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Fortnite’s Alan Wake: Flashback is a sort-of-remake-but-not-quite that lets you replay the whole game in 20 minutes before Alan Wake 2It’s not a Loot Lake, it’s an ocean
It’s not a Loot Lake, it’s an ocean
Image credit:Epic Games/Remedy
Image credit:Epic Games/Remedy
Who had ‘playable remake ofAlan WakeinsideFortnite’ on their 2023 bingo card? Nobody? Well, nevermind: either way, you can now relive the events of Remedy’s battery-powered horror game before its sequel comes out later this month.
Alan Wake: Flashback - Created in FortniteWatch on YouTube
Alan Wake: Flashback - Created in Fortnite
Alan Wake:Flashbackis billed as a “reimagining” of the 2010 game that follows its entire storyline, except it only takes 20 minutes to see through to the end. Honestly, as far as ways to remember what the heck happened in the first Alan Wake go, I kind of like it - it beats reading Wikipedia plot summaries, anyway.
Of course, this being a Fortnite creation made in the battle royale game’s custom map mode, it doesn’t quite have the same vibes as the original Alan Wake. While Alan Wake’s very I-am-a-writer observations couldbecome a bit silly at times, it was still an effective spooky thriller thanks to its shadowy levels and genuinely unsettling atmosphere.
Running around Wake’s lakeside cabin and the haunted town of Bright Falls as Naruto, a buff cat person or a naked sentient banana in Fortnite, meanwhile, makes the game’s goofier moments look like a masterclass in gravitas now. While there is an Alan Wake skin headed to Fortnite, because of course there is, it won’t arrive until October 26th, the day beforeAlan Wake 2’s release date- so you’ll have to make do with squinting at John Wick and pretending it’s the same bloke in a suit for the meantime.
Image credit:Epic Games/Remedy
There is an actualAlan Wake Remasteredthat came out a couple of years ago, but not everyone has the time or money to play through a whole video game just before its sequel arrives. As a playful way of recapping the story in under half an hour in a free game, I think this is good fun. What next - the whole ofFinal Fantasy XIVand all of its expansions before Dawntrail? Shagging and bathing as Geralt (another Fortnite skin) wheneverThe Witcher 4comes out? The whole ofStarfieldin a Fortnite map? I’d love to see it happen, honestly.
Alan Wake 2is out on October 27th, exclusive to the Epic Games Store on PC - no doubt a helpful factor in making this crossover happen.
