[Jan-2019] Resident Evil 2 Hardcore Difficulty - Cuz he's got "balls of steel"

[Forbidden Math]

Okay that makes a bit of sense actually. Does the map screen count towards hours because I remember watching his slog of a playthrough where he would just stare at the map for eternity it felt like.

Yeah, I'm sure time spent in the map counts as well. And yeah, he would just stare at that shit forever. Honestly that map is part of the reason I dislike this game, it's totally hand-holding bullshit. Between the overly cheesy cut-scenes (which I'd honestly call worse than the PS1 version, mostly because they're so overly dramatic and drawn out), idiot friendly automatic difficulty adjustments that happen when you die taking away all challenge, and the map for Alzheimer patients all this game really has going for it is the graphics.

 

[SkippyLongbottom]

Yeah, I'm sure time spent in the map counts as well. And yeah, he would just stare at that shit forever. Honestly that map is part of the reason I dislike this game, it's totally hand-holding bullshit. Between the overly cheesy cut-scenes (which I'd honestly call worse than the PS1 version, mostly because they're so overly dramatic and drawn out), idiot friendly automatic difficulty adjustments that happen when you die taking away all challenge, and the map for Alzheimer patients all this game really has going for it is the graphics.

Yeah the adjusting difficulty and items appearing on the map is pretty damn casual. I heard some bosses take more damage depending on how much ammo is in your inventory. I'd take the information with a grain of salt though since people love to bullshit and the games still being figured out.

Going to have to fine comb Carcinogens playthrough with commentary to get a sense of what he knows.

 

[Forbidden Math]

Yeah the adjusting difficulty and items appearing on the map is pretty damn casual. I heard some bosses take more damage depending on how much ammo is in your inventory. I'd take the information with a grain of salt though since people love to bullshit and the games still being figured out.

Going to have to fine comb Carcinogens playthrough with commentary to get a sense of what he knows.

I can definitely confirm the adjustable difficulty in terms of when you die enemies do less damage. Check out Phil's boss fights from today from start to finish and you'll see him getting in to critical from one hit on his first encounter and it taking them multiple hits to even phase him after a few deaths. And I could understand that (to a degree) for the other modes, but again he was playing on Hardcore. By the time he beat the bosses they were on easy mode taking less hits to die and doing less damage. Honestly it's sort of insulting to the people who fail at the game, but of course it was a godsend for DSP.

 

[Alxmir23]

I can definitely confirm the adjustable difficulty in terms of when you die enemies do less damage. Check out Phil's boss fights from today from start to finish and you'll see him getting in to critical from one hit on his first encounter and it taking them multiple hits to even phase him after a few deaths. And I could understand that (to a degree) for the other modes, but again he was playing on Hardcore. By the time he beat the bosses they were on easy mode taking less hits to die and doing less damage. Honestly it's sort of insulting to the people who fail at the game, but of course it was a godsend for DSP.

difficulty tampering might only work when you choose continue when you die.it might adjust the game and it doesnt erase the time lost,it adds it to load

i doubt that the game would adjust difficulty by loading up. that would be dumb

He did it guys

18 fucking hours and a RANK of C for Leon's story

"I can pickup a controller at anytime, and be great at playing any game"


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.....wait what? 18 fucking hours? how shitty are you to do that. they should have added lower grade than c cause that was F- level

even on my first try with some dying,reading lore,taking my time to complete everything, i did it in 6 hours

For us noobs, how long is the game supposed to take for normal people? 6-10 hours?

Also, 27 saves seems excessive.

how is that even possible in hardcore where ribbons are limited.i saved less on standard

Yeah, I'm sure time spent in the map counts as well. And yeah, he would just stare at that shit forever. Honestly that map is part of the reason I dislike this game, it's totally hand-holding bullshit. Between the overly cheesy cut-scenes (which I'd honestly call worse than the PS1 version, mostly because they're so overly dramatic and drawn out), idiot friendly automatic difficulty adjustments that happen when you die taking away all challenge, and the map for Alzheimer patients all this game really has going for it is the graphics.

cheesy cutscene is a resident evil staple

plus its just like your opinion,man

ajustable difficulty is said to also make it tougher IF you do well and lower the ammo you get. which is nice for challenge

but i rather have the game be stable. hard or easy no matter what.12 bullets is still 12 bullets good or bad

 

[N0thingICanDo]

.....wait what? 18 fucking hours? how shitty are you to do that. they should have added lower grade than c cause that was F- level

even on my first try with some dying,reading lore,taking my time to complete everything, i did it in 6 hours

What do you expect from the WORST GAMER of all time.........

There's nothing he can do, okay? *SNORT*

"I was Blah......I mean dahdging! I did! I was pressing the button as hard as I can to run away and he still clipped me, fuck this shit, fuck me, I swear Claire didnt move until 5 second later after I pressed the button! The game wont allow me to move!"

Right, so this single game campaign now became an online laggy match of Street fighter?

btw he absolutely refused to heal and died

 

[Alxmir23]

"I was Blah......I mean dahdging! I did! I was pressing the button as hard as I can to run away and he still clipped me, fuck this shit, fuck me, I swear Claire didnt move until 5 second later after I pressed the button! The game wont allow me to move!"

Right, so this single game campaign now became an online laggy match of Street fighter?

btw he absolutely refused to heal and died


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remember when he said survival horror was his FORTE?
has the be the worst streamer i saw play this game. 4 people i watch,2 did well,2 did so damn good they got S+ 1h30 on hardcore

 

[Forbidden Math]

cheesy cutscene is a resident evil staple

plus its just like your opinion,man

Nah, they're cheesy as fuck and more drawn out than they ever were in classic RE.

 

[Alxmir23]

Nah, they're cheesy as fuck and more drawn out than they ever were in classic RE.

again,your opinion, which seems to be a minority because so far,a fuckton of people enjoy the game

then again some people are never content

 

[Forbidden Math]

again,your opinion, which seems to be a minority because so far,a fuckton of people enjoy the game

then again some people are never content

Nice appeal to the crowd, I guess the world was actually flat when that was the majority opinion back in the day. Look, you've bought the hype, I get it. Sorry I didn't. And again: its not opinion that the cutscenes are more drawn out and dramatic (which they fail at doing because they're cheesy). If you want I can make a video comparing the cutscenes from both games for you.

Edit: You little girls can rate me autistic all you want but it doesn't change what I said from being true. Sorry I'm not riding the hype wagon with you and I actually remember how good the original RE2 is. Stay salty fanboys.

 

[actually]

again,your opinion, which seems to be a minority because so far,a fuckton of people enjoy the game

then again some people are never content

Nice appeal to the crowd, I guess the world was actually flat when that was the majority opinion back in the day. Look, you've bought the hype, I get it. Sorry I didn't.

Ladies, you're both ugly as shit. Calm down.

 

[Alxmir23]

this game was meant to be played numerous time but i dont think phil will play more than A,B,hunk and tofu(if he actually beats hunk)

i dont see him trying to get S.gotta beat it in like 2-3 hours when he beat it in 18

Ladies, you're both ugly as shit. Calm down.

im letting it go. no point trying to convince a negative nancy

 

[Surly Muppet]

After Swagginz' transgressions yesterday, he was very complacent and helpful today. I guess he was either a cranky child yesterday, or he got a bop on the nose. Either way, top quality mod.

this game was meant to be played numerous time but i dont think phil will play more than A,B,hunk and tofu(if he actually beats hunk)

So was Nier, but he refused to do that too. Got angry, yelling that he beat the game when anyone brought it up. Only recently suggested that it may be something that he would return to in downtime, which is his typical pattern. So what I'm saying is, we'll be seeing another RE2 run in January of next year. Long after anyone cares.

 

[Forbidden Math]

Ladies, you're both ugly as shit. Calm down.

Excuse me, just defending my right to have an opinion from the hype brigade.

 

[Alxmir23]

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After Swagginz' transgressions yesterday, he was very complacent and helpful today. I guess he was either a cranky child yesterday, or he got a bop on the nose. Either way, top quality mod.


So was Nier, but he refused to do that too. Got angry, yelling that he beat the game when anyone brought it up. Only recently suggested that it may be something that he would return to in downtime, which is his typical pattern. So what I'm saying is, we'll be seeing another RE2 run in January of next year. Long after anyone cares.

so he took 18 hours to beat it AND had help from chat

 

[Fuckyoudad]

I can definitely confirm the adjustable difficulty in terms of when you die enemies do less damage. Check out Phil's boss fights from today from start to finish and you'll see him getting in to critical from one hit on his first encounter and it taking them multiple hits to even phase him after a few deaths. And I could understand that (to a degree) for the other modes, but again he was playing on Hardcore. By the time he beat the bosses they were on easy mode taking less hits to die and doing less damage. Honestly it's sort of insulting to the people who fail at the game, but of course it was a godsend for DSP.

It doesn't change the damage scaling of your weapons - if you have low ammo you're still not going to get through a boss fight. And @Alxmir23 is right, if you reload your saves there is no alteration made to the amount of damage you take either if that's how you want it.. it's only adaptive when you choose continue. I can understand wanting to see him ragequit the game of course but you don't need to make out like hardcore is babymode or something.. I've put 12 rounds into a zombies face and it still gets back up. 3 shotgun rounds and they still come after you at times. If you're playing "well" the game is out to fuck you over at every turn. He just got through it the same way he always does - blunt force chat hand-holding halfwit attrition.

REmake 2 is alright but it has some issues like y'know, every other videogame out there which includes (and is not limited to) its tightrope walk when it tries to balance the old school tension with the modern need to keep pushing ahead diligently. Either way this is the first playthrough in a long while I'll actually watch of his and look forward to seeing him get salty over since it sounds like it was pretty good in that regard. Whether you like the game or find it overrated.. Phil's shitty playthrough will bring us all together to point and laugh.

 

[Forbidden Math]

It doesn't change the damage scaling of your weapons - if you have low ammo you're still not going to get through a boss fight. And @Alxmir23 is right, if you reload your saves there is no alteration made to the amount of damage you take either if that's how you want it.. it's only adaptive when you choose continue. I can understand wanting to see him ragequit the game of course but you don't need to make out like hardcore is babymode or something.. I've put 12 rounds into a zombies face and it still gets back up. 3 shotgun rounds and they still come after you at times. If you're playing "well" the game is out to fuck you over at every turn. He just got through it the same way he always does - blunt force chat hand-holding halfwit attrition.

REmake 2 is alright but it has some issues like y'know, every other videogame out there which includes (and is not limited to) its tightrope walk when it tries to balance the old school tension with the modern need to keep pushing ahead diligently. Either way this is the first playthrough in a long while I'll actually watch of his and look forward to seeing him get salty over since it sounds like it was pretty good in that regard. Whether you like the game or find it overrated.. Phil's shitty playthrough will bring us all together to point and laugh.

Fair enough. And yeah, you'll be pleased, the playthrough had a lot of good elements for a TIHYDP, between him over-using Ink Ribbons and being a terrible shot, to salty bitching about Capcom as always. Don't get me wrong, the game pisses him off, I'm just sad because without the game getting easier for him I am pretty sure he wouldn't have made it all the way through.

 

[Here Comes Mongo]

Outsyder, I'll be waiting for your TIHYDP. This should be one of the best ones in recent memory.

And watching David Davidson's re-stream, it was such a contrast between David and Phil playing.

David playing:
Knowing when to fight and when to run
Competent gameplay, with few "dead spots"
Great reactions, especially when the first licker jumped at him, and when Mr. X was chasing him and he was sandwiched between Mr. X and a licker
Didn't save at all, even with the unlimited saves

Phil playing:
Tries to kill everything, which meant he was hurting for ammo
Numerous pauses for "shoutouts" and surely reading chat to see what he needs to do instead of playing through and figuring it out himself, also gameplay grinding to a halt as he brute-forced those locks
Typical Phil "macho" reactions to jumpscares, and the salty bitching whenever he died or found himself in a tough spot
Ran dry on ink ribbons, sadly not to the extent of his RE3 playthrough...I would have loved a repeat of that

David was having fun with the game, while Phil literally wanted to get it over with ASAP the first moment he faced adversity. In fairness, David was playing on standard to Phil's hardcore, but David said himself he wanted to have fun with the game and get a feel for it first before he tackled hardcore, which is fair enough. Phil only played hardcore because his little piggies filled his trough with enough cash to do it.

With David, I was entertained by his gameplay. With Phil, the only entertainment you get from him is when you watch and comment with other people about how bad this guy is and how he can make any game seem unplayable. He's basically the MST3K of Twitch streamers.

 

[Pargon]

He's basically the MST3K of Twitch streamers.

Whoa there, huge dig on MST3K outta nowhere!

Nah, just playin'. It's hard to make a movie-related analogy about DSP I think because he doesn't make anything. Even people like Roger Corman had a passion and wanted to tell stories. Granted they had the same level of competence as Phil in their chosen medium but the fire was there. That's what Phil's missing and I think that's why there's all the jokes about him being dead inside. I know that's why I talk shit about him for it.

Maybe if you wanted to push things he's like Harold P. Warren, director of Manos: The Hands of Fate. Someone so utterly petty and without artistic drive that the reason he does it at all is borne completely from ego.

 

[Here Comes Mongo]

Whoa there, huge dig on MST3K outta nowhere!

Nah, just playin'. It's hard to make a movie-related analogy about DSP I think because he doesn't make anything. Even people like Roger Corman had a passion and wanted to tell stories. Granted they had the same level of competence as Phil in their chosen medium but the fire was there. That's what Phil's missing and I think that's why there's all the jokes about him being dead inside. I know that's why I talk shit about him for it.

Maybe if you wanted to push things he's like Harold P. Warren, director of Manos: The Hands of Fate. Someone so utterly petty and without artistic drive that the reason he does it at all is borne completely from ego.

I should have clarified. Phil himself isn't MST3K (as it is a hysterically wonderful creatively-written show), but rather the feature that is on the show at any given episode. We are all Servo, Crow, and Mike/Joel. You're onto something with the Warren comp. Wasn't the only reason he made the movie because he had a bet or something with someone that thought he couldn't do it? If I remember right, he wasn't even a director....he was a salesman.

Going back on topic, Phil may have loved what he did once upon a time, but as he realized he went so far down the financial rabbit hole that there was no way out, you can tell he started hating it. For better or (mostly) worse, he realizes this is his job until he retires or dies. Much has been made of the huge gap in his resume, and any search for "Phil Burnell" on the internet by any prospective employer will likely send them running for the hills. With his lack of friends/family, he can't even utilize connections to maybe get a foot in the door somewhere. So now that he's faced with this grim reality, and seeing other streamers who either have hit it big or are purely hobbyist streamers because they already have a job, remind him that he's trapped in a hell of his own creation. He will never sniff the success of the big time streamers, and doesn't have the "love of the game" like the hobbyist streamers do because this is his job. So he begrudgingly goes along with this because of the money, but will not hesitate to show signs as to how much he truly hates being forced to stream.

Those that get angry with him, just think about this. He has no friends, no social life. He rarely leaves the house. He's financially irresponsible, and the only human interaction he gets is from Khet, who has made it clear that she hates when he brings her on camera and recoils in disgust at his touch. For all his big talk and his massive ego, his most valuable contribution to society is spawning a community of people that laugh at him and make fun of him. That's not much of a legacy, is it?

 

[Alxmir23]

It doesn't change the damage scaling of your weapons - if you have low ammo you're still not going to get through a boss fight. And @Alxmir23 is right, if you reload your saves there is no alteration made to the amount of damage you take either if that's how you want it.. it's only adaptive when you choose continue. I can understand wanting to see him ragequit the game of course but you don't need to make out like hardcore is babymode or something.. I've put 12 rounds into a zombies face and it still gets back up. 3 shotgun rounds and they still come after you at times. If you're playing "well" the game is out to fuck you over at every turn. He just got through it the same way he always does - blunt force chat hand-holding halfwit attrition.

REmake 2 is alright but it has some issues like y'know, every other videogame out there which includes (and is not limited to) its tightrope walk when it tries to balance the old school tension with the modern need to keep pushing ahead diligently. Either way this is the first playthrough in a long while I'll actually watch of his and look forward to seeing him get salty over since it sounds like it was pretty good in that regard. Whether you like the game or find it overrated.. Phil's shitty playthrough will bring us all together to point and laugh.

I would like to see those who called it baby mode get S+ rank on hardcore

i seriously believe adjusted difficulty is why the option continue is there. because continue or load,it still used the last save

one thing they probably should have said when picking continue is that the game would be adjusted or some shit