The Oceanview Hotel is one of the biggest challenges in Alan Wake 2’s Room 665 chapter, wherein Alan has to traverse the hotel’s floors as the entire building shifts into a puzzle. Once inside the hotel, the real challenge arrives.
Here’s how to complete the Oceanview Hotel section of the Room 665 chapter in Alan Wake 2.
How to get into the Oceanview Hotel in Alan Wake 2
When the chapter Room 665 begins, your first goal is to get into the Oceanview Hotel for a meeting with an ally in the Dark Place. Head straight to the building and go in through the front door, and you’ll enter a loop that will send you back out through the same front door without ever turning around.
Like the man on the payphone said, the trick is to find another entrance. The other way in is through the alley where Caldera Street and Ocean Avenue meet, to the left of the intersection. Go through many doors and a few minor Angel Lamp puzzles, and you’ll eventually arrive at a Cocktail Bar beside a side entrance to the Oceanview Hotel. The entrance is locked, and the keypad code is the hotel’s signature cocktail price: 2250.
This area also has a shotgun that Alan can find through creative use of the Angel Lamp.
How to get through the Oceanview Hotel
Once you get into the hotel, you’ll be introduced to Thomas Zane and be shown a cutscene before you can leave. Afterward, look for an Echo near the elevator to take it back down to the main floor.
This is one of the funnier cutscenes in the game and is a nice break of levity before the hotel’s bloody story continues.
This whole section is similar to the Caldera Street Station section near the start of the game, with scenes, Echoes, enemies, and building a story to change the environment. Thankfully, like the Caldera Station part, you can wander around and eventually find the place you need to go. In my experience, the Oceanview Hotel can seem slightly confusing in its story and navigating from floor to floor, but it makes sense once you get used to it.
How to complete the Entrance Hall scene
Walking into the Entrance Hall starts the first scene. To get the first plot point, go behind the receptionist’s desk to see another Echo and get the Pre-Show Ritual option.
Using this plot point for the Entrance Hall will offer a Break Room and open more of the floor to explore.
How to complete the Final Scene to get to the second floor
Whether you go left or right, the hallways will lead to another scene—the Final Scene. Using the Pre-Show Ritual option will show you a box with a note and a key to Room 104.
While the numbers seem like a simple mistake, they are a clue telling you how to get to the second floor. Open the door to Room 104 with the key and go inside. One door leads to a bathroom and another to the Break Room on the second floor. There aren’t any stairs, so you’ll need to get in via unconventional means that become clearer as you progress through the story.
On the second floor, exiting from Room 225, there are plenty of rooms that Alan can access. To progress, there are two different scenes on the floor to discover.
How to complete the Rehearsal Room scene
First, there is the Rehearsal Room scene, which is accessible through Room 219. Head into that room and absorb the light with the Angel Lamp to unlock a new hallway to Room 202, also known as the Rehearsal Room. Using the Pre-Show Ritual plot point will reveal an Echo and a new plot point for the entire location: Haunted.
How to complete the Ballroom scene
Next, head to the end of the second floor’s main hallways to get to the Ballroom, which has another Break Room inside. With the multiple plot points to choose from, use the newly acquired Haunted plot point to access a new Echo on the stage. Many enemies will spawn, but the Echo will provide another plot point: The Devil.
How to complete the Entrance Hall scene to get to the sixth floor
With this latest addition, head back to the Entrance Hall to apply The Devil to the scene. This will open the staircase to the top floor and unleash many enemies, so be prepared. Along with looking into another Echo on one of the landings, go up to the sixth floor and head down the bloody hallway and locked doors to Room 666.
This room has nothing inside but an inscription on the floor and an Echo into absolute darkness, which offers the final plot point of the hotel section, Climax. Just as the Echo ends, the Dark Presence arrives deeper inside the room. Run away from it, but be careful when you get halfway down the corridor. The Dark Presence will suddenly appear before you, forcing you to turn back. Go to the other corridor at the middle junction and continue to the light of the Break Room.
It can be surprising, as it was for me when the Dark Presence suddenly appears before you. With the way it looks, it can be confusing trying to work out where it is. I thought he was close behind me, making me see those flashing visions when he was in front of me, and I ran straight into him. That was my first and only death in Alan Wake 2, so don’t feel bad if it surprises you.
How to complete the Final Scene to end the chapter
After going through the nearby double doors, you’ll return to the Entrance Hall’s first floor. Change the scene to Climax for a final Echo before going to the Final Scene and changing that to Climax.
This will open Room 108, and reaching the bathtub at the end will conclude the chapter with another discussion with Saga Anderson.
Now you have everything we know about surviving and traversing Alan Wake 2’s Oceanview Hotel segment. Make sure to drink lots of coffee.
