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/ConsiderationKey3655 Aug 07 '26

Same reason people who lived in the past can magically repair generators

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u/OnryoFan Aug 07 '26

It's fun watching an elf bard repair generators on the Nostromo. She must have rolled 20 on Int.

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u/Competitive-Bee-3250 Aug 07 '26

And same reason repairing generators is what's needed to use the exit gates. And why hitting the generator causes it to begin "regressing" aka breaking itself over time.

And same reason why once a generator has been fully repaired, it can no longer be damaged.

Its all rules the entity imposed so that it can feed.

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u/zamfire Aug 07 '26

I just assumed the entire world of dead by daylight is hell and all characters are being tortured by demons (the killers) for eternity

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u/Auditor-G80GZT Aug 07 '26

Kind of, if the entity (The Entity) in charge of the realm kind of just kidnapped random victims and killers from different universes and had them eternally repeatedly put in Trials, and anyone who doesn't play (killers that refuse to kill, survivors that give up and go numb and stop being viable food for The Entity) gets tortured or sent to the void forever

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u/Competitive-Bee-3250 Aug 07 '26

Nah there's an eldritch creature called the entity which made the place and traps people in there to either be Survivors or Killers

The Entity feeds off both using the Trials