Should I start my run with Regicide Mode? (Hardest Mode)

[MahouKurein]

I really love a challenge, drives me to play the full game, there are some folks here who has given the Regicide difficulty options available with their game file, so my question is...

Are there unlocked elements that would tweak my experience or is it simply a harder mode to play the game with?

'Cause if I get to keep things from the previous run, of any kind, I wouldn't want it. If it's simply the core game with harder difficulty it's exactly what I am looking for.

Ty for those who will answer!

[slub2]

Regicide is an NG+ difficulty, you can edit your save file to play on it on a fresh save if you don't want the balancing to be ruined by the progress you carry over with NG+.

It's a more challenging difficulty than hard and the listed differences are below

-3x damage taken from enemies hitting your weaknesses
-Your party is more likely to be proc'ed with anxiety
-The rewind feature is completely removed
-25% more damage taken from enemies (compared to hard)
-Outgoing damage by your party reduced by 20% (same as hard)

I started my save file with regicide from the start and i can say it will beat your ass if your not familiar with press turn style combat, I only have 17 hours clocked in and my death toll is somewhere around 120 which is more than my total death count on dark souls 2 and 3 combined.

[MahouKurein]

Originally posted by slub:

Regicide is an NG+ difficulty, you can edit your save file to play on it on a fresh save if you don't want the balancing to be ruined by the progress you carry over with NG+.

It's a more challenging difficulty than hard and the listed differences are below

-3x damage taken from enemies hitting your weaknesses
-Your party is more likely to be proc'ed with anxiety
-The rewind feature is completely removed
-25% more damage taken from enemies (compared to hard)
-Outgoing damage by your party reduced by 20% (same as hard)

I started my save file with regicide from the start and i can say it will beat your ass if your not familiar with press turn style combat, I only have 17 hours clocked in and my death toll is somewhere around 120 which is more than my total death count on dark souls 2 and 3 combined.

Thanks for the info! Is the mode intended to be played carrying over stuff from the NG+?

[Pencillus Sedatus]

just download the game, and you will know if you can actually play as regicide on your first playthrough, try it. :D

[MahouKurein]

Originally posted by Pencillus Sedatus:

just download the game, and you will know if you can actually play as regicide on your first playthrough, try it. :D

Can't select the mode from the get go, and I can't get an idea of how hard it is unless I invest countless of hours in it first. That's why I'm asking players.

[Pencillus Sedatus]

Originally posted by MahouKurein:

Originally posted by Pencillus Sedatus:

just download the game, and you will know if you can actually play as regicide on your first playthrough, try it. :D

Can't select the mode from the get go, and I can't get an idea of how hard it is unless I invest countless of hours in it first. That's why I'm asking players.

and what did the game say about it when you select the mode? did the game say anything about a second playthrough?

[MahouKurein]

Originally posted by Pencillus Sedatus:

Originally posted by MahouKurein:

Can't select the mode from the get go, and I can't get an idea of how hard it is unless I invest countless of hours in it first. That's why I'm asking players.

and what did the game say about it when you select the mode? did the game say anything about a second playthrough?

... I can't select the mode. It's greyed out, so there isn't information about it. Are you trying to troll me or something? Lmao What is this.

[Bouli]

Should you start the game in Regicide Mode?

Absolutely f*****g not.

You're going to get wrecked.

Even more so if you're a completionist, as some late game sidequests are really hard even in normal difficulty, you'll basically never be able to do them ever. Unless you're an absolute expert in the genre but even then, I have my doubts.

[丂ㄖ尺乇ㄥ５７]

regicide 1st playthru is suicide

[thefollowingcharacters]

Yeah, no. There's a good reason why its locked behind beating the game once. Its not because they think, 'You can't handle it." Its a mode to motivate you to play a second time, that's all. Hard is hard, don't worry.

[MahouKurein]

Originally posted by thefollowingcharacters:

Yeah, no. There's a good reason why its locked behind beating the game once. Its not because they think, 'You can't handle it." Its a mode to motivate you to play a second time, that's all. Hard is hard, don't worry.

I just wonder if you manage to take your stuff from the NG+ and that is how Regicide is meant to be played, is it like that?