Starting first playthough on dark mode

[tonythegreat_dfol]

just finished the witcher 1 on hardmode was about to start witcher 2 on nightmare till i thought to look up the difficuliies since in game it did not say that its perma-death.

Anyone else did there first playthough on dark mode ? how was your experience without talking about builds. Game itself is very different from the first.

[Rr]

im in the chapter 2 of my second playthrough (dark mode) of the game right now and its not that hard. you can have exclusive armors and weapons only from the dark difficulty

[Old Atrocity]

I got as far as chapter 2 before, but have recently started again.

I found it a good challenge, but I've always enjoyed games with precise combat, like Dark Souls.

Is it true that Dark isn't as difficult as Hard?

[Barry White]

I thought it was. Usually you can only get a handful times on hard or dark so it doesnt make much difference. On dark, however, you get special gear which is completely broken. If you can bare the annoying black effect then its well worth saving up for the 2nd zones dark armour.

The weapon heals you as it deals damage, the armour is more resistant and gives more health than any other armour, its nearly game breaking.


Once you get used to dancing around its not that hard. Footwork is a must really, it makes it 10x easier.

[Old Atrocity]

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I thought it was. Usually you can only get a handful times on hard or dark so it doesnt make much difference. On dark, however, you get special gear which is completely broken. If you can bare the annoying black effect then its well worth saving up for the 2nd zones dark armour.

The weapon heals you as it deals damage, the armour is more resistant and gives more health than any other armour, its nearly game breaking.


Once you get used to dancing around its not that hard. Footwork is a must really, it makes it 10x easier.

Yeah, there is a mod to remove the 'dark aura' effect which I intend to try out.

Can I post links to mods? lol, such a n00b

[Avenger Grim]

It's hard if you are not careful, 2-3 hits can mean your death, however if you are careful, play safe, make use of bombs and signs, it's not that bad.

For a first playthrough however, i don't know, you may get frustrated by the prologue, no skill points = basic signs and there is a lot of heavy units/shielded soldiers, they can be a problem, my best tip is Yrden all day, lol.

In the end, lot of patience and safe play will get you through Dark Mode no problem, so long as you understand the concepts behing the combat system.

[kreight]

It's easy, same thing as normal difficulty. If you don't dodge you die :D