Sam Lake says he finds Alan Wake 2 and Control's connected universe "really exciting", but he still wants to make sure every game is still "enjoyable on its own"

Remedy is slowly building up its Connected Universe with games like Alan Wake 2 and Control, but it still wants to make sure each game is enjoyable on its own.

Despite the fact that this Connected Universe only really got started with Control, you can feel this intention already in effect – I played Alan Wake after Control, and definitely didn’t feel like I was missing out.

But he also made it clear that Remedy wants each game to be something that can be enjoyed in its own right.