When I saw this person establish authority by listing the games they've beaten on the hardest difficulty, I was really surprised that none of the recent FROM software games were on the list (Demon Souls, Dark Souls 1 and 2, or even Bloodbourne). Although I admire their guts in coming right out and saying that these independent developers didn't put enough work into fine-tuning their survival mode, I would suggest playing a game that is more built around survival that autosaves your character with every death, loss or wrong move. Completing other survival-based games, like Don't Starve (if you are looking for an easier one), or Darkest Dungeon (if you are looking for more extreme difficulties) could help to establish authority on this topic more easily.
Good luck and enjoy gaming! Big shout out to Larian as well for their hard work and contributors in developing the Enhanced Edition.
I don't play single player games primarily for challenge. The only reason I play ironman is to preserve immersion since save scumming breaks immersion. I want to feel the same pressure the characters are going through when faced with danger.
Games like Dark souls and bloodborne are severely broken and take zero skill since you're constantly reloading, reloading, reloading, reloading until you figure out a very precise formula that can't be discovered through natural game play and cautious planning. These types of games are broken and are for the extreme casual gamer. They require massive, extreme forms of meta gaming to a point I find sickening.
Don't starve and darkest dungeon have zero story and no emotionally driven content. What is the point of even playing ironman then? For the challenge only? If I want challenge I'll play multiplayer.
My main point is that Honour mode was NOT tested by Larian studios. It's painfully obvious.
I would love it if Honour mode could be turned on for normal difficulty, but even then the game is filled to the brim with cheap one shots. Until this is fixed, I can never bring myself to play this game.
