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** {{spoiler|"Find the lady of the light, gone mad with the night..."}}
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]:
** Barry, for his constant pop culture references from ''[[Zork (Video Game)|Zork]]'' to [[The Lord of the Rings (Literature)|Mordor]] and for [[Took a Level In Badass|taking a couple of levels in badass]] from Episode 4 onwards. He's also liked because he gives Alan some [[Pet the Dog]] Moments. Once Alan starts snarking back and forth with Barry you realize, hey, Alan's not just a mopey [[Jerkass]]. He's got a sense of humour!
** [[Word of God|Remedy]] has stated that they like Agent Nightingale's character and would like to explore his mysterious backstory further.
* [[Goddamned Bats|Goddamned Crows]]:
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** There are people out there who dislike the game for some very odd reasons such as not enough gore, different weapons, or that there are lots of trees around. It becomes really bad, however, when a person buys the $80 limited edition and complains about the overall tone of the game. Apparently, they didn't even read the ''box'' before they bought it.
* [[Hell Is That Noise]]: When the wind starts blowing hard, and the shadows start moving of their own accord, it's time to ''run like hell.''
* [[Informed Ability]]: Some people find Alan's writing too cheesy to believe that he's a best-selling writer. Others point to ''[[Twilight (Literaturenovel)|Twilight]]'' to show that "best-selling writing" doesn't mean "good writing", and/or [[Narm Charm|are entertained anyway]]. Possibly justified in that the pages Alan found were written {{spoiler|at the bottom of a possessed lake while he was insane}}.
* [[Internet Backdraft]]: PC gamers are bitter about Alan Wake being moved from a [[Direct X]] 10-only Windows title to the Xbox 360 console.
* [[Large Ham]]:
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* [[Memetic Mutation]]: He's Alan Wake. He's written books, y'know.
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: Agent Nightingale, after capturing Alan, taunts him about putting him in jail for a long time.
* [[Narm Charm]]: As strong an element of Lake's writing as ever. His occasionally stilted and unnatural dialogue(possibly deliberate, [[Leaning Onon the Fourth Wall|in this case]]), often propped up with gratuitous film references right in the fore-text, is still very sincere in its desire to entertain and has won him many new fans.
** Judging by some interviews, Lake is a native Finnish speaker (as is the company) with a really heavy accent so English may not be his first language resulting in some translation issues.
* [[Nausea Fuel]]: In one of Mr. Scratch's recordings in ''American Nightmare'', he slashes the throat of one of Alan's female fans while gently massaging her head. The gurgling noise she makes as she dies is ''very'' disturbing.
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* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: The Taken are basically Zombie (unliving shells of the people they were) Demon (possessed by the DP) Vampires (supernatural durability, aversion to light, only come out at night).
* [[Paranoia Fuel]]:
** Pulled straight from the pages of ''[[In the Mouth of Madness (Film)|In the Mouth of Madness]]'', anyone within Bright Falls might exist only as a character in Alan Wake's manuscript and can be [[Anyone Can Die|killed off for the sake of its plot]]. Or worse, be touched by the Dark Presence and forced to do its bidding.
** See that harmless tire right there? [[Everything Trying to Kill You|The Dark Presence might take it over and have it attack you]]. Oh, look, is that a bulldozer?...
** At one point during Episode 2, if you go into a certain cabin, a Taken walks by one of the windows, before disappearing. Nothing happens, but it's still [[Paranoia Fuel]] ''[[Nothing Is Scarier|to the max]]''.
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** Agent Nightingale, though Remedy may have special plans for him [[Rescued From the Scrappy Heap|in a possible sequel]].
* [[Smug Snake]]: Dr. Emil Hartman attempted to convince Alan that he is one of his patients in order to get him to continue writing the manuscript. Alan distrusted him from the get-go, so he never had a chance.
* [[Survival Horror]]: Though given one discussion over at Gamasutra, your mileage may vary on whether Alan Wake is survival horror or whether it would be better to call it a psychological thriller. The distinction being along the lines of Halloween versus The Shining. In some ways, Alan Wake is best played like ''[[System Shock]] 2'' or ''[[Bio ShockBioshock]]'' rather than ''[[Max Payne (Video Gameseries)|Max Payne]]'' [[Recycled in Space|in the woods]].
** A discussion that seemingly isn't hampered by the fact that Alan Wake bills itself, right on the very cover, as a Psychological Action Thriller. It isn't helped that some game reviewers / websites take any remotely scary game and slap "survival horror" on it, then complain that it isn't scary or horror enough.
* [[That One Level]]: The battle after you find the radio that plays "War". It's a very cramped warehouse full of the large Taken that take forever to light up and have a tendency to bum rush you. It's also full of smaller, faster guys who can sneak up behind you very easily. Oh, and did I mention that you have recently lost all of your stuff and only get three flares to go along with your revolver? If you're lucky, you'll find a shotgun just before the radio, but it doesn't help that much.
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