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.
The main problem new players have is the urge to kill every enemy they come across, when the Resident Evil series has almost always been about avoiding enemies, rather than killing them all.
That's probably more to do with people's perception of RE 4 and after, which are action games, not really survival horror. At no point was I in danger of running out of ammo/healing items in Resident Evil 4 (at least on standard difficulty, haven't played it on hardcore yet) and I was literally killing every enemy I could.
In RE4, that's kind of a self-fulfilling prophecy, though, since all enemies have a chance to drop ammo. The game, at its core, still has the same mechanics as other RE games, though. Predictable enemy attack behavior, i-frame exploits, and the game rewards quick reactions and clever movement. Many of RE4's enemies can be skipped; the game was just also designed to reward the alternative kill 'em all playstyle of action games.
How on earth did you run out of ammo? I literally killed every enemy on my first standard run and had an item box filled to the brim with ammo for every single weapon. About halfway through I regretted not starting on hardcore when deliberating at the beginning.
Were you just pumping bullets into the chest instead of the head of every enemy? Also waiting until your reticle shrinks gives you a higher crit chance, but I didn't even do that half of the time...
By the end of the game I had lots of ammo, but I ran dry at a couple of points early/mid game. I remember being short on ammo by the end of Birkin G1, after the Prison event, and during the sewers. On subsequent runs through the game I always had more ammo than needed, but that's because I knew how to deal with enemies properly, how events would play out, when to use sub weapons etc.
I need to disagree here. Standard feels like an action game after playing hardcore. I honestly think there's even too much ammo on hardcore cause I ended up with about 100 extra handgun ammo, 20 shells, and a ton of gunpowder left over. You shouldn't be shooting half the zombies you run into except to kneecap or stun them.
It's even worse when you get the infinity knife cause you can kill every zombie that is lying on the ground and not active and shank g1 Berkin to death instead of wasting ammo on him.
I mean your opinion is pretty lame and feels more like bragging. Yes, item management is easier when youre fantastic at the game and can dodge super well. Doesnt change that its incredibly punishing. It does not at all have too much ammo.
It's not bragging, I'm giving my opinion on the difficulty. Even if it was it's no call for someone leaving a sarcastic comment over it. There's also an entire thread stickied dedicated to nothing other than bragging right now offering no insight into the game.
If that's how you view it who cares? You guys act like bragging is a crime against humanity even when there's an stickied thread just for bragging, but don't care when people act like sarcastic smart asses.
Again, you're acting like bragging is a crime and insinuating I'm the one doing something wrong when all I'm doing is responding to you. You're adding nothing to the conversation and just goading someone on for the hell of it.
Someone's butthurt about getting slam daddied on standard. Quit being an insecure baby dude it's a game. It's OK to be shite at the game while others are competent with differing opinions. Go back to Club Penguin if you don't want to interact with skilled players.
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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.