Alan Wake 2 Ending Explained - Everything You Need To Know And Where Things Might Go From Here

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Wait, it's not a loop, it's what now?

By Phil Hornshaw on

Alan Wake 2 presents a twisting story, one that's both a nebulous mystery and actively altered by the otherworldly power of the supernatural Dark Place and the writings of Alan Wake himself. Especially in the final moments, things can get a bit confusing, as Saga Anderson's and Alan's tales intersect and the two execute a plan to stop the villainous Mr. Scratch.

Here's what happened in the ending, what it implies about the future, and everything you might have missed in the disjointed plot of Alan Wake 2. And if you need more context, catch up with our Alan Wake story recap.

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First, we need to understand what Saga and Alan are trying to do in the final moments of the game. The plan throughout Alan Wake 2 has involved Saga helping Alan control the ending to Return, the story that has been coming to life throughout Saga's campaign. As Return has unfolded, it has altered reality, and one of the plot points in the story is that Saga and her daughter Logan lived in Watery, and that Logan drowned years earlier. That's not the reality as Saga remembers it--before the events of the game, Saga lived with Logan and her husband, David. The couple had never split, Saga had never lived in Watery, and Logan was still alive.

So Saga needs an ending to Return that prevents the change to Logan's history from becoming permanent; the story needs to