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Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

I just started my first playthrough of Horizon and a few hours in I’m finding it pretty easy on Hard. Does it get harder later, or should I just crank up the difficulty?

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kibiz0r@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Honestly, the difficulty curve on HZD feels like a sine wave sometimes.

Cuz:

You do simply get stronger over time

You also improve your use of tactics over time

You also gain access to new tactics

But they introduce much stronger machines too

But a lot of a machine’s strength can be mitigated by approaching it with the right tactics

But they also deliberately put you in situations where you can’t use the easy tactics

But they also put you in situations where you can use the easy tactics, against a ton of very strong machines

So depending on how quickly you hit the skill ceiling on using your available tactics, how much you like to grind, how reliable your multi-tasking is, and your basic “twitch skills”, you might get a skewed perspective at any point along the way.

I don’t think there’s any harm in changing the difficulty back and forth (not sure). So maybe just go with whatever feels comfy at the moment?
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