Difficulty

[Vintage Gamer]

I understand the game is extremely difficult ... like almost impossible to play. Is this true or are there difficulty settings?

[Lampros]

Wut?! It's not THAT difficult. People are finishing it with 3, instead of 14, at the hardest difficulty.

[Sigismund's Wrath]

I can definitely see it being punishing for players who aren't used to the genre, but I'd say Veteran is probably easier than most Fire Emblem Hard (not even Maddening/Lunatic) modes. And there are difficulty levels (Casual, Normal, Veteran), so a Casual run with Permadeath disabled should be totally approachable to new players.

[Vintage Gamer]

Originally posted by Sigismund's Wrath:

I can definitely see it being punishing for players who aren't used to the genre, but I'd say Veteran is probably easier than most Fire Emblem Hard (not even Maddening/Lunatic) modes. And there are difficulty levels (Casual, Normal, Veteran), so a Casual run with Permadeath disabled should be totally approachable to new players.

Thanks for the feedback. It helps a lot.

[Ratham]

Veteran difficulty has not been that hard so far, I'm only on chapter 7 though. I usually play Fire Emblem games on Hard Classic and Engage/Three Houses seemed harder.

The only kicker is here its old school, no turn rewind. Someone dies, you're replaying the whole map.

[Vintage Gamer]

Originally posted by Ratham:

Veteran difficulty has not been that hard so far, I'm only on chapter 7 though. I usually play Fire Emblem games on Hard Classic and Engage/Three Houses seemed harder.

The only kicker is here its old school, no turn rewind. Someone dies, you're replaying the whole map.

Ok, that is useful to know. That is probably where the "extreme difficulty" comes from. Replaying the whole map can be exhausting. Thanks for the info.

[eturulja]

Yeah and just to echo what has already been said, you can disable perma-death, so then if you're playing on casual/normal difficulty, you won't get a game over when one of the main characters die, all three would have to die, but they'll come back in the next chapter. So hopefully it makes it more accessible for people newer to the genre.

I'm also planning on introducing a "Brutal" difficulty down the line where a LOT of difficulty will be added to the levels for those people who enjoy an even more challenging experience. But yeah people have already been doing "challenge" runs of veteran so though I do think it's fairly difficult, some struggle as well. But once you learn the gameplay mechanics well I think it should be doable for the vast majority of people.

[Vintage Gamer]

Originally posted by eturulja:

Yeah and just to echo what has already been said, you can disable perma-death, so then if you're playing on casual/normal difficulty, you won't get a game over when one of the main characters die, all three would have to die, but they'll come back in the next chapter. So hopefully it makes it more accessible for people newer to the genre.

I'm also planning on introducing a "Brutal" difficulty down the line where a LOT of difficulty will be added to the levels for those people who enjoy an even more challenging experience. But yeah people have already been doing "challenge" runs of veteran so though I do think it's fairly difficult, some struggle as well. But once you learn the gameplay mechanics well I think it should be doable for the vast majority of people.

Sold. Thank you for the info. Straight from the horse's mouth.

[LilyanaKabal]

Originally posted by Lampros:

Wut?! It's not THAT difficult. People are finishing it with 3, instead of 14, at the hardest difficulty.

People are beating Dark Souls playing on a banana. What people can do is not a good metric.

[Vintage Gamer]

Originally posted by LilyanaKabal:

Originally posted by Lampros:

Wut?! It's not THAT difficult. People are finishing it with 3, instead of 14, at the hardest difficulty.

People are beating Dark Souls playing on a banana. What people can do is not a good metric.

Thanks for the laugh mate, You are correct.

[Lampros]

Originally posted by LilyanaKabal:

Originally posted by Lampros:

Wut?! It's not THAT difficult. People are finishing it with 3, instead of 14, at the hardest difficulty.

People are beating Dark Souls playing on a banana. What people can do is not a good metric.

Fair enough; that's a good point! ;) Nonetheless, the point I was getting at is that this game is not that hard - especially at the lower difficulty levels. The mechanics to grasp are few and rather intuitive.

[LilyanaKabal]

I was saying that difficulty is subjective to a person. It's like a thing's weight. A 100lb weed will find the same box much heavier than a 400lb deadlifter.