a straight-up boogeyman with a sense of humor I can appreciate.

Remedy also talks up the game's arcade mode, which I had a chance to check out at CES. With only one more week left until release, my excitement level has pretty much peaked now. Bring it.








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Perpetual Struggle's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/17/2012 02:05
Perpetual Struggle
Can't wait. I quite enjoyed Alan Wake even with the kind of repetitive combat and Barry's awful looking neck. It was different, atmospheric,tense... and I like that
xaliqen's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/17/2012 02:08
xaliqen
So long as it has responsive controls, interesting narrative trees and a story that's not pulled from a dime novel, I look forward to buying this game.
PhilK3nS3bb3n's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/17/2012 02:18
PhilK3nS3bb3n
I'm buying it. Just to show I want a sequel. Arcade sounds fun and it'll probably be a a nice side to boot.
Sir Legendhead's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/17/2012 02:43
Sir Legendhead
That was one of the most well directed things I've seen on Destructoid, up until the 2:13 mark. Then it became just another tired attempt at internet comedy.

Then I tried to force myself to finish watching and could go no farther after this little globule of highly polished commercial feces; "It's made for Xbox Live Arcade!"

Yeah. That's exactly what I'm afraid of.

This Scratch guy looks pretty awesome though.
StealthMaster's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/17/2012 02:52
StealthMaster
At the time, I had a 360 that a friend gave me and after is permission (didn't want to feel bad) I traded it in for Uncharted 3 and Arkham City, which then I sold those two to get the MGS HD Collection. I did this because I couldn't think of anything that was coming out that was of any interest of me. Any game that I did wanted to play for the 360 was also coming out for the PS3. If I knew this was coming out, I would not have traded in the 360. I STILL have the Collector's Edition of Alan Wake... Does anybody know how to fix a broken 360?
Sonintega's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/17/2012 03:22
Sonintega
Damn Alan Wake being the only 360 exclusive I care about (since Mass Effect went to PS3 anyways). Gonna be hard not to get the system now.
pedrovay2003's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/17/2012 03:36
pedrovay2003
I'm still so confused about the whole Mr. Scratch thing. I hope his story is fleshed out completely in this game, because the end of the first game (and the DLC stuff) was really confusing.
AncientPsychicTandemWarElephant's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/17/2012 07:29
AncientPsychicTandemWarElephant
I liked the parts in Alan Wake when you weren't fighting, like in the diner or the police station. If the entire game was just Remedy characters to talk to and have fun with I would really like Alan Wake. It's just so boring once you get to the action parts. Which is ALL THE TIME, that's why I liked Max Payne more. You had these incredibly annoying nightmare parts in those games, well Max Payne 1 that is, and its like Alan Wake is just that. The nightmare parts.....
jboking's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/17/2012 09:31
jboking
I can't watch the video right now, so this might be redundant. They're using the name: Mr. Scratch? I feel like this is a throwback to The Devil and Tom Walker. Alan Wake fights Satan: Confirmed.
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