Does the dog die?
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Alan Wake
Video Game • 2010 • Horror
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In addition to the previous comment, a dog named Toby is mentioned to have run away and been killed in an optional collectible document.
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No, only mild fighting between a couple but it never escalates.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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A doctor attempts to convince the protagonist that the supernatural occurrences around them are not real and instead are the product of a schizophrenic episode. Under a literal interpretation of the game's plot, it is revealed that the doctor is lying to the protagonist to manipulate him into staying at his clinic.
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Is someone stalked?
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Alan finds himself being stalked on several occasions by a variety of random characters such as Ben Mott, Emil Hartman, Barbara Jagger, and even "himself" through a series of televised messages originating from "The Bottom of The Lake".
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Addiction
Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Alan is prone to both Insomnia and alcohol fueled behavior issues which set a turbulence to his marriage with Alice. These behaviors are indicated in the Alan Wake DLC "The Signal". Alan also becomes heavily drunk with his agent Barry on Moonshine during the game.
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An uncommon enemy in the game is a flock of birds. You use light to kill them, and they disintegrate in mid-air, dying.
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Is someone burned alive?
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A flaregun can be fired at enemies. If it connects, they quickly disintegrate.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Breathing sounds after/while running, might be distressing.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Not in the story, but the playable character can in several locations
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Alan falls unconscious a few times.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Kinda? It's complicated. Alice is spirited away by a malevolent supernatural force, at least.
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Fear
Are there jump scares?
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Several minor jumpscares occur throughout combat and exploration. Only one major jumpscare happens in the pre-rendered cutscenes where the ghost of Barbara Jagger spontaneously teleports close to the frame and stares directly towards the player.
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Is someone possessed?
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Most of the enemies are possessed by the eldritch force of darkness dwelling at the bottom of the lake.
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Are there ghosts?
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The Darkness, while being mostly manifested as a form of possession, projects through the ghost of Barbara Jagger. Another ghostly entity, operating against "The Dark", is a former poet gone by the name of Thomas Zane who manifests as a ball of light during the Tutorial Chapter, and later on in the shape of a humanoid heavy diving suit during the late game.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Most of the game revolves around the fictional supernatural Cauldron Lake
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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A character makes a retching noise indicating they're vomiting after drinking a large quantity of moonshine the previous night. No vomit is visually depicted.
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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A sheriff uses a fire department's helicopter without external permission during the events of the game. They unlock and enter multiple private properties without explicit permission given, though it's ambiguous if she had been given prior permission by the property holders.
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Medical
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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The institution in question is a low-security, resort-like place with harmlessly eccentric patients instead of Bedlam House, however.
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Is electro-therapy used?
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No electro therapy but there's a chapter in a power station where Alan can get electrocuted
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During a fictional TV Show "Night Springs"; an episode features a mad scientist giving a lecture about his device which affects quantum realities to prevent his death. To prove this; he points a weapon against his head. The machine is disconnected from a power source and the scientist, unknowing to this, proceeds to execute himself in front of the crowd.
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A television in chapter one contains footage of a character shooting himself to demonstrate a scientific theory. Viewing it is not required to progress.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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A mentally ill patient hits a nurse over the head with a hammer, knocking her out. This is depicted as a positive occurrence.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Alice Wake (Wife of Alan Wake) suffers from progressive Nyctophobia and experiences minor anxiety attacks during the "Flashback" sequences of New York, as well as a major anxiety attack during the opening chapter of the game.
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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Debatable, a lot of characters show signs of mental illnesses, but it’s not clear how much of it comes from the meddling of the darkness
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Noxious
Are there flashing lights or images?
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Throughout the game; several police cruisers have their strobe lights active. There are also sequences of power fluctuations within the cities power grid leading to another array of strobe light effects.
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Does a baby cry?
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A baby can be briefly heard crying at a trailer park
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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Within the context of the story the characters are aware that they are part of a piece of literature the protagonist has written, but they never make reference to being in a video game.
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
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Alan's wife Alice is freed from the Darkness after Alan sacrifices himself to finish writing the story. The fate of Alice is not mentioned in any epilogue besides a notion of her being a widow two years later during the events of "American Nightmare" while promoting her new movie "Sunrise".
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Vehicular
Is someone hit by a car?
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In addition, the player can run over the darkness-possessed enemies with cars. This is encouraged by the gameplay mechanics, as doing so requires no ammunition, unlike most other methods of killing enemies.
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Does a car crash?
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During one of the very first chapters; Alan Wake fails to control his car and steers off the road into a canyon below. The player may also crash their car intentionally during segments allowing them to take direct control of a vehicle.
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Does a plane crash?
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Several Police Helicopters are taken down by more physical manifestations of "The Darkness". The protagonist does ride one of the aforementioned helicopters but is not present during the crash.
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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Ben Mott, referred to as "The Kidnapper", dies by being torn apart inside a tornado manifested from the Dark Presence. There are also a large number of blood marks all throughout the game where people have been injured and/or killed.
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Does someone drown?
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In the backstory. Barbara Jaeger's drowning spurrs off the plot.
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Is there gun violence?
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Alan uses both a Pistol, Shotgun, and a Hunting Rifle to dispatch enemies possessed by the Darkness. The Police also open fire upon Alan during one of the mid-to-late game sequences.
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