Old Gods of Asgard | Herald of Darkness LIVE Performance Reaction [The Game Awards 2023] Alan Wake 2

[juliatvgames]

AHHH!! I'm glad you're all as excited as I am 😅 I really didn't expect them to do this song with the dance and everything! Ugh, I love Remedy.

[jonathonpolk]

The best part was seeing Sam Lake's huge grin while performing it. You could tell he was having a blast. This was pure vindication for him. People kept telling him that AW was dead and AW2 would never be made because no one would buy it since AW1 didnt initially sell well. Over a decade later, he proved them all wrong and created a masterpiece.

[Khujop]

Sam Lake's entire demeanor and his energy overall just screams love for what he does and what he helps create. It's so adorable.

[b.u.l.]

Knowing Sam Lake's crazy-ass writing/lore-building, it wouldn't surprise me that this segment is probably canon to the games and Alan briefly appeared in the real world through an Overlap, lol.

[johnsonyuwu]

Sam Lake looks so happy, so proud of him.

[Gigs]

This performance made the ENTIRE show worthwhile for me to stream with my roommates for 3-4 hours. Both of em never played AW2 so my giddy excitement was PALPABLE. Now one of em wants to watch me play this. Haha

[novachikun]

Alan Wake 2, Baldur's Gate 3, Larian, Remedy, they deserved all the love. Along with all the other amazing titles. Even if they didn't win, no one can deny their quality and impact.

2023 was a great year for gaming.

[mexamrc]

It was so nice to see Dr Darling sing :)

[devonwaskahat]

This part of the game was so amazing. Glad they didn't miss the chance to perform this live. Especially with how underrated Poets of The Fall is.

[aettic]

Someone's comment at the end of the stream "Half the audience must be thinking WTF" - I can't even imagine what people who didn't play the game thought of this. Sitting there like "wait, isn't this supposed to be a horror game? Why the fuck is there a musical number?"
I love it so much. Especially Sam Lake smiling so wide as he danced it home with them. Fucking amazing.

[FedericoMuckermann-lcqy]

WHAT a Masterpiece. Just finished the game today, im without words.

[idoppiaggidiaristarco]

I'm pretty sure Alan wrote himself into Game Awards to get out of the Dark Place...

[Twisty]

Weather you know them as Old Gods of Asgard or Poets of the Fall, they are badass! They make great music.

[Grey_Fawkes]

This was the highlight of the game awards for me. I could not believe it!!

[phrophannus]

Best game of the year, undeniably BG3 deserved the GOTY, but Alan Wake 2 was the best in my heart

[nos_astra]

Haha, Ilkka Villi and Sam Lake were dancing, too. 😂 I loved it.

[synaesthesia]

that smile on Sam's face is the smile of a guy who knows he was right to fight to keep the sequence in the game because it's gone on to become a defining moment in modern popular culture. you could also see he was having the time of his life on that stage too, he was living his best life

[samuelboyer]

Sam Lake's smile looks like the smile of someone who just successfully wrote an iconic rock opera into existence in the middle of a video game!!! God Bless!!

[HollowedKnight]

Julia singing along and trying the dance was adorable to watch

[teotest]

I'm 46yo, i'm a gamer since the ZX Spectrum (don't ask). I have never ever seen a game director to be so passionate and 'promote' his game in such a way... Sam Lake and his team at Remedy are legends. They always deliver something special. My hope is that Remedy will stay independent, thus creative, so we can enjoy lots of games to come. Cheers! :)