Is nightmare mode unbeatable ?

[KERsD]

We beat the standard mode with my friends after 2 hours and a lot of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ communication , and im thinking that if you play with randoms with voice chat or text chat , you cant complete the nightmare mode . I mean you dont have a UV Light to calm Anna or kill the demons on the ground

[jamiemie]

I have no clue, seems impossible

[Bardo Thodol]

Why is it difficult with random people?
Obviously
a) lack of experience and
b) lack of/improper communication

Also a good setup is key.
That means knowing where your hay, gas, medkits and goats are.
An obvious one is to unlock all doors before burning the first goat.

Also knowing which paths are more likely to be clear. Keeping one guy as dedicated medkit/demon/anna scout is very helpful.
You can control her kills by baiting her. You can run her in circles inside the house, voluntarily dying to her to buy time for your teammates.

Running around without absolutely knowing where you go is a recipe for disaster.

I finished it on nightmare multiple times by now so it's not impossible.
It's kind of the point of the game to keep trying to find out how you can beat her.

[Malthael]

Just grab the goats and bring them all to the ritual stone before you burn a single one and then burn them all at once.

[Bardo Thodol]

Originally posted by Malthael:

Just grab the goats and bring them all to the ritual stone before you burn a single one and then burn them all at once.

Make sure to unlock the cellar to grab some wine, which goes just fantastically along with that cheese.

[KERsD]

Originally posted by 𝕬𝖑𝖎𝖈𝖊:

Why is it difficult with random people?
Obviously
a) lack of experience and
b) lack of/improper communication

Also a good setup is key.
That means knowing where your hay, gas, medkits and goats are.
An obvious one is to unlock all doors before burning the first goat.

Also knowing which paths are more likely to be clear. Keeping one guy as dedicated medkit/demon/anna scout is very helpful.
You can control her kills by baiting her. You can run her in circles inside the house, voluntarily dying to her to buy time for your teammates.

Running around without absolutely knowing where you go is a recipe for disaster.

I finished it on nightmare multiple times by now so it's not impossible.
It's kind of the point of the game to keep trying to find out how you can beat her.

I mean obviously if you tryhard it enough you can do it , but doesnt super tryharding it take the fun away from the game? Because for me it kinda does , missing the point of trying not to ♥♥♥♥ your pants with Anna and just play to beat the level

[Bardo Thodol]

I don't consider working with a plan "tryharding".
Knowing where your items are, having all doors unlocked and having roles assigned to your group members. I think that's literally what you'd do if you were in such a situation irl.

The odds are stacked against you, clearly. You're rather defenseless if you decide to wing it, giving it all up to chance. Even with all preparation things can go south rather quickly.
It just takes one freak demon to throw your attempts over board. That's what nightmare mode is.
If anything, it's too easy, considering the infinitely spawning medkits.

If you know how, you can just hide from her. I've had her bump into me multiple times while on a blind chase and she did not pick me up.

The tryharding starts when you hoard all the goats at the altar before starting anything.
And even that is debatable. Even if it's boring, it's probably exactly what you'd do irl.

If you just want to Azazel & Chill you can play normal mode.
For all intends and purposes, your request does not compute.
(Play Hardcore mode while expecting a Softcore experience, complaining you cannot win while not playing for the win)

[KERsD]

I guess you got a point yeah but I was mostly referring to the "You can run her in circles inside the house, voluntarily dying to her to buy time for your teammates." but yeah . I'm just speaking from the perspective that would like nightmare mode more of like "You will ♥♥♥♥ you pants even more mode" than "Coordinate with your teammates or you cant win mode" .

[Bardo Thodol]

Oh well besides the whole map being soaked in blood and you being unable to use a UV light, it doesn't get any scarier than it is on normal mode.
Which is kind of fine by me. I think new maps and all that can make it scarier in the future.
Hardcore really just tests your game knowledge and team coordination.

But that example is kind of why I mean that Hardcore is too easy. You can run her in circles until she catches you, your teammate follows with a medkit, instant revives you just to repeat the same pattern again and again until you've got all goats.

That is probably the cheesiest method, which you don't even have to use. Even just playing the game in a regular fashion is viable. Not easy, but viable.

[Robert Downy Jr]

Originally posted by Malthael:

Just grab the goats and bring them all to the ritual stone before you burn a single one and then burn them all at once.

Wouldnt they run away?

[Bardo Thodol]

Originally posted by 👁️ 👁Troll:

Originally posted by Malthael:

Just grab the goats and bring them all to the ritual stone before you burn a single one and then burn them all at once.

Wouldnt they run away?

They start roaming around at random, they can also be influenced to run in a specific direction. But it's not like any goat would go very far from where you've dropped it unless you scare it away.
I've had goats wait to be sacrificed for quite a long time. Adorable little rats.