Nathan1874
u/Nathan1874
If I remember correctly, Hardcore in DS2 is Survivalist level enemy difficulty with Zealot level resource drops. I ran through Zealot a couple times before jumping into hardcore.
The impossible/hardcore game mode changes between the games. In DS2 you get 3 saves across the entire campaign and fortunately dying only resets you to your last save (unlike 1 and 3, which resets the entire campaign). Chapters 5, 10, and 13 are pretty common save points.
Also don’t waste credits buying every rig and only use 2 tools instead of 4, I like plasma cutter and contact beam (I mostly sell the ammo for credits).
Congrats! Dead Space 2 is my favorite game in the series and the one I actually started playing first.
The achievements in the remake are nearly a 1:1 copy from the original. There are some new achievements and some old ones that didn’t get included. However, there are two achievements that I was glad didn’t make it into the remake. In the original, there were 2 achievements for completing each ADS cannon scene with >50% hull integrity. I never tested to see if difficulty level impacted the ease/difficulty of accomplishing this, so it’s possible I just gave myself a headache by playing on a higher difficulty than was necessary.
