Sadly, Hardcore mode is still easy for me.

[Cypralax]

First Playthrough on Hardcore.

I know enemies do more damage to me, but I also can kill enemy easily
Yeah, i upgrade my weapon, Maxed out only Red9 and Tmp then all of my other gun is useless lol.

Only need 2-3 shot to head, I expect enemy is stunned so I can deliver Finisher move, but no, they just die at spot
On original RE4, even with upgaded weapon enemies still take more bullet before they die.
Some boss is now harder, but some is easier
I expect my fight with Krauser is going to be Hard, but he's more easy here than the original
Parry him, Finisher move, Spam TMP and he die, just like that

well, I guess this is how Dev balanced the game
Gonna take a rest and start my Professional Mode

Ciao!

[nanowarrior12]

Play on professional than cry about it hahahaha

[kiteless 凧無し]

if ur going into a new game with upgraded weapons of course it's going to be easy

[Weskers Personal Gimp]

Hardest part from my hardcore play-through just running out of ammo/health, everything else was easy as pie.

[BimboGooch]

Originally posted by Cypralax:

First Playthrough on Hardcore.

I know enemies do more damage to me, but I also can kill enemy easily
Yeah, i upgrade my weapon, Maxed out only Red9 and Tmp then all of my other gun is useless lol.

Only need 2-3 shot to head, I expect enemy is stunned so I can deliver Finisher move, but no, they just die at spot
On original RE4, even with upgaded weapon enemies still take more bullet before they die.
Some boss is now harder, but some is easier
I expect my fight with Krauser is going to be Hard, but he's more easy here than the original
Parry him, Finisher move, Spam TMP and he die, just like that

well, I guess this is how Dev balanced the game
Gonna take a rest and start my Professional Mode

Ciao!

this is why I hate lock off settings. Unless its a looter game, they should let you play at the hardest when ever you want. Its a dumb thing to do. Just let people challenge them selves lmao.

Most games I will literally download mods to make it like 2x harder at least. Witcher 3 I gave my self 50% reduction in damage, boosted enemy damage by 50% and made it so the economy is pretty hard too.

Kingdom come, I play on hardcore with all debuffs enabled, along side thigns to make economy harder EXP rates slowed by 70 or 80%, no slow motion on things so all real time. ect.
At least hardcore is harder than in the OG game but still wish it would be harder LOL

I play at hardest settings to engage my brain more, other wise I play on auto pilot and get bored, im playing to not be bored and escape my thoughts.
Hardcore at least is engaging enough, I do have to focus since you die so fast but idk wish I could play on professional.

[BimboGooch]

Originally posted by BigDaddyKane:

Hardest part from my hardcore play-through just running out of ammo/health, everything else was easy as pie.

Even on low HP it gets easier, enemies I dont think grab as much ect. lol

Game gets easier as you get lower hp, so its more of a risk reward thing. easier time but if youre not paying attention you die in one hit

[Soulkey]

Not sure you guys can say the original was harder with a straight face.

In the original:
- You stunlock Krauser and knife him to death
- You bust the Regenerator's knee then knife it to death, because you stunlock him
- Salazar you take out with the same rocket launcher you get for free at the castle.
- Rocket launcher can be bought extremely cheap
- You can stagger EVERYONE with 1 shot and the kick has insane range making it ridiculously easy for crowdcontrol
- Bellar Sisters, Salvadator are sent flying with 1 shotgun blast leaving them free for you to knife them before you blast them again.
- For the Verdugo fight you can just buy a rocket launcher cheap and blast him.

Yea, the original is "so much harder" lol.

[Quibz]

Hardcore isn't particularly difficult, though it still makes for a fun time. It hits the sweetspot in challenge where I'm not heavily strategizing every event, but I'm also not going guns blazing everytime

[L]

The original RE4 game is easier than this version, simply due to the fact that it's more arcade like due to the fact that you could shoot someone in the head which lead to a stun that opened you up to a roundhouse, this was an Top-Tier tactic that was utilized by anyone who was competent in Vanilla RE4.

This version of Hardcore for Resident Evil 4 Remake however is nowhere near as difficult when compared to Resident Evil 2 Remake, and this is because you didn't have the ability to Parry Knife along with the significantly greater freedom of movement abilities that Leon now has in RE4R compared to RE2R Leon.

Another factor to me is also the ink ribbons limitations in RE2R on hardcore made is so that you had to save strategically, where as here you can save infinitely, and also ammo felt far more limited in RE2R, but this also had a lot to do with the fact that headshots within RE2R were really random (they purposely did this) which resulted in some zombies literally taking over a dozen shots to die even when hit at the head.

Lastly, the vulnerability of RE2R vs RE4R is huge, and again, this has a lot to do with how well you can move in RE4R, just think that now we can stealth kill, we can also parry throw items, attacks, and even a chainsaw which completely changes the scenario and makeup of the game.

If the zombies were made to be even more dynamic (like say running much faster, able to fake lunge, or dodging more frequently) to go on top of these defensive options that Leon now has in RE4R would have given the game far more spice.

However again, I'm only at the Castle and I'm not done yet on Hardcore, however it definitely was not as intimidating as RE2R in which case the first time running that game truly made me feel like I was helpless.

[Ibadgrammar]

try flex while play with cheat

[Vangerdahast]

Originally posted by BigDaddyKane:

Hardest part from my hardcore play-through just running out of ammo/health, everything else was easy as pie.

Use the crossbow?

[Cipher]

You're a Greek God, a legend, an unmatched champion at this game.

Should be made into a God of War franchise character at this rate.

[Funpire]

Oh man, we got a bad ass in here guys!

[Enemyse]

Originally posted by Cypralax:

First Playthrough on Hardcore.

I know enemies do more damage to me, but I also can kill enemy easily
Yeah, i upgrade my weapon, Maxed out only Red9 and Tmp then all of my other gun is useless lol.

Only need 2-3 shot to head, I expect enemy is stunned so I can deliver Finisher move, but no, they just die at spot
On original RE4, even with upgaded weapon enemies still take more bullet before they die.
Some boss is now harder, but some is easier
I expect my fight with Krauser is going to be Hard, but he's more easy here than the original
Parry him, Finisher move, Spam TMP and he die, just like that

well, I guess this is how Dev balanced the game
Gonna take a rest and start my Professional Mode

Ciao!

Hello Cypralax,

I'm like you, I find that most games are not very difficult, and I'm afraid RE4's Hardcore mode is a bit too easy for my taste.

I would like to start my 1st run in professional difficulty. Can you share your save game so I can have the professional difficulty unlock ?

[Krypto]

Originally posted by Cypralax:

First Playthrough on Hardcore.

I know enemies do more damage to me, but I also can kill enemy easily
Yeah, i upgrade my weapon, Maxed out only Red9 and Tmp then all of my other gun is useless lol.

Only need 2-3 shot to head, I expect enemy is stunned so I can deliver Finisher move, but no, they just die at spot
On original RE4, even with upgaded weapon enemies still take more bullet before they die.
Some boss is now harder, but some is easier
I expect my fight with Krauser is going to be Hard, but he's more easy here than the original
Parry him, Finisher move, Spam TMP and he die, just like that

well, I guess this is how Dev balanced the game
Gonna take a rest and start my Professional Mode

Ciao!

Congratulations, you don't lack a skill issue. Have a cookie!

[Captain Blud]

I hope professional gives you the challenge you want