How hard is the game?

[Crack Open a Cold One]

I dislike souls games and the rinse and repeat style of gameplay. I don't mind a challenge I just don't want it to be overkill in terms of difficulty.

[Paranoia_Inc]

Pretty hard. And overrated. There are a lot of just cheap moves throughout and stupid heavy reliance on RNG ♥♥♥♥ and bosses using additional minions without the decency to provide good audio, or even good audio options. I guess if you can handle the audio being loud enough to hear footsteps over gunfire then go for it. But it is a Soulslike in the end, so learning bosses will take a decent amount of time. And there's 30(?) bosses, but you don't come across them all in one campaign. So that'll be even more of your life dedicated to this one title by replaying it and hoping you come across more content. But that isn't guaranteed so will have to reroll and reroll until you do.

[Coffee]

Really hard at first but once you learn to dodge and upgrade your character, it can get much easier.

I usually dislike souls game but this one is amazing.

[chikennougatman]

It's not terrible. It's difficult, but not unplayable

[Xaelon]

Remnant has a similar "die and learn" loop to most souls-likes except you don't drop anything on death. So if you die after you've looted an area there's no need to go back through it again. There's also always a checkpoint right outside of each boss arena too. You can make another attempt on a boss immediately.

In terms of difficulty it is pretty rough at the start but it gets easier as you find gear that better fits your playstyle and learn how the game works. The enemies will be more dangerous than you'll expect (if you're used to third person shooters) but non-boss/elite enemies also die in a few well-placed headshots.

If you pay attention and learn from your mistakes you'll beat the game eventually.

[dr46onfusion]

Originally posted by Hydra Dominatus:

I dislike souls games and the rinse and repeat style of gameplay. I don't mind a challenge I just don't want it to be overkill in terms of difficulty.

It's more like a diablo style game with dark souls vibes where enemies respawn constantly when you enter a map or use checkpoints to rest and such.

It's more fun in co-op with friends basically as it's a grind to run around long distance from point A to B just to do the story.

Once you activated the main crystal at the start you can create extra 'adventure' worlds or re-roll your main campaign world (imagine NG+, without the +, you can respawn loot endlessly but your story resets too).

Adventure worlds are good way to reset without touching your story, and you can continuously loot for things like scrap and materials or even loot for weaponry.

Weapon and armor pieces are few and far in between though, you'll most likely picking up:
1) Materials
2) Consumables
3) Scrap which is used for money

And most of the time you spend it bashing destructible props to get scraps.

Also the NPC sells materials for you over time when you are out in the world and it refills as you play, so just collect tons of scraps and progress then go back to base to buy more forged iron to upgrade your gear so you can survive better...

Of all the traits to get, health is the most important typically because there is no revive system in single player.

Setting a difficulty level basically raises exp gain up to 150% for the highest one, only with a DLC you utilize Glowing fragments from higher difficulty.

[LargeDudePicksLocks]

On Normal difficulty it's really not that hard at all, certainly not comparable to a souls game IMO. On higher difficulties it's just as hard or harder though.

[dr46onfusion]

Where as Dark Souls strictly limits you with resources based on the playthrough, it offers more customization in gear and armor and items.

This game is more like a diablo looter shooter with the map being generated for a campaign. It's a chore to run from point A to point B for dungeons and stuff once you cleared it so you are forced to teleport back to the other main points, and then run to your story objectives from there... And running past every single enemies and elites that stands in your way.

You can't teleport to checkpoints unless its the most recent one, and there are a ton of them.

[Mouse]

I don't think it is very hard. There are tank builds which make things a lot easier if you are not very good at dodging/timing. I can solo hardest difficulty quite easily now, just need to know the sequences of attacks from the bosses which might take a few attempts to learn.

[Dota != 4Noob]

Tbh when u fight boss as solo is much easier then going group.

[Arandur87]

Originally posted by LargeDudePicksLocks:

On Normal difficulty it's really not that hard at all, certainly not comparable to a souls game IMO.

I agree.

I would rather compare the game to "Outriders" than to Dark Souls. If you find a gameplay style you like and are able to play on a halfway decent level, the game doesn't feel hard.
I had one Boss so far I felt a little annoyed by. But even that one nasty Boss (in fact it was 2 at once) was done after like ~4-5 attempts.

[Dio Aloke]

Game is harder if you play solo, but on normal almost any build/gear will you see you to the finish like. Just the occasional boss that requires changing tactics or looking up the actual mechanics.

Do yourself a favor and don't try to upgrade to the highest number as fast as possible

[Coffee]

Originally posted by Dio Aloke:

Game is harder if you play solo, but on normal almost any build/gear will you see you to the finish like. Just the occasional boss that requires changing tactics or looking up the actual mechanics.

Do yourself a favor and don't try to upgrade to the highest number as fast as possible

It scale rather good for solo. I dont feel it's harder solo, almost easier.

[RunForRest]

If u spend enough time with the game u will definately be able to overkill most enemies, even bosses on normal AND hard difficulty. If u REALLY love the game u can do stuff like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHbu8YmWxEQ
https://youtu.be/UYfJIs-sE3U

[Dio Aloke]

Originally posted by Ꝙ Ghosthunter Ꝙ:

Originally posted by Dio Aloke:

Game is harder if you play solo, but on normal almost any build/gear will you see you to the finish like. Just the occasional boss that requires changing tactics or looking up the actual mechanics.

Do yourself a favor and don't try to upgrade to the highest number as fast as possible

It scale rather good for solo. I dont feel it's harder solo, almost easier.

The problem with solo for me isn't the scaling, but the adds in boss fights. If you have 2 or 3 people it's more manageable than when you're alone (that's why I use mostly summons)

[Valerie]

Originally posted by Ꝙ Ghosthunter Ꝙ:

Really hard at first but once you learn to dodge and upgrade your character, it can get much easier.

I usually dislike souls game but this one is amazing.

This.

My friend she always HATED the sound of souls games and to be honest so did I. The idea of just slamming your head into the wall over, and over, and over, to progress wasn't a fun sounding concept.

Sure it has skill to it, but that still wasn't a fun loop to us. Playing it for the first time with friends is what I really needed and it made the game so much fun. The more harder bosses became my friend's favorite ones 'cuz we loved the challenge.

There is a difficulty option and that + upgrading armor/traits can make the game significantly easier.