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- Alan Wake 2 connects directly to Control through in-game documents and the AWE DLC, with Alan Wake guiding Jesse Faden and a future report teasing the sequel.
- The Federal Bureau of Control plays a significant role in Alan Wake 2, with appearances of their technician and their attempt to contain the Dark Presence.
- Both Control and Alan Wake 2 feature an area called the Oceanview, with connections to different dimensions and a shared spiral design, suggesting a deeper connection between the two games.
The End of Control's DLC Sets Up Alan Wake 2
While players can find in-game documents that detail the events of the first Alan Wake in Control, its connections to the previous Remedy game don't end there. In Control's AWE DLC, both games connect even more directly. Newly anointed director of the Federal Bureau of Control, Jesse Faden, is tasked with clearing the Investigations Sector of any lingering Hiss threats. Along the way, she sees visions of Alan Wake, who seemingly guides her along her journey. During her mission, Jesse has to hunt down and eliminate Dr. Hartman, a man from Bright Falls who was taken over by the Dark Presence and contained in the FBC headquarters. Once the threat has been eliminated and the sector has been cleared, Jesse is alerted that the FBC has just received a new Altered World Event report from Bright Falls, but it's dated a few years in the future, teasing Alan Wake 2.
The Federal Bureau of Control Makes Some Big Appearances in Alan Wake 2
Being the first game since Remedy's announcement of a connected universe, fans expected the Federal Bureau of Control to appear in at least some capacity in Alan Wake 2, and they may have got even more than they were expecting in the final product. Toward the beginning of the game, an FBC technician is fixing a relay near Cauldron Lake. After things take a turn for the supernatural, this relay starts to emit a loud beacon, presumably reporting an incident back to the FBC. Later on in Alan Wake 2's story, the FBC arrives in full force, attempting to contain the Dark Presence, which they call The Shadow.
Alan Wake 2 and Control Both Have an Oceanview Hotel
Both Control and Alan Wake 2 have an area named the Oceanview. In Control, the Oceanview is a motel, while in Alan Wake 2, it's a hotel, but the two seem pretty closely linked, though their connection hasn't been explicitly stated just yet. In Control, the Oceanview motel is a Place of Power that Jesse uses to travel between different dimensions, with each room's door taking Jesse to a different location. One of these doors allows Jesse to communicate with Alan Wake in Control's AWE DLC, and interestingly enough, it has a spiral on it, just like the doors that lead to the author's writing room in Alan Wake 2. In Alan Wake 2, the Oceanview hotel is a location in the Dark Place where the poet/filmmaker Tom Zane resides, and while with him, Alan even sees a quick glimpse of Jesse Faden on the TV.
Being the first real game in Remedy's connected universe, Alan Wake 2 naturally has plenty of references and connections to 2019's Control.
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), but here's to hoping Bugfreak is right and the requirements are grossly overstated so that Average Joe with a 2060 can at least 1080p 60fps it... Seriously, stuff like this makes me facepalm so hard, we back to console peasant days or something? Mid range 1440p rig required to play 540p 60fps 
Bah 
I still remember, years later wanting to get my computer super enough to play on high/ultra settings.
