We’ve all purchased a second or perhaps even third copy of a recreation we actually, actually love. Longtime Kotaku readers know of my obsession with re-buying Resident Evil 4. However I’m undecided there’s a recreation I really like a lot that I might purchase 1000’s of copies of it. And there’s undoubtedly not a recreation on the market that I am keen on sufficient to purchase 1000’s of unplayable, nugatory copies of. Nevertheless, somebody on the market actually likes Alan Wake and shopping for foolish stuff, as a result of they not too long ago purchased 4,000 nugatory copies of it.
The unique Alan Wake, launched in 2010, is a superb and peculiar motion horror recreation developed by Management and Max Payne creators Treatment Leisure. Its 2023 sequel is perhaps top-of-the-line survival horror video games launched within the final 10 years. And whereas the unique recreation may not be nearly as good as its latest follow-up, it’s nonetheless a rattling effective recreation price testing in 2024. I don’t suppose you want 4,000 copies of it, although.
In an April 15 interview with PCGamesN, Alisa—an AV tech and big Alan Wake fan—defined why she cherished the unique recreation a lot. “What I really like probably the most about Alan Wake and Treatment video games normally is their manner of storytelling and their absurd consideration to element,” she defined. “Alan Wake 2’s world particularly feels actually alive, with a lot hidden lore that many gamers will miss. Lots of the lore can also be simply actually bizarre and charming. And Sam Lake is a genius.”
So when Alisa noticed a wierd $240 itemizing on eBay of two containers full of obtain vouchers for Alan Wake, she needed to have it. And now, Alisa is the proud and pleased proprietor of roughly 4,000 Alan Wake Xbox 360 promotional obtain playing cards. Alisa believes that the playing cards originated from a retailer that had “too many” unsold Alan Wake vouchers sitting round and tossed them into storage and forgot about them.
Alisa calls the 2 containers of 4,000 Alan Wake playing cards an “Object of Energy,” which is a reference to Management—one other recreation in Treatment’s rising MCU-like universe. She apparently has tried to activate a few of the playing cards, however they didn’t work. She suspects they have been by no means activated by the unique retailer and at the moment are doubtless a decade outdated, so they’re all in all probability unusable. However Alisa doesn’t care, telling PCgamesN that she purchased the containers full of Alan Wake codes as a result of it was “humorous.” And she or he’s engaged on a video, too, the place these will play a component. As soon as that’s performed, she received’t eliminate them.
“I’ll in all probability cowl a wall in my room with the playing cards, as a result of that sounds humorous. Additionally, I simply actually love Alan Wake.”
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