Too hard

[Vespasius]

Everyone's going to call me out for having a skill issue

[peterS]

Also struggling a bit and getting tired of the first five-ish levels. Furthest I've got is District XIII once only because a good run with some Epic weapons. What I'm wondering is, is there even a point in playing on Hard besides a few more wrenches? Or is progress even slower at lower difficulties?

I don't really understand these type of games. Isn't it mostly all about the end game anyways? Playing runs without all unlocks seems to be just the prelude. What do I gain by hitting my head against a wall instead of breezing through full runs on Discovery until the real game starts?

This is also corroborated by people outright recommending to lower the difficulty until you have the unlocks. There isn't even an achievement for playing everything on Hard. While making it harder on yourself is kind of the point of a difficulty setting, it seems especially pointless and time-wasty in this game?

[Vespasius]

Originally posted by peterS:

What do I gain by hitting my head against a wall instead of breezing through full runs on Discovery until the real game starts?
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There isn't even an achievement for playing everything on Hard.

The point is unlocking guardian 4. After you beat the game on I think discovery, easy and standard you unlock the first of the guardian difficulties, and if you beat the last one it will give you an achievement.

Originally posted by peterS:

I don't really understand these type of games. Isn't it mostly all about the end game anyways?

In my eyes, the point is having fun blowing up tons of bull everywhere on the screen with the satisfying weapons, and if you're not having fun or are finding that too hard I would recommend playing on the difficulty which just about challenges you, and try it again until you become good enough to move on.

If *that* doesn't seem fun, maybe play a different game for a little bit before carrying on. I'm not saying quit it entirely, but it can be nice to have a break when you realise you aren't getting anywhere. Even though I have beaten Guardian 3, it happens to me all the time. I especially need to sit back and do something else after getting asswiped by an ill-timed Iris overcharge.

[peterS]

Originally posted by Vespasius:

Originally posted by peterS:

What do I gain by hitting my head against a wall instead of breezing through full runs on Discovery until the real game starts?
~ ~ ~
There isn't even an achievement for playing everything on Hard.

The point is unlocking guardian 4. After you beat the game on I think discovery, easy and standard you unlock the first of the guardian difficulties, and if you beat the last one it will give you an achievement.

But that just confirms my suspicion that there is absolutely no point in playing the early game on Hard, or even Standard? The logical thing seems to be to breeze through runs on Discovery while unlocking everything in a few hours maybe. This will then even unlock the real difficulty setting Guardian. At this point you do runs on Guardian with everything unlocked and an actual achievement at the end. How you get there seems to be completely irrelevant besides wasting one's time?

[1mbalanced]

You will earn more keys for unlocks on hard. The game isnt much hard if you are familiar with fast-paced shooters.

[Vespasius]

Originally posted by 1mbalanced:

You will earn more keys for unlocks on hard. The game isnt much hard if you are familiar with fast-paced shooters.

This is true, you will get the unlocks much faster on hard.

[peterS]

Well, got through it now. If it's even slower at lower difficulties there is at least some point.

[Gimcrack]

OP got good