Is getting 112% harder than Steel Soul (if you aren't willing to quit out when you reach 1 hp)?

[WarpedByTheNHK]

I just wanted to ask anyone who is done both which one they find harder so I can decide which one to complete first. I suspect that Steel Soul isn't that bad even if you don't use the cheap trick where you quit out before losing, but I wanted to hear what the experts think.

[Syndiciate]

They're about equally difficult imo. Steel Soul really just requires patience and nerves while 112% requires persistence and reflexes + memorization.

[Watermelons]

I accidentally did around 109% on my very first playthrough ever. Then played around in Godmaster for a while.

After all that, I played Steel Soul and it was basically just another playthrough. Never had to reset, and I got 112% after making sure I did the most basic ending first ( I missed it in my first playthrough, got Sealed Siblings first instead ). Even replayed Path of Pain without any trouble.

Basically, if you've gotten comfortable with the game/bosses, and you remember any sections where you may have died before due to stupid/clumsy. For me, I died pretty pathetically once in my first playthrough, going through the path underneath Oro's place in the Kingdom's Edge. There's that section with the load of spikes and one giant hopping bug. Completely slaughtered me because I kept falling into spikes. Then I got wrecked again when I went back to grab my Shade.
On my SS playthrough, avoided that hopping chump because I knew what to expect and how to deal with them even in enclosed spaces. I entered carefully, and got out of it easy enough. As long as you remember sections like that and take no risks when you reach them, you'll be fine in SS mode.

For especially tough sections like the Trial of the Fool, definitely go back to your normal playthrough and practice practice practice.

[Darc Vader]

Steel Soul is much easier than it used to be, as you can skip out on some of the harder stuff and still fairly easily hit 100% for the achievement.