Odin is using Balder's guitar. The game makes a ton of references to art being the catalyst for things to happen, maybe Odin using that guitar brings back Balder's spirit.
My headcanon is they've somehow done some sort of real magic shit back in the day that insanely amplified their rock star abilities, so regardless of age or fatigue, if they're still capable of singing and playing they'll always sound like they're at their prime
@rafidsadman I mean it's not really a headcanon, I think it's confirmed that during their time, they used the lake to write themselves as human hosts of the Norse gods.
Man, they are actually summoning the projection of dead member of the group for this performance, and you're talking about the voice? It's a real ancient magic.
@@LOVEMUFFIN_official I'm fully expecting Estevez to have a T-shirt during this segment in NG+ with absolutely no explanation or idea why she's wearing it.
It was great to see Estevez set up in Control as being in charge of the monitoring team for the Cauldron Lake AWE, and then to actually meet her in AW2 was fantastic.
Love that opening, "aaaaaa-cough, cough", "hey, you're making look bad in front of Saga, bro!" Remedy never fail to disappoint, this is on par with the Children of the Elder Gods performance and the Ashtray Maze sequence. Absolutely loving it!
just in case English is not your first language - "never failed to disappoint" means "they always disappoint". what you meant was "never fail to impress"
@@cobaltfalcon9458 they're referring to the sequence in the first Alan Wake where you fend off waves during a performance of the song 'Children of the Elder Gods', on the farm
@@TollusRollus yeah, I didn’t know the name of the song, so I confused myself. I learned when their Old Gods of Asgard album dropped, and saw the name of the song, and remembered this comment
They wrote the song and packed up all the equipment in a half hour, and took like 5 more minutes to set everything up. Those old timers are insanely efficient, even if others helped
I assumed that they had already been working on the basics of it ever since Saga rescued Tor. He tells her they'll be ready to bring the rock and roll when she needs it, meaning he was anticipating that she would need their help (which makes sense; they are seers, after all). That said, it still couldn't have been more than an hour or two at most, which is impressive.
The way the lake and the storm just get roaring more and more as the song goes on and you’re preoccupied with the combat and next thing you know it is full on waves and lightning and pyro and flares, absolutely insane sequence
I can't believe Poets of the Fall are actually in the game. Last time it was just their music and a small cameo. This time they're larger than life Rockstars in biker norse god cosplay. Fucking epic! I've been a fan of the Poets since Max Payne and Late Goodbye. I'mma fucking cry, they've come so far. Love Poets of the Fall!
First run finished an hour a go. Probably not since The Witcher 3 have I been so fascinated by a game. I can tell this is one of the best games I ever played in my entire life and I started with an MSX😊 Amazing.
Would’ve been nice if Ilmo was here too to help Saga. Imagine him equipped with a hunting rifle from a distance shooting down Takens. You know, just like when Sarah helped Alan at some point during Alan Wake 1.
I also love Take Control and Herald of Darkness but my most favorite one is this! I love the entire idea of seeing rock music as magic spell of literal "Old Gods of Asgards".
Playing Alan Wake 1, I said that the Stage Fight was the most epic fight in video games. Playing Alan Wake 2, I felt like Sam Lake told all of us "Hold my damn beer" and topped it with THIS.
@@snake_et_queenI know this a late reply, but I went in knowing the ashtray maze existed but not knowing what it was about. I loved every single second of it.
I play the first game, these guys where just hanging out at a diner, and asked me to change the jukebox “coconut” If only I knew I was talking to actual legends at that point.
The moment Odin starts singing, it's like Bruce Dickinson hitting it hard! Damn this scene is so good! 🤘 Epic game! They did a great choice taking Sam Lake to direct it
I'm curious how much trouble the FBC agent is in for allowing that level of paranormal activity to happened. Im sure Jesse would just give her a award ,but how would the rest react.
@@PatGunn you obviously never dealt with a bureaucracy. It doesn't matter if it worked out in the end someone will always point out that she broke rules and laws. Again like I said Jesse would probably sweep under the rug,but it does always work like that.
@@namelesssage629 I'm in my mid-40s. Of course I've dealt with bureaucracy. But the FBC presumably needs to deal with exceptional circumstances and, even if someone points out that she broke rules, we can expect the systems they have in place permit such things if they can be justified as necessary.
Well, in her defence, Estevez had to deal with an emergent AWE with a skeleton staff after the Lake House went dark, then Scratch killed her entire team so she had to sequester two FBI agents to help, during a period when the Oldest House has been locked down for 2 Years so no command staff to get orders from, and no reinforcements coming. All with a bullet in her thigh. I'd say she did a fucking great job.
i like how they never actually say Alan wake's name because they always call him tom but they were not trying to bring Tomas Zane back. the closest they ever get to calling him by the right name is in the line "so alike a land awake" and still they never say a single part of it.
I have purchased deluxe edition on day one .The joy of playing this sequence on day one was😍😍😍😍😍🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳. I hope Alan wake II sell millions of copies so that remedy can create this type of unique things in video games.
An interview with Sam Lake might be likelier cuz the SAG-AFTRA strike might affect whether Liburd or Poretta can do interviews promoting the game. But maybe games are exempt from that stuff.
With how long the actual track is, def thinking that this gets extended with Final Draft (New Game + Update). Maybe with the Final Guitar Solo having a very quick boss rush? Ending with the final refrain of the main melody crashing in as Saga goes to the Overlap point and uses the clicker?
this is HYPE! why has no one done this before? the frist game has been out for 13 years with childern of the elder god why did no one steal this concept?!
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So, easily two of the top five musical moments in gaming of the decade are in the same game. And one more is in Control, so that list is at least 60% Remedy. Gosh dang.
They rocked so hard that it brought their 3rd member back from the dead to help them
Odin is using Balder's guitar. The game makes a ton of references to art being the catalyst for things to happen, maybe Odin using that guitar brings back Balder's spirit.
@@Mr.Sax.That is absolutely legendary, I didn’t know I could love this game’s lore any more than I already do.
@@Mr.Sax. I think i saw on the wiki or something a while back the Bob's soul is in the guitar.
The way Odin’s voice suddenly de-ages by like 30 years when the song starts is so absurd, I love it.
My headcanon is they've somehow done some sort of real magic shit back in the day that insanely amplified their rock star abilities, so regardless of age or fatigue, if they're still capable of singing and playing they'll always sound like they're at their prime
@@rafidsadmanI LOVE this canon! This would be a dope addition to their existing parautilitarian powers, à la the Mind Place.
@rafidsadman I mean it's not really a headcanon, I think it's confirmed that during their time, they used the lake to write themselves as human hosts of the Norse gods.
Man, they are actually summoning the projection of dead member of the group for this performance, and you're talking about the voice? It's a real ancient magic.
he also has an eyepatch on a different side
Gosh I love this weird blend of epic awesomeness mixed with creepiness and slight absurdity in Remedy games. Absolute legends.
seriously. this game is a masterpiece
And with some melodic rock on top hehe, nice combo
I have never seen a developer put so much love into a game before
Sam Lake is a legend beyond compare
100 percent agree. They absolutely nailed it on making this game unique and different.
Their games are so different from anything else. It's art! Can't wait to see what they do with the Max Payne remakes
this whole sequence left me speechless. What an epic way to bring Alan back from the Dark Place.
Thorough the power of Rock!
Metal to the pedal!
The magic ritual metal song is awesome!. Try it on the highway it rocks haha
2:13 a whole lot of paranatural crimes happening right now... But its f*cking awesome.
This line was pure gold!
I want a t-shirt!
The way they introduced Estevez I thought I wouldn't like her. But damn if Remedy didn't win me over with her by the end.
@@TerryHesticles87she was basically the FBC equivalent of Sarah breaker
@@LOVEMUFFIN_official I'm fully expecting Estevez to have a T-shirt during this segment in NG+ with absolutely no explanation or idea why she's wearing it.
It was great to see Estevez set up in Control as being in charge of the monitoring team for the Cauldron Lake AWE, and then to actually meet her in AW2 was fantastic.
Love that opening, "aaaaaa-cough, cough", "hey, you're making look bad in front of Saga, bro!"
Remedy never fail to disappoint, this is on par with the Children of the Elder Gods performance and the Ashtray Maze sequence. Absolutely loving it!
just in case English is not your first language - "never failed to disappoint" means "they always disappoint". what you meant was "never fail to impress"
Or maybe my autocorrect decided to write for me 😅
Children of the Elder Gods? I thought it was the same band, Old Gods of Asgard?
@@cobaltfalcon9458 they're referring to the sequence in the first Alan Wake where you fend off waves during a performance of the song 'Children of the Elder Gods', on the farm
@@TollusRollus yeah, I didn’t know the name of the song, so I confused myself. I learned when their Old Gods of Asgard album dropped, and saw the name of the song, and remembered this comment
Can we appreciate that they wrote this banger in like 30 minutes?)
If that
All while drifting full speed through trees and Takens.
If that ain't Rock 'n Roll, I don't know what is.
@@PalaceDude'Who the f... puts a tree in the middle of the road" :D
They wrote the song and packed up all the equipment in a half hour, and took like 5 more minutes to set everything up. Those old timers are insanely efficient, even if others helped
I assumed that they had already been working on the basics of it ever since Saga rescued Tor. He tells her they'll be ready to bring the rock and roll when she needs it, meaning he was anticipating that she would need their help (which makes sense; they are seers, after all). That said, it still couldn't have been more than an hour or two at most, which is impressive.
The way the lake and the storm just get roaring more and more as the song goes on and you’re preoccupied with the combat and next thing you know it is full on waves and lightning and pyro and flares, absolutely insane sequence
Yeps its quite like a real magic summoning scene
The lake is trying to fight their influence, it's scared abd reeling!
This moment has the same energy as Eddie's Metallica scene from Stranger Things.
I can't believe Poets of the Fall are actually in the game. Last time it was just their music and a small cameo. This time they're larger than life Rockstars in biker norse god cosplay. Fucking epic! I've been a fan of the Poets since Max Payne and Late Goodbye. I'mma fucking cry, they've come so far. Love Poets of the Fall!
PotF made one of the best music levels in Control - just look Ashtray Maze, it's epic.
Late goodbye is such a fucking banger
@@thehotspotgamer8496 yes!
You cannot imagine Remedy without Poets of the Fall
Poets are awesome. But their old gods of asgard persona have its own personality and style!
"A whole lot of paranatural crimes happening right now....But its fucking awesome! I want a t-shirt" My favourite quote from the game haha
Imagine how much crazier this concert would have been if my man had his chimes
Chimes Are NOT rock and roll!
@@Mr12sed
Yeah they are, if you know how to use them!
you gotta appreciate how committed they are to Rock and Roll this band has traversed 3 different games to bring another banger.
Four! Don't forget Alan Wake's American Nightmare-- that's where we got Balance Slays the Demon from!
@@Captain192 I LOVE BALANCE SLAYS THE DEMON
And at least two dimensions
2:20 I love how the spotlight syncs up with the song here, just to add extra oomph to it.
You know what else fascinates me about this song? 😄
The line “so alike a land awake” sounds a lot like “so alike ALANd aWAKE” and i looove it 🎸💥
"Come save your soul,
A Wake new and whole.
By name I will summon him!"
It's great stuff.
Tor and Odin are the best. Actually every character in this game has been so much fun
I love them so much.
"you've got viking blood in you kiddo" 🥹
It's interesting how the Old Gods of Asgard are basically... *channeling themselves*
Mister "I'm My own warlock patron" over here!
So cool both Saga and Alan had performances by the old gods of asgard!
And Jesse got to listen to a tune from 'em while she dispatched the Hiss :)
Old Goats of Asgard
If you want to go out. Go out in style! Take it home Old Gods of Asgard! Valhalla! Thanks to anyone who reads this.
First run finished an hour a go. Probably not since The Witcher 3 have I been so fascinated by a game. I can tell this is one of the best games I ever played in my entire life and I started with an MSX😊 Amazing.
I just played this part... And Man, was so precious and fucking awesome. 🤘🏽
Played with full volume on my sony headset
6:24 so if you let them "try" to stop the song; Tor and Odin just throw a thunder bolt on the taken? That has to be the coolest secret
They deserve to be in real life concert! 🤘
The actual band, Poets of the Fall, have been in many. They've been around since 2003. Their rise to fame was Late Goodbye in Max Payne 2.
@@ZnakerFINLate Goodbye was also their very first song
I saw them this year and it was awesome!
Yep its a solid band. Worth trying aside from the games. But their music is a lot less rock/metal than their old gods persona
@@ZnakerFIN But have they ever played any OGOA songs live after that appearance in The Game Awards?
It reminds of the concert battle in Andersons’s farm, the song is Children of the Elder God
I swear to god, if we do not get a DLC where we get to play as the andersons when they fought back the dark presence, I'm going to flip.
I'd love it, because then we would have Poets Of The Fall members acting and dubbing all the way through. :D
Would’ve been nice if Ilmo was here too to help Saga. Imagine him equipped with a hunting rifle from a distance shooting down Takens.
You know, just like when Sarah helped Alan at some point during Alan Wake 1.
I was SO expecting something like that, i actually wanted both of the koskela brothers to fight along saga at some point ToT
I agree, but Ilmo was protecting the town at the time
@@JakeNOTHING well jhako is dead at this point.
@@namethefifth7315 I KNOOOWW 😭😭😭
Their chops are too righteous! The Taken can’t handle this level of rock and roll!
The Old Gods of Asgard are so powerful that they're classified as an Object of Power!
"Glorified walking simulator" I heard someone call this game. Damn fool.
I would 100% still play the game if it were one, the story's just so good
that's deathstranding
1:55 🔥🔥🔥we want a T-shirt too🤘🏻🤘🏻
this has to be one of the best fight scenes in video game history, i love every second of it
What better way to fight the darkness then howl at it with the Old Gods of Asgard at your back.
awesome, reminds of alan wake 1 with the old gods song "children of the elder gods"
This reminds me of some crazy Regular Show episodes, good old nostalgia🤘🏻
POTF - FOREVER LOVE!
After 13 years remedy still hitting out the park.
Love this game so much
I almost teared up from this part
I also love Take Control and Herald of Darkness but my most favorite one is this!
I love the entire idea of seeing rock music as magic spell of literal "Old Gods of Asgards".
what was cooler is that even that the third band member was dead, he showed up as well!
Love the little headbang you do at the beginning.
This was a great fighting arena,i liked this more than the musical
The drums syncing up with the pyrotechnics tickles a special part of my brain.
I absolutely love Agent estevez haha
She's a whole mood lmao "I want a t shirt" 😂😂
Best scene of the game, truly epic
Playing Alan Wake 1, I said that the Stage Fight was the most epic fight in video games.
Playing Alan Wake 2, I felt like Sam Lake told all of us "Hold my damn beer" and topped it with THIS.
This is second place. Anderson Farm in AW1 is third. First place for me is Ashtray Maze in Control ❤
@@AdiMercury I'm currently playing Control so I can't say :)
@@snake_et_queenI know this a late reply, but I went in knowing the ashtray maze existed but not knowing what it was about. I loved every single second of it.
You guys clearly never had to extract on a level 9 Helldive :D@@AdiMercury
I’m so happy I didn’t know this was in the game until I played it.
This is surreal experience
The strong and independent woman brings back a powerful writer with the help of old rock band from not the lake, the sea.
I play the first game, these guys where just hanging out at a diner, and asked me to change the jukebox “coconut”
If only I knew I was talking to actual legends at that point.
This game having 2 musical parts is crazy
3. Dont forget angers remorse even if its short
I had chills when first played that part, as well as part with herald of darkness
SAM HACK, YOU LAKE!
The moment Odin starts singing, it's like Bruce Dickinson hitting it hard! Damn this scene is so good! 🤘 Epic game! They did a great choice taking Sam Lake to direct it
Saga's over here fighting for her life while Estevez is having the absolute best time ever.
I beat this game like twice cuz the old gods of Asgard songs are just amazing and deserves Remedy's chefs kiss, what an incredible art performance
when the bards are so powerful, they can summon the dead to rock out
Who remembers
Tor: Lookout a tree.
Odin: There's no tree in the song.
😂
Holy shit I can’t wait to get here! This song and scene kicks so much ass!
Always deliver
I'm curious how much trouble the FBC agent is in for allowing that level of paranormal activity to happened. Im sure Jesse would just give her a award ,but how would the rest react.
They probably have a duty to resolve the situation that supercedes the other concerns.
@@PatGunn you obviously never dealt with a bureaucracy. It doesn't matter if it worked out in the end someone will always point out that she broke rules and laws. Again like I said Jesse would probably sweep under the rug,but it does always work like that.
@@namelesssage629 I'm in my mid-40s. Of course I've dealt with bureaucracy. But the FBC presumably needs to deal with exceptional circumstances and, even if someone points out that she broke rules, we can expect the systems they have in place permit such things if they can be justified as necessary.
@@PatGunn hey I agree I'm just curious about what would have happened under trench. I think that was the guy before Jesse was in charge.
Well, in her defence, Estevez had to deal with an emergent AWE with a skeleton staff after the Lake House went dark, then Scratch killed her entire team so she had to sequester two FBI agents to help, during a period when the Oldest House has been locked down for 2 Years so no command staff to get orders from, and no reinforcements coming. All with a bullet in her thigh.
I'd say she did a fucking great job.
We the board endorse/rock out to this song.
I was hoping they upped themselves with the legendary ashtray maze. And this did not disappoint
You know it’s good when feds say “this is breaking several laws, I want a t shirt”
Uff you missed a cool moment. Tor summoned a thunder strike while you were healing!
i like how they never actually say Alan wake's name because they always call him tom but they were not trying to bring Tomas Zane back. the closest they ever get to calling him by the right name is in the line "so alike a land awake" and still they never say a single part of it.
this was such an intense, awesome sequence, love it.
It feels like a normal episode of Regular show.
I have purchased deluxe edition on day one .The joy of playing this sequence on day one was😍😍😍😍😍🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳. I hope Alan wake II sell millions of copies so that remedy can create this type of unique things in video games.
Okey are we gonna see Sam Lake interview any day now or Saga Anderson (actor) interview😊
An interview with Sam Lake might be likelier cuz the SAG-AFTRA strike might affect whether Liburd or Poretta can do interviews promoting the game. But maybe games are exempt from that stuff.
@@SidPhoenix2211is that in effect for video games yet? I know that was brought up at one point but did not know if it started.
one of the best moments in gaming!
Played this part earlier I was getting Eddie Munson vibes 😂 proper awesomeness
goose bump
The urge to go down to the dock with very large speakers and blare this during a thunderstorm
With how long the actual track is, def thinking that this gets extended with Final Draft (New Game + Update). Maybe with the Final Guitar Solo having a very quick boss rush? Ending with the final refrain of the main melody crashing in as Saga goes to the Overlap point and uses the clicker?
best boss fight ever in gaming history !
That Led Zeppelin vibe in the beginning :D
Didn't think they could top the herald of darkness segment, but this was freaking badass.
I absolutely sure that the old God's are paranaturals or entity's like ahti and jesse
THIS SCENE WAS JUST PURE CLASS ❤
İ ve already finished this game. İ think this scene is the best moments in the game
It's interesting how the guitar's distortion changes the second time around.
Children of the elder god flashbacks anyone? Remedy does it again !
I swear to god nothing ever hyped more than that fight in children lf the elder god until this one holy shit i love remedy so much
This is by far my favorite mission out of all the ones that I’ve played I tell ya
god i love this game
this is HYPE! why has no one done this before? the frist game has been out for 13 years with childern of the elder god why did no one steal this concept?!
Remedy made one heck of a game, this section was prety cool, confusing at first but very cool
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We’re getting FBC to come real with this one 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Stuck on this for the last 4 hrs.😩😩😩😩
This scene was so epic and crazy during my play through that it crashed my system lmaooo…there’s just so much shit on the screen at once 🤣
So, easily two of the top five musical moments in gaming of the decade are in the same game. And one more is in Control, so that list is at least 60% Remedy. Gosh dang.
Just did this last night!!! Nice to watch it from the perspective of a more competent player 😂
I just got to this part of the. Fucking love it. XD
This part is kicking my ass
Same
A fully upgraded hunting rifle carried this fight so hard it's not even funny.
I want to be able to experience this show without combat section, man...
AWESOME
This scene is epic when you use all your explovies/ flares/ everything with a light source then smash em down with shotgun shells
ONE OF THE BEST PARTS IN THE GAME!!
This is so original 🎸🔦
Game of year let’s Rock