Is there a way to increase difficulty in game?

[Fjolde]

I had played this before the redux and I remember it being a lot harder. Is there a way to change the difficulty in game and keep my stuff or do I just have to start over?

[IFIYGD]

You can't change settings in Survival Mode mid-run, or partway through an episode in Story Mode, nope. One you choose your experience mode or custom settings, they are set for the entire save.

[Fjolde]

If I restart at chapter 2 on hard, will I start with just the basic stuff?

[IFIYGD]

Yeah, if you restart from "New game" to change the experience mode, you'll start with basically nothing. It's doable though. Story mode is set up to make sure you have everything you need to complete each episode on its own, since they are stand-alone episodes. You'll have to loot more thoroughly, and it will be more challenging. but- you said you wanted more difficulty, lol. You'll get that if you start over with a new game.

[Fjolde]

Yeah lol I did say I want more difficulty. I don't have a problem starting over on chapter 2. I just put some time into grabbing what I thought would be the perfect stuff to bring with me, a little annoying is all.

[Včelí medvídek]

Play survival.

Story mode is more jsut "experience and go" anyway.

[IFIYGD]

Originally posted by eddie:

Yeah lol I did say I want more difficulty. I don't have a problem starting over on chapter 2. I just put some time into grabbing what I thought would be the perfect stuff to bring with me, a little annoying is all.

Yeah, I play on 3 different platforms (Steam/XBox One and Switch), so I've played each episode multiple times on each platform (except Episode 4- still need to finish that one up here on Steam). Just finish up on the settings you have now, with all of your gear that yu are carrying over. Then go back and replay again on the next difficulty mode, to see what the differences are, maybe? Wintermute will never be as difficult as Survival mode, since it isn't permadeath, and you can make manual saves and reload if you screw up. Up to you. But new game is very doable, even with a bump up in difficulty. The game will give you everything you need, and then some.

[Fjolde]

Ty for the responses. I'm still on the fence but at least I know now

[Včelí medvídek]

Originally posted by eddie:

Ty for the responses. I'm still on the fence but at least I know now

When I first run the game I spent over 100 hour in first two episodes.. I had fun for sure but looking back I simply tried "play survival" in setting where it do not fit (eg. hoarding all types of supply I left behind anyway I had no skills to progress as in Survival, etc)

I have replayed all episodes on max difficulty too but it is not the dififculty I like in TLD - in Wintermute it just modified Stalker with abundant loot and Wolves on every step (though tools/weapons too so you cna jsut keep killing them.. this also means unlimited food etc)

To my heart Interloepr setting is much, much better and what the challange in TLD "should be" - but that is not the Wintermute case.

oh and PS: EP4 you dont have any gear from rpevious episode.. nto sure how ep5 will be and I guess the same.. and ep3 is Astrid. So at end of day your question and considering replay episode on new diifficulty and keeping stuff is relvant for ep1-2 transition only.