What's the difficulty like?

[DiabloMuerto]

I don't tend to need the ultimate challenge in games, I just like it not to be a cake walk. Obviously though that tends to be different from game to game. So Normal or hard?

[Grim@FU_BARRACUDA]

Hmm that is always a "difficult" Question, but i think besides early Horde Gamplay its easy on normal. I guess on Hard it could be interesting, but i wanted to save that for a second Playthrough. Then there is also a survival Mode where you have only one Life if im right? So i guess there is always Room to make it as challenging as you want or need. It has even easy Mode where the extrem rare QT-Events get solved for you, wich is a bit weird cause they only ask you to hold down a Button, but ok. There are maybe People who really need that.

[Nite69]

start with easy or normal then to see how it played for you, but once you switch to Hard you cant set to a lower setting.

I finished the game on Hard, I plan to eventually do another playthrough on Hard II

I did struggled on some battles (mainly the zombie horde ones) but I didn't have too much of an issue with the rest of the game

and no survival mode isn't just one life lol, its the same difficulty as hard II but disables the Game Hud and Fast Travel

[Ruin]

Originally posted by DiabloMuerto:

I don't tend to need the ultimate challenge in games, I just like it not to be a cake walk. Obviously though that tends to be different from game to game. So Normal or hard?

All but the very hardest difficulty have basically no consequences for failure. Most checkpointing is within two minutes of the point you died unless you're irresponsible with where you quicksave on your bike, so even if you are struggling on an encounter you're only going to be frustrated rather than actually challenged.

Think of he minimal respawn time you get in Hotline Miami on failure and consider what that does for tension in a game that's ostensiably focussed on survival mechanics.

This game is very casual in terms of general mechanics. Set your expectations appropriately.

[Janer64]

I started off on hard and completed it.
To me hard felt like normal , I hope that helps if you get what I'm trying to say :)

[Cerebro]

It's fairly easy - even on the higher difficulties - after you gained a few good skills and better weapons. My first run was on Survivor II and the endgame was a breeze. I'd say that some challanges in challange mode are difficult but story mode is not.

[Nite69]

the hardest battle for me in story mode was the sawmill horde cause it for some reason was regenerating on just that horde once you get it down to about 1/3 health (No idea why just that one did this cause other hordes weren't this way), but the rest of it was fairly easy

[Cerebro]

I read that this horde is somewhat scripted. I chipped away at the sawmill freaks some time before you have to eliminate them and the horde didn't regenerate - but I remember Deacon implying something along the line of a second wave or something while fighting them.

[Johnny 5]

As others have said the game gets easier as you progress & unlock new skills / weapons. I played on Hard mode my 1st playthrough and had a blast.

[Nite69]

Yep Hard Mode for me too and I use Hard II for NG+

I would have played survival but didn't want to lose the hud, I would have been ok with losing fast travel, they should have added a survival no fast travel mode but kept the HUD I would chose it

[Amene]

Originally posted by DiabloMuerto:

I don't tend to need the ultimate challenge in games, I just like it not to be a cake walk. Obviously though that tends to be different from game to game. So Normal or hard?

My subjective feeling it's very easy (having played on Survival II). There is some challenge at the start when you are new to the game and are missing skills/levels/equipment, but it becomes non issue very quickly.

[Nite69]

Originally posted by Amene:

Originally posted by DiabloMuerto:

I don't tend to need the ultimate challenge in games, I just like it not to be a cake walk. Obviously though that tends to be different from game to game. So Normal or hard?

My subjective feeling it's very easy (having played on Survival II). There is some challenge at the start when you are new to the game and are missing skills/levels/equipment, but it becomes non issue very quickly.

yea once you get guns from the enemies at the first place you stealth at near the tower its fairly straight forward

[Amene]

Originally posted by Nite69:

I would have played survival but didn't want to lose the hud,

For the record, it's not permanently gone - you can always call it back for few seconds with the survival/focus key.

[Nite69]

Originally posted by Amene:

Originally posted by Nite69:

I would have played survival but didn't want to lose the hud,

For the record, it's not permanently gone - you can always call it back for few seconds with the focus key.

still wouldn't have worked out well for me cause I hardly use focus, never needed it the entire game even for the sniper rifle or crossbow when doing long range kills

[76561199140724733]

Originally posted by Amene:

Originally posted by Nite69:

I would have played survival but didn't want to lose the hud,

For the record, it's not permanently gone - you can always call it back for few seconds with the focus key.

I completed Survival II on my first playthrough and I spammed Survival Vision to check my Health, Stamina, to look for Random Events, the GPS, Lootable Items and Bodies. It wasn't a great experience for me and for my eyes, so I probably won't touch Survival after a long time. I will be sticking with Hard II since it is basically the same difficulty to Survival II in terms of enemy damage and health, just with the HUD on.

[Amene]

Originally posted by Nite69:

still wouldn't have worked out well for me cause I hardly use focus, never needed it the entire game even for the sniper rifle or crossbow when doing long range kills

Survival vision/focus key (it's the same shortcut). Basically the only purpose of that vision in survival mode is to peek at the hud.