hell difficulty

[Frost]

i played nearly every RE title there is on max diificulty - but this one - i cant manage. When i started the game for the first time i chose hell difficulty and thought "ok, it ll be challenging but in the end i will beat the game" but now - i dont know how you could possibly win this.
I somehow managed to get the first key in chapter 1.2 and checked the laundry - but now i am facing 3+4+5 = 12 of this white bows in 3 different rooms and one green bow (from the ceiling in the dorm). I have 1 bow trap and 17 shots of pistolammo. Usually i need like 16 shots for 1 bow - if i hit very well maybe 10 are enough. How are you supposed to go though this? I cant dodge them all especially on the narrow stairs.
I have absolutely no idea how to get back to the other guy in the kitchen...
Do i have to play on normal diff first to get weapons and ammo?

[Frost]

i dont see how i can kill 12 bows with one trap and 17 pistolshots. Of course they recommend normal diificulty first. But i am used to the ubiquious RE-controls and gameplay :)

[Frost]

so if i play in normal difficulty - can i use the weapons and remaining ammo, money etc in a new hell-campaign ?

[Icecreammouth]

What you can do is shoot the pale skinned BOWs on both of their arms to put them in a vulnerable state where you can use a charged melee attack on them. Then you can ether keep repeating this tactic until they're all dead, or just run past them. As for the Wall Blisters, all you can do at this point is run past them since the only attack they can do instantly kills you.

But I agree. You should complete it on Normal Difficulty instead, and play Infernal Difficulty on a New Game+.

[Frost]

hey thats a good hint - thx man! I tried to shoot arms and legs - didnt help so far - but both arms - i will try. They go to the state when their tongue hangs out of the mouth?
But anyway - it will be hard - since they attack in groups and grab me very quick - and you cant fall back.
I use the pistol with a 4 bullet magazin - since it has the most punch :-)
Any hints to dodge? It doesnt work too good pressing space or w as indicated in the manual...

i started a campaign on normal and it was much much easier - i am in chapter 5 right now

[Icecreammouth]

Yeah! They'll be stunned for a few seconds with their tongues hanging out when you shoot both of their arms. You can also keep shooting them in the legs and they'll eventually fall down and crawl slowly towards you, but that's a waste of bullets.

Also, most of the enemies have easy methods to defeat them. They can have specific body parts to shoot for critical damage and/or an instant kill, another specific body part or moving animation that opens them up for a charged melee attack if you manage to shoot them first, or even a weakness against a specific weapon or grenade type.

For hanguns, I stick to the rapid fire ones to make it easier for me to hit their arms and other weak points (if you're playing on Infernal Difficulty, you'll find a custom part "daze 3", specifically for handguns). But all of my other weapons are customized to inflict the highest damage possible per shot.

Hmm, most of the dodging techniques I use works with a controller better. But I do know that you have a HIGH chance of successfully dodging manually if you do a 180 degree turn just before you get hit. It's also funny because I seem to accidentally dodge everything whenever I'm just recklessly charging towards an attacking enemy, but it stops working whenever I try to time it properly.

[:3Icaros:3]

u can try knife them
they r pretty squashy

[Frost]

good morning

Im through with infernal difficulty - in a new game+ campaign it was pretty easy. The endboss norman took a few hours.
Shooting the arms is a very good hint that helps a lot - still i doubt you can manage a capaign without plus on infernal diffculty (but i will try it ^^)

@ikaros knife them? how do i do that? Of course i use the knife, when they fall down or in the raid missions - but in an infernal campaign they grab you so fast and you will die pretty fast. make a new game without plus - im curious ^^

Thanks for all the hints and advices :-)

[Icecreammouth]

He must be joking. I've knifed all of the enemies in campaign mode in every difficulty except for Casual, and it doesn't impede their movement or inflict any significant amount of damage at all. The knife is really just there for breaking open crates and chained up doors, and maybe a Tricorne Ooze's projectile if you have the timing right.

Glad to hear you've completed Infernal Mode! I recommend replaying your new game+ file a few more times since there's still tons of weapons, custom parts, and ammo cases to find. You can also try different paths in each chapter's objectives to discover different enemy waves to encounter, and even a few new in-game dialogues during it.

Also, try killing the mini-bosses you run into, even the ones you encounter during a countdown timer. They all drop unique custom parts once they're dead. I've discovered four optional mini-bosses so far, I'm not sure if there's any more I've missed. Completing achievements also earns you new guns and custom parts, so there's that too.

This isn't a long game, but it's jam packed with a lot of content.