Sam Lake on Alan Wake 2, Quantum Break and Innovation in Narrative

[@alejandrovargasgigachad2402]

Interview with Max Payne*

[@Chubzdoomer]

Story Oyun They can't fool us! WE KNOW IT'S YOU, MAX!

[@LHeyMX]

Chubzdoomer WHACK HIM !

[@Quality3rr0r]

Thats because James McCaffrey was the voice for Max.

[@SenseiDenax]

If I randomly met this man, I would say "Are you Max Payne ? Don't answer that, a rhetorical question".

[@mohammedsaafan6935]

+THE ZLACKER Thats something said by max payne in a graphic novel

[@Pervypriest]

MLG foxy aqt, yeah by the Finito brothers in Max Payne 1

[@paul_serov]

Sam, you're not a Lake, you're an Ocean!

[@tomivalkonen1343]

Hes finnish so hes Lake. Land of thousand lakes and all that. 😜 🌳🇫🇮🌲 But I know what you mean. 😊

[@MDUmairKh]

I hope we'll see Alan Wake 2 someday . Loved that game . Excellent atmosphere .

[@CrystalWings12]

Hey.

[@konodioda1268]

Hey Hey.

[@mfs353]

damn 8 years ago, this is weird but here we are

[@abdelali9279]

well whaddaya know

[@SAFIS448]

Guess what

[@killer1one1]

It probably doesn't matter now, a year later, but thank you so much, Polygon, for making this interview! Sam is a huge inspiration for me, as well as all the work at Remedy. Stoked to see AWake getting some recognition it so badly deserves. Thanks again!

[@polygon]

*Sam Lake on Alan Wake 2, Quantum Break and innovation in narrative* - www.polygon.com/2013/11/22/5133164/sam-lake-on-alan-wake-2-quantum-break-and-innovation-in-narrative #samlake #alanwake #quantumbreak

[@antonnewalker6488]

Polygon max payne 1 remaster

[@Chad123-g3d]

antonne walker Max payne 4 would be better

[@specialagentstevehaines5969]

Do you guys never think that sam lake is max payne

[@Chad123-g3d]

Special Agent Steve Haines Who doesn't know that !

[@TomClark2]

It's Max! Smoke him!

[@nives3748]

Whack the SUCKA

[@faressev2558]

ICE HIM

[@bardler99]

I have a ton of respect for this guy and I hope Quantum Break comes to PC so I can play it.

[@MDUmairKh]

Same here . Only console game I am excited for . It will definitely be on PC , now the question is WHEN .?

[@azaelandy04]

He is Max Payne o_0

[@PhoenixBaby96]

His face is Max Payne.

[@stephenmeinhold5452]

remedy and sam are the new hope for games, they stumble sometimes but they get back up they are getting better and better, looking forward to more CONTROL and ALAN WAKE 2. single-player narrative games are what I live for as they have the ability to be a better medium for storytelling than movies.

[@jonahstein2139]

I was really, and pleasantly, surprised by Alan Wake. The mechanics were okay, and I can appreciate the unique approach to gameplay. But, the story really shines, and in a game about a writer, that seems to be what the whole game hinges on. Great characters, settings, and thoughtful resolution. It's too bad the game kind of got buried under the success of Red Dead Redemption. But, just based on this pedigree, I will likely buy an Xbox1 when Quantum Break launches. Respect.

[@Feralbreed]

Interesting interview but I was kinda expecting mafia hitmen to burst into the room "IT'S PAYNE!" and him pulling akimbo berettas under that coat

[@manoeljose3321]

i thought this interview had been done right after The announcement of Alan Wake 2, but it is from 9 years earlier...

[@antivanti]

Not only is he the face and literary the voice of Max Payne. His name also sounds like it could be a Remedy game itself =)

[@get8p]

He wasn't doing the voice ac... Oh, LITERALLY. I get it.

[@DeathBringer769]

+skript He meant the literary voice, as in the writer behind the lines/story, not the voice actor lol. And yes literally and literary are two different words :P

[@antivanti]

Deathbrewer Yes a little play on words there with the literary/literally. I was quite pleased with myself when I wrote that =P

[@PrimoX379]

Sam Lake is incredible! FTW

[@aamirahaseeb8952]

I think he's a legend Don't answer that, a retorical questions

[@AncientCS]

first and foremost he is max payne ;)

[@vadymbielikov6526]

thanks for the interview!

[@cryptho3953]

Man, how old this is^^ I'm excited for Quantum Break, coming out in a few weeks ;)

[@SaulTBawlz]

I was sad they didn't use his face after max payne 1

[@jbeachboy100]

he wanted to focus on writing of game more and they could afford new actors

[@horatimetalero]

A fucking legend

[@marcosantoniodasilva4100]

10 years later and he still looks the same. Aged like a wine.

[@DSDMovies]

What he's saying is exactly how the game turned out. There was never any confusion about whether there was going to be a real stand alone TV show or not. I wonder why it took so much longer to get completed when it seemed all set.

[@chrizzplaysgames121]

This video should be called: Max Payne Interview

[@DethThrasher1]

obligatory THATS MAX PAYNE comment

[@eduardobm95]

Now THAT'S Max Payne pbs.twimg.com/media/BZorhtBIQAAJnpN.jpg

[@MDUmairKh]

eduardobm LMAO .

[@UnclePutte]

eduardobm Oh no! They're going to smash that poor guy with Max Payne! He's going to break into pieces!

[@Chubzdoomer]

eduardobm LOL! That's one of the best things I've ever seen!

[@crisgeraldperez7]

eduardobm Max Payne 4 confirmed!!!!!! WHOOOOO

[@Djaybird]

Sam Lake, wow! A true artist and a really nice guy by the looks of it :)

[@djdilo7208]

This man is a legend

[@HarpoTheVillain]

NOONE writes video game dialogue quite like Sam Lake. Noone.

[@theguardian8317]

I can not not smile while watching this. I can't stop seeing Max Payne talking about game writing

[@nathanb5579]

Quantum Break is shaping up to be something very different and innovative in the video game scene. I very much look forward to experiencing what they're creating. :D Awe i just found out it's only for xbox one.. :( you guys are lucky!

[@SIDEKILL3R]

He looks like Max Payne in max Payne 1 oh wait he is they took his face

[@445Vicious]

Damn, 10 years ago. How far we've come. Alan Wake 2 was released to critical acclaim, well-deserved, and on a personal note, happy to see this journey pay off.

[@KitariItsSomethingRottenHere]

Very cool guy, a real artist. keep on Max Payne Sam.

[@SageofSorrow]

I think this is the first interview I have seen where the interviewer admits to the interviewee that they were not a fan of one of their works. I mean it wasn't that big a deal but I thought that was a "no no" in interviewing. I'm speaking of when he said he wasn't that much a fan of the follow up episodes to Alan Wake. Like I said, wasn't bad that he said that, just surprising. The part I'm talking about is at 5:47

[@TheIronicTea]

SageofSorrow I thought it was great. Interviewers should be honest imo, and Sam took it really well, as he should. It was constructive criticism.

[@JCdotnl]

+SageofSorrow Finally someone was honest! I loved the game, but the DLC was rather off..

[@DeathBringer769]

+SageofSorrow I think honesty is a far bigger show of true respect than bullshitting/lying/brown nosing... but that's just me.

[@GamerFromVoid]

so when did max payne became a writer ?

[@AdnanAhmed]

Awesome insightful interview, please go back to being Max Payne!

[@JanTuovinen]

I have read a book about the Finnish game industry and how it all began(the book had lots of subjects that it talked about) and the writer of that book said in the beginning that he had got his face for one character in Max Payne. I think it was a police or a criminal. At least someone who dies quite soon from the beginning of the game and is not in a big role. But to that writer it was a big thing. :D

[@CursoryMercenary]

Sam Lake is a legend!

[@AftComet]

Just a great guy all around.

[@asdf1f8]

Great! Cant wait for the pc version.

[@justinwilliams7324]

I love this interviewer he is very smart but There exists in games already large simultaneous gaming with events at particular times and dates already we see it online multiplayer mmorpg like final fantasy online as well as E game tournaments so it's totally possible check out the show glitch techs it's showcased that exact possibility played from home broadcasted to the public.

[@FREDSDEADBABE]

I hope Quantum Break comes to PC.

[@justablindman1443]

It's not its own by Microsoft

[@roysehomevideos1931]

Carlos Andrés Romero Like that matters.

[@NuclearAbyss]

It might after a while, since phill likes to show some love to the pc gamers. Also alan wake was released on pc.

[@hadock32]

Freddy Fairlane I hope to!!! So sick and tired of those "exclusive for Xbox, Ps3" Just bring them out on all platforms so everyone can enjoy

[@rabbit9769]

Well you got your wish lol

[@MrSweGibzon]

God I want Alan wake 2!!!!!!!

[@marcosantoniodasilva4100]

Now you have it. Did you play it?

[@SamuelHauptmannvanDam]

Was he the face of the first Max Payne? :P He looks exactly like him. :P

[@faressev2558]

IT'S PAYNE

[@SilentWolf1154]

If there will be Alan Wake 2 someday, please make the game SNOWY!!! =P

[@idarknight2123]

THIS man is a genious in the industry. Max Payne 1, 2 and the first part of Alan Wake was impresive. This man deserves credit of any kind, his ideas are really good, revolutionary (talking story mode). I hope they will improve quantum break because the gameplay was just horrible. Repetitive as hell. Give us another impresive game Sam!

[@Zetaretiiculi]

Lel, you can clearly hear the Finnish accent :P

[@shaminahmed1]

I can''t see anyone else as Max Payne besides Sam Lake!

[@assemblerx86]

Gametrailers brought me here :D

[@heyhocodyo97]

I wanna see him do a max payne movie

[@ahmedelsayed3133]

I liked Max Payne 1,2 so much. I wish if they could make a remake version of Max Payne 1 and 2. That will be so great!

[@faressev2558]

The actor sound is james macafry in mp 1 & 2 & 3

[@marcosantoniodasilva4100]

Guess what

[@Scrubworks]

"The original Max Payne, was that the first game you actually wrote? Don't answer that. A rhetorical question."

[@crisgeraldperez7]

Since when Max Payne became a successful video game writer?

[@abdelali9279]

and i was like oh yeah alan wake 2 news and realize this was from 8 years aho lmao, btw Alan Wake was more like in a motel room waiting all these years xD

[@Guinhulol]

Awesome interview.

[@adamoskrypthos279]

Hi Sam. Greetings from Poland!!!!

[@TheonlyoneLarz]

in my opion he should have written mp3 it was okey. but 1 and 2 was alot better. better written and just a more intressting story mp3 was like a die hard movie.

[@jbeachboy100]

they sold rights to rockstar unfortunately

[@dynatwenty]

Max Payne 1 is the best written game ever, thats a fact. Sam Lake is a genius, thats also a fact.

[@atlas5220]

First game i bought, this guys face is half my childhood

[@Lost815Forever]

Max Payne :3

[@Neakom]

Max Payne 1 looks like

[@antivanti]

Games have a lot of that community feeling around launch. And take a look at The Walking Dead episodes. So games have gained that about as much as TV has lost it in recent years.

[@afrabros]

woooooooooooooow just one word MASTERPIECE of fiction and imagination . this is beautiful remedy . .. those who insult this game unfortunately couldn't contact with concept of LIVE in A game . i love remedy alan wake and quantom break . I love how game freezes me while playing it

[@cry2love]

Fear, Payne is here!

[@DOC_951]

Mike Huber.

[@JerryAntoine417]

It's Payne! Whack the sucker..!

[@justinmcgillxboxreigns6591]

lol

[@gustavoratacaca5422]

If it was really Max Payne, he would have the same trollface throughout the interview

[@TheIronicTea]

Somebody laughing at 15:00 in the background,lol

[@Anw4rr10r]

Hey Sam, Max Payne 4 says hi. Please do it. It's long overdue.

[@jbeachboy100]

rockstar owns rights to it, not remedy

[@Nos7algiK]

This video feels like it was made on 2020.

[@sebastiancastellanos9527]

The Nigga From Max Payne xD

[@SNip3RWoLf1337]

HEY ITS PAYNE OWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH EEEEEEEEYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@weses2]

+SNip3RWoLf1337 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@SNip3RWoLf1337]

+weses2 OH ITS PAYNE WACK HIM OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@weses2]

+SNip3RWoLf1337 SLOW MOTION JUMPING AND OOOOOOOOOOOOWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@SNip3RWoLf1337]

+weses2 TAKE SOME PILLS SLOW MOTION DOUBLE HANDGUN DODGE EYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@weses2]

+SNip3RWoLf1337 ITS PAYNE OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@kokrb]

that was 8 years ago

[@heruswillyan3423]

É O MAX

[@Neakom]

Max Payne never get so much struggle!

[@AltShiftSpam]

Alan wake 2= Remedy's HL3

[@brendan888123]

Although Alan Wake was one of my favorite games of all time I gotta say Quantum Break is more than likely their "HL3". It incorporates the cinematic of Max Payne as well as the excellent gunplay and takes Alan Wakes great story element and makes it 10x better plus amazing destruction.

[@marcosantoniodasilva4100]

Guess what

[@AltShiftSpam]

@@marcosantoniodasilva4100 it indeed was their HL3

[@RifazNahiyan]

Love ya, Sam!

[@Tclbmx_]

Derrubio!

[@SwirlyJoe]

While he looks exactly like Max Payne in MP1, he certainly doesn't sound like him

[@jbeachboy100]

james mccaffrey did voice for max payne

[@brucesimpatico5153]

Legal eu jogou esse game.

[@Nerozation]

é o max

[@tinostarks]

OH so Quantum Break sucks because Sam Lake wasn't lead writer?

[@spartacusgan]

makes perfect sense bro

[@LiveWire134679]

I actually liked the game a lot. However, slightly disappointing, but was definitely really good.

[@erminioottone1344]

tinostarks if you think that Quantum Break is a bad Game you have never played a bad Game. QB isn't a masterpiece, unlike Max Payne, but it's still a great game.

[@Phostings1]

so should I still pick it up?

[@tinostarks]

Phostings1 wait till its on steam sale for like $2.99

[@lsdelicious8844]

Ladies and gentleman, it's the pain in the butt

[@speedstriker1899]

ALAN WAKE 2

[@AndroidAP.]

Lake Wake Break

[@alexanderthemohan2591]

i hope they dont drag this game until 2025, thye announced alan wake just after xbox 360 was released and it came out like last year!

[@Bufriot]

Quantum Break, KIND OF.. Alan Wake 2.

[@IamJacksColon4]

I think its pronounced Sam La-KE

[@eduardobm95]

His real name is Sami Järvi, with Järvi being finnish for lake, so it's pronnounced normally. I found about it a few days ago when I realised I'm a fan of this guy's work and I should know a bit more about him :P

[@UnclePutte]

His forehead looks like an air intake. I guess it's how he gets all them ideas floatin' around.

[@Niallphillips]

Ha! WTF

[@DanteGonxhja]

He looks like Geoff Keighley

[@Neakom]

But with Max Payne gimmick in mind

[@ezra2662]

Ugh...what a waste of a studio