Saga Anderson was RACE-SWAPPED for Alan Wake II

[talloyer]

Even though Quantum Break and Alan Wake are supposed to be IPs with their own universe, did you know Quantum Break had an easter egg teasing Alan Wake 2? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iePFK5BB_m4 I missed or I forgot about it, cannot remember which, definitely didn't pay attention when I played Quantum Break years ago.
Edit: there is a picture from Sam Lake himself showing very clearly the name "Saga Anderson" on her badge when she committed the "awful crime" of daring to be White: https://twitter.com/SamLakeRMD/status/677615946241060864/photo/1
Considering Alan Wake II is now a real thing, this teaser falls very much in line with the premise of the game shown so far to the pointing of making Saga Anderson not so random after all, which mitigates my frustration with the forced co-protagonist in Alan Wake II.
My issue is, Remedy Entertainment completely changed Saga Anderson's appearance for Alan Wake II to the point of Race-Swapping - https://boundingintocomics.com/2023/06/14/alan-wake-ii-race-swaps-saga-anderson-replaces-original-actress-malla-malmivaara-with-the-idol-actress-melanie-liburd/ - and I despise this change, Race-Swapping is Woke and spreads Racism among Society with the pretense of "inclusion" or "diversity". Imagine if there was Quantum Break 2 and Remedy Entertainment decided to race-swap Martin Hatch (RIP, Lance Reddick) to be portrayed by the likes of Chris Evans or Chris Hemsworth, white guys; just as bad.
To be fair, from the trailer, Saga was never properly named there, and only from her FBI badge her name can be barely seen (Alex Casey's name was written with big letters on the board as missing person), which is certainly why most of us had missed this detail. Some "brilliant mind" in Remedy Entertainment must have dismissed the issue of race-swapping Saga Anderson ("bah, nodody will notice, who cares") but this Woke decision backfired on them, especially when Melanie Liburd committed Wokeness in promotional material of Alan Wake II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgL99_0cihQ&t=158s
I do not know nor really care why Malla Malmivaara didn't return to Alan Wake 2, but would it hurt so badly to just recast her with another blonde white actress? Why not cast Melanie Liburd as another supporting character important to the plot of Alan Wake II, as a resident of Bright Falls, for example? Everybody happy, but nooo, this was clearly not good enough for Remedy Entertainment.
I wonder if Remedy Entertainment will bother to write a "narrative excuse" for the race-swapping in Alan Wake II (which would make sense if Saga Anderson is just a construct created by Alan Wake) or just pretend this easter egg never existed.
Wokeness shall cost Remedy Entertainment more than they are willing to admit. It did not have to be this way.

[talloyer]

引用自 SpaceHobo：

引用自 talloyer：

I know, I got banned from Alan Wake Forums for a week with my thread deleted for complaining about Melanie Liburd being nominated for The Game Awards instead of the better actors in Alan Wake 2 (RIP, James McCaffrey!) because it was deemed as "inflammatory" by Steam Support, even though I had received only 3 replies by then, all positive.

Oh no! The actor that did everything herself got nominated instead of the others who just did voice or face only. Oh no!
(sorry the dude died doesn't mean he gets a free award over others who did face and body capture)

Tsc, Tsc, She LOST, suck it down, Sweet Babe Inc.!!!!!!!

[SpaceHobo]

引用自 talloyer：

引用自 SpaceHobo：

Oh no! The actor that did everything herself got nominated instead of the others who just did voice or face only. Oh no!
(sorry the dude died doesn't mean he gets a free award over others who did face and body capture)

Tsc, Tsc, She LOST, suck it down, Sweet Babe Inc.!!!!!!!

Still nominated over bad actors :3

[talloyer]

引用自 SpaceHobo：

引用自 talloyer：

Tsc, Tsc, She LOST, suck it down, Sweet Babe Inc.!!!!!!!

Still nominated over bad actors :3

If that's what takes to be "good", I'm so glad they are "bad", WokeWoke!
Just the fact you refer to James McCaffrey as "sorry the dude died" shows how ignorant, thus, worthless, you are.

[SpaceHobo]

引用自 talloyer：

引用自 SpaceHobo：

Still nominated over bad actors :3

If that's what takes to be "good", I'm so glad they are "bad", WokeWoke!
Just the fact you refer to James McCaffrey as "sorry the dude died" shows how ignorant, thus, worthless, you are.

He wont ♥♥♥♥ you bro :3

[talloyer]

Press F for Respect!

[Zach]

it didn’t go broke as you said it would huh

[talloyer]

引用自 weightler white：

it didn’t go broke as you said it would huh

It did, actually. I was going to post about it, though I don't think the source is strong enough: https://gameworldobserver.com/2023/12/14/alan-wake-2-sales-850k-copies-other-remedy-games

[Elrodeus]

引用自 Robert Akio：

Blame Sweet Baby inc. That group was likely the one responsible for doing such a thing.

I'm not going to defend that company because I don't think they belong in the video game industry. But anyone that has played Alan Wake 2 and beat the game should know why she was race swapped.

It could have simply been that the narrative built around her supernatural powers in the game are more interesting when you tie her story (and the race implied) to Martin Hatch (Warlin Door). Since her character was only shown in a video shot within Quantum Break it was a better trade to race swap her so it worked thematically with Martin Hatch's character in the Alan Wake universe.

Seriously if you played Quantum Break you know there's already lore within the game that would explain this. Hatch says "There are other shifters. You. Your best friend who is now your mortal enemy. Dr. Kim. Others, some of whom you know (Beth :)). It doesn't matter who, because they are gone, and when they emerge, if they ever emerge, they will not be who they were, just as I am not who I was before. I have done my part in helping you all achieve this state. "

Since Saga is related to Hatch (Door) and is a Shifter then the same logic can be applied to her. So Saga Anderson in the Alan Wake universe isn't as she was before, just as Martin Hatch isn't exactly as he was before becoming Warlin Door. It's literally in the lore of the games.

[talloyer]

引用自 Dwapook：

引用自 Marcelo X：

I had no idea that they race-swapped in Alan Wake 2 until today, that is racist, no other way around it. You can try to defend race-swapping all you want, but at the end of the day you are just justifying racism, like all these comments I just read on here that pretend they don't see an issue with race-swapping or pretend they don't understand why it's racist. Oh please, it's extremely common now for people to pretend to not know why something is controversial...playing dumb doesn't work with me, you aren't so stupid that you don't know what the problem is. smfh at the phony people pretending to not understand why race-swapping is racist or who pretend this is a rightwing issue (it's not the rightwing that participates in race-swapping, that racism comes from the leftwing only.) And no, I'm not a republican, never voted for Trump yet the support of race-swapping and full-on racism are some of the reasons why I left the democratic party a few years ago, I just can't be a democrat anymore because the party has become super racist or maybe it was always super racist and I never noticed, they did create the KKK after all. So anyway, I'm not leftwing so I will never be okay with the racist act of race-swapping.

They didn't race swap. This is a racist troll post. This is an easter egg that isn't canon, it's on the level of concept art. Like.. Sam Lake even said it was just a concept, the game wasn't in production yet.

I don't know how you can say you're not racist when you so blindly support something like this or how you can claim other people are the ones being stupid.

Tsc, your lack of self-awaareness to excuse Racism. The very fact Remedy Entertainment never explained themselves about why they race-swapped Saga Anderson destroys the whole foundation of your Rant.

[talloyer]

引用自 Dwapook：

Me lack self awareness? You didn't address the foundation of what I said. It's an Easter Egg. It's not an actual game trailer. It's not an Alan Wake game. It was just a fun thing they did while they were toying with concepts and still trying to figure out what they wanted to do with Alan Wake. There's sources for this..
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/sorry-alan-wakes-return-is-not-a-game/1100-6435377/
Concepts are not finished products, it's the work you do to come up with ideas. You act like people are as stupid as you pretend to be.

When you apologize to me I will take your erratic replies seriously.

[CyanCatMan]

引用自 talloyer：

When you apologize to me I will take your erratic replies seriously.

Here i thought you were genuinely trying to discuss here.
Just another "Respect my claims" post, pack it up people false alarm.

[talloyer]

引用自 CyanCatMan：

引用自 talloyer：

When you apologize to me I will take your erratic replies seriously.

Here i thought you were genuinely trying to discuss here.
Just another "Respect my claims" post, pack it up people false alarm.

Bah, the dude calls me racist troll twice and still wants my consideration? Nah.

[CyanCatMan]

引用自 talloyer：

引用自 CyanCatMan：

Here i thought you were genuinely trying to discuss here.
Just another "Respect my claims" post, pack it up people false alarm.

Bah, the dude calls me racist troll twice and still wants my consideration? Nah.

Point and case. Just another ego poser instead of trying to fight the fight.
Move along.

[talloyer]

引用自 CyanCatMan：

引用自 talloyer：

Bah, the dude calls me racist troll twice and still wants my consideration? Nah.

Point and case. Just another ego poser instead of trying to fight the fight.
Move along.:pinkteam:

Move along! Buy a new game.

[CyanCatMan]

引用自 talloyer：

引用自 CyanCatMan：

Point and case. Just another ego poser instead of trying to fight the fight.
Move along.

Move along! Buy a new game.

Goodness gracious i diddn't even dig into you and your already throwing your message further under the bus.
You want the game to flop or not? Pick one.