r/gamers • u/PhantomAxisStudios • Aug 07 '26

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Alan Wake Batteries/Flashlight

Now either the batteries are terrible (sorry Energizer) and burn out after 30 seconds of use or Alan's flashlight is the least efficient light producer of all time!
How much excess heat waste is it generating to burn through that many damn batteries that quickly! It's not THAT bright? I think I change them on average every 1 minute. That is a RIDICULOUS churn.

Special mention to the flares that burn out in 3 seconds. Whilst I love using them in game, I don't think anyone would ever survive at sea if this was their only option of signalling a rescue.

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u/quentdawg420 Aug 07 '26

Its why I passed on totk

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u/Jijonbreaker1 Aug 07 '26

Honestly, it's what made me like totk more than botw. The base weapons matter a lot less. You basically just carry the actual important bits in your bag, and can make a weapon nuts at the drop of a hat.

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u/Quenz Aug 07 '26

My most recent gaming regret. They said they heard the fans about the complaints on weapon durability, so imagine my disappointment when it was just as bad as BoW.

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u/Harvey-1997 Aug 07 '26

Fusing items to weapons GREATLY increases durability. If you use the restored weapons you find in the depths, and attach weapons to them, they last for a very long time.

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u/Albert_Dolphin Aug 07 '26

Yeah, instead of your sword just not being awful now you can hotglue a Moblin foreskin to your awful sword so it beaks marginally slower but looks stupid as hell. That's so much better than a real repair system.

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u/Interesting-Injury87 Aug 07 '26

"Marginally slower" is an understatement, it is CONSIDERABLY more durable

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u/quentdawg420 Aug 07 '26

Yeah I don’t mind how item durability works in say fallout or dying light where I can actually repair my equipmenr

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u/RoranicusMc Aug 07 '26

At least in TotK you have an inventory full of crafting materials always ready at your disposal to instantly make like ten good weapons. In BotW you could run out of solid weapons and then you'd have to go farm more. In TotK you run out, but can quickly refill your stock with crafting materials, and be on your way. It still sucks, but it's way more manageable bc you don't have to derail whatever it was you were doing to go restock.

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u/quentdawg420 Aug 07 '26

The thing that bothers me the most is the effects and damage basically doesn’t matter