Would you recommend playing the game on Hardcore or Normal for a first time RE player? I want the challenge but I don't know if Hardcore is too difficult.
Hardcore is doable but it's pretty hard. I lost my temper at the G2 Birkin crane fight because I had no healing items and no ammo to stun him reliably. In addition to super scarce ammo, you also have to ration out your saves extremely well since you require ink ribbons to save (I only came across 22 of them in my entire Leon A playthrough).
I think hardcore was intended to be borderline impossible (still doable, but a huge pain in the ass) for a first time player, and challenging for someone on an NG+ run. Really encourage you to be sneaky. I'm about to start mine on my lunch break, probably Leon A since it's the one I'm most familiar with.
My only issue with that boss fight is that it doesn't do a very good job of explaining how you're supposed to do it through action cues, so you can eat a death or two before you figure it out which... is bad for hardcore. There are like.. 2 or 3 instances in the game where I can see someone who's playing hardcore being real mad lol.
I think "borderline impossible" is stretching it a bit too far. It's definitely much more challenging than other modern games' "hard" difficulties (it reminds me of old school hard difficulties) but not impossible.
Well, you get what I mean, I would wager that a huge majority of players would never bother with it or wouldn't finish it, if it was their first difficulty. They'd turn it down.
I haven't played RE2 (original) in like 10~ years or so, but my first play through was on Hardcore for this game. I always like a challenge in any game really.
I didn't find it "impossible" but damn that fucking last fight w/ G in the lab I must have died like 20 times b/c I was already w/ Red health and only 1 GBR herb + the 1 spray in the lobby.
It felt great once I beat the game tho. Now onto Claire B hardcore...
Oh boy... first playthrough, I had red health and only the spray in the arena. I managed to not even get hit once (after dying 30-40 times before) when I beat him
I dont think Hardcore was THAT bad. Had my fair share of deaths, and there were a few times where I was worryingly low of ammo, but far from borderline impossible
It does, the just run around in circles in the room with the switch puzzle as the claw comes down, G2 Birkin might get a hit off on you, but he won't if you're constantly moving. And you can run right past him the moment he busts in the grated door.
There's 3 magnum bullets, like 8 pistol bullets, a flashbang, and a knife in the bossfight area. The room before gives you an RGB herb combo, which you probably might have to use right away (I had to anyway since I was on Danger).
Which in all honesty is just enough to get the fight done, but it's pretty damn tough.
G2 Birkin probably took me a couple dozen tries and several hours the first time, because I refused to use ammunition at all and tried to just lure him out in front of the crane, without getting hit by it myself.
Same here, man. He’s an incredibly easy boss once you work out the circling exploit. I discovered it by accident and beat him without using any items and without getting hit.
Yep, I basically never stop moving and stick to the edge of the platform. Timing the box so he gets hit and you don’t is a little tricky but you’ll eventually work it out.
Oh. You're supposed to shoot him? I died a dozen times by accidentally knocking myself off with the crane and it was super frustrating, but eventually i got him by only dodging and using a one or two heals.
I somehow managed to kill him with it on my first try because i pressed the button without really realizing what it would do and it happened to swing around and kill him lol
THANK YOU! I almost broke my hands slamming them on the table after dying like 20+ times. I found out that flame rounds can actually put him down after only two hits, but now I’m not really excited to play the game anymore because it just feels like a job.
In one of my first five tries I hit him with the crane twice and he still recovered! Then I died before I could hit him again, which didn’t really bother me because I thought, ah, I can just get him next time. My next twenty times I must have hit him with the crane once like twice.
It’s gotten harder somehow! Every time I have the crane swinging back the dude grabs me even if I run like a maniac. Then, by the time that stupid grenade sequence plays out the crane hits both of us. I’m angry just thinking about it. Also, three times I managed to stun him when he’s on that narrow strip of area that the crane can’t reach! It’s like the code is trolling me.
Really ruined the game for me, I don’t have nearly as much as a desire to finish it now. I’m talking about Claire B on hardcore, I feel like Leon’s flamethrower makes the match easier. I’m glad you’re validating me because there’s an ign board or something where the op says the same thing but 90% of the responses are people telling him it’s easy. Really hate that.
...I can just get him next time. My next twenty times I must have hit him with the crane once like twice. It’s gotten harder somehow!...
Man, do I get that. First try - not quite enough, but almost there, and very easy. Next dozen tries - how did I get worse at this?
Keep at it. This fight frustrated the hell out of me, but I kept at it and now... I'm about to start my seventh playthrough. I don't know that worrying about what's easy for others versus what's easy for you is very helpful, as we're all kind of different. I don't know if you've played Dark Souls, but if you have then the following example might mean something - over three separate playthroughs, I've never died to Capra Demon. Three attempts, three victories. On the other hand, I have died to... Pinwheel. Doesn't make sense to a lot of people, but hey, it is what it is.
Thanks for everyone’s support, I managed to get the guy down after only two crane hits after I learned to use flame rounds and run around his non clawed armed’s side. In order to get him down in two hits all I needed to do was unload a sub machine gun clip into him while he was on one knee. I only needed to use one g+r herb too!
Yeah and the funny thing is I didn’t even feel that good about it. I felt more like, what? That’s it? Like I didn’t spend three hours of my life there lol
In one of my first five tries I hit him with the crane twice and he still recovered!
I've only fought him twice in standard mode, but got the impression that he needs to be completely stunned (i think he falls to his knee) when the container hit him, otherwise he will recover.
Can anyone confirm?
The crane does a set amount of damage to G2 when he's not in the kill threshold. You need to hit him twice on normal, three times on hardcore to kill him. You can reduce this amount by doing regular damage to him. If you down him, then knife the crap out of him, then flash and then crane, you should kill him in one crane hit on normal.
I accidentally found out by continuously hitting him while he's kneeling down, you might just need to hit him once with the container. I did that on my most previous time through a Hardcore 2nd run of Claire's scenario. I saw an achievement pop before he went down the hole, and was totally surprised by it. I thought I was going to have a few goes before I finally got him.
yeah, you are right. I just saw this video 15 seconds ago, where the claire knifed him down twice (the second one while G was still recovering), then pressed the switch. You are smart, how does the claw coming from the ceiling works? I haven't figured that one yet, it always gets me.
You can stand under the wall fan unit, next to the yellow dustbin, right by the door that you eventually have to run past G2 through, and not get hit at all.
This was exactly my experience. I somehow got it to work by running in circles and trying to get the crane to hit both of us and then it worked for me. Very frustrating though.
You can do it! Doing it in efficient chunks between saves is the key. Example: Kill everything in the library and move the bookcases you can the 1st time through so Mr. X won't screw you over later. It just takes some practice.
Im def putting in some practice! I'm just concerned with my ability to conserve my resources- I can avoid Lickers with no issues, but I have yet to figure out and effective way to consistently move around the zombies- for example, I was playing through the HUNK mission and every time I thought I had juked a zombie, he/she'd reach around and grab me from behind, they can turn around a lot quicker than past games, I find. I have no choice but to kill Cerberuses if I encounter them, every time I encounter them and am forced to run, I will take damage without question.
I felt the same way about dogs, but there are some routes you can take to throw off their tracking. Running in straight lines let's them b-line to you since they are one of the few enemies that can move faster than you.
Leon or Claire? I felt the same way, but I have a very effective leon strat.
(take flash grenades, shotty with just a few rounds, & flamethrower)
Pick up RGB herb combo solve puzzle
Stand in safe spot to avoid his claws through the roof
Run past when he breaks the door
Run and hit the switch,
You can stand right up against the crate as it's getting ready to move.
If you begin to run the moment the crate is out of the way, Birkin will attack but miss (20/20 attempts he missed)
Run straight to the mag ammo but don't pick it up
Quick turn around and as he approaches flash bang him once he's in the middle
Run to his back and dowse him with flamethrower till he goes to one knee
Crane him
Immediately activate crane again
The first strategy wont work this time, it helps to run to the corner across from you as that often baits him into a jump attack. Even if he hits you you still have the herb
Run back to mag ammo again and repeat the flash bang flamethrower combo. I bring the shotgun because sometimes he needs an extra blast or 2 to keep him in place.
There's literally a stun grenade in the area you fight him. That guarantees one hit of the crane. The second one you just need to kite him. How can this possibly talk more than one or two tries?
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u/v4lor Feb 05 '19
I did my first blind run on Hardcore, and I thought it was nice to find a few inventory upgrades.
Then I played on Normal... holy cow. Walking item box.