
Lickers aren’t terribly frightening on Standard difficulty in Resident Evil 2, but they can be extremely dangerous in Hardcore mode. It’s tempting to save your game each time you obtain a new puzzle piece after a long journey, but try to refrain from doing that. Examples include right before boss fights, right before Mr X‘s first appearance, and right before you know you’re about to go through a scary hallway full of zombies and lickers. So when should you save your game? Generally, you should make a save before any potentially risky part of the game. That said, you don’t want to be saving your game too often as well, as you might run out of Ink Ribbons quickly and save yourself into a corner. There are no checkpoints in Hardcore mode, which means that if you don’t save your game, you’ll have to restart from the beginning if you happen to die. This first tip is probably the most obvious, but it bears repeating anyway. So as you can tell, Hardcore difficulty in Resident Evil 2 is no joke, and you’ll really need to pull out all the stops if you want to survive.

Resident Evil 2 Remake Hardcore Difficulty Tips
