Hardcore is realy a pain in the A%%

[vukotlak]

So i am in my first playthrough. The game had a difficulty option for people who are RE4 veterans and i choosed it. Usualy i play my games on hard even first playthrough and in 95% of cases i enjoy it that way.

I have my doubts in Re4 now. I am basicly dieng my way through the game in a sloth speed.
I had to get used to all the new mechanics but even after i got used to it i get my A$$ handed. The last part i did was that hanging bridge section.

And i probably died 7-8 times and you have to do it from start of the section even if you already killed 90% of the zeds. I often have problem to even spot the enemie. I hear them, they throw ♥♥♥♥ at me and i run around like a mole.

At the end i beat the section but i had to quit after it. Basicly all my energy and pacience was gone.

I dunno man. Is it just me or is this way harder then OGRe4.

[boy i'll whip ya head]

Its definitely a challenge but that's what I love. Tired of games holding your hand and being too easy these days. I think hardcore is in a good spot, it's not THAT bad. Just challenging like how it should be.

[DeadBeat]

It's great on hardcore you just need to stick with it and learn the mechanics a bit better then you'll enjoy it more OP.

[Dan]

Yes it is a lot harder than original. Original had a LOT more bullets. But I'm in the same boat as the previous post, it's nice to have a challenge, some parts you will definitely die more often. Here are some basic tips that could help you though:

- Don't spend everything, keep some money just in case you need a strong weapon for a precise section
- Don't spend too much on every weapon you get thrown at, try to focus on what you will use, you can see before upgrading what will be the max stat of a weapon, this will make a ton of difference
- The bow gun will help you save ammo, use it
- Don't rush carelessly and try to keep distance
- Headshots are good, but into the action aim for the mass.
- Don't forget flash grenades if there are many plagas
- Get used to blocking with the knife and improve its resistance, this will save a lot of health

Don't give up

[Dust]

That description is a trap, yeah. I don't know why they'd say this harder mode is for people that completed a game 20 years ago that didn't have enemies this aggressive or a parry mechanic when reflexes slow down as you age. I'd recommend anyone not used to playing games on their hardest mode from the very beginning all the time to play on normal first.

[Hattori_Denzo]

This is BS because you can't change the difficulty to normal. Difficulty spikes after few hours and lures you to play. Now im done and quit this BS.
Its just pure insult to lie what difficulty you should choose and then basically hit you with shovel and you can't even make decision to get that normal difficulty.

Just BS

[Steel]

It's way harder than OG RE4. Even standard is harder than OG, considerably.
There are many factors that go into this, it's overall a much more inconsistent game with much more aggressive AI and many different ways you can get stunlocked and screwed over in a matter of seconds. In the OG the enemies respected your personal space and were kind enough to attack one at a time and announce their every attack, here they just don't care and attack nonstop and unannounced while running straight to you in packs. And did you know the stagger thresholds to stop those charges and grabs are RANDOM?
So so much stuff that makes this game harder.

But yeah the recommendation for anyone who played RE4 at all to choose hardcore is just complete nonsense.

[Rambit]

it should have said "for people that finished hardcore in the village"

[Camellia]

It's not even that hard but just play on normal mode then. Even professional could be more difficult tbh.

[WhitePhantom]

Hardcore is hard, but if you're dying nearly 10 times in a section that isn't a boss fight or some big battle scene you must be doing something seriously wrong.

Most fights in the game can be made easy by clever use of positioning. Try to funnel enemies into a single chokepoint, or simply move back until you're dealing with them one by one. It's even easier in this version because there aren't many doors that take you through a loading screen. Feel free to stand in an open doorway at the start of the area and snipe everything if you want.

[redeyedraven]

Both Hardcore and Professional are totally manageable.
Hardcore assumes you are familiar with the original RE4.
Professional assumes you're familiar with the game (as you need to complete it for that difficulty anyway) and the best thing you could learn is reading enemy behaviour-patterns and animations.

Hardcore also has generous autosaves. Professional... has one autosave in the beginning of the game, that's it.

[vukotlak]

I restarted today on hard and now it works much better. I was able to conserve a lot more ammo.

The hardest part now is the inbconsistency in enemy reaction to shots. But now that i know it is inconsistent i can plan this into my behavior as well.

I got some issues with parrying the point where i am not sure if i mess up the timing or if it was an attack that is not possible to parry.

I still die now and then but it's no big deal. Crazy what it helps to just sleep a night and return with a clear mind. Now i enjoy thje game much more. It's awesome.

[Duke Leto Atreides]

At least at the valley it's not too late to restart. I realised hardcore was a little too hard for me way further into the game where restarting wasn't an option.

[drone1313]

The valley is basically the new village in terms of being unexpected and way harder than what follows for the rest of the game.

While the remake never feels as good and snappy as the original, Chapter 3 and onward are much more manageable on Hardcore if you’re using all the (increasingly numerous) tools the game offers.

[Dust]

Originally posted by redeyedraven:

Hardcore assumes you are familiar with the original RE4.

Which is just delusional, when said like that. RE4 was released 20 years ago and has an entirely different set of controls and enemy aggro. Should've just said "Hardcore is for people that play modern action games regularly."

[VIncent]

Upgrade your weapons early. You can always sell them and you will get around 95% of your money back. It will make the game much much easier.

If you have trouble with parry timing you can always spam it like cough cough sekiro. But then it's not that fun.

And don't buy crossbow it's just waste of space. It has some uses for speedrun but that's it better just upgrade power on weapons. It will conserve the ammo better.