"If you played RE4 before, start with Hardcore difficulty" my a**

[本夹明SPenguin]

Don't start fresh with hardcore.

It's pain, it's torture, it's sadism without pleasure. Especially if you play with a controller.

There are advantages to this difficulty:
1. You will learn every single enemy really well very fast, because if you don't you will not make it past any of them lmfao.
2. It probably will prepare you better for PRO mode.
3. It will teach you the virtue of patience and perseverance.

Con:
You will suffer.

Dear lord please let me carry my good guns into my first Professional run.

[socially ept outcel]

It's a real slog to start on hardcore but I also worry that the game will have that inverse difficulty curve that games so often do, where when you get upgrades and options it gets a whole lot easier

[Talon Rose]

Pretty much this. I feel like R4make is harder than R4 base. I was swamped with healing items first and laughed, thinking I won't need them.
Then the Cabin Ambush took 3 full heals and uh. YEAH.
It's got some very nasty moments too. The real tight spot moments seem harder anyway, the "big ambushes" all seem a little to a LOT worse.

[Vinnolo]

does it get any harder? i killed salvador on like my second try at the start, after that it has been a breeze mostly, got to the part were you buy the rifle, once you get more options it really doesnt feel hard, stealth and parry is your best friend

[thefollowingcharacters]

Hardcore is awesome! Its difficult as it should be. I died about 5-6 times at the early village until I learned the pathing and items. Its awesome! Its called Hardcore, and its difficult as it should be.

[本夹明SPenguin]

Originally posted by irl gunvolt:

It's a real slog to start on hardcore but I also worry that the game will have that inverse difficulty curve that games so often do, where when you get upgrades and options it gets a whole lot easier

Welp... I haven't seen any curvature on this difficulty curve so far. :')

And I can't see myself beating any boss in fewer than 6 tries. lmao

[Kamakura]

Glad I didn't even read anything about the difficulties, I clicked standard without even checking lol

[Plank]

It would be perfectly fine if not for the RNG head shot stun. You can't plan around random.

[Jill Sandwich]

I'm still playing through it at the moment but I haven't run into any issues myself, I have a few deaths but it's not been awful

[本夹明SPenguin]

Originally posted by Talon Rose:

Pretty much this. I feel like R4make is harder than R4 base. I was swamped with healing items first and laughed, thinking I won't need them.
Then the Cabin Ambush took 3 full heals and uh. YEAH.
It's got some very nasty moments too. The real tight spot moments seem harder anyway, the "big ambushes" all seem a little to a LOT worse.

I almost called it quits at the Cabin too.

But then I acquired the essence of perseverance through the grueling experience. lmao

[本夹明SPenguin]

Originally posted by Vinnolo:

does it get any harder? i killed salvador on like my second try at the start, after that it has been a breeze mostly, got to the part were you buy the rifle, once you get more options it really doesnt feel hard, stealth and parry is your best friend

i dont wanna stealth through an RE game.
and parry is so expensive. lol

[本夹明SPenguin]

Originally posted by thefollowingcharacters:

Hardcore is awesome! Its difficult as it should be. I died about 5-6 times at the early village until I learned the pathing and items. Its awesome! Its called Hardcore, and its difficult as it should be.

Yeah... I can push through it I'm sure.
And i enjoyed the thrill of every victory.

But yeah. It's just a bit much for me.

[本夹明SPenguin]

Originally posted by Kamakeeg:

Glad I didn't even read anything about the difficulties, I clicked standard without even checking lol

I took Capcom's advice. Last time I ever do that again. lol

it's still fun. but I could use a lot of breathing room with this. The whole experience has been oppressive, which I guess makes the experience more authentic lol

[本夹明SPenguin]

Originally posted by Kazuya's bicep:

It would be perfectly fine if not for the RNG head shot stun. You can't plan around random.

Yeah, it is extremely annoying to get choked by a ganado running towards you without even reacting to the two Red 9 bullets I'm putting into their skull. :')

[Spawntaneous]

Just like Village hard mode, just a whole ass joke to have it unlocked from default when it's more like NG+. I don't get why crapcom can't balance ♥♥♥♥ properly.

[本夹明SPenguin]

Originally posted by Jill Sandwich:

I'm still playing through it at the moment but I haven't run into any issues myself, I have a few deaths but it's not been awful

It's not been awful for me either.

But it could be a lot more relaxing lol.

Now hardcore makes it like I'm actually playing a survival horror game or something.