Sorry for the late response... I was out of town.
I don't know how it got set on Hardcore mode. I do remember scrolling through the difficulty settings in-game, but I most certainly did not leave it on Hardcore mode... All of my save games are affected. I have five quicksaves and five custom saves... Either I played on Hardcore mode for ten saves without realizing it, or I found a bug that somehow infects all game saves as soon as you select Hardcore.
I'll have to think about cheating to get back to where I am... This really is discouraging.
I appreciate the advantages of playing on the harder difficulty, but that level is past the point where the game becomes more work than fun for me. It is a good game to me more for the humor and uniqueness of play than anything else.
