Game Difficulty and Hardcore Mode

Game Difficulty and Hardcore Mode

Game Difficulty

The game's difficulty can be adjusted during gameplay at any time, back and forth, ranging from Very Easy to Very Hard.  The table below summarizes the effects of difficulty on gameplay:

                .------------.-----------------.--------------.
                |Difficulty: |Player's Damage: |Enemy Damage: |
                |============|=================|==============|
                |Very Easy   |       200%      |      50%     |
                |Easy        |       150%      |      75%     |
                |Normal      |       100%      |     100%     |
                |Hard        |        75%      |     150%     |
                |Very Hard   |        50%      |     200%     |
                '------------'-----------------'--------------'

Hardcore Mode

Hardcore mode can be turned on at the start of the game, and while you *can* turn it off at any point during the game, you can not turn it back on again. Beating the game on hardcore mode grants you the Hardcore trophy or achievement. Realize that Hardcore is not a difficulty setting, it is merely additional realism making the game harder. This includes:

• Wounds heal over time, meaning that stimpaks heal over time, and RadAway also removes radiation over time
• Ammo has weight, so you can no longer infinitely collect ammunition from all over the game.
• Your character will dehydrate, starve and suffer from sleep deprivation if you don't drink, eat, or rest enough.
• Companions will die instead of falling unconscious.

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