Is it frustratingly difficult?

[gothicwigga]

The game looks good but I'm just up to chill in a game like this right now, not in the mood for something suuuuuper challenging.

[InsideOut]

I don't think this is a "chill game", however Xulima has a casual difficulty that's supposed to be easy going on the player.

[bananabuilt]

For me it was a bit too frustrating to fully enjoy, but I am definitely in the minority on that one, as plenty of people are having a blast with Xulima. For me, though, the game just felt a bit too "cheap" sometimes. It doesn't take long into the game before it's just constantly throwing poison and stun based enemies at you en masse, meaning you can get into a fight that you otherwise SHOULD be able to handle, but because of the enemies moves, your whole party can end up stunned while the enemies wail on you turn after turn.

But I was playing on the default difficulty, and I'm sure if I kept exploring and attacking that brick wall, I'd eventually make it through, and I sometimes really want to do that, because up until I got frustrated with that, I was definitely having a wonderful time. The story is quite well told from what I could gather, and I loved the character development and isometric exploration.

[gothicwigga]

Thanks for the replies, I think I'm gonna wait till next time on this one for the time being.

[jdash417]

game is hard on veteran difficulty but that is what makes it enjoyable for me. I cant imagine playing iron man or whatever it is called. I just need a little more handholding to keep me going in the right direction.

[kingskin]

jollybarracuda has it spot on. He wont say yes it is frustrating difficult as he will get jumped on.... "cheap" is a perfect way to describe the encounters.

Old school is the way to go here. Save before you do anything and then reload reload reload until the rolls favour you. I played and finished wiz 8 a couple of times and world of xeen so i do enjoy this sort of thing. I dont enjoy the fake diffculty tho.

[Jesse R]

Let me put it this way....the game gives you a challenge rating for each potential combat so you can decide if you want to try to avoid the adversary. A couple of recent ratings that popped up almost side by side:

2 Ravens: Challenging
3 Raptors: Balanced

So apparently dinosaurs evolved into much more ferocious birds....

[Syraniss]

The game only gives challenge ratings for ambushes oddly enough.... actual enemies that you seeon the map you immediately fight if you walk near without any knowledge of the number of enemies or the threat level they pose.

All in all on the veteran (default) difficulty I find the game really cheap and hard to enjoy. I am feeling constantly underleveled without any ability to grind because after like 4 encounters an area is "clear" and you stop getting into combat. Just keep reloading in hopes of actually defending an attack or two and living long enough to clear.

As said above save before and after everything, sadly this also makes it feel like a game of trial and error more than anything else. Maybe casual would be more fun... but pride wont let me select such a difficulty in games.

[Macibax]

Im playing on normal (casual?) difficulty and im enjoying the game a lot..

[Jesse R]

Originally posted by Syraniss:

The game only gives challenge ratings for ambushes oddly enough.... actual enemies that you seeon the map you immediately fight if you walk near without any knowledge of the number of enemies or the threat level they pose.

If I put the mouse over the actual enemy avatar and right-click (hold) it will show a challenge rating and the number (and type icons) for the grouping.

[A600]

I finished the game on Veteran and it wasn't that hard; now I'm playing on Hardcore + Iron Man and after knowing the game mechanics is even too easy :)

[Syraniss]

Okay, went to the arena and got like 3 levels of my berserker plus went and did some stuff other than what the story told me to and things appear to be looking up. I imagine second and third playthroughs are much easier since you know the mechanics and general sequence of areas to be conquered.

Good tip on right clicking the enemies on the road to see what they were thanks.

[Ser Cartoon of House Head]

I found it challenging but fair so far. Saying that I only just finished the spiders cave (pretty much the fist dungeon).

[InsideOut]

Originally posted by Syraniss:

Good tip on right clicking the enemies on the road to see what they were thanks.

Wasn't that one of the tutorial messages.

[Kamamura]

Lack of proper manual certainly does not help.

[ppaladin123]

Normal mode is actually very easy....you get a ton of extra skill points because they are cheap. Food is ridiculously cheap too. So you won't have any problem on that setting if you want a casual game experience.

Old school veteran is more challenging/frustrating though.