This song plays while you are fighting in a maze of big screens displaying video music. Remedy (developer) likes to mix videogames and reality in their games.
This game in particular from them was so surreal to play. There were multiple effects they used in certain scenes that made you look like you were walking in two different environments, very trippy and unique to anything I have felt before.
This segment is called "We Sing". For context, Alan is trying to write himself out of a situation and "accidentally makes a musical". It was a very particular piece that Sam Lake wanted included in the game. The thing that blows my mind with not only this segment, but also in Control on the Ashtray Maze (Take Control) is that the segments are looped with triggers. So while these songs are playing, you are "doing stuff". Puzzle solving, light exploration, and combat. And if you are struggling with a segment, the track loops and you'll never notice. It isn't until you progress that the game recognizes forward movement and carries on to the next stanza/section. Seamless.
He doesn’t “accidentally make a musical”, this is all Mr. door. Every section where Mr. door appears is outside of the rules of the dark place. He is pulling Alan into the in between (show) to teach him and guide him along.
@@Sam-vk8xdI am pretty sure Old Gods made the musical after they went to the Dark Place after Dark Ocean Summoning. Could be wrong but they are the only characters that can use the Dark place with their music (that we know about). I think Door sent them to this "moment" because Alan needed to lift his spirit.
After the Old Gods of Asgard went back in the lake, they helped Mr. Door with this. Probably gonna help with more, paying their "debt". But Mr. Door says he's kind of just doing what Alan's subconscious wanted to see.
Oh hell yea. This is one of the standout moments of the game. For some context: Alan has been trapped in a supernatural place called the Dark Place for 13 years and this musical was a recap to help him remember his life. In game you're actually going around an ever changing talk show set while this footage is playing on screens, eventually culminating in fighting off enemies by the end of it. The "house band", the Old Gods of Asgard, are some a 70's metal band from the game that have supernatural powers who know Alan and have fought against the Dark Place in the past. So in the story, it's not just a hell of a performance but it's literally rock gods using magic powers. In the games "real world" the band are a couple of 80 year old men (the guitarist with the flying V is dead, sadly) so we don't quite know why they're in the Dark Place and young again, but they're absolutely using some kind of power to help Alan. Correction: Should have said "we don't know why they're young again in the Dark Place". We know why they're there, but not why they're not old anymore.
Actually to add on to the Old Gods part of why they are in the Dark Place, they are in there due to events later on in the game, so its possible that this is the reason they are there seeing as the Dark Place doesn't work on the usual rules on time
If you haven't seen it yet, you should also look up "Take Control" from the game "Control," also by the Old Gods of Asgard (AKA the Poets of the Fall). As amazing as the songs are out of context, they are best seen in the games themselves, where they are intermixed with set pieces that you have to play through while the music is playing.
The guitar solo in Take Control as you accend through the Ashtray Maze is one of the best game experiences of my life. It's so emotionally cathartic to have the music swelling around you/Jesse.
This sequence alone is worth the $60. I have never experienced a moment like this in a game. Its mind blowing what Remedy was able to pull of here. Every industry needs more creativity like this, definitely recommend supporting Remedy (if you can) as they are in a league of their own when it comes to stuff like this.
Best game of the year! So happy you gave this a go! Poets of the Fall have made some incredible songs for Alan Wake and Control and all of them are important to the overall stories of each. No other developer like Remedy out there
Just saying I'd love to see you play through Alan Wake 1 and 2. They're incredible games and playing both back to back really shows how far we've come in just 10 or so years of games
You are absolutely right on the money: this was a huge risk for a video game, and I don't think any other studio besides Remedy could pull it off so well and actually make it work.
He should have watched the gameplay version, not the music video. The track is a perfect example of diegetic music (just like the Ashtray Maze in Control - you should check out Take Control from Poets of The Fall) and is engineered that way to extend and fill in the gaps when you are running/fighting - and never skips the beat. One more cool part of trivia - the gameplay during this section kinda goes through the main beats for the first game.
150% I just commented on this same thing with the same examples. It's an engineering wonder that it's done without the slightest hint of a loop. It just seems like an iconic 30 minute guitar solo if you get stuck.
That's the joy of it. Whenever I spotted any section where I seemed to be done but was still hearing new sections I'd slow it right down until it seemed to repeat so I could hear as much as possible. 😂. Best section in a game ever. Possibly my favourite game ever - much like the first, and Control (and the sadly much slept on Quantum Break). Remedy figure joint top favourite studios.
Game of the decade! Really cool to see you react to this. I would suggest watching a couple different streamers who have posted gameplay. They did a really good job of making the entire song within the game feel like one cohesive piece of music, no matter how long it takes the player to move throughout each section.
"Old Gods of Asgard" is the name Poets of the Fall use when making diagetic music for use in Remedy games, they also did two songs for the original Alan Wake game, one for the short American Nightmare Alan Wake spinoff, and one for Control. All of the songs are integrated into the gameplay and the lyrics are tied to the events of the game. In universe they were a band that was big in the 80s. The Poet and the Muse is my favorite of their songs.
This is one of the most unique, memorable and best video game moments I've experienced in my almost 30 years of gaming! This game is an absolute masterpiece!
The song ties directly into the main plot, since it's one of Alan's many retellings of his own story. He is trapped in a supernatural place where all types of art and creativity directly influence the environment and this musical (as they say in the beginning) is one of the consequences of his writing. The scenes you are watching in the clip appear to us as big screens while we are controlling the main character walking through an enormous stage, and is SOOOO immersive, it's amazing. The lyrics are about his life and is basically a recap of the first game. Also, the actors clearly had a lot of fun =)
Being 61 of age played pc games since 89, this section was the best experience ever in gaming, will play through this several times before I continue the story...hyvä Suomi
Nice theatrical feeling to this song accompanied with metal riffs and solo. My favorite from this game got to be Dark Ocean Summoning though. In the game, its literally the song to help you summon Alan Wake out of the lake dimension and it is played while you defend the band from monsters trying to stop them. Very much the kinda game you'd like btw Geebz. Story focused, trippy as hell and a slow burn.
The song is at least 13 minutes of game play. It's amazing how the parts of the song loop invisibly until you complete certain challenges. There's even a spot where you wait by a gaffers tape mark on the floor says "wait for solo"
Remedy games has iconic moments in their games like this. Alan wake 1 did with Children of the Elder God, Control with Take Control and this song in Alan wake 2. Very memorable moments
This scene is the trippiest of trippy moments in the game, but it's kind of fan service too because so many people just loved seeing the characters show up in a musical (well, more like a rock opera if we're honest) for no reason.
The Alan Wake rock opera came out of nowhere in game and was a fantastic set piece. Just like the random indie film came out of nowhere. This whole game was fantastic and Poets of the Fall has been one of my top 3 favorite bands for years before even the first Alan Wake, so this has just been so much fun for me as a fan and I always love when more people find Poets.
Man, an Alan Wake playthrough sounds like the sort of content that I would enjoy! I might even feel compelled to like and subscribe to such content. Maybe even share!
Look up the song from this game called "anger's remorse", it's kind of hidden in the game, but it's so, so good. Very emotional, but harder to find in game so many miss it, and thus don't recommend it. Not nearly as complex but really emotional, given the story.
Seconding someones suggestion to check out 'The Ashtray Maze' (Take Control) from their previous game Control. This was the bands third entry into Remedy games as the fictional band Old Gods of Asgard. They started their collab journey with Max Payne 2, I think, as Poets of the Fall, as they're properly known irl
So, this band is actually Poets of the fall, Old Gods of Asgard is a fictional band from Alan Wake. Poets of the fall's very first song was "Late Goodbye" From another game by the same company, Max Payne 2 (which you also recently reacted to)
this is part of the gameplay and is incredibly well implemented Also the 80's "comparation" some parts sound so in the style of the Rhyme of the ancient Mariner. its a mixture of band styles, buuuuuut def it has maiden and night ranger are there. fun fact, the 3 acts of the song in total sum 12 minutes, BUT they actually recorded 25 or so so the ingeniering group can integrate the song into the gameplay, so they can loop the song in different parts according to how long the player takes to advance the segments or in which part of the song he is sttugling, so there is more to the song than just the "linear" track, its a real peace of work on the implementation too.
The blond guy in the start (standing on the right, when Mr Door introduces the song), is the creative director Sam Lake. He fought to keep this segment in the game. He also used his own face as model for the first Max Payne game. He really went above and beyond, to give all the games of Remedy a unique feel.
Before this Alan talk to himself by saying "I need to take control" I think is an easter egg of the song "Take control" from the previous game from Remedy "Control"
For a little context as to what's going on, Alan here is stuck in a sort of dark place where artistic creation is manifested into a physical, very real, form. So this whole talk show thing is actually him running through a manuscript he's written.
This is in the game. The panels of the video are big screens in a maze where you relive the story of the first game in a musical. Basically serves as a "previously on" and nostalgia trip Alan is trapped inside a sort of dimension where art affects reality and he is trying to write a story to escape this place and this is part of a musical number of a weird talk show he's trapped in... it's weird and glorious
This song is so much better in the context of the game. Alan wake is basically trapped in a ever shifting personal hell dimension and this part is telling the story of the first game
7:20 King Diamond, as i often have that band in mind. King Diamond would love to have his album be adapted into a film or some type of media; doing an augmented reality of a King Diamond album would probably go over well. But, not any time soon, sadly.
11:03 - The band plays and dances and sings and with them the main character of Alan Wake 2 and even the game's creator Sam Lake is with them and also dances. This is also the person who lent his face to the first game in the Max Payne series in 2001 year. Wow, how not to love them!
Remedy did this in Control as well. Not with the full music video but theres a stage of the game where the protagonist is coming into her own and they kick off an amazing sequence with the old gods of asgard singing about the game. Kind of the larval form of what happened in Alan wake 2 but no less badass.
Remedy Entertainment makes some of the most artistically inspired works I've ever seen The writer and game director Sam Lake writes the songs with the help of real world band Poets or the Fall. They're all heavily tied into the lore and game world. Their games also share a universe so you'll have songs that add a huge layer of depth to them. In the game "Control" there is a song from the same band that has portions that when played backwards tell you secrets of the game world and revealed information for Alan Wake 2.
The funny thing about this video is that this song is not only a part of the game by itself (as the main character has to scape from a maze while this song is playing with screens showing real life actors guiding him) but also this music video is part of the meta reallity of that universe. Meaning that We, as spectators, are concious watchers of this talk show musical as it were part of real life TV in a universe where art and reallity merge. We could also say that, in the context of the very same game, it won't be weird if someone referenced the youtube video of the musical or even this very video, as reallity is perceived in this universe in a spiral sense, sometimes knowing that the very game is a piece of art referencing the fictional events that take part on the story, but could actually be real in the context of the game, as it is a universe that reference itself in media of our very own reallity that reference a fictional universe that references a real reallity or an alternate one. They like to mess with meta universe and self referencing paradoxes, mind flexing stuff. Also The Old Gods of Asgard is a fictional 80's power metal band of some non playable characters of the game(in the game, they are seen as drunken 80 year old men who used to look like in this video) that are often referenced a the real incarnations of odin and thor in the game. They made an appearance in Alan wake 1 as non playable characters (there was also a music gameplay section in this game too) and other song of them appeared in another Remedy's game: Control. Apparently even if they age accordingly to the era they are living, the very concept of the band is a conduit of power that try to help the player during hard times, as "gods"so there were 80's song referencing current events. The band that plays the role of OGOA is called "Poets of the fall". Thanks for coming to my TED talk (Sorry for nerding out so much)
You should also listen to 'Old Gods of Asguard - Take Control' from the game Control. It's in the same universe and done by the same band. The actual game play where it plays is one of the most awesome and trippy sequences in any game.
I'm sure others have pointed it out, but "The Old Gods of Asgard" are actually a handful of the musicians from "Poets of the Fall". You might want to check them out!
The music overall was great. I didn't play hi fi rush yet so I can't compare them. The end of chapter music was really good too. It was nice hearing poe again after so long
This band is an actual band but their name in Alan Wake 1,2 and the spin-off game Control is different This segment takes place in an alternative world named "The dark presence", looks like the real world but it can be changed through the writing of the famous writer Alan Wake and his doubleganger Mr. Scratch. This part shows Alan Wake trying to write himself a better version of the story which is slightly less horror than the game, to escape this place through Mr. Door "The host of the show", after finding out that his entire life is only a fictional character that he wrote, and he's only an actor playing himself and is invitid into this show to talk about his next book "Alan Wake: Return" The band's name is "Old Gods of Asgard", and we find out that they are actually the ancestors of the FBI agent that was investigating Alan Wake's disappearance. And at the end of the game, the band went into the lake that soaks people into this twisted world, but didn't show them getting soaked into it, but this song is the proof that they are already there. Honestly, I'm still confused about the story, and a 3rd game should explain all the details.
Between this, the first Alan Wake, and Control, Remedy has done some amazing work with music in their games. Edit: Because it came up after my comment, reminds me of Ritchie Blackmoore's Rainbow.
1) Definitely check out the entire Alan Wake series! They are hard games (even in easy mode), and they deal with heavy topics such as loss, psychosis, depression etc. - but they are absolutely worth your while if you can deal with a bit of horror. True pieces of art! 2) The music you have listened to here is produced by Markus "Captain" Kaarlonen, a well-known Amiga tracker musician back in the day, as well as drummer of Old Gods Of Asgard. 3) The band is also known by their real life "Poets of the Fall" stage name, where they are six people. The three you see here as Old Gods of Asgard are: Markus Kaarlonen (OgoA: drums/ PotF: Synths) Marko Saaresto (OgoA: Voice, bass/ PotF: Voice, occasionally 3rd guitar) Olli Tukiainen: (OgoA: Guitar/ PotF: 1st guitar). 4) Poets of the Fall are also worth a listen. They are amazing live and in the studio. With the exception of "Clearview", all of their albums are being produced by Kaarlonen, and from him you can always expect the highest standard of audiophile quality the market has to offer at the time of release. So it's great music, great production.
poets of the fall win best music game awards long time ago, with max pain game music, with they song late good bye and soon they win they second time award again :) thanx to great reaction and have wonderful day.
Still a good song on its own but without the gameplay portion it’s hard get to get the full context of this. Esp how the game waits for you to get to certain points in the “musical” before the appropriate part of the song start. Dark Ocean Summoning next?
Thursday The Game Awards do not miss the first-ever live performance @poetsofthefall as OLD GODS OF ASGARD Thursday at 4:30p PT / 7:30p ET / 12:30a GMT 😎
The entire soundtrack from Alan Wake 2 is a masterpiece. If you want another review from the game, the Dark Ocean Summoning is another adrenaline part of the game 👀 and the song is very amazing.
This section of the game is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The best part is that it ACTUALLY happens in the game and there is an actual canonical reason for it happening.
The first time I heard this song, I could have sworn they wrangled Satriani to guest for some of these solos. Poets of the Fall are a legitimately great band, keeping metal alive in the 21st century \m/
Would love to see you react to someone doing a smooth playthrough of this segement in the game! Or you playing through it if you do end up getting the game.
I have a severe earworm thing with this one. Day and night now couple of days....Chek out Poets of the Fall. Unplugged in Alexandre Theatre sessios are amazing!
The rest of the soundtrack consists of contemporary artists (The Old Gods of Asgard are a fictional band within the series' universe who are played by a Finnish rock band as well), and worth a listen to as well.
The actual full track without the video is over 13 minutes long. The "guitar solo heaven" part that you mentioned actually goes on for another 3 to 4 minutes in that version haha.
A surprising amount of video game music really pulls from progressive rock, jazz and true classical music. It's honestly amazing considering so many people see games as 'for kids'.
you should react to the video game gameplay to see the design in the game which is really interesting. you can find it easily typing Herald of darkness on youtube
This song plays while you are fighting in a maze of big screens displaying video music. Remedy (developer) likes to mix videogames and reality in their games.
This game in particular from them was so surreal to play. There were multiple effects they used in certain scenes that made you look like you were walking in two different environments, very trippy and unique to anything I have felt before.
they told him that during the stream, its in the video
Yeah it's essentially a musical theater number in the form of a video game level. It's absolutely brilliant.
those moments in the video when they're pointing are them guiding the player on what direction to go
Oh, is it like CONTROL's ashtray maze? :0
This segment is called "We Sing". For context, Alan is trying to write himself out of a situation and "accidentally makes a musical". It was a very particular piece that Sam Lake wanted included in the game. The thing that blows my mind with not only this segment, but also in Control on the Ashtray Maze (Take Control) is that the segments are looped with triggers. So while these songs are playing, you are "doing stuff". Puzzle solving, light exploration, and combat. And if you are struggling with a segment, the track loops and you'll never notice. It isn't until you progress that the game recognizes forward movement and carries on to the next stanza/section. Seamless.
Nice thing is, you can just dawdle to provoke killer solos :D
He doesn’t “accidentally make a musical”, this is all Mr. door. Every section where Mr. door appears is outside of the rules of the dark place. He is pulling Alan into the in between (show) to teach him and guide him along.
@@Sam-vk8xdI am pretty sure Old Gods made the musical after they went to the Dark Place after Dark Ocean Summoning. Could be wrong but they are the only characters that can use the Dark place with their music (that we know about). I think Door sent them to this "moment" because Alan needed to lift his spirit.
Ashtray Maze is one of the greatest gameplay scenes EVER!
After the Old Gods of Asgard went back in the lake, they helped Mr. Door with this. Probably gonna help with more, paying their "debt". But Mr. Door says he's kind of just doing what Alan's subconscious wanted to see.
Oh hell yea. This is one of the standout moments of the game.
For some context: Alan has been trapped in a supernatural place called the Dark Place for 13 years and this musical was a recap to help him remember his life. In game you're actually going around an ever changing talk show set while this footage is playing on screens, eventually culminating in fighting off enemies by the end of it.
The "house band", the Old Gods of Asgard, are some a 70's metal band from the game that have supernatural powers who know Alan and have fought against the Dark Place in the past. So in the story, it's not just a hell of a performance but it's literally rock gods using magic powers. In the games "real world" the band are a couple of 80 year old men (the guitarist with the flying V is dead, sadly) so we don't quite know why they're in the Dark Place and young again, but they're absolutely using some kind of power to help Alan.
Correction: Should have said "we don't know why they're young again in the Dark Place". We know why they're there, but not why they're not old anymore.
Actually to add on to the Old Gods part of why they are in the Dark Place, they are in there due to events later on in the game, so its possible that this is the reason they are there seeing as the Dark Place doesn't work on the usual rules on time
@@hunterschwarz4715 Yeah i was about to say, we know why they are there
At the end of the game we watch Tor and Odin willingly enter the Dark Place to help Saga and while there they sing for Alan.
@@hunterschwarz4715 Yea, I phrased it poorly. We know why they're there, but not why they're young.
@@Evnyofdeath Yea, I phrased it poorly. We know why they're there, but not why they're young.
Alan Wake 2 is not just a game. It's a multi artistic endeavor. Awesome piece of art overall.
Make sure you didn't miss the night less night movie at the theatre. I almost missed it when I played
It's not a loop. It's a spiral.
Every piece of music that poets of the fall have done for Remedy Entertainment are so good. Cant wait to see them perform live as Old Gods of Asgard
omg is there a us tour planned?
@@dillonobrien7999 no they are performing at the game awards
@@cerankowskiyou see in game awards live?
Old Gods of Asgar = Poets of the Fall. Amazing band
If you haven't seen it yet, you should also look up "Take Control" from the game "Control," also by the Old Gods of Asgard (AKA the Poets of the Fall). As amazing as the songs are out of context, they are best seen in the games themselves, where they are intermixed with set pieces that you have to play through while the music is playing.
The guitar solo in Take Control as you accend through the Ashtray Maze is one of the best game experiences of my life. It's so emotionally cathartic to have the music swelling around you/Jesse.
Great that you also mention Poets of the Fall, their music in general is awesome
I also would recommend you to check out "Dark Ocean Summoning", also from this game.
Dark Ocean Summoning is so good. :D
Also "Children of the Elder God", from the original Alan Wake
And balance slays the demon which had a teaser for the original Alan Wake 2 before it got turned into quantum break
This is such an amazing trippy action setpiece in the game, I created a manual save just to replay that part specifically
I should do that haha great I Idea. What I wish is a way to manually save in Deerfest
good idea, i should have done that lol, guess i'm just going to have to play the game again and do it next time
I also did make a save which will never be deleted 😊
Played games for 30+ years, thousands of titles. That game, and that song segment, was special.
This sequence alone is worth the $60.
I have never experienced a moment like this in a game. Its mind blowing what Remedy was able to pull of here.
Every industry needs more creativity like this, definitely recommend supporting Remedy (if you can) as they are in a league of their own when it comes to stuff like this.
Best game of the year! So happy you gave this a go! Poets of the Fall have made some incredible songs for Alan Wake and Control and all of them are important to the overall stories of each. No other developer like Remedy out there
Just saying I'd love to see you play through Alan Wake 1 and 2. They're incredible games and playing both back to back really shows how far we've come in just 10 or so years of games
And it all started with "Late Goodbye" in Max Payne 2.
You are absolutely right on the money: this was a huge risk for a video game, and I don't think any other studio besides Remedy could pull it off so well and actually make it work.
Thanks to Remedy boss Sam Lake to insist this music part inside the game against bigger bosses and this is epic now.
He should have watched the gameplay version, not the music video. The track is a perfect example of diegetic music (just like the Ashtray Maze in Control - you should check out Take Control from Poets of The Fall) and is engineered that way to extend and fill in the gaps when you are running/fighting - and never skips the beat. One more cool part of trivia - the gameplay during this section kinda goes through the main beats for the first game.
150% I just commented on this same thing with the same examples. It's an engineering wonder that it's done without the slightest hint of a loop. It just seems like an iconic 30 minute guitar solo if you get stuck.
That's the joy of it. Whenever I spotted any section where I seemed to be done but was still hearing new sections I'd slow it right down until it seemed to repeat so I could hear as much as possible. 😂. Best section in a game ever. Possibly my favourite game ever - much like the first, and Control (and the sadly much slept on Quantum Break). Remedy figure joint top favourite studios.
Game of the decade!
Really cool to see you react to this. I would suggest watching a couple different streamers who have posted gameplay. They did a really good job of making the entire song within the game feel like one cohesive piece of music, no matter how long it takes the player to move throughout each section.
I’ve heard this song countless of times, but I still got goosebumps when it ended
"Old Gods of Asgard" is the name Poets of the Fall use when making diagetic music for use in Remedy games, they also did two songs for the original Alan Wake game, one for the short American Nightmare Alan Wake spinoff, and one for Control. All of the songs are integrated into the gameplay and the lyrics are tied to the events of the game. In universe they were a band that was big in the 80s. The Poet and the Muse is my favorite of their songs.
The song is an entire level of the game. The video plays around you as you progress through.
This is one of the most unique, memorable and best video game moments I've experienced in my almost 30 years of gaming! This game is an absolute masterpiece!
I love Old Gods, love the actual band, Poets of the Fall, that's behind em too. Would love to see em on both channels :D
The song ties directly into the main plot, since it's one of Alan's many retellings of his own story. He is trapped in a supernatural place where all types of art and creativity directly influence the environment and this musical (as they say in the beginning) is one of the consequences of his writing.
The scenes you are watching in the clip appear to us as big screens while we are controlling the main character walking through an enormous stage, and is SOOOO immersive, it's amazing. The lyrics are about his life and is basically a recap of the first game. Also, the actors clearly had a lot of fun =)
Being 61 of age played pc games since 89, this section was the best experience ever in gaming, will play through this several times before I continue the story...hyvä Suomi
old gods of asgards witch is the game universe band, but there real band is called Poets of the fall , such a good band
Nice theatrical feeling to this song accompanied with metal riffs and solo. My favorite from this game got to be Dark Ocean Summoning though. In the game, its literally the song to help you summon Alan Wake out of the lake dimension and it is played while you defend the band from monsters trying to stop them. Very much the kinda game you'd like btw Geebz. Story focused, trippy as hell and a slow burn.
The song is at least 13 minutes of game play. It's amazing how the parts of the song loop invisibly until you complete certain challenges. There's even a spot where you wait by a gaffers tape mark on the floor says "wait for solo"
Remedy games has iconic moments in their games like this. Alan wake 1 did with Children of the Elder God, Control with Take Control and this song in Alan wake 2. Very memorable moments
I honestly think that "We sing" is one of, if not the most innovative game chapter I've ever experienced
This scene is the trippiest of trippy moments in the game, but it's kind of fan service too because so many people just loved seeing the characters show up in a musical (well, more like a rock opera if we're honest) for no reason.
The Alan Wake rock opera came out of nowhere in game and was a fantastic set piece. Just like the random indie film came out of nowhere. This whole game was fantastic and Poets of the Fall has been one of my top 3 favorite bands for years before even the first Alan Wake, so this has just been so much fun for me as a fan and I always love when more people find Poets.
Man, an Alan Wake playthrough sounds like the sort of content that I would enjoy! I might even feel compelled to like and subscribe to such content. Maybe even share!
Look up the song from this game called "anger's remorse", it's kind of hidden in the game, but it's so, so good. Very emotional, but harder to find in game so many miss it, and thus don't recommend it. Not nearly as complex but really emotional, given the story.
Seconding someones suggestion to check out 'The Ashtray Maze' (Take Control) from their previous game Control. This was the bands third entry into Remedy games as the fictional band Old Gods of Asgard. They started their collab journey with Max Payne 2, I think, as Poets of the Fall, as they're properly known irl
Same artist, 2 more suggestions:
- "Take Control" from game Control (2019)
- "Dark Ocean Summoning" from Alan Wake 2 (2023)
So, this band is actually Poets of the fall, Old Gods of Asgard is a fictional band from Alan Wake. Poets of the fall's very first song was "Late Goodbye" From another game by the same company, Max Payne 2 (which you also recently reacted to)
In gaming terms this was the icing on the cake for gaming enthusiasts. Seriously one of the best experiences in the past 20 years of my gaming career.
this is part of the gameplay and is incredibly well implemented
Also the 80's "comparation" some parts sound so in the style of the Rhyme of the ancient Mariner.
its a mixture of band styles, buuuuuut def it has maiden and night ranger are there.
fun fact, the 3 acts of the song in total sum 12 minutes, BUT they actually recorded 25 or so so the ingeniering group can integrate the song into the gameplay, so they can loop the song in different parts according to how long the player takes to advance the segments or in which part of the song he is sttugling, so there is more to the song than just the "linear" track, its a real peace of work on the implementation too.
The blond guy in the start (standing on the right, when Mr Door introduces the song), is the creative director Sam Lake. He fought to keep this segment in the game.
He also used his own face as model for the first Max Payne game. He really went above and beyond, to give all the games of Remedy a unique feel.
Yessss!!! I've been waiting for this reaction! ❤
Before this Alan talk to himself by saying "I need to take control" I think is an easter egg of the song "Take control" from the previous game from Remedy "Control"
For a little context as to what's going on, Alan here is stuck in a sort of dark place where artistic creation is manifested into a physical, very real, form. So this whole talk show thing is actually him running through a manuscript he's written.
I can highly recommended all The Old Gods of Asgard songs as well as the actual band who plays them Poets of The Fall.
Wow what a great performance and reaction. I remembered playing the original Alan Wake long time ago. Thanks for posting bro!
have to gonna play this game real soon
this is a first in the game world. these long sequences combined with gameplay....bravo^^
This is in the game. The panels of the video are big screens in a maze where you relive the story of the first game in a musical. Basically serves as a "previously on" and nostalgia trip
Alan is trapped inside a sort of dimension where art affects reality and he is trying to write a story to escape this place and this is part of a musical number of a weird talk show he's trapped in... it's weird and glorious
This song is so much better in the context of the game.
Alan wake is basically trapped in a ever shifting personal hell dimension and this part is telling the story of the first game
7:20 King Diamond, as i often have that band in mind. King Diamond would love to have his album be adapted into a film or some type of media; doing an augmented reality of a King Diamond album would probably go over well. But, not any time soon, sadly.
I love how Alan Wake mixes live action and CGI characters.
And they gonna perform this live at game awards
No way, this is actually peak meme levels of awesome
It was awesome!
11:03 - The band plays and dances and sings and with them the main character of Alan Wake 2 and even the game's creator Sam Lake is with them and also dances. This is also the person who lent his face to the first game in the Max Payne series in 2001 year. Wow, how not to love them!
You should definitely check out dark ocean summoning and angers remorse from Alan wake 2. True works of art!
In the game you're supposed to go through the level as the song plays, but they made extra riffs to fill time if you're falling behind
I love "Dark Ocean Summoning"!!! The same vibe and power metal!
Remedy did this in Control as well. Not with the full music video but theres a stage of the game where the protagonist is coming into her own and they kick off an amazing sequence with the old gods of asgard singing about the game. Kind of the larval form of what happened in Alan wake 2 but no less badass.
Remedy Entertainment makes some of the most artistically inspired works I've ever seen
The writer and game director Sam Lake writes the songs with the help of real world band Poets or the Fall. They're all heavily tied into the lore and game world. Their games also share a universe so you'll have songs that add a huge layer of depth to them.
In the game "Control" there is a song from the same band that has portions that when played backwards tell you secrets of the game world and revealed information for Alan Wake 2.
Geebz please do the whole Alan Wake 2 OST. It's very solid and all songs are crafted for the game.
The funny thing about this video is that this song is not only a part of the game by itself (as the main character has to scape from a maze while this song is playing with screens showing real life actors guiding him) but also this music video is part of the meta reallity of that universe.
Meaning that We, as spectators, are concious watchers of this talk show musical as it were part of real life TV in a universe where art and reallity merge.
We could also say that, in the context of the very same game, it won't be weird if someone referenced the youtube video of the musical or even this very video, as reallity is perceived in this universe in a spiral sense, sometimes knowing that the very game is a piece of art referencing the fictional events that take part on the story, but could actually be real in the context of the game, as it is a universe that reference itself in media of our very own reallity that reference a fictional universe that references a real reallity or an alternate one.
They like to mess with meta universe and self referencing paradoxes, mind flexing stuff.
Also The Old Gods of Asgard is a fictional 80's power metal band of some non playable characters of the game(in the game, they are seen as drunken 80 year old men who used to look like in this video) that are often referenced a the real incarnations of odin and thor in the game. They made an appearance in Alan wake 1 as non playable characters (there was also a music gameplay section in this game too) and other song of them appeared in another Remedy's game: Control. Apparently even if they age accordingly to the era they are living, the very concept of the band is a conduit of power that try to help the player during hard times, as "gods"so there were 80's song referencing current events.
The band that plays the role of OGOA is called "Poets of the fall".
Thanks for coming to my TED talk
(Sorry for nerding out so much)
This is actually in the game. It gives you a recap of the main character.
You should also listen to 'Old Gods of Asguard - Take Control' from the game Control. It's in the same universe and done by the same band.
The actual game play where it plays is one of the most awesome and trippy sequences in any game.
I'm sure others have pointed it out, but "The Old Gods of Asgard" are actually a handful of the musicians from "Poets of the Fall". You might want to check them out!
How the heck did this not win for best soundtrack/music at the VGA .And the live performance was Epic!!!!!Poets of the Fall(Old Gods Of Asgard) rule.
The music overall was great. I didn't play hi fi rush yet so I can't compare them. The end of chapter music was really good too. It was nice hearing poe again after so long
This was such a standout. So good to see it being recognized! Hope you check out the gameplay section, even if you don't play it yourself!
This band is an actual band but their name in Alan Wake 1,2 and the spin-off game Control is different
This segment takes place in an alternative world named "The dark presence", looks like the real world but it can be changed through the writing of the famous writer Alan Wake and his doubleganger Mr. Scratch.
This part shows Alan Wake trying to write himself a better version of the story which is slightly less horror than the game, to escape this place through Mr. Door "The host of the show", after finding out that his entire life is only a fictional character that he wrote, and he's only an actor playing himself and is invitid into this show to talk about his next book "Alan Wake: Return"
The band's name is "Old Gods of Asgard", and we find out that they are actually the ancestors of the FBI agent that was investigating Alan Wake's disappearance.
And at the end of the game, the band went into the lake that soaks people into this twisted world, but didn't show them getting soaked into it, but this song is the proof that they are already there.
Honestly, I'm still confused about the story, and a 3rd game should explain all the details.
Love from a OldGodsOfAsgard and Vaush fan!
Between this, the first Alan Wake, and Control, Remedy has done some amazing work with music in their games.
Edit: Because it came up after my comment, reminds me of Ritchie Blackmoore's Rainbow.
1) Definitely check out the entire Alan Wake series! They are hard games (even in easy mode), and they deal with heavy topics such as loss, psychosis, depression etc. - but they are absolutely worth your while if you can deal with a bit of horror. True pieces of art!
2) The music you have listened to here is produced by Markus "Captain" Kaarlonen, a well-known Amiga tracker musician back in the day, as well as drummer of Old Gods Of Asgard.
3) The band is also known by their real life "Poets of the Fall" stage name, where they are six people. The three you see here as Old Gods of Asgard are:
Markus Kaarlonen (OgoA: drums/ PotF: Synths)
Marko Saaresto (OgoA: Voice, bass/ PotF: Voice, occasionally 3rd guitar)
Olli Tukiainen: (OgoA: Guitar/ PotF: 1st guitar).
4) Poets of the Fall are also worth a listen. They are amazing live and in the studio. With the exception of "Clearview", all of their albums are being produced by Kaarlonen, and from him you can always expect the highest standard of audiophile quality the market has to offer at the time of release. So it's great music, great production.
poets of the fall win best music game awards long time ago, with max pain game music, with they song late good bye and soon they win they second time award again :) thanx to great reaction and have wonderful day.
Just to be clear the "full" version is 30 minutes long, the Fins are crazy. The lyrics also recap the first game.
Still a good song on its own but without the gameplay portion it’s hard get to get the full context of this. Esp how the game waits for you to get to certain points in the “musical” before the appropriate part of the song start. Dark Ocean Summoning next?
...Stray Cats mentioned 🙂; but this is epic to see a "music video" inside a game. Thanks again Remedy`s Sam Lake.
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The entire soundtrack from Alan Wake 2 is a masterpiece. If you want another review from the game, the Dark Ocean Summoning is another adrenaline part of the game 👀 and the song is very amazing.
You should totally listen to Yoten Yo or Dark Ocean Summoning from Alan Wake 2 as well!
Gods of Asgard will be playing at The Game Awards 🤩
hope it's herald of darkness
wait is that for real? I really really hope so, I need that
This section of the game is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The best part is that it ACTUALLY happens in the game and there is an actual canonical reason for it happening.
now to listen to the rest of the OST for Alan Wake 2
The first time I heard this song, I could have sworn they wrangled Satriani to guest for some of these solos. Poets of the Fall are a legitimately great band, keeping metal alive in the 21st century \m/
Would love to see you react to someone doing a smooth playthrough of this segement in the game! Or you playing through it if you do end up getting the game.
Wait you haven't done poets of the fall yet? Oh you are in for a treat
the whole soundtrack is compose by poets of the fall, old gods of asgard in the game and is amazing
This game couldn't be more meta and twin peaks. It's high art.
you have watch the Control Ashtray Maze now... also its worth watching this with the play though because oh man
This song is amazing
As an enjoyer of coffee, this game could be for you Geebz.
I have a severe earworm thing with this one. Day and night now couple of days....Chek out Poets of the Fall. Unplugged in Alexandre Theatre sessios are amazing!
The lyrics are connected to the story this is so shocking coming from a horror servival/detective game
The rest of the soundtrack consists of contemporary artists (The Old Gods of Asgard are a fictional band within the series' universe who are played by a Finnish rock band as well), and worth a listen to as well.
Tomorrow at game awards this song will be played live
You should watch a let's play of this segment of the game. It's in the chapter titled "We Sing" in Alan Wake 2.
The actual full track without the video is over 13 minutes long. The "guitar solo heaven" part that you mentioned actually goes on for another 3 to 4 minutes in that version haha.
You would freakin love this game Geebz!!! Give it a shot!
Ремеди немногие в игровой индустрии, которые делают что то с душой, пусть это даже и не принесет прорвы денег. Мюзикл прям заводной вышел)
Alan Wake 2 was a massive hit and I'm so happy Remedy was so ambitious
A surprising amount of video game music really pulls from progressive rock, jazz and true classical music. It's honestly amazing considering so many people see games as 'for kids'.
Best song's of this games: herald of darkness - dark ocean summoning - heroes and villains and late goodbye!!
The old man near the end of the video was Sam Lake, head of Remedy, who makes the Alan Wake games.
Old Gods of Asgard is also known by their real band name, Poets of the Fall; check them out!
You need to look into Alan Wake 2 as a game too... Its an artistic masterpice
you should react to the video game gameplay to see the design in the game which is really interesting. you can find it easily typing Herald of darkness on youtube
The guy in a suit with a long face who's always to the side is actually the director of the game.
“Paddle dubock” lol your hilarious 😅
This was an amazing level