Difficulty settings.

[Ked]

From what i saw there will be 3 difficulty settings, Pic nic, normal and hard. From what i understand this wasnt a thing in the 3ds (which i never had), it only had 1 difficulty, correct me if i'm wrong.

Now my question is; what would be the normal difficulty to experience the game as it was on the 3ds? I dont want it to be too punishingly hard as, from what i understand, already is, and not too easy. I mean i want to be kicked in the face with difficulty but not in a way that is reserved for experienced player that finished the game 2-3 times.

[Red]

Untold (3DS) had three difficulty settings, the original (DS) had only one. I don't know how the remaster's difficulty options compare to the original, but if you want to experience the game as it was on DS, I'd say to go for Hard; if you want a more balanced game however, Normal is probably what you're looking for.

[CoroGura]

It is said in Japanese press release that the hardest one is the original (DS) difficulty

[Lukinhas]

the 3 on DS don't have a difficult choice but in 3DS (i don't remember if the 4 already have the choice) all the games have a difficult choice or almost of them, not the 3 difficult choices but at least 2 or 4.

[Ked]

Originally posted by CC:

It is said in Japanese press release that the hardest one is the original (DS) difficulty

Thanks alot. That's the answer i was looking for.

[Araxxor]

Expert is the original difficulty.

Basic tips the damage dealt and taken by 20% in the player's favor.

Picnic multiplies the damage dealt by 5x, and the damage taken by 0.1x. Oh and you also get a 50% exp boost here.

All difficulties can be switched freely in town. Unlike Nexus, picking Picnic doesn't lock you into that difficulty for the rest of the playthrough.

[Assume I have 400 Ping]

Oh, this is very good to know Araxxor.
I've played this game to completion on DS twice, I was kinda hopeful that expert would be a harder challenge but if it's just the original challenge, i'll take that too. I won't bash making this game more accessible to newcomers! Game is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ great.

I've actually seen a lot of people praise the picnic difficulty too for the exp boost, but personally i'll go for the expert so I can relive my childhood pain. :)

Worth just adding you have to do it in town then it seems, can't do it in the main menu. Which I why I momentarily panicked and thought "Oh no, do I have to beat the game on normal to unlock expert?" - That, I would not have the patience for!

[PiX.lR]

uh..o.. i read somewhere the game´s normal diff was expert.. sooo i started on expert lol now im reading it here that normal is normal. But, expert is okay, not to crazy

[Assume I have 400 Ping]

Originally posted by PiX.lR:

uh..o.. i read somewhere the game´s normal diff was expert.. sooo i started on expert lol now im reading it here that normal is normal. But, expert is okay, not to crazy

No you had it right the first time.
Normal is 20% more damage done, 20% less damage received.
Expert removes those modifiers, it's the original difficulty as you would experience on DS.

Expert can be unforgiving at times; you might find yourself getting one-shot even.
But it is generally manageable if you're not over-extending your party.

[PiX.lR]

"you might find yourself getting one-shot even"

haha yea that, 've learned to avoid the orb kind of encouters or not to wander to far ahead
due to triggers on maybe a boss when its my first time on that floor. just focus on leveling and upgrading gear/weapons.

When the floor gets to easy, its time to do the orb encounters and then go to the next floor.

(Always having at least one teleport to home item on me)

It seems to be the right aproach for me.

Its enjoyable!