Is there any benefit to higher difficulty?

[Rei]

I've played a small amount of this game so far and like it, but I'm getting a fair bit tired of getting smacked down to 3HP whenever a robot brushes dirt off my shoulder

Aside from any possible achievements, is there any benefit to doing this on a harder setting?

[Ogami]

Nope. There is not even an achievement for playing on higher difficulty.
There is zero difference between EASY and VERY HARD , game content wise.
Nothing in the game is influenced by difficulty.
The only thing it changes is enemy HP and how hard they hit.

So its purely a personal preference.

[Aemony]

IMHO both the level and the difficulty system would’ve benefitted a lot from a month or two more in development. The difficulty scale have almost no meaning beyond whether you die in 1 hit or 2-3 hits, and for some reason shoot ’em up enemies scale to your level while regular mobs don’t, making the difference in damage you take between those types of sections stupidly high.

I would’ve preferred it if they fixed the level scaling and redid how the difficulty levels worked entirely. ’Very Hard’ should’ve been about something else then 1-hit KO and ’Iron Mode’ (permadeath) should’ve been available as a toggle.

[synthohol]

I totally agree, a more refined difficulty setting were a huge improvement. I miss something between Normal and Hard. A mode which lets you take about five hits and doesn't have a lock-on for pods would be a sweet spot between those two. Although I never considered playing it on Very Hard, I think a 1-hit difficulty still has its place for those who are into it.

[Yakuza Phone Answerer]

Originally posted by randomisator:

I totally agree, a more refined difficulty setting were a huge improvement. I miss something between Normal and Hard. A mode which lets you take about five hits and doesn't have a lock-on for pods would be a sweet spot between those two. Although I never considered playing it on Very Hard, I think a 1-hit difficulty still has its place for those who are into it.

You could just, not use the pod lock-on on normal?

[synthohol]

That is what I currently do, just to make it a little more different. However, I find myself hitting the lock-on button on accident every so often. Actually I could unbind this; thanks for giving me the thought!
Nevertheless, I'm missing that little edge in difficulty that keeps me on guard in addition. Of course there is Hard difficulty which I tried but as I indicated, this is just a little too stressfull.

[Exarch_Alpha]

The thing is, Hard makes the game realistic.

For example Engels should definitedly one-shot you with that arm swing. And on Normal you can take like, 3 hits. Is ridiculous.

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The Counter chip is your best friend..

[lessthanoff]

Hard mode gets better, don't worry. Just wait until you get better chips. Chips in this game make a huge difference.

[mitspieler]

Originally posted by DOUBLE R:

The Counter chip is your best friend.. :machine_lifeform:

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I dunno, I feel super imba x)) Once you have the dodging down the game becomes a lot easier. Like in all platinum games imo. But the addition of the plugin chips totally busts the difficulty.

[Exarch_Alpha]

Freedom to have 99 large restorers bust the difficulty even more.

That´s why the prologue can be so annoying in Hard but you feel like a bad ass when you win. You win by pure skill.

There should be a limit to items and if you went over the limit you should be slower and more clumsy.