Remnant 2throws a lot of different ideas at you at once. That surprisingly complex character creator for one, with six different voices for aMale or Female character. Thankfully, they don’t throw yourArchetypechoice at you until you’ve gone into a few fights, but it can be quite daunting. One of those choices involves how difficult the game will be when you first begin. Thankfully, I’m here to help. Here’s whatdifficultyyou should choose in Remnant 2.
All Difficulties in Remnant 2
When you first begin, there are three difficulties you can choose from:Survival, Veteran, and Nightmare. There’s a fourthApocalypsedifficulty. However, this one isn’t able to be chosen until you’ve completed the game already. TheSurvivaldifficulty is designed to be the easiest one, while still providing a decent amount of challenge.Veteranis the intended experience from the devs, offering some fair challenge while not being too frustrating.Nightmare, on the other hand, will provide a real challenge for those who are up to the task. By the time you can unlockApocalypsedifficulty, you’ll know whether you want to choose it for a campaign reroll or not.
What Difficulty is Best for You?
Your difficulty choice is going to come down to how experienced you are with the soulslike genre. If this is your first experience, then you should begin withSurvivaland figure things out from there. That may seem like the cheap way and like you’ll breeze through the game, but you’d be surprised at how much of a difficulty curve the soulslike genre is. If you have a bit of experience but not too much, thenVeteranis likely more your speed. If you played the first Remnant extensively though, or have played a lot of soulslikes now, thenNightmareshould be your desired path.Related:Will Remnant 2 Have Crossplay? – Answered
As forApocalypse, you should only go into it when you have some gear and experience under your belt. It’s designed to completely mess you up, so you’ll find yourself struggling if underprepared. Be sure to purchase some extra consumables while you’re at it, you’ll need them.If you want to learn more about the game, check out our guide onhowGrey Healthworks in Remnant 2.
Shawn Robinson
Shawn is a freelance gaming journalist who’s been with Prima Games for a year and a half, writing mainly about FPS games and RPGs. He even brings several years of experience at other sites like The Nerd Stash to the table. While he doesn’t bring a fancy degree to the table, he brings immense attention to detail with his guides, reviews, and news, leveraging his decade and a half of gaming knowledge. If he isn’t writing about games, he’s likely getting zero kills in his favorite FPS or yelling at the game when it was 100% his fault that he died.
