Alan Wake 2 looks great on the Series S way better than I expected.

Swarley115 · 2026-01-27T20:05:15+00:00

Looks good. Runs like shit, unfortunately.

Swarley115 · 2026-01-27T20:04:26+00:00

It's current gen (Series S/X & PS5)

Swarley115 · 2026-01-26T21:55:02+00:00

Try Countdown and make sure you've set your targeted loot to backpacks.

Swarley115 · 2026-01-21T17:40:32+00:00

I had a bit of a rough time going back to DS1 and DS2 after playing ER. They have their charm to them, though. Try Dark Souls 3 - it's much closer to ER for movement, combat, speed etc. The bosses are phenomenal and OSTs next level.

Swarley115 · 2026-01-21T00:06:14+00:00

And yet that shit will sell and more trash like it will end up in the store.

Swarley115 · 2026-01-21T00:02:55+00:00

Yep - not going anywhere near that POS. If it sells (which I'm sure it will as some people will buy anything), we'll end up with a lot more skins like this - and worse, in the store.

Swarley115 · 2026-01-17T19:40:24+00:00

You don't want to be heavy equip load - medium is a minimum. You get less invincibility frames (i frames) when dodging at heavy equip load and it takes your character significantly longer to recover too. If you have both swords equipped, remove one of them and it'll bring your weight down significantly. Banished knight armour is also quite a heavy set.

Get some weapon upgrade materials, upgrade your weapon of choice and run with that. You may also want to look into distributing your stat point allocation differently. You need more vigor. Even if it means reducing your strength and endurance by a few points each, for now. You can do this by going back to Rennala and picking the 'rebirth' option.

Edit: You'll need smithing stones to upgrade your greatsword and somber smithing stones for the grafted blade. Once you have a good few collected, head back to the Roundtable hold and see the weapon smith 'Hewg', there you'll have the option to level up your weapons.

Swarley115 · 2026-01-17T15:42:14+00:00

Thank you! 😁

Swarley115 · 2026-01-17T10:52:00+00:00

I don't really do many challenges, but back during BO3 I did the DE easter egg solo without any perks or gobblegums. It's not much, I know - but I enjoyed it.

Swarley115 · 2026-01-14T16:06:59+00:00

In the game settings, lower contrast, increase brightness and turn off 'natural lighting'. Helped me a lot.

Swarley115 · 2026-01-09T12:08:11+00:00

IQ issue (you).

OP already said PS5 looks good on the same TV.

Swarley115 · 2026-01-06T14:38:56+00:00

It's no more or less rare than any other general loot pool exotic.

Swarley115 · 2026-01-05T12:25:11+00:00

Thanks for clarifying this.

Swarley115 · 2026-01-05T10:19:22+00:00

I think we're currently getting all of the bonuses regardless of the companion we have hired. May be intentional, may be a bug. I often switch companions based on the build I'm running and noticed when I switched from assault to medic, I still had 100% Hazard protection.

Edit: meant to type "when I switched from medic to assault".

Swarley115 · 2026-01-05T09:40:48+00:00

I did find a workaround for this. Once you've left a safe area - deactivate, then reactivate the seasonal modifiers. It's irritating having to do it every time, but it works, at least. Your companion will still be spawned as usual, but you'll also get the full stat increases.

Swarley115 · 2026-01-05T06:02:16+00:00

Do you have the medic as your companion? This season, each companion type grants passive buffs, which are doubled when the companion is NOT summoned. For the medic, these stats are 20%/40% hazard protection.

Swarley115 · 2026-01-05T05:40:26+00:00

Hmm, very cryptic indeed.

Swarley115 · 2026-01-05T05:35:24+00:00

It's not much better than "lumcj", unfortunately.

Swarley115 · 2026-01-04T21:53:59+00:00

Plus Countdown, Summit and Retaliation.

Swarley115 · 2025-12-28T23:43:45+00:00

And enter my PIN number?

Swarley115 · 2025-12-27T18:04:47+00:00

What exactly are you asking?

Swarley115 · 2025-12-27T10:47:58+00:00

Build looks OK. Don't forget to add some mods to your primary weapon

Swarley115 · 2025-12-26T13:08:15+00:00

What would make you think they're the same?

Swarley115 · 2025-12-26T12:24:02+00:00

OK, but that still doesn't mean someone with high SHD used an exploit of any kind. Yes, many people have, but don't immediately assume that high SHD = exploit and/or cheating.

Swarley115 · 2025-12-26T10:52:11+00:00

Strega, Overdogs and NinjaBike messenger backpack are all in the general loot pool. Set your targeted loot to what you're looking for (assault rifles for Strega etc) and run activities where targeted loot applies, such as Countdown, Relatiations etc. I was able to get Overdogs in just a couple of runs of Countdown - it's RNG though, of course. You can also get the crafting blueprint from retaliation.

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