achievement for ultrahard only in ng+

[Thorba]

I cant decide which difficulty i should choose for my first playthrough, i was picking the second highest, is the achievement for finishing ultrahard only available at the ng+ mode?

[Milchschnitte]

Yes

[Jaeger]

Yeah NG+ only. I'm starting mine tomorrow and I just need 5 more achievements to get all the trophies.

[Just Chill]

You don't need to suffer in your first playthrough as also the unlockables are only for ultra hard in NG+.

Well actually normal, hard, very hard and ultra hard.
But if you skip these and just do ultra hard you get 'em all. :D

[Thorba]

Its a bit sad because i play games normaly only one time (and try to achieve as much i can), only real good games could bring me to a second playthrough.

[SpectreWulf]

Originally posted by Thorba:

Its a bit sad because i play games normaly only one time (and try to achieve as much i can), only real good games could bring me to a second playthrough.

You are correct, I always enjoy games in the hardest difficulty, but when I saw the details of Ultra Hard, it turned me off.

I always hate difficulty sliders which makes the players do less damage and the enemies more. To me it's sign of a bad RPG design. Although if you look at it, Ultra Hard is supposed to be a NG+ thing since it reduces your damage output by 70% and increases enemies' to 200%, which makes sense since you will be super buffed coming to a new game with all the perks and buffs.

With how bad it was to aim with a controller, and this games sure wants you to make split second shots with your bow(s), I decided to go with Hard Difficulty(Player 90% dmg, Enemy: 125%).

I am enjoying my game now instead of every battle being a tense encounter. As always it's upto you how you want to play it.

[Apokalypt]

The game is pretty difficult even on normal. So I wouldn`t make it too hard on the first run. I have now started the ng+ on ultra hard and you get 2-3 shotted by small machines even with best armors.

[Vatrox]

Originally posted by Thorba:

Its a bit sad because i play games normaly only one time (and try to achieve as much i can), only real good games could bring me to a second playthrough.

This for me, its has to be a really good game to actually play a second time :I

[Nifty]

I played ultra hard on first play through without knowing the game, it makes it so much more fun, and if you just care about the achievement you can really just breeze through everything on ng+ afterwards in a few hours cause you will be used to it and get your achievement.
so i recommend playing your first play through on ultra hard and enjoying it and taking it slow and learning the game through that difficultly.

since you did say you only do 1 play through, you can finish this game incredibly quick just rushing the main quest so yeah, try it on ultra hard first play through.

p.s. I tell you what though, i didn't do the dlc on non ng+ and it's pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hard on ultra & ng+ but fun and challenging. nothing really feels like a cheap death in this game, you can manage pretty much everything. the only thing that WILL be a problem will be resources later on in the game and you may need to farm a little bit sadly. specifically blaze as a lot of the later enemies stop dropping it.

[Mephisto-Luzifer]

Originally posted by Thorba:

Its a bit sad because i play games normaly only one time (and try to achieve as much i can), only real good games could bring me to a second playthrough.

Rushing the story in ng+ wouldnt take that long. Just make sure to equip everything important before going to ng+.

[Thorba]

I decided to play the game in the second hardest difficult now. I become more and more a fan of just having one difficult with a good increasing learning curve then too many where i always have to search what fits right.
Normaly i pick the hardest difficult and take the achievement as a bonus, but at this game it seems not possible and like spectre wullf was saying ultrahard seems like a mode made for ng+

[SteadfastBark]

Finished my platinium run for this game . Started from ultra hard and because of that it take me 65hrs, coz y u need shttoons of mats on ultra hard everything cost alot and upgrades cost more mats . If u plan to do fast plat go for lower difficulty get all except ng + ultra hard ( when u done) prepare for ultra sell all blue green crap fill it up with white mats for arrows and just speed run the crap of it .. avoid all optional quests just run from point a to point b w/o killing anything ^^ ez mode ultra hard , O y and dont bother with new weapons . U have weapon scalind down on ultra hard so it is pointles to get them