Good game......tough difficulty level ruins the overall experience though.

[AWPC]

Even on easy this was a chore to beat. It really lets the game down it was almost perfect until they threw those crazy checkpoints & stupid difficulty into the mix.

Shame as it ruins the replay value. QA team should be fired they let this otherwise superb game down a lot.

Casual players will give up when they get a few hours into this its way too tedious/hard to keep having to replay the same old section again & again due to the easy deaths where you fall a long way & lose a lot of progress as the checkpoints are misplaced.

Most games are too easy this is too hard for casual players sadly.

[ElNino]

"Most games are too easy this is too hard for casual players sadly."

Good then, the first Strider was an extremely difficult arcade game. It was made, like almost all games at this period, to be extremely hard, frustrating but also to make people spend more $$$ into it because they wanted to beat it.

This game is far from "hard". I've tried to replay the Genesis/Megadrive remake of Arcade version of Strider & i can't even beat the 2 first stage anymore without having a Game Over...

[Star]

I'm only 3 hours in, but I found the game itself to be EXTREMELY easy on normal, except for some boss fights. Anyway, the more abilities and upgrades you get, the easier it gets.

[himmatsj]

1 hour in. On normal. Pretty easy.

[Autismus Prime]

git gud

[DAOWAce]

..It's a chore on easy?

I'm kicking myself for starting on normal; the only boss I've had trouble with was Xi Wang Mu, I died about 5 times before taking a break, only to find out that the checkpoint was a jumping sequence, multiple item pickups and 5 fight sequences away; despite it restarting just before the fight on a retry.

Normal enemies are a joke, most bosses without in depth (or bullet hell) mechanics are a joke, and overall I really wish I could switch over to hard.

I guess my hard playthrough will be a speedrun (sub 4 hours) and I'll use this run to get 100% completion. Though, shame to hear that costumes don't carry over into new saves..

[Metal Gear Banana]

This is not half as hard as the original Strider. For anyone who has played the original Strider, there is no reason to play on any difficulty except Hard. They really need to put in an Extreme diffculty setting.

[Default Hero]

Go back and play the old Strider games, they were easy and more of what you are looking for...(Evil Laugh).

[hardwiredsin]

The game is actually very easy on Normal difficulty, the only tough parts are near the end and even then they only take like 2-3 tries.

[sas647]

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ casuals

[Suzaku]

I'm a few hours into normal and I kinda wish I'd chosen hard. Maybe it's just that I've played and beaten all the Strider games, or maybe it's just that I've been a gamer for nearly 30 years, but it's honestly pretty easy. I haven't gotten even close to dying yet.

If you can't handle this on easy, I can only suggest that you try playing some actual games. When I was a kid, pretty much all of the games were harder than this one.

[Dustrega]

Originally posted by sas647.j2:

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ casuals

I am inclined to agree, though they are a facet of gaming society. The bottom line though, if you can't take the heat, get away from the Falchion.

[dirtywhirlwind]

I have a feeling this thread is a joke attempt. A hard game ruining the replay value? Yeah right The concern about casual gamers being frustrated with a game not really aimed for them? That's a joke alright.

If anything it's actually way too easy even on hard. It gets a bit more challenging at the end, but overall I have to say the difficulty is probably my main gripe with this game.

[eagleangelo]

I would say it's pretty easy

If you're bad at the game just keep on trying and learn from what you're doing wrong, or do you want everything on a silver plate?

[Th3 Rofl Waffle]

This game is far from difficult, yeah i've died a few times but that was to my mistakes of not paying attention to my health. Boss fights are super easy when you oroboros with spam slashing a boss to fill up your meter to get the super slashes which can drain a boss's health instantly.

I cant suggest anything other than get better at the game, something that most casual players refuse to do or just dont want to invest the time to get better.

[Infinity Blade]

To say it in a nice way, dude im happy that you like the game but its not realy hard. I play on the highest difficult and i only died once in the first hour, later i died a tiny bit more but only because i was running trough the enemies like a mad man^^.

You should play games like DMC 4 or Darksiders they realy help when you want to get better in such games.

For me the game is realy fun but the bosses are to easy i only died 3 times from the tank and 3 times from the flying one because i was dumb XD the rest i beat on the first try.