Dead Space 2 difficulty is just plain stupid....

Sigh... I'm at my wits end. This is massively frustrating. I couldn't beat the first DS on hard. I tried, but I couldnt do it. Normal, however, was too easy. I mean, it was MASSIVELY easy. And so, when I heard that DS2 pushed the difficulty up, I jumped for joy. Wrong reaction to have.

DS2 on normal is apparently equivalent to the first DS on hard. However, the casual setting is still the same as it was. SO THEY GOT RID OF NORMAL MODE?! I mean christ, why is it so hard for them to come up with some kind of median difficulty setting? I CONSTANTLY had trouble with the normal mode in this game (more trouble than I should have had, meaning I was almost always at half health, with only a few bullets for every gun, and the first Brute fight took me 3 damn tries), but when I restarted the game and jumped it down to easy, I knew by Chapter 3 it wasnt gonna be right for me, when I got hit by an enemy and my health wasn't effected. Like, seriously, I would have had to fight an army of crimsons to drop down to half health on easy mode. And they all drop 9 friggin plasma ammo! Ugh...

I know that pretty much every person here is going to jump in with a classic troll line, such as "stop being bad" or "QQ, if it's too hard dont play"... but seriously, in the modern era, when we have reached SUCH technical marvels, and there are lots of other games with 5-6 difficulty modes, why does DS2 have to be either stupidly hard, or lobotomy easy? Oh well, another disappointment I guess. Maybe after I beat a few other games I will try again on normal.

Maybe your just not very good at the game I beat it on Survivalist (which is one difficulty higher then normal)no problem if you need any help feel free to PM me and I can givesome extensive advice on the game.

I also started the game on Survivalist. I'm almost done. I can see why you'd wan't to turn the difficulty down, though. While I rarely found myself dying or low on ammo in the first, I've had to be a bit more resourceful in the sequel. If you were considering turning down the difficulty, do it now, as in later chapters, the 'morphs start coming at you incessantly. There's much less breathing room here than in the first.

There are a couple of moments where I've said in my mind, 'that maybe seems a bit unfair', but it IS survival horror, so I like the challenge. I'm still pushing through the chapters quire well. It sucks that you can't find an enjoyable difficulty, though- it's not a fun feeling.

Its not their fault that you can't play the game on the hardest difficulty.

Its not their fault that you can't play the game on the hardest difficulty.

nintendo_ds_06

Also, Kamikaze, my browser wont let me send PM's for some reason... can you send me one and I can just reply to it! I would LOVE some help with DS2, just with tips and such. I think the problem might be that I am trying to play the game exactly like the first one (find a corner to hold up in, rarely use stasis, NEVER use kinesis, etc)

Aren't you the same person who made the dead space thread earlier. Seriously the game isnt hard at all on normal or even survivalist. Zealot is where you might start to run into problems. I posted a bunch of tips in the other thread that would have helped you and i specifically remember saying dont get cornered and to use stasis on fast and strong enemies.

^Well there's part of the problem! You've got to think on your feet a bit more. There's plenty of stuff lying around to take advantage of the more accurate kinesis this time around. And is it ever satisfying. Having trouble with Brutes? Stasis, then run away. If you can, try to move to another room to confuse the AI. Works well for me.

Also, be sure to stomp every baddie. Sometimes you don't get an item until you damage them further after the death animation. Enemies also play dead more often in DS2- make sure they're dead- if a 'morph stops moving and still has most of its sharp limbs, it's probably faking it.

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Its not their fault that you can't play the game on the hardest difficulty.

Essian

Also, Kamikaze, my browser wont let me send PM's for some reason... can you send me one and I can just reply to it! I would LOVE some help with DS2, just with tips and such. I think the problem might be that I am trying to play the game exactly like the first one (find a corner to hold up in, rarely use stasis, NEVER use kinesis, etc)

Aren't you the same person who made the dead space thread earlier. Seriously the game isnt hard at all on normal or even survivalist. Zealot is where you might start to run into problems. I posted a bunch of tips in the other thread that would have helped you and i specifically remember saying dont get cornered and to use stasis on fast and strong enemies.

Gen007

ive bought this game but it hasnt arrived yet, but i was wondering, is it possible to complete the game using only the plasma cutter again? like if i only use it will i get plenty of ammo for it? or are there some moments when other weapons are needed?

ive bought this game but it hasnt arrived yet, but i was wondering, is it possible to complete the game using only the plasma cutter again? like if i only use it will i get plenty of ammo for it? or are there some moments when other weapons are needed?

tomrocks666

I think you can its just like the first one you really only see ammo for the guns you are using at the moment but i will admit theres much less than there was in the first so you might not. You do also every once in awhile randomly get ammo for stuff your not using/dont have but it doesn't happen often. I cant say for sure though because i haven't played with just one gun yet.

ive bought this game but it hasnt arrived yet, but i was wondering, is it possible to complete the game using only the plasma cutter again? like if i only use it will i get plenty of ammo for it? or are there some moments when other weapons are needed?

tomrocks666

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ive bought this game but it hasnt arrived yet, but i was wondering, is it possible to complete the game using only the plasma cutter again? like if i only use it will i get plenty of ammo for it? or are there some moments when other weapons are needed?

Essian

Why? the plasma cutter was easily the best gun in the first game and really in this one as well. Especially when you have it maxed out or just heavily upgraded.Take into account that the first game only gives you ammo for the guns you have on hand and your unstoppable.

I tried to go through the game with just the plasma cutter.. it wasnt happening. Several times through the game it decided to give me ammo for guns I didnt even have. I was forced to get other weapons. I don't regret it though... some of those guns are life savers. :lol:

Try it on Survivalist. I'm finding that pretty challenging.

I don't understand how people are complaining about the difficulty of dead space 2 :/. I've been playing it on Normal and it's been pretty easy so far (on PC at least). A friend of mine was telling me how he was having a lot of trouble getting past chapter 4 where the stalker enemies are, even on Easy he found it hard. I got past that bit on the first go lol. I'm quite tempted to turn up the difficulty right now while i'm in the middle of chapter 6.

don't ever play demon souls thenbangaz5

Not trying to troll or anything but aim and shoot its really an easy game even on zealot...im working my way through hardcore right now and it makes you want to cry

Not trying to troll or anything but aim and shoot its really an easy game even on zealot...im working my way through hardcore right now and it makes you want to cry

folino857

This far in, I'm surprised like no one mentioned Hard Core.

I mean, seriously.

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Aren't you the same person who made the dead space thread earlier. Seriously the game isnt hard at all on normal or even survivalist. Zealot is where you might start to run into problems. I posted a bunch of tips in the other thread that would have helped you and i specifically remember saying dont get cornered and to use stasis on fast and strong enemies.

Essian

Sigh... I'm at my wits end. This is massively frustrating. I couldn't beat the first DS on hard. I tried, but I couldnt do it. Normal, however, was too easy. I mean, it was MASSIVELY easy. And so, when I heard that DS2 pushed the difficulty up, I jumped for joy. Wrong reaction to have.

DS2 on normal is apparently equivalent to the first DS on hard. However, the casual setting is still the same as it was. SO THEY GOT RID OF NORMAL MODE?! I mean christ, why is it so hard for them to come up with some kind of median difficulty setting? I CONSTANTLY had trouble with the normal mode in this game (more trouble than I should have had, meaning I was almost always at half health, with only a few bullets for every gun, and the first Brute fight took me 3 damn tries), but when I restarted the game and jumped it down to easy, I knew by Chapter 3 it wasnt gonna be right for me, when I got hit by an enemy and my health wasn't effected. Like, seriously, I would have had to fight an army of crimsons to drop down to half health on easy mode. And they all drop 9 friggin plasma ammo! Ugh...

I know that pretty much every person here is going to jump in with a classic troll line, such as "stop being bad" or "QQ, if it's too hard dont play"... but seriously, in the modern era, when we have reached SUCH technical marvels, and there are lots of other games with 5-6 difficulty modes, why does DS2 have to be either stupidly hard, or lobotomy easy? Oh well, another disappointment I guess. Maybe after I beat a few other games I will try again on normal.

Essian

I'm sorry, this just sounds like a case of 'not being your type of game'. I am most of the way through normal right now and it has not been very hard at all.

Some parts have required more thought, but nothing that has made me angry or that I wasn't able to beat the 2nd time.

Maybe get better at dead space ? just keep trying and soon you will crack it i'm sure

I played dead space on impossible and finished it using only the plasma pistol...that was pretty easy. i agree with this though, i started DS2 on zealot, am almost at the end, but i've died soooo many times...god help me on hardcore.

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Its not their fault that you can't play the game on the hardest difficulty.

TrapMuzik92

Well, I got to the final boss on Survivalist in Dead Space 2 but didn't beat it. I restarted the campaign on Normal, and I want to get through that first and then go through the Survivalist campaign again later.

I never played Dead Space ever, but let me get this straight for both Dead Space games:

1. you can actually change difficulty settings regardles how far you are in the game, at any Chapter?
2. Do you lose all your weapons and upgrades while changing the difficulty settings or do you keep them?

Wow i don`t think that game was hard.I think DS1 is harder.Its pretty easy all i did when i was running out of ammo was trying to use the necromorph body parts as weapons and don`t forget to use stasis on stalkers

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[QUOTE="TrapMuzik92"] go play your ds nimwickLord_Nas3k

u sound mad, bro

Question:

If i start a game of ds2 on newgame+ after beating it one time before, do i have to play it on the difficulty i just beat it on to use all the things i have collected or can i increase the difficulty without losing anything?

Question:

If i start a game of ds2 on newgame+ after beating it one time before, do i have to play it on the difficulty i just beat it on to use all the things i have collected or can i increase the difficulty without losing anything?

Question:

If i start a game of ds2 on newgame+ after beating it one time before, do i have to play it on the difficulty i just beat it on to use all the things i have collected or can i increase the difficulty without losing anything?

bradcopia

difficulty was fine

step ur game up

if u find it too hard either give up or try harder

i dont mean to sound like a dick, but ur setting urself up for it

what kind of discussion are u expecting from this thread? want tips read an faq

I actually wish developers didn't make different difficulties.

I like games like GTA IV, Demon's Souls, and Super Meat Boy where you just have to play the game as created.

The point of varying difficulties isn't really for drastically different skill levels.......It is casual vs. hardcore gamers.

Easy modes are made for young kids and people who only play games occasionally.

I've told people this about every game I've ever heard anyone gripe about the difficulty.......IF YOU PLAY ENOUGH YOU WILL GET BETTER!

If you can't beat it on normal then play on easy.

Like others have this is a SURVIVAL Horror game. You are an engineer using tools as weapons in Deep Space fighting freaking monsters.

YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DIE A LOT! IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE VERY HARD!

Honestly I don't want to hear anyone complain about the difficulty on this game until they play Hard Core mode. No checkpoints and only 3 gamesaves the entire game. I beat it and it was extremely hard, but it was never frustrating. When you die in Dead Space it is because YOU MESSED UP. Not because the game cheated you.

It's like Super Meat Boy in the sense that you die when you mess up. You don't die when you do it right. It's hard but not unfair or broken.

Sorry I don't see how this game is hard on normal. I only died a few times. Just use Kenisis on fast enimies and NEVER get cought corner.

I Been playing on Normal & moving right a long, yeah died a few times but that happens.

Um, all of you saying "I'm at Chapter 5 and it's not that hard", just wait until chapter 13. The difficulty spikes to a much higher level, and the ammo drops are still lame. Why am I getting hundreds of flamer fuel when what I really need is ammo for some useful weapons?

I just beat it on Normal and must say the last 3 levels were not only hard, but so hard that it wasn't at all fun. I won't spoil anything but let's just say you meet up with a new friend and that friend is impossible to get rid of.

Yeah it's survival horror, but I set the game difficulty to Normal for a reason. I'm good, but I'm am no FPS ace. I want to be able to feel some accomplishment but not have my head bashed in over and over. Nobody here is complaining that the harder modes are too hard. That would be silly. I think everyone here is just a little miffed that Normal difficulty gets to be really hard towards the end.

This game starts so well and I really was planning on playing it again. That is until I got to the final chapters. I might re-play the beginning/middle but I do NOT want to go through that again.

For everyone barely halfway into the game, you just wait. The end-game is on another level. Come back when you're done and then you can comment.

J

Um, all of you saying "I'm at Chapter 5 and it's not that hard", just wait until chapter 13. The difficulty spikes to a much higher level, and the ammo drops are still lame. Why am I getting hundreds of flamer fuel when what I really need is ammo for some useful weapons?MrandMrsGeek

Flamethrower is by far, one of the best weapon.