Difficult AF.

[Three 60 Mafia]

Seriously, I get ambushed by 2 bloodsuckers in first 2 minutes of the first tiny baby missions, all I have is a pistol and half a health wth

[Heartbreak One]

Same experience, ahaha.

Pick up the very first artefact, boom, bloodsucker.

This is waaaay harder than CoP was. I'm liking it, but jeezus ahaha.

[Three 60 Mafia]

Originally posted by Heartbreak One:

Same experience, ahaha.

Pick up the very first artefact, boom, bloodsucker.

This is waaaay harder than CoP was. I'm liking it, but jeezus ahaha.

im a bit further down the missions, after the first story beat, but yeah it seems like there are random event triggers on a few mission things. They seem to do different things every time. Picking up this guys stash triggers a pack of dogs, or bloodsuckers, or both. This last time I killed the dogs but it also triggered 2 bloodsuckers, and they are wwaaaaay more dangerous than they used to be. Way faster and tankier, especially since I dont have any armor or guns.

Balancing of the rookie zone is waaaay bonkers haha

[VVakba]

Yeah I turned down the difficulty for now. I was stuck at the first bloodsucker encounter and I play Stalker since 2010...

[big100]

Ye same but it feels good to take them down while u hide like a ♥♥♥♥♥ XD i had a group of stalkers saw me from a far and i just ran for my life lmao i love this.

[Darth Sirius]

lol im playing veteran beat that invinsible ♥♥♥♥♥♥ 3rd, or 4th time this my first stalker game

[The Surgeon]

Originally posted by VVakba:

Yeah I turned down the difficulty for now. I was stuck at the first bloodsucker encounter and I play Stalker since 2010... :captainclown:

I love it, feels like a Stalker game to me. That first bloodsucker is easy, you just got back into the bunker so he can only come straight at you, easy to see even invisible with the bunker door lights.

Had to use the environment a lot to survive the original stalker on hardest mode. Its part of the game.

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Filthy casual, stfu and try again. Rip and tear until it done!

[Kleerex]

I ran back into the mobile lab, jumped onto the table and took out the damn thing with ease because it couldn't reach me there.

[DictatorInPerpetuity]

Welcome to the Zone!

[Kozzy]

Heal up and shoot them, I died twice, then learned and beat them.

[🗲LightningEffect🗲]

That thing was my very first death 😅 it does teach you to stay aware, and stock up in medkits and bandages.

I use food as my primary health source and save my medkits for tough battles. Also single fire and shotguns are your best friends

[UFO]

They sure as hell didn't dial back on the Zone experience (tm), did they? Bites once, bites hard. Love the fact that you can drop bandits with a single headshot, even with the PM. Planning out an engagement really pays off unless you love burning through medkits/bandages like a fat kid through a bag of potato chips.
PS: loot the dead dude in the building before you reach the bunker and the other dead dude wearing a SEVA suit laid out inside the bunker door, first guy has an AK-74 and the other one a proper HK416. Helps with the bloodsuckers.

[7KMarkus]

Originally posted by The Surgeon:

Originally posted by VVakba:

Yeah I turned down the difficulty for now. I was stuck at the first bloodsucker encounter and I play Stalker since 2010... :captainclown:

I love it, feels like a Stalker game to me. That first bloodsucker is easy, you just got back into the bunker so he can only come straight at you, easy to see even invisible with the bunker door lights.

Had to use the environment a lot to survive the original stalker on hardest mode. Its part of the game.

In veteran he one shotted me when i tried that, strafe circling outside worked better

[BimboGooch]

if you look around, youll find quite a few med kits. and also guns. Dont just run past everything with out searching. Youre meant to loot. That encounter will frick you up though lol. I went into the bunker thing during it, so I could track him way easier.

[VVakba]

I can confirm that the "normal" difficulty in this game is the equivalent of the "veteran" difficulty from the old games.