Alan Wake 2 Wins Best Narrative at The Game Awards 2023

[@magpie1862]

How can you not love this guy? He’s to video games, what Mozart is to music.

[@fruitsy_]

He is to video games what Paul Thomas Anderson is to cinema & Fyodor Dostoevsky to novels

[@liammcnicholas918]

@@fruitsy_That’s a more apt comparison. Miyamoto is the Mozart of gaming imo

[@Skeeonnadash]

Bit of a reach when baldurs gate 3 won the most awards and game of the year

[@avnblaa7283]

@@Skeeonnadash Didn't win best narrative

[@Skeeonnadash]

@@avnblaa7283 It won best community support, players voice, best performance for one of their actors, best multiplayer and game of the year. Ok

[@nikolaytrofimov4175]

Finnish Twin Peaks deserves every award!

[@degoudenkardolus]

Fin Peaks?

[@raywous2725]

​@@degoudenkardolusTwin Peaks, the best series of all time

[@Dezzyyx]

preach @@raywous2725

[@UncleHam1337]

Twin Speaks?@@raywous2725

[@imCompromising]

@@raywous2725 They were making a joke. Finnish Twin Peaks can be turned into a pun with Finn Peaks.

[@123noobmaster]

God I just love Remedy, Sam Lake, the whole crew. Absolute visionaries! So well deserved

[@LSK2K]

Aside from the blue haired land whales of course.

[@bugrasevinc9696]

@@LSK2K stfu man no need to attack anyone

[@notNekinho]

? @@LSK2K

[@Kara-de5cz]

@@LSK2K what ?

[@dava_arvarabi]

?@@LSK2K

[@WiiFan20XX]

The thing about the game awards that's damn annoying is they never let any winners talk. So disrespectful

[@retrohero2762]

And he lets Kojima who's not even a nominee talk about his dumb cryptic horror game for more than five minutes

[@stimolus]

they are in a rush to show another 15 mins of game ads lol

[@jordang3902]

It’s a giant series of ads wrapped in the veneer of an awards show.

[@tuetran9212]

@@retrohero2762Geoff is famous for being Kojima's ass kisser

[@IGNACIORIGINAL]

The "please wrap it up" sign made me very angry...

[@Hauggyful]

Well deserved, that's probably the best game I've played in years if not ever.

[@matteobonvicino]

To me is ever!

[@FKOTN]

ehh bg3 is way better in everyway imo this game just got a throw away award

[@eTheBlack]

@@FKOTN Its best narrative, and Alan Wake 2 beats narrative BG3.

[@FKOTN]

@@eTheBlack oh yeah in your eyes what's the narrative of Alan wake 2

[@FKOTN]

@@eTheBlack know what idc it's not that good

[@daphuc1958]

He cares about what he makes. He Has Vision. I really respect that.

[@hy2707]

He was trapped in the dark place

[@jeffreygamer32]

Absolutely! Unlike Todd Howard!

[@frozencryst]

Well deserved! Sam Lake is one of the greatest writers in video games history. He’s simply a legend.

[@KeziaTv]

I didn't think he was gonna be able to top max Payne 1 and 2 but Alan wake 1 was close. Alan wake 2 was next level. Even control was amazing

[@DEFxRECON]

Geoff Keighley when game devs are awarded and want to thank their team and family: 😡🤬 Geoff Keighley when celebrities don’t know anything they’re talking about or when ads play: 🥰😍

[@petrsauer7962]

Yeah its cringe

[@phabiorules]

He actually issued a tweet about this. He agrees the music happened too fast and he told his team to hold off on the music as the show went on. It’s why later on in the show it wasn’t as bad.

[@pavelbrenner4974]

Good point but also Geoff made OGOA performance possible and the show overall was a great celebration of game developers and the community. It's never perfect but last night was great and I'm happy for Remedy

[@UhDewSea]

I wouldnt put everything on his shoulders this time since the crew are the ones who manually hit the button each time. Instead of playing the speeches by ear, which they should. NOW, if next year theres NO improvement or alteration then we can definitely shit on him.

[@GazzaTF]

Just let the man have his moment!!

[@AkioJunichiro]

And the award goes to ALAN WAKE !

[@Elnegociador-uu6pd]

👏🕴️🧔🕺🧔🕴️🧔🕺🧔🕴️🧔🕺🧔

[@anna_16935]

🎶It was all too much I had to get away🎶

[@xinyangye8244]

The wide awake song totally fits this scenario, after like 13 years of struggling and being misunderstood, countless failures and IP losses , Remedy finally got their well deserved award. 😢

[@raymondsierra209]

You mean poets of the fall ?

[@xinyangye8244]

@@raymondsierra209 I do mean remedy, but the band as well.

[@NeO26597]

@@raymondsierra209 wide awake from alan wake 2 is not by poets of the fall

[@gmmgrey1852]

I wouldn't say failures😅, they've consistently put out amazing, genre breaking games!! Max maybe, Alan Wake, Quantum break, Control. All with story expanding, very good dlc. Yes they don't make some things happen, but that's ok, I'm super glad they finally got the recognition they deserve, well maybe more.

[@Matt-cn2nn]

​@@gmmgrey1852Well, as loved as their games were, none of their games since Max Payne 1 were a hit in terms of sales or attention until Control.

[@davidbondy2250]

I stanned Baldur's Gate 3 so hard during the show, but absolutely lost my shit every time Alan Wake 2 won an award. Remedy killed it with that game, they're such a unique studio and deserve all the awards thrown their way. I'm so happy Alan Wake 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 were the big winners of the show.

[@Altrantis]

Europe has been growing into a gaming storytelling powerhouse.

[@ThwipThwipBoom]

@@Altrantis Kinda. Most of the best story focused games still come out of the North America and Japan.

[@dibrenn3432]

Alan wake 2 is hands down one of the best 3rd person video games to ever be made. What an amazing year for gaming.

[@Kara-de5cz]

@@Altrantis here in Europe we definetly have a lot of great studios

[@ERICTENHAG56]

​@@ThwipThwipBoom last 3 years no game of the year of american company 😂 and only good american company is rock star which is also actually British

[@BucklingSwashes]

Incredibly happy for Sam Lake. He's been one of the best, most original, and boundary-pushing writers in games for over 20 years now. I love his passion.

[@kieliopinkuningas9577]

Sami Järvi*

[@Eddieistheillest]

Max Payne just won an award.

[@IdjelsGrav]

Do you mean Alex Casey?

[@delmattia96]

​@@IdjelsGravdo you mean Sam Lake? You know, the actor that plays Alex Casey in the Alex Casey movies? 😏

[@васяпупкин-х2з7о]

@@delmattia96 do you mean mister ocean?

[@rinaldiardiansyah3239]

"I was in The Game Awards. Funny as hell, it was the most horrible thing I could think of".

[@jonathonpolk3592]

He only won the award because Alan Wake wrote Sam into the story. 😮

[@pedrobortoli6852]

My god, i love Sam Lake so much. You can hear his voice breaking a little bit while talking, and see how much not only the award but the game and recognition it's been getting means to him and the whole team. This man and this studio are true treasures in this industry, and in art in general. So much love ❤

[@PeanutButterAndJellyBros]

Someone tell kojima, this is how you make a video game while also making it a movie.

[@yaxl]

do you like it

[@KytexEdits]

@@yaxl Basically, just finished it a few days ago and AW2 is 11/10 in all the cool artistic areas, but underwhelming in terms of combat, but it's so incredibly good in these other important areas to the atmosphere and story, that to me despite it's flaws it's still a 9/10. And I don't give 9/10s often. I mean like top 2-5% of games.

[@Hehe35687]

lol so true, this is truly art

[@Morfe02]

More like a TV series like MGS V

[@flamesx]

Big facts

[@mickeyhage]

I can't believe that the music'd him and let kojima talk forever. The disrespect.

[@fruitsy_]

Geoff & the team have no respect for talent..they just want big names to rile up the audience Respect to chalamet for having himself be introduced as moddedcontroller 360 though

[@edvinjohn1316]

Let the man finish his damn speech!!

[@pimpamtrucutruku3873]

​@@edvinjohn1316you misspelled _Finnish his damn speech_

[@Animeguy300]

Congratulations to Alan Wake 2

[@boboida1]

Sam Lake deserves all the awards, this man truly cares and has fun with the projects he makes.

[@cookiescream1993]

13 years we never forgot, and the wait was worth it. :)

[@ephpro9653]

They picked the perfect song for the stage walks, this game is just excellent in so many levels.

[@ardasevmis7583]

Wide awake is absolutely amazing and addicting

[@shi-dt]

Absolutely deserved. I'm so excited to see how the Max Payne remakes are going to turn out because of this. Other companies should take notes as to how good a game can be when devs are given freedom to do whatever they wanted and it turns out to be such a great game. So happy for Sam too!

[@gmmgrey1852]

The voice of Max Payne just died (James McCaffrey), but maybe they find a suitable replacement, or even a follow up with someone else other than Max. He also was Thomas Zane (Alan Wake 1) and Alex Casey (in AW2) RIP.

[@noordstradamus]

I am so damn happy for them. Alan Wake 2 is my GOTY. It was such a unique experience. Loved every piece of it. Love from The Netherlands

[@TurquazCannabiz]

Lekker man

[@johnnyghost1243]

It was sweet seeing him feeling emotional when giving the speech, and thanking the team. You can tell he was extremely touched over getting the award. While it wasn't given GOTY, the best narrative award and the chance to do Herald of Darkness live I feel was still so big.

[@dreammoon4]

%100 deserved congrats guys! NOW I'M WIDE AWAKE!

[@Mehrshadist1]

The story of Alan Wake II is mindblowing! Well deserved.

[@rubenauditore9356]

I grew up with Remedy being my favorite game studio from Max Payne so being here seeing Sam and the Remedy team getting this award and recognition is heart warming

[@stefanjakobsen6038]

Gonna play Alan Wake 2 the whole night love you Sam Lake

[@phoboswhiplash]

Sam lake deserves a career recognition award, the man is a living legacy, he helped breaching and achieving the perfect mix of movie and game.

[@Slash10able]

This alone made me purchase Alan Wake II, I was thinking " how can this fit in a horror game ??" . After playing it , I must say this is one of the best narrative driven games of all time , an experience I'll never forget . Remedy is gold . Control is trully underated and what a game that was .

[@Cinetyk]

What a career and such a respected high point in it. I cannot wait for more from Sam Lake and Remedy! Also, I love it how they turned up the music to wrap things up, but it actually made it more special and emotional.

[@Novin.S]

Remedy is one of those developers that deserve all the praise in the world. Their games are something else. You can feel the love and passion they have for video games in all their projects. They all have great story and action. Max Payne 1 was the first game I played on PC, and since then their logo makes me happy every time I see it.

[@phrophannus]

I am glad they got this award, can't wait for the DLCs now

[@Casey093]

AND THE AWARD GOES TO..... ALAN WAKE! ..... 2!

[@KBhattacharya13]

It's a shame they didn't play the "and the award goes to Alan Wake" bit from Herald of Darkness

[@officialPOE]

Super cool and mad awesome🤩😍🔥🔥🔥✨✨✨🚀

[@tiberiumgaming]

ITS PAYNE! GET HIM!

[@bradymacc]

Definitely deserved, every game they put out is such an art piece. Alan Wake 2 is no exception.

[@shiblinomanalif2102]

I am so happy for him. He deserves all the praise.

[@kristiankoski3908]

IT'S PAYNE, WHACK HIM! There was something disturbingly familiar about the letter before me. The handwriting was all pretty curves. "You're in the game awards, Max." The truth was a burning green crack through my brain. People applauding everywhere, trophy in my hands and people expecting a speech from me. I was in the game awards. Funny as hell, it was the most horrible thing I could think of.

[@RickBomhof]

I had known there'd have to be a catch in it somewhere, and this one was the Empire State Building of catches. Lupino was pumped up and dying to go 15 rounds with a mutant alligator. And then he started this spooky monkey talk, straight from a bad dream... mine.

[@MugsOfMilk]

A true director who names every individual who helped him get to this point. Love 'em!

[@midnightjay]

I'm so glad AW2 won this award specifically. 13 years in the making, congrats to Sam Lake and Remedy!

[@GhostFace72911]

Alan Wake 2 was such a incredible experience!! Glad they won they deserve it! They should of won best music too!

[@Xgil2Play]

A bit disrespectful the winner is giving a heartfelt speech and the sound team is raising the volume of the violins. Let the man speak! Sam Lake IS him!

[@Ben-kp6bp]

Was so emotional to see Alan wake do well amazing game! Should have got GOTY

[@patrykzukowski7471]

Sam Lake just gives that "prottec at all costs" vibes, man I love him

[@Simisdim]

You cant help but love Sam and Remedy, great game makers and seem like wonderful people too

[@sandman9670]

background music is Wide Awake for anyone wondering like me

[@AWA.Gaming]

🫡

[@MISTERMASTER1234]

After winning best narrative award, this man is dropping a new ending in the new game plus mode, what an absolute legend!!!

[@DelCtrlAlt]

Absolutely well earned and deserved. Sam Lake lives on as one of Industry's brightest.

[@wenstat]

Alan Wake II losing the Best Narrative award would have been a disgrace.

[@adamb602]

Well deserved. I’m still playing it and it’s absolutely incredible at every turn. The Meta vibes in it are insane

[@achilles_wiggen]

now get the Koskela brothers up there and give him some beer!!

[@marekpieczarek-i7n]

Holy it's Max Payne

[@davidjskelet]

Yeah, it's model, but James voiced him

[@AdamantMindset]

i replayed max payne 1-2 since i played those when I was kid, but now the story seems so amazing to experience. gameplay is top tier even till this day

[@HokushoSociety]

Sam Lake deserves his flowers, Max Payne, Control, and now Alan Wake are all hits!

[@rcadenow7543]

Such a legend, seems like a lovley guy also.

[@QcPayne]

When i saw him i was screaming OMG ITS MAX PAYNE!!!! Sam Lake'' is literally the face they put on the original Max Payne 1. Didn't seem to have age a bit since 2001 what a legend!

[@Gaboou]

0:15 Poor Melanie (Liburd) also wanted a hug and was left out cold... 😢

[@trapslime16]

bringhts tears to my eyes

[@1ittlegs]

Gotta love the two people in the back looking around toward the end being like: Are we seriously cutting him off right now?!?

[@leonarduskrisna4588]

They Could bring Finnish Culture into the game really well everything about this game is really fresh

[@spectrumfox]

To be fair, it borrows a LOT from Twin Peaks any other mysteries, but it's enough of it's own thing to pass.

[@alankeepswalking1753]

so glad for them! everything is deserved! well done remedy!

[@mischa1981]

He deserves this so much. For such a long he never gave up on the idea of Alan Wake and now he has finally made his dream come true.

[@ticktock1624]

So happy for sam lake and everyone at remedy

[@Alexandros.Mograine]

Alan wake 1 was so good, still havent gotten to play 2 but i cant wait!

[@rockdrigo9326]

Sam, thank you from the bottom of my heart for crafting this piece of art. This game sweats passion and love, in every corner you find purpose and attention to detail. No other game since The Last Of Us or God Of War has made me put hours and hours of just losing myself in the world, the lore, the narrative, the art direction and the amazing acting. I really hope we see Alan Wake 3, the industry needs more games like this. Thank you!

[@ricardorodrigues2656]

Really happy for sam and his team they deserve it👏

[@shoorico7760]

Guys you're absolutely awesome!

[@Imikeh]

I've never even played a Remedy game before but I can see that they are a dedicated and passionate bunch, and I'm happy their work was recognised

[@cantsuggestareasonablename9101]

I recommend playing max Payne one and two those are classic games made by remedy but unfortunately they sold max Payne to rockstar since they barely had money to make big games and pay to keep the lights on.

[@Invaderzim2004]

I'm going to check out AW2 now because I had my chips on BG3 and ToTK for sweeping everything this year. Congrats to the team.

[@Shad29-707]

This is very random and completely unrelated to the topic of the video but , goodness gracious, at 1:29 i just couldn't resist making this comment. I love those smiles , i love when people's hard work pays off well and i swear if i needed a reason to stay alive right now, it might as well be to see more smiles like that. Absolutely magnificent.

[@AB-vp9mi]

May you smile just like that more often.

[@Shad29-707]

@@AB-vp9mi Oh thank you for the kind words! I hope you do too, my friend. I stopped smiling a long time ago, but it is still good to see other people being happy and kind to each other . Have a good day ahead, wish you well.

[@j.p3701]

WELL DESERVED AWARD!

[@m1garand164]

I cried. I love Alan Wake/2 so much. Such a deep, nuanced story with beautiful ppl involved in this game.

[@cysiekable]

Two games that always lifted me up when i had bad moments in my life in this year... Baldurs gate 3 and Alan Wake II - thank you for such good "non P2W and EA" games

[@BigBossCQCLegend]

Well Deserved For This Excellent Narrative and Amazing Game; Well Worth The Wait for the 13 Year Sequel

[@devak45167]

So well deserved. AW2 is an absolute tour de force masterpiece

[@InMyBrokenChair]

Well deserved

[@Hehe35687]

Sam Lake look so happy and pround of his game

[@AB-vp9mi]

Never get tired of hearing his voice, and his speeches.

[@Monsux]

Hands down, one of the best gaming experiences ever. Cohh Carnage wasn't lying when he said that. What really surprised me, was the small, tiny hints all over the game world that put me on a detective mode. I ended up spending over 2x average time to finish the game, because I wanted to play it slow. Weird because I have ADHD and this game calmed my brain down so well. Also, the audiovisual experience was on another level, at least on a PC. I don't usually take screenshots when playing games, but this time I have 100+ images of my favorite scenes. The best looking video game I have ever played. The game had so many unique scenes and characters I'll remember forever... On top of all that, the soundtrack, which was made just for this game, had my favorite songs in 2023. What a year for gamers, because there were multiple 10/10 games. You could pick any of the top game and give them the award.

[@zackfisher6893]

What an inspiring man. He literally went from losing his entire family in 1998 to winning a Game Award. Couldn't be more proud of Max Payne

[@paulatreides9096]

Look at how happy he is. Love this guy.

[@TristanMor]

Someone tell Sam Lake that when we see his face, we're reminded of our childhood. For me, Max Payne and Alan Wake. Much Love.

[@Allpaka]

I'm so happy Alan Wake finally, after 13 years, gets the accolades it deserves.

[@Stevey2578]

Let him speak Geoff, don't cut him off short for some of your game trailers.

[@vthelastrun3290]

Alan wake 2 was one of the best games I ever played definitely best game of 2023 well done Remedy you the best ❤🎉❤🎉

[@SebbS82]

What a good game. What an art. Well done Remedy!

[@robbie1482]

Wins an award then goes on to do a dance number. Legend.

[@yottalodon5880]

my personal GOTY

[@Nurolight]

This is what I want more of. Heartfelt speeches from people who gave their all. Not another World Premiere I don’t care about. Things need to change, Geoff.

[@RiotnRespect]

So well deserved!

[@dighad3824]

brilliant story telling

[@TrueDiox]

Let me tell you, there is no feeling as a gamer that's quite as special as starting a new FromSoft or Remedy game. Lake and Miyazaki just get it.

[@milomayers5597]

Protect this man at all cost

[@dimmazeen]

Sam is such sweetie pie

[@ethvr]

Congratulations ❤

[@MrSwitchblade327]

Sam Lake and Remedy need to be protected at all cost!!

[@Moshugaani]

I think this particular award means more to Sam than the general GOTY would have, although the whole dev team deserve to be applauded. :)

[@THEWATCHERUNIVERSE]

It feels like this is a part of the game:)))

[@shpeenut]

he's crying when ending his words. I love this guy