Do Phantom Necromorphs Appear on Impossible Mode? [Update 23.2.23]

[Dinki-Di]

Im planning on playing IMPOSSIBLE mode with plasma cutter only to get both achievement, though Im concern about PHANTOM necromorphs depleting my HP and ammo quickly. Do phantoms appear on IMPOSSIBLE mode too? I finish the game twice, on regular difficulty and New Game+ [Hard]. Phantoms on HARD mode are very tanky. Direct hit with one exploding tank does not kill them.

[Dumar]

FEAR님이 먼저 게시:

ofc they will. Impossible is just hard difficulty with one save slot and only one life. If you died. Pause quickly to reload save or alt f4

Wow... That's super fruity.

[mello]

Tayzor Azul님이 먼저 게시:

mello님이 먼저 게시:

Well then, here's a video proof that you can play Impossible on NG+, enjoy!

https://youtu.be/Y4O6HbmN9KQ

Interesting ! When I completed it did not work, then again maybe they patched it out. I did complete it during its 1.0 version so to speak. I might need to give it another go.
However you did not show me further that you actually have your gear, so that proves almost nothing but your words !

It's a NG+, of course you keep all your gear, smh.

[Tayzor Azul]

mello님이 먼저 게시:

Tayzor Azul님이 먼저 게시:

Interesting ! When I completed it did not work, then again maybe they patched it out. I did complete it during its 1.0 version so to speak. I might need to give it another go.
However you did not show me further that you actually have your gear, so that proves almost nothing but your words !

It's a NG+, of course you keep all your gear, smh.

When you show a video to back up your argument make sure you show the in-game stuff not the menu and that you hit NG+ and choose the Impossible completed save.
I did that as well and I did not had anything from the previous save.

Anyway forget it. I will play the game again on Impossible since I reinstalled Windows 10 and see if it will work.

[mello]

Tayzor Azul님이 먼저 게시:

mello님이 먼저 게시:

It's a NG+, of course you keep all your gear, smh.

When you show a video to back up your argument make sure you show the in-game stuff not the menu and that you hit NG+ and choose the Impossible completed save.
I did that as well and I did not had anything from the previous save.

Anyway forget it. I will play the game again on Impossible since I reinstalled Windows 10 and see if it will work.

The game literally says you keep your gear from previous save for NG+, either your game is bugged (in which case the only person I've ever heard to have this issue, ever), or you straight up did not even complete an Impossible run.

Here is another footage, it's a file from the start of Chapter 2 on Impossible NG+, and I have gear that are only obtainable in the later chapters, including the Master Override. I also have the FInger Foam & Burnished Suit in Storage to further prove it's Impossible NG+.

https://youtu.be/clB9mKPTcGE

[SyluxGuy28O3]

mello님이 먼저 게시:

I know for sure one spawns from a vent as you get the Stasis Prototype Module in a normal playthrough, i.e, non-NG+ run.

+1, can confirm this.

[indigo]

Tayzor Azul님이 먼저 게시:

Game even warns you that impossible mode is a one time playthough mode. You cannot play NG+ on that difficulty if you complete it.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2936533888

Well sht... I must have really broken this game, because that sure looks like I'm about to start an Impossible Game + playthrough, because you're incorrect, but I'll clear this all up:

Impossible Mode is a locked mode when you play the game for the very first time. You MUST complete a playthrough to be able to access this mode at all.

But wait, there's more...

Once you have managed to complete the game an gain access to Impossible Mode, you cannot select this difficulty in a New Game +

UNLESS

You must complete the game, from beginning to end, in Impossible Mode, as a New Game. No plus.

Once you complete this, you can then use THAT final save game to start a New Game + AND have access to Impossible mode, for an Impossible Game +, which is quite satisfying to be honest. By the time you've done this about 6 or 7 times, feel free to do it once more for an Impossible Game + Speed Run, and use the Hand Cannon the whole time.

By the time you've done all that:

a. You'll be crazier than Issac
b. Birthday toxicity will have claimed you
c. Dead Space 2 Remake or Dead Space 4 will have been released.
d. Half-Life 3 will finally be released

[Xymnala]

I started an impossible mode game without even starting on another mode. Beating the game on a difficulty to unlock was only a requirement in the original.

[indigo]

Xymnala님이 먼저 게시:

I started an impossible mode game without even starting on another mode. Beating the game on a difficulty to unlock was only a requirement in the original.

Correct, and if you'd like to do it a second, less painful time, use that Impossible mode final save to start a New Game + and enjoy.

[Dinki-Di]

I got the AFK Hunter bugged in Chapter 5 also, fortunately I managed to bypass the bugged hunter. But still, after freezing the REAL hunter in cryo chamber, the bugged still standing there. Should I be worried?
https://imgur.com/a/sG7lwzO

[Xymnala]

You are on a ship of the dead with limited ammo and health, being hunted by both the remaining humans and the monsters around. I feel that being worried is justified, yes.

[mello]

indigo님이 먼저 게시:

Impossible Mode is a locked mode when you play the game for the very first time. You MUST complete a playthrough to be able to access this mode at all.

Dead wrong. You can play Impossible from the start, without completing a single playthrough. This isn't Dead Space 2008.

[Dinki-Di]

I can confirm in impossible mode there's only 1 phantom slasher tied to side quest story and I finally BEAT IMPOSSIBLE MODE with plasma cutter only!

https://imgur.com/a/3wZkudB

Without phantom necromorphs, I think Impossible mode [plasma cutter only] a little bit easier than new game+ [HARD] [full upgraded weapons].

[jeffanderson117]

do you mean enhanced necromorphs or did they add a new type of necromorphs i dont know about

[indigo]

Which ones are "phantom" ones? Are those the slightly charred looking ones or are you talking about the ones that sometimes go Super Saiyan and glow red? The charred looking ones usually take 2 extra shots, while the super saiyan ones typically take 3, but none are really any harder than another.

To me, the toughest enemies to deal with are the Scrot-armed ones that blow up, because they have a really good stealth mechanic and will creep up behind you and make nary a sound, except the BOOM when they club you with their explosive scrot-arm from behind.

Granted, it's not yet proven fatal, but it has prompted the use of a medium health pack from time to time.

[Dinki-Di]

jeffanderson117님이 먼저 게시:

do you mean enhanced necromorphs or did they add a new type of necromorphs i dont know about

indigo님이 먼저 게시:

Which ones are "phantom" ones? Are those the slightly charred looking ones or are you talking about the ones that sometimes go Super Saiyan and glow red? The charred looking ones usually take 2 extra shots, while the super saiyan ones typically take 3, but none are really any harder than another.

To me, the toughest enemies to deal with are the Scrot-armed ones that blow up, because they have a really good stealth mechanic and will creep up behind you and make nary a sound, except the BOOM when they club you with their explosive scrot-arm from behind.

Granted, it's not yet proven fatal, but it has prompted the use of a medium health pack from time to time.

phantoms ones only appear in new game+ in all difficulties i believe. For slashes and leapers, i think they have glowing red eyes and dark in colors. for lurkers its easier, the babies have three eyes and looking more alien-ish. In new game+ HARD, an explosive canister + almost a full clip of fully upgraded plasma cutter to kill a phantom. Phantoms can also suddenly spawn in places without vent.