best upgrades for hard mode?

[deoxxys]

I got the fire weapon upgrade for fuel efficency but I finding I dont really like using melee and think im going to do an all ranged game, sad though as I already wasted an upgrade on the drill.

[Racuch Zawodowiec]

You did right thing..I ended game on hard difficulty by maxing up my fuel efficiency, strenght of drill and combined it with freezing plasmid. It's the best way to kill Big sister..just freeze her and...drill her ass xd Also in level with that crazy priest use your camera on that jumping splicers because when you make max level of intel on them, you will get good tonic who let's you regain your health to maximum by just Standing on water..every puddle of water what is higher than just 2 cm will regain your health..and because there are many of such places in every corridor, you won't need to spend your money on medikits so much (you will have them only in emergency situations). Also abuse your quicksave option and you will beat that game easily..Also, maxing up bee plasmid is very useful in later levels.

[deoxxys]

Originally posted by Racuch Zawodowiec:

i like dat ass in your avatar, i wana drill it, if you know what i mean. ;) send me link

[Humdrum Sebby]

Dunno if you're stilling trying to beat it, but I'm currently playing through ( stuck on a crashing load though ) and I've found it to be a breeze on hard mode. I use mostly the rivet gun fully upgraded with the headhunter tonic. Will kill most splicers in one or two headshots. Especially once you get the damage upgrades from research and the damage research tonic. It pretty much has made every enemy (including alpha and brute) way too easy to kill, except for big daddies and big sisters. For them I just use mini turrents, armor peircing with the machine gun and an array of plasmids. Mostly just shocking and using the decoy.
I'd say the most important tonics for me are headhunter, damage research, natural camoflauge, fountain of youth, and cure all.
Natural camoflauge makes hacking much easier because security won't see you if you happen to trip the alarm and it goes very well with fountain of youth. Also makes adam collecting a bit easier. Cure all is also very nice because there's a health station around every freaking corner and they're only 9 bucks when you hack them.

[Humdrum Sebby]

Actually scratch that... I just found out I've been playing on medium even though I remember selecting hard... Now I've gotta play through the whole damn thing again :L

[deoxxys]

lawl.

Naw but ive almost beaten it, turns out its a breeze. Would bang again at a harder dificulty.
I ended up restarting my game just because I didnt like the drill upgrade. But my replay of the first 2-3 levels was WAY better, had tons more money and supplies the second time. As of now I have made it to Persphone, but right now Im distracted by Bioshock Infinite

[Master]

Originally posted by Racuch Zawodowiec:

You did right thing..I ended game on hard difficulty by maxing up my fuel efficiency, strenght of drill and combined it with freezing plasmid. It's the best way to kill Big sister..just freeze her and...drill her ass xd Also in level with that crazy priest use your camera on that jumping splicers because when you make max level of intel on them, you will get good tonic who let's you regain your health to maximum by just Standing on water..every puddle of water what is higher than just 2 cm will regain your health..and because there are many of such places in every corridor, you won't need to spend your money on medikits so much (you will have them only in emergency situations). Also abuse your quicksave option and you will beat that game easily..Also, maxing up bee plasmid is very useful in later levels.

Took me 15 minutes to find this post again, from yesterday.
I tried and it works like a charme: I died 7/8 times against my 1st big sister, the second time I met one I had full drill upgrades + ice plasmid, she went down in half minute.

Thank you!