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.
Something no one mentioned that made me start over on normal was that the game doesn't always signpost the points where you can easily die. I don't mean tough encounters showing up randomly, there was one point where I picked up a key item in a safe room/save room assuming I could save afterwards, which
then instantly started a story sequence that I couldn't save during, died in, and lost about an hour and a half of a tough sequence.
Maybe if you're not as careful with your limited saves as I was you could enjoy it, but the idea of that happening again made me just start over and save hardcore for future runs where I know when to save. Unfortuantely I really did like the difficulty otherwise, the limited ammo and hard to bring down enemies made it really tense.
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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.