Brutal difficulty - How is it meant to be played?

[Da Atte]

Just started playing the game and as always I chose the hardest possible difficulty since I've played so many FPS games in my life. Just beat the first boss and I must say... what the ♥♥♥♥?

Is there a "New Game+" or something since the first set of perks are so useless it feels like you have no upgrades at all! The Brutal difficulty is insane in a wrong way.

After the first level I picked up the mechanics pretty fast and was enjoying myself in the second level and didn't mind the insta kills and other idiotic stuff but when I got to beating the first boss I really had to check myself if I were a masochist.

The mechanics aren't hard but the damage and accuracy of the enemies is too high! It's way too high considering your weapon does zero damage unless you can land a headshot. One miss and you'll be dead. One tenth of a second too long out of covre and you'll be dead. You get the idea.

The game is nice and all but holy hell is it tough for the wrong reasons. The game feels more like Call of Duty: World at War rather than a fast paced game. You duck and cover and pray for god you won't get shot by explosives.

CoD: WaW grenade spam flashbacks...

EDIT: Alright. I started to play the game from the beginning and man is it a bit too easy. But I'm not really too keen on playing on Brutal if I am extremely weak and the only way for me to unlock the perks is, well, to play the game. Kinda idiotic that the Brutal difficulty is always unlocked when it is close to torture to beat without Perks.

[MrMcSwifty]

Yes, Brutal is insanely difficult for a first run. To answer your question, yes, you carry over perks between playthroughs which makes the harder difficulties more manageable. Once you've gotten the upgraded pistol perk even Brutal becomes a cakewalk.

[ladywonderer.cl]

the enemies are too accurate even with the easiest difficulty and it s hard to find a way to hide , i come from playing mass effect 2 gosh the difference in difficulty is huge lol