Christ, Hard Mode is no joke once you reach the Hospital.

[I Am Klaus]

Lying Figures and Mannequins aren't too bad, but Nurses are a huge step up from Normal. Way more durable, parry you more often, attack much faster so you have to be snappy with the dodge, and EVERY hit is a guaranteed health drink. Even at full health one hit gives me the vignette, three puts me in danger status.

I thought I was just gonna breeze through it because of how much I typically stockpile by the Hospital (30 Health Drinks, 7-8 Syringes and 200 handgun rounds), but every fight with a Nurse is life-threatening. I'm at the point now where I can go toe to toe with pipe nurses and sometimes come out unscathed if I'm on form, but the knife nurses are just way too fast and aggressive. I actually cannot justify fighting them in melee now, it's just too dangerous. I HAVE to shoot them, because it's a full syringe for each one otherwise.

At least I can skip 2/3rds of the hospital now since the passwords don't change, but damn, wasn't expecting that steep of a difficulty spike just from one area. I've been warned, I guess.

[Obi WanX Konami]

The nurse is in

[I Am Klaus]

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The nurse is in

They're no problem now. I can tango with pipe nurses in melee without damage now, and I just expend one well-placed shotgun shell on knife nurses and stomp their face in.

Mannequin's are my biggest threat now, faking me out with the insta-swing after being hit once.

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The nurse is in

They're no problem now. I can tango with pipe nurses in melee without damage now, and I just expend one well-placed shotgun shell on knife nurses and stomp their face in.

Mannequin's are my biggest threat now, faking me out with the insta-swing after being hit once.

Preach. Every single Mannequin in the game on Hard Mode is ♥♥♥♥♥ and can go to Hell.

[I Am Klaus]

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They're no problem now. I can tango with pipe nurses in melee without damage now, and I just expend one well-placed shotgun shell on knife nurses and stomp their face in.

Mannequin's are my biggest threat now, faking me out with the insta-swing after being hit once.

Preach. Every single Mannequin in the game on Hard Mode is ♥♥♥♥♥ and can go to Hell.

They have low health so, since I end up with 500 handgun rounds by the hotel, I may as well just start shooting them.

[Peek-A-Boo!]

Shoot them in the knees

[I Am Klaus]

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Shoot them in the knees

I always go for center mass. Headshots don't seem to do much.

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Preach. Every single Mannequin in the game on Hard Mode is ♥♥♥♥♥ and can go to Hell.

They have low health so, since I end up with 500 handgun rounds by the hotel, I may as well just start shooting them.

I did. I saved bullets because for the most part the iron pipe does just fine but after I hit certain point in the game I just started shooting only the mannequins because I was tired of their crap lol

[Starwight/ttv]

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Preach. Every single Mannequin in the game on Hard Mode is ♥♥♥♥♥ and can go to Hell.

They have low health so, since I end up with 500 handgun rounds by the hotel, I may as well just start shooting them.

I both love and hate the mannequin's. Those little Solid Snake wannabe ♥♥♥♥♥.

[I Am Klaus]

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They have low health so, since I end up with 500 handgun rounds by the hotel, I may as well just start shooting them.

I both love and hate the mannequin's. Those little Solid Snake wannabe ♥♥♥♥♥.

Gotta give them credit, the little bastards hide really, really well.

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I both love and hate the mannequin's. Those little Solid Snake wannabe ♥♥♥♥♥.

Gotta give them credit, the little bastards hide really, really well.

I really love the ones that don't hide well at all though. Like you walk in to a room and it's just standing in the middle of the floor bent over and perfectly still like "Yes, that's right James. I am a chair. You suspect nothing!"

[I Am Klaus]

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Gotta give them credit, the little bastards hide really, really well.

I really love the ones that don't hide well at all though. Like you walk in to a room and it's just standing in the middle of the floor bent over and perfectly still like "Yes, that's right James. I am a chair. You suspect nothing!"

They're placed pretty smartly too, often right next to an item out in the open using it as bait. Clever design.

But often it's placed in a way that, with careful maneuvering and keeping your light off and your movement slow, you can more often than not grab the item without activating the Mannequin, and get away clean. Good use of Stealth.

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I really love the ones that don't hide well at all though. Like you walk in to a room and it's just standing in the middle of the floor bent over and perfectly still like "Yes, that's right James. I am a chair. You suspect nothing!"

They're placed pretty smartly too, often right next to an item out in the open using it as bait. Clever design.

But often it's placed in a way that, with careful maneuvering and keeping your light off and your movement slow, you can more often than not grab the item without activating the Mannequin, and get away clean. Good use of Stealth.

It's a very fun design choice. You see them being silly lil monster guys and for a second you think "Easily killed/avoided" but then there's some shotgun shells or a syringe juuuust past them and suddenly you have decisions to make.

[Mirona]

you get overthrown with heals and ammo. use the ammo for the mobs that you have a hard time reading. in your case the nurses. personally i had no problems with pipe nurses but knife nurses are fast and hard to read. so i just shoot them. most bosses you are faster and easier using melee or pure avoidance. as an example p-head you can just run away for 2-3 minutes and thats it. abstract daddy is extremly easy to avoid and melee. final 2 bosses have massive ammo drops in their respective arena.

just start using your guns more and the difficulty of the game dwindels

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you get overthrown with heals and ammo. use the ammo for the mobs that you have a hard time reading. in your case the nurses. personally i had no problems with pipe nurses but knife nurses are fast and hard to read. so i just shoot them. most bosses you are faster and easier using melee or pure avoidance. as an example p-head you can just run away for 2-3 minutes and thats it. abstract daddy is extremly easy to avoid and melee. final 2 bosses have massive ammo drops in their respective arena.

just start using your guns more and the difficulty of the game dwindels

None of that really applies to Hard Mode though.

[Mirona]

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you get overthrown with heals and ammo. use the ammo for the mobs that you have a hard time reading. in your case the nurses. personally i had no problems with pipe nurses but knife nurses are fast and hard to read. so i just shoot them. most bosses you are faster and easier using melee or pure avoidance. as an example p-head you can just run away for 2-3 minutes and thats it. abstract daddy is extremly easy to avoid and melee. final 2 bosses have massive ammo drops in their respective arena.

just start using your guns more and the difficulty of the game dwindels

None of that really applies to Hard Mode though.

it does exactly. you have the exact same ammo and health drops. enemies have more hp. need a few shots more depending on the enemy. nurses are still falling to the ground by a point blank shotgun shot and can be stomped after on hard. mate i have finished the game multiple times.