Survival II

[Druidsaint]

Playing my first playthrough on this difficulty.
Does the upgrades solve the bullet sponge later on? Bad checkpoint system and bullet sponge really are the cancer of gaming.

At least you can assassinate style stealth kill zombies and humans. but the checkpoint is terrible like all console games

I am still on first tutorial map.

[C.bullet]

if I were you I'd play my first on normal for story+action and a new game+ on the hardest available difficulty with my knowledge and unlocks

[Mayakii]

I see you're somewhat interested in achievement hunting (based on your profile), so here's my recommendation - play your first playthrough on hard II to have an easier and quicker time in finding collectibles, resources, etc., and after completing the game once, start NG+ on survival II, as you'll be able to carry over your overpowered gear and fly through the content.

If not, well, the early game is quite slow until you get a few decent weapons. Always aim for the head. Crossbow is a great starting weapon as arrows are easy to make, while stealth is your second friend.

[Dawido]

Originally posted by Druidsaint:

Playing my first playthrough on this difficulty.
Does the upgrades solve the bullet sponge later on? Bad checkpoint system and bullet sponge really are the cancer of gaming.

At least you can assassinate style stealth kill zombies and humans. but the checkpoint is terrible like all console games

I am still on first tutorial map.

-First playground
-Barely know how to play game
-Chooses hardest difficulty

[Mayakii]

Originally posted by Dewido8:

-First playground
-Barely know how to play game
-Chooses hardest difficulty

Why wouldn't that be okay? I always do that myself

[Dawido]

Originally posted by .augis:

Originally posted by Dewido8:

-First playground
-Barely know how to play game
-Chooses hardest difficulty

Why wouldn't that be okay? I always do that myself

He is responsible for himself that now game is too hard for him

[Dawido]

Also, you can save game whenever you want, only if you motocycle is near you

[Mayakii]

Originally posted by Dewido8:

Originally posted by .augis:

Why wouldn't that be okay? I always do that myself

He is responsible for himself that now game is too hard for him

I am uncertain how people don't understand that you can save at any point outside combat next to a bed or a moving hub (bike), but just because enemies have a lot of health, doesn't really make the game difficult. It's a lazy method that is rather annoying than hard

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[Mayakii]

Originally posted by Druidsaint:

I just finished the main story in survival ii. And, it doesn't even have a dedicated achievement for level II (only one for survival).

I dont think I will finish those hordes in this difficulty with that much grind.

Maybe in easy ng+

I guess I will go unlock the secret bonus ending

Since you finished the game, you should have access to the best weapons in the game now, which makes horde clearing quite an easy task if you have the penetration upgrade and some mats to craft attractors

[Mayakii]

Originally posted by Druidsaint:

But when running out of ammos/bombs/etc and need to find resources that's what I found tedious at this difficulty.

The way I handled hordes was by parking my bike further away from the horde itself and engaging them. For all the zones but last, you don't really need to even restock on ammunition, but having your bike parked further allows you to run away, de-aggro them and restock on ammunition before engaging them again. That being said, I would also not really use any tools such as attractors or bombs in early zones and save them for the last two zones or so, as those have more enemies.

[Mayakii]

Originally posted by Druidsaint:

are any like the lumber yard? that one took many running back and forth for the resources to respawn?

That horde has the biggest number of zombies, therefore it is the hardest one. But even that one can be cheesed

[hatta]

Days Gone is only playable on Survival II.
Everything else is far too easy, at least for repeated playthroughs.
With Survival II, Days Gone has great replay value, as does "Gothic2 (2002)".
Choosing "Normal" for repeated playthroughs makes no sense when you can play Fallout 4.

[BimboGooch]

Originally posted by Druidsaint:

Playing my first playthrough on this difficulty.
Does the upgrades solve the bullet sponge later on? Bad checkpoint system and bullet sponge really are the cancer of gaming.

At least you can assassinate style stealth kill zombies and humans. but the checkpoint is terrible like all console games

I am still on first tutorial map.

just hit in the head, issue solves. Plus hordes usually die in a few shots anyways, the only true bullet sponges are big animals and big monsters, and maybe a couple bosses.

But upgrades dont solve it if you hit in the body.
I still think survival 2 or w.e the hardest is, is the way to play I am doing that for my first play, and its fun. I rarely have issues with bullet sponges as the only time you notice them is for monsters and animals that would be kinda bullet sponges or youd expect them too.

Anyways you really shouldnt play on the hardest settings in games if you hate bullet sponges.

[BimboGooch]

Originally posted by Druidsaint:

Originally posted by BimboGooch:

just hit in the head, issue solves. Plus hordes usually die in a few shots anyways, the only true bullet sponges are big animals and big monsters, and maybe a couple bosses.

But upgrades dont solve it if you hit in the body.
I still think survival 2 or w.e the hardest is, is the way to play I am doing that for my first play, and its fun. I rarely have issues with bullet sponges as the only time you notice them is for monsters and animals that would be kinda bullet sponges or youd expect them too.

Anyways you really shouldnt play on the hardest settings in games if you hate bullet sponges.

I already finished the game stories other than hordes. It was ok.

The last area's weapons are good enough to one shot freaks, even in the body. But, you dont get the same satisfaction cutting off limbs using melee on survival ii. The fast moving unique infected still takes about 8 hits with ripper axe, 4 to chop off its left arm.

Anyway, I got my money's worth clocking almost 70 hours. Time to move on to JRPG.
Just waiting for a better deal on either persona 5 or divine force.

I am gonna just go reduce my backlog by playing those first.

Ive been playing kingdom come deliverance for 80 hours now and im only like maybe half way done with that, think im 40% due to the mods im using to make it much harder and on hardcore with all debuffs, and hardcore is like this game in survival. no fast travel and theres no ui either

[BimboGooch]

Originally posted by Druidsaint:

Originally posted by BimboGooch:

Ive been playing kingdom come deliverance for 80 hours now and im only like maybe half way done with that, think im 40% due to the mods im using to make it much harder and on hardcore with all debuffs, and hardcore is like this game in survival. no fast travel and theres no ui either

That's another one in my backlog. I still think it's best to have fast travel in case main missions gets annoy and you just want to speed through those. I just need to be disciplined to not use fast travel for other reason.

I think the best kind of fast travel, is a system like morrowind. You have to pay for it, or learn how to cast it and you cant just auto go where ever in morrowind with spells, you gotta learn the location, or a call and mark spell. Which only allow you to well recall to a single marked area.
This way you get the QOL but also the immersion of having to pay for service.


KCD isnt a massive world, but ye with out fast travel the games length is easily doubled lmao. I slowed the leveling down with mods by about 50%, Along side debuffs from hardcore perks so I get 30% exp. Then made it so sell value is only about 25% of what youd normally get on hardcore. Makes it so you always have something to look forward too progression wise.

its got really good writing though.


Anyways, fast travel I dislike, but often I use it cuz many games are not designed with out it in mind so its more of a feeling forced to do it.