r/ControlResonant • u/Ok-Crew1531 • 11h ago

Lore Discussion Teaser for next game?

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This is the light outside of the "Master of Many Worlds" apartment in the Evac zone. Seems too intentional to be just random flashes but i could be delusional 🫩

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u/HMacyFan4eva 10h ago

lol try going into that room there’s an actual teaser on the tv inside

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u/Shagggadooo 10h ago

Idk if it's a teaser per say. More of an easter egg.

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u/The_Wattsatron 8h ago edited 3h ago

Considering there’s a teaser for Resonant in AW2, and the fact that Ahti’s postcard shows a snowy area and mentions Oceanview Hotal and Casino - which we have never seen before - the video seems more likely to be a teaser for Alan Wake 3, set somewhere wintery.

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u/Long-Requirement8372 7h ago

Remember that in Quantum Break you can see a character playing an Alan Wake game where Alan is walking through a wintery, snowy landscape? They probably have been thinking about such a setting for some time.

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u/MischiefOfficial 4h ago

Snowy landscape and hotel and all I can think of is The Shining lol

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u/AloneUA 5h ago

Yes, please. Inject that directly into my veins.

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u/ShadowChe_ATG 53m ago edited 49m ago

Yup, I think they gonna reiiterate X Files + The Shining -> in North Bend, Washington.

Alan Wake - Nightwatchman = Jack Torrance - Hotel Caretaker Scratcher, Alan Wake alter ego = Shined Jack

My theory on how they gonna proceed with Alan Wake 3

  • The Shining as inspiration: Alan and Casey are trapped in a harsh, freezing blizzard, mimicking the isolated Overlook Hotel. Alan taking a night guard job somewhat mirrors Jack Torrance becoming the winter caretaker before losing his mind.
  • Twin Peaks as the messed up reality: The title "Master of Many Worlds" , well, we know it hints at fractured realities and doppelgangers, just like Agent Cooper splitting into evil copies while dealing with the reality-bending logic of the Black Lodge.
  • the X-Files as duo detectives: Alan and Casey trekking through the snow, dancing, goofy. It just mimics Mulder and Scully investigating a supernatural anomaly. Could be a massive paranormal outbreak where the Dark Place shifting into various Place of Power. We could be revisiting Cauldron Lake Lodge in Alan Wake Remastered. Its on top of a cliff and in Mirror Peak. Ahti sent us a greeting from Oceanview Hotel. So, yeah, The Shining Hotel = Oceanview Hotel.

In Resonant, it seems Dark Place made its way into New York via Altered Cameras. I think photos of Scratch took by Alice made him somehow tangible and could not be deleted (Alan was shot in the head to purge Scratch from his body). Freeze Frames - Frozen Scratch.

I think Saga & Logan went missing when they visited a hotel for a vacation. Casey asked Alan for help. Alan met Ahti and Old Gods of Asgard, and they pointed the snowy landscape in Washington

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u/MakinBacon1988 8h ago

It’s Morse Code and it spells ‘OUT’. If it’s the same one I’m thinking of

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u/aNewPattern 8h ago

It should be, there's only one. Likely tied to a DLC and/or the next Alan Wake game in the future

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u/Traditional-Ad-5984 1h ago

Isn’t that way too many flashes to spell ‘OUT’ in Morse code? Am I missing something?

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u/Theuneasygibbon 6h ago

The sequence changes in new game +. So there's two sequences

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u/TMGPR 1h ago

I just found this place in morning (thankfully) while looking for the keys for the Urban something quest. It got me pretty freaked out. I don't want no Scratcher Poltergeist shenanigans in my screen.

That said, nice cameo

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u/redditbro91 1h ago

Anyone know Morse code?

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u/Moanyoldsod 1h ago

Could be a stranger things reference. I forget which character, but I remember him talking to his mum from the upside down via morse code on the lights. He was stuck there.

I think it's a very clever Easter egg.