Steroids not working

[Ark_Zilong]

Up until the final jack boss fight I have found every last single steroid, as well as purchased the one on zoe's trailer; yet it still takes one or two unguarded hits from ANY enemy (or just one hit from jacks thrid boss fight) to get me in the red or even outright kill me; and only 3 or 4 guarded hits even
from watching the game on youtube I KNOW this is not supposed to be the case.
has anyone else run into such an issue?

[OhMyItsAPumpkinPie]

Seems to be the case for me too. I've used three steroids so far and 2 hits during the boathouse fight with Jack is enough to get me full red, if not outright kill me. Its a bit ridiculous.

[MiNDFiELDS]

I think in games like RE enemies have to hit hard, it's part of the immersion.

[Ark_Zilong]

thats not the point of this discussion; its that steroids are literraly not working, I have seen videos of lets players who have taken less steroids in their playtrough than I have, and yet getting hit dead on does not deal as much damage as I (and I believe OhMyitsapumpkinpie) have taken.

[lunatear]

Originally posted by Arkanum Zilong:

thats not the point of this discussion; its that steroids are literraly not working, I have seen videos of lets players who have taken less steroids in their playtrough than I have, and yet getting hit dead on does not deal as much damage as I (and I believe OhMyitsapumpkinpie) have taken.

difficulty?

[Ark_Zilong]

normal dificulty on my case

[lunatear]

Originally posted by Arkanum Zilong:

normal dificulty on my case

Ethan takes hits differently, i.e a hit to the back or side will hurt more then to the front is what i thought it was. I do know what you're talking about but maybe those players you mentioned were using different items?

[lunatear]

Originally posted by holychair:

To be honest, I could not even tell whether the steroids work, I just assumed they do and never even checked how many hits I can take with or without them.

I just used them to heal up rip

[jacob]

Damage in resident evil games is nonsense

[Kthulhu]

Just because they raise his maximum health, that doesn't mean they double it or somethign like that. I'd wager that it's a fairly small increase. Think of the yellow herbs in RE4...one single herb didn't really raise you max health very substantially, but it DID raise it a bit.

For those saying that they are "literally" not working...you can't be sure of that. RE games don't show a number for your current health, your maximum health, or the damage inflicted. Without seeing those numbers, you can't say for sure that the steroids aren't raising Ethan's health, even if it's not a dramatic change.

[Echo Nine]

I assume molded do more damage as the game goes on as well.

[MundM]

Originally posted by Arkanum Zilong:

normal dificulty on my case

Every enemy, including bosses, have differnt attacks that hit in a different amount of damage. You may just be unlucky with the hits you don't block...besides, why don't you block in the first place?

[Lukey Pooky]

Originally posted by Echo Nine:

I assume molded do more damage as the game goes on as well.

they also get stronger, player resorting to either running away from them or using the shotgun for a headshot.