Difficulty of Survivor Mode

[Fart Goblin]

Hey there,

Just curious. Does anyone know if the difficulty on the Survivor Mode objective completion games are more difficult than the story line game play. Well let me be more specific. I think I got through the store line on normal mode I think. Was a bit ago. Maybe last year'ish or so. Can't recall.

I know that there are settings. I started on "hard" setting and I couldn't get past the spot where you get the hack tool. So had to lower the setting. After the completing I know I would of never gotten through it on "hard" mode at that point. I even watched play thru's of the game because I couldn't manage the anxiety of trying to figure out what to do with that bloody mutant trying to track me down and eat my face off ahahha. So needed to at least get a hint so I could stop my legs from shaking and know what to do at least.

Anyhow, just trying to enjoy the game again. The survivor mode games certainly seem more difficult than "normal" on story line. Just curious what others thought. I know I'm rusty so am trying to learn the big guys AI again.

Thanks much,

Scared Guy
P.S. No wetting of the pants was involved in the writing of this message. Bets off though during game play.

[Dayve]

Are you asking how difficult nightmare mode is?

It's honestly not that bad. It's just a case of knowing how the game works. In my last playthrough (several years ago now) I played on nightmare difficulty with only 1 death - when I thought I was holding a noisemaker in my hand and threw it at my feet, only for it to explode because it was actually a pipe bomb.

For example, the bit with the hack tool you couldn't get past on hard, there's a very easy trick. After you pick it up you quickly go up the same stairs the woman ran up when she shouts "someone's here! someone's here!" and hide behind the boxes at the top. When the three humans walk down the stairs you simply check that the final guy at the end of the hall isn't looking in your direction and... literally just walk past him.

[Fart Goblin]

Originally posted by Dayve:

Are you asking how difficult nightmare mode is?

It's honestly not that bad. It's just a case of knowing how the game works. In my last playthrough (several years ago now) I played on nightmare difficulty with only 1 death - when I thought I was holding a noisemaker in my hand and threw it at my feet, only for it to explode because it was actually a pipe bomb.

For example, the bit with the hack tool you couldn't get past on hard, there's a very easy trick. After you pick it up you quickly go up the same stairs the woman ran up when she shouts "someone's here! someone's here!" and hide behind the boxes at the top. When the three humans walk down the stairs you simply check that the final guy at the end of the hall isn't looking in your direction and... literally just walk past him.

Thanks for your response as always Dayve. And all the helpful posts you have written over the past several years since I purchased this game.

I know I want to try play through the storyline again. Yea that hack tool part really had me stuck for quite some time. I had even taken a break from the game for awhile cause I just was completely stuck there. But watched some videos on the encounter and got through it.

However, what I was speaking of in my first post were the other game play options. Where you can pick from a variety of npc's you encounter from the story and try to complete a few objectives and you get scored on your completion and timing. One I think was "The Basement". Another was "Severance"? Not sure. Then there is a game where you have like 2 hours to run through a bunch of different activities. You can pick from 2 at each stage.

Anyhow was just curious about those difficulties. Think the game mode was like the last one on the list. After the DLC listings.

Anyhow, thanks for your response as always.

[Dayve]

Originally posted by Fart Goblin:

Originally posted by Dayve:

Are you asking how difficult nightmare mode is?

It's honestly not that bad. It's just a case of knowing how the game works. In my last playthrough (several years ago now) I played on nightmare difficulty with only 1 death - when I thought I was holding a noisemaker in my hand and threw it at my feet, only for it to explode because it was actually a pipe bomb.

For example, the bit with the hack tool you couldn't get past on hard, there's a very easy trick. After you pick it up you quickly go up the same stairs the woman ran up when she shouts "someone's here! someone's here!" and hide behind the boxes at the top. When the three humans walk down the stairs you simply check that the final guy at the end of the hall isn't looking in your direction and... literally just walk past him.

Thanks for your response as always Dayve. And all the helpful posts you have written over the past several years since I purchased this game.

I know I want to try play through the storyline again. Yea that hack tool part really had me stuck for quite some time. I had even taken a break from the game for awhile cause I just was completely stuck there. But watched some videos on the encounter and got through it.

However, what I was speaking of in my first post were the other game play options. Where you can pick from a variety of npc's you encounter from the story and try to complete a few objectives and you get scored on your completion and timing. One I think was "The Basement". Another was "Severance"? Not sure. Then there is a game where you have like 2 hours to run through a bunch of different activities. You can pick from 2 at each stage.

Anyhow was just curious about those difficulties. Think the game mode was like the last one on the list. After the DLC listings.

Anyhow, thanks for your response as always.

Ah I see, the DLC's.

There is no difficulty setting for them. They're set to hard I believe. Even if you change your difficulty to easy you'll still be playing the DLC's on hard.

Also they're a lot harder than the story, but it's still the same game - the same tricks to survive still work in the DLC's. The alien still behaves the same, but it's a lot more aggressive.