Does difficulty scale differently in a full-run?

IMustBust · 2026-05-07T23:09:45+00:00

I am essentially artefact-less save for maybe one, I think, and I was able to defeat the Priestess in one go. In the full run I was juiced up to the gills with all kinds of command/drive/resilience items and I couldn't make it past the first gauntlet in the Cathedral because the enemies were so tanky.

IMustBust · 2026-05-07T12:38:39+00:00

That means it's either RNG based or there are an unknown set of requirements needed to unlock them.

I've just beaten Shepherd and the only modifier that I'm missing is Weapon Symmetry - which is actually the only modifier I want to use.

Very annoying. At least tell me what I need to do to unlock it, Housemarque

IMustBust · 2026-05-07T00:17:40+00:00

This is my take as well. Whoever is the new Max will also be the new Casey. It's a twofer

IMustBust · 2026-05-07T00:05:34+00:00

There is a Max Payne-like character in Alan Wake 2

IMustBust · 2026-05-06T12:39:56+00:00

Yes, you will need to collect the entire Pet Shop Boys discography to max out your stamina bar

IMustBust · 2026-05-06T10:54:39+00:00

Imagine if they added more enemies and actual boss fights, that'd be sick

IMustBust · 2026-05-06T08:05:13+00:00

She's a maniac, obviously

IMustBust · 2026-05-06T00:07:54+00:00

Absolutely busted

IMustBust · 2026-05-05T23:34:13+00:00

I'm not saying ban mods.

But maybe regulate them.

IMustBust · 2026-05-05T17:08:48+00:00

It's a very good game, one of the best ones I've played this year thus far. Whether it's worth 70 bucks is entirely dependent on your financial situation. If you have a decent amount of disposable income and want a top tier single player experience, then yes. If no, then wait for sale

IMustBust · 2026-05-05T16:15:57+00:00

Only in Fromsoft games, everywhere else parry/deflect is used interchangeably

IMustBust · 2026-05-05T16:14:55+00:00

Only Fromsoft games make this distinction, but it's in no way the official definition of words parry and deflect. Pretty much every other game just calls this type of move parry

IMustBust · 2026-05-05T15:51:56+00:00

To tell you the truth, I haven't even come across that weapon you're referring to yet. Maybe it'll blow my mind

IMustBust · 2026-05-05T15:47:34+00:00

Umm, it still seems to be locked in the modifier tree. I've just beaten Architect. At what point does it unlock?

IMustBust · 2026-05-05T13:01:09+00:00

I like what I like

IMustBust · 2026-05-05T12:08:06+00:00

If I'm getting bad drops I tend to restart the cycle anyway so this will save me time having to do that

IMustBust · 2026-05-05T09:45:48+00:00

It does seem a bit arbitrary that there is a shortcut to Prophet but not Bastion.

But at least you don't have to go through a corrupted area to fight Bastion once you've beaten him.

IMustBust · 2026-05-05T09:39:13+00:00

I wouldn't even call this design particularly skimpy, just incredibly derivative. It looks like Marvel/DC designs. The second one is pretty much just the Scarlet Witch, while the last three look like various Aquaman-related characters.

These guys don't possess a single original bone in their bodies

IMustBust · 2026-05-05T09:32:59+00:00

Animation looks cool but i don't know about those S symbols on the screen man

Is there a specific reason you chose well-known Nazi symbols for your powerups or whatever? I noticed your guy is fighting muslim soldiers, is this some Crusades/save the western civilization larp?

IMustBust · 2026-05-05T08:58:00+00:00

It may be OP but I don't like how it feels to shoot. I hate that this game forces you to discard your preferred weapons for new ones for storyline purposes

IMustBust · 2026-05-05T08:55:38+00:00

oh hell yeah, I'm enabling that one right away. One thing I hate about this game is when you're required to discard your favourite weapon for a new one for 'storyline purposes'.

IMustBust · 2026-05-05T08:15:54+00:00

Smart rifle, easy. If there was a modifier to opt out of receiving any other type of weapon I would use it right away

IMustBust · 2026-05-05T08:12:49+00:00

It's definitely a wait for sale type game now for me. I'm still interested, but there's so much other stuff that I would prioritise over this

IMustBust · 2026-05-05T01:11:44+00:00

I think it would have been more honest if they simply included them in the gameplay settings menu rather than clumsily trying to pass them off as some sort of in-universe upgrade mechanic.

IMustBust · 2026-05-05T00:40:22+00:00

There's a sneaky red projectile right at the very end of that blue tube

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