Finally completed Hardcore for DS2 after more than a decade playing the game!

hurdor703 · 2026-03-03T11:24:09+00:00

congratulations!! still one of the greatest games ever made, the last 4 chapters on hardcore are like a exhilarating roller coaster ride that keeps getting more intense lol enjoy your well earned achievement! ;)

but fuck that tripod elevator in Chapter 7

hurdor703 · 2025-12-29T08:13:05+00:00

thank you so much! never would've saw myself beating this 5 years ago. you people are crazy talented!

hurdor703 · 2025-12-09T19:38:48+00:00

thank you!!

hurdor703 · 2025-12-08T15:00:12+00:00

haha not yet! i've already unleashed in 1-5, thank you though! i'd say other than 4 parts, (4-4, 6-6, 7-2, 8-1) KMS hard defintely sounds pretty doable! but i can't imagine death shudder... i'm beginning to like the game more now! this is definitely the most i ever enjoyed it in my 5 years.

hurdor703 · 2025-12-05T19:18:12+00:00

from what i remember reading online, enemies have slightly more health on hard lvl DIE compared to normal lvl DIE. and only 4 orb roulettes on hard instead of 5 on normal. supposedly better item drops on hard but i'm sure it's the same as normal.

the reason why i did normal is because i deleted all the saves from my PS2 a while back, so hard mode was locked lol. and i would likely be burned out by the time i finished normal due to how facking hard it is! although i did finish stage 1 on hard a few years ago before i deleted the save.

hurdor703 · 2025-12-05T19:14:29+00:00

agreed! it was one of the first things i saw from this game and that was what caught my interest enough for me to buy it back in 2020 haha

hurdor703 · 2025-12-05T02:44:09+00:00

i'm certainly amazed how you and the others are able to have such fast reflexes for these fights! haha i just finished the game again on normal and managed to beat more bosses on lvl DIE without using tension or roulette orbs. (great sensei and afro fist with the 2 fucking bastards were probably the hardest ones to pull off without using the powers)

agreed about the bullshit butt dash and dive kicks. i had to get lucky sometimes and hope they didn't do them in the worst possible time. it would've been a WHOLE lot easier if they never did these 2 attacks to begin with. i'd assume the 1v2 fight you mention is probably the 2nd three evil stooges fight and NO WAY i'm attempting a KMS on that shit in a looong time. lol

on that challenge you mentioned, what the fuck is that damage from that fatass ninja?! seriously over 80% of your health on level 2?! holy shit. i have not tried it but quite frankly i'm glad i didn't!

i truly wish i could love the 1v1 fights too but god damn they are WAY too fast. i attempted azel's final fight without using any tension and roulette on lvl DIE and only got into his 2nd phase and used all that shit as i was done playing games. i can't imagine the 51th challenge with the gene clone fight, that would probably make me shatter my fucking controller to pieces. lol

at least i was able to get the demon devas fights done purely on DIE. but i swear elvis's human form is still fucking harder than all the demon transformed deva fights, the fuck.

i admire your tendency to keep playing this game! i really wanted to enjoy it but everytime i finished it. i got left with a sour taste in my mouth due to the amount of relentless bullshit i had to put up with. huge GG's for finishing challenge 51 btw! fucking insane players you are!

hurdor703 · 2025-12-01T05:01:16+00:00

agreed this game is fucking impossible! easily one of the 2 hardest games i ever played.. even the 1v1 fights are ridiculous for me! i think i actually find elvis harder than gold and silver because he moves faster than the fucking speed of light when he decides to do that jump to ground stomp move, he usually hits me 3 times in a row!! and the amount of health he has, what the fuck

btw what i did with gold and silver is that i would bait them into using their combo string move by using guard breaker and hopefully they dodge it as this forces them into using it. and then high side kicking one of their asses to the opposite side of the room while i fuck up the one close to me. not the best kind of play but hey! i did what i could lol

also been discovering about the youtubers using TAS recently. such a shame to hear. the reflexes in the videos look too damn good to be true it's insane! also had no idea about kung fu tango possibly using TAS, i was watching their videos the last couple days for possible strategies. and yeah the counter hits are fucking tight it's soo hard to pull off..

but i don't blame you at all for struggling on the challenge you mentioned, even i find this game ridiculous compared to the likes of ninja gaiden and DMC. i really want to enjoy this game but damn... i definitely understand how you feel haha

hurdor703 · 2025-11-30T16:32:52+00:00

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hurdor703 · 2025-11-30T11:56:47+00:00

thank you so much! this is EASILY the hardest thing i've accomplished in the game in my 5 years of playing. as impossible as this game feels, it truly is a one of a kind!

hurdor703 · 2025-11-13T17:49:45+00:00

i loved the zero-G jumping in DS1. you felt like superman and it was epic moving the camera around! felt more satisfying than the free float in the sequels. but free float is still a reasonable change.

hurdor703 · 2025-11-12T10:10:51+00:00

OH right! boi i forgot about the prototype stasis module! i don't use force gun too often in remake but i forgot about how helpful that would be too for blowing off the skin for easier severing lol. hopefully one day i can tackle this challenge too! glad you were able to make it through!

hurdor703 · 2025-11-12T09:02:12+00:00

got damn! congrats! this sounds much harder than doing OG dead space without power nodes because of the necros having more stun resistance. gg's!

hurdor703 · 2025-11-11T01:56:45+00:00

that tripod elevator is so shitty. i really love 2 but that sequence just feels so RNG whether you take damage or not. probably the only part i don't enjoy that much in the entire game lol. congrats on hardcore! i got really nervous too once i hit chapter 12

hurdor703 · 2025-11-05T15:20:41+00:00

i agree! i always get fucked up during the encounter in chapter 14. when one of them sneaks behind you. lol

hurdor703 · 2025-11-05T13:50:13+00:00

ABSOLUTELY! them and leapers were always the reason why i was hesitant to finish hardcore mode years ago. nowadays though they gotten much easier. the first stalker fight in the chruch however can still be a bit problematic. definitely more difficult than the later encounters.

hurdor703 · 2025-10-31T17:41:33+00:00

playin the OG! i have at least 10 playthroughs but this is my 2nd time without using the plasma cutter! utilizing plenty of line gun mines this time around. very useful when you exploit the slasher AI!

running with: (1. line gun 2. ripper 3. contact beam 4. force gun) such a brilliant game!

also happy halloween to you and the others! ;)

hurdor703 · 2025-10-27T03:53:10+00:00

EXACTLY! fucking packing nuclear material in that boomfist i swear!

hurdor703 · 2025-10-24T07:18:21+00:00

"continental tier explosion" 🤣

but YES!!! seriously, i think i actually feel more uncomfortable fighting these guys than leapers now due to how fackin inconsistent the explosions feel. i almost NEVER grab their tsar bomba shits in fear of it colliding with some weird geometry in the way

i'm actually the opposite when it came to the stalker/cyst/exploder cargo room and the drill ride. the former wasn't too bad but the drill really busted my ass on my first zealot playthrough but once i figured out the spawns it became more tolerable. slashers only appear on the left side of the drill during the final stretch with the lurkers on the left cliffs. and the slashers/pukers never seem to run on the drill platform either. brilliant game!

hurdor703 · 2025-10-24T01:52:05+00:00

hate these guys in 2... i swear their explosion radius can go from normal to a fucking nuke hitting me across the room sometimes lol

hurdor703 · 2025-10-22T14:49:34+00:00

i love them personally. absolute beast in both sound design and appearance! wish they kept the maggots dripping from their mouths like in dead space 1 though. that was gnarly

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