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There is an amazing Finnish fairytale at the heart of Alan Wake 2's forests | Rock Paper Shotgun

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Remedy explains the fascinating concept of "Metsänpeitto" in horror game Alan Wake 2

Ho, wayfarer! Beware slight spoilers for Alan Wake 2 in the passages ahead. Deep in the Dark Place of Alan Wake 2 there is a forest that is not a forest - a zig-zag tunnel adorned with murals of a grisly woodland scene. Entering that tunnel, you find yourself sealed in at either end. But the mural suggests a way out: it changes when you turn around, following an unspoken narrative. It's a device as delicate as the graffiti elsewhere in the Dark Place is obnoxious. In hindsight, it feels like an example of "metsänpeitto", a concept from Finnish folklore about forests which, as writer Sinik

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