Difficult vs Authentic

[zachjd]

Is there any difference between these two difficulties besides the following for Authentic?

-No checkpoints
-No HUD

[TAG]

I think there are more Germans and they are more accurate in Authentic, but I'm not sure.

[Rubenjackson]

Originally posted by zachJD:

Is there any difference between these two difficulties besides the following for Authentic?

-No checkpoints
-No HUD

This is like real life. As if you were in the war. If you die, you palmed it.

[zachjd]

Originally posted by Rubenjackson:

Originally posted by zachJD:

Is there any difference between these two difficulties besides the following for Authentic?

-No checkpoints
-No HUD

This is like real life. As if you were in the war. If you die, you palmed it.

I get that, no checkpoints as I already stated. Is there any other differences in difficulty such as the AI, Health, etc?

[Rubenjackson]

Originally posted by zachJD:

Originally posted by Rubenjackson:

This is like real life. As if you were in the war. If you die, you palmed it.

I get that, no checkpoints as I already stated. Is there any other differences in difficulty such as the AI, Health, etc?

Germans have better aim than in easy modes.

[tsfullerton]

Zach, I'm not 100% sure but it seems to me that the suppression mechanic is different in authentic difficulty. By this I mean that suppressing Jerry is more difficult and takes more time. Not only that but he recovers more quickly from being suppressed. Earned In Blood is certainly the most challenging of the three games in the series. Authentic difficulty also deletes the icons above your teammates helmets.

[BlazingAngel]

The difference between Difficult and Authentic is that while Difficult is the highest difficulty for the core game, Authentic take that core game and make it realistic as possible.

*Enemies have better aim

*Damages increases and you are more prone to dying faster from situation that you can normally survive in other difficulties. Your teammates can also die faster

*No HUD

*No suppression indicator. You have to assess when the enemies is suppressed before you could make your own move

*Enemies can counter your moves and launch the attack of their own. They said this in the game manuel but I never seen this.

*More prone from dying to explosion

*No checkpoints

*When you finish a mission, you have to fight the next mission with whatever health you have left from the previous mission. Kinda like in MoH.

Playing on Authentic can be pretty gruesome and challenging. You really have to put in the effort on keeping your men alive because you really needed them. But it can be fun. The only way I manage to beat Authentic is by enabling cheats on the menu lol

[zachjd]

Thanks!

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[galacnor]

Originally posted by BlazingAngel:

The difference between Difficult and Authentic is that while Difficult is the highest difficulty for the core game, Authentic take that core game and make it realistic as possible.

*Enemies have better aim

*Damages increases and you are more prone to dying faster from situation that you can normally survive in other difficulties. Your teammates can also die faster

*No HUD

*No suppression indicator. You have to assess when the enemies is suppressed before you could make your own move

*Enemies can counter your moves and launch the attack of their own. They said this in the game manuel but I never seen this.

*More prone from dying to explosion

*No checkpoints

*When you finish a mission, you have to fight the next mission with whatever health you have left from the previous mission. Kinda like in MoH.

Playing on Authentic can be pretty gruesome and challenging. You really have to put in the effort on keeping your men alive because you really needed them. But it can be fun. The only way I manage to beat Authentic is by enabling cheats on the menu lol

BlazingAngel has everything correct aside from the assertion that

"*When you finish a mission, you have to fight the next mission with whatever health you have left from the previous mission. Kinda like in MoH."

You and your squad will start each new mission with full health. I just beat the entire campaign on authentic without losing anyone from my squad (without cheating) and it is already nearly impossible to do, and takes a-lot of trial and error to navigate most levels without dying or losing your men. I think it would be nearly impossible to beat the game on authentic difficulty if you had to run the entire game without getting your health restored at the end of each level that is successfully completed.

I second BlazingAngel's opinion that the campaign on authentic is extremely difficult, it borders on unenjoyable and I don't think I'd run the game on authentic a second time. There is a certain level of satisfaction that you get from beating something so difficult; but, its very challenging and not for the easily annoyed gamer.

[tsfullerton]

Originally posted by BlazingAngel:

The difference between Difficult and Authentic is that while Difficult is the highest difficulty for the core game, Authentic take that core game and make it realistic as possible.

*Enemies have better aim

*Damages increases and you are more prone to dying faster from situation that you can normally survive in other difficulties. Your teammates can also die faster

*No HUD

*No suppression indicator. You have to assess when the enemies is suppressed before you could make your own move

*Enemies can counter your moves and launch the attack of their own. They said this in the game manuel but I never seen this.

*More prone from dying to explosion

*No checkpoints

*When you finish a mission, you have to fight the next mission with whatever health you have left from the previous mission. Kinda like in MoH.

Playing on Authentic can be pretty gruesome and challenging. You really have to put in the effort on keeping your men alive because you really needed them. But it can be fun. The only way I manage to beat Authentic is by enabling cheats on the menu lol

Not only will enemy AI counter your moves in Earned In Blood but if you bypass or get behind them they will come after you.