/vr/ - Retro Games

Does anyone who loves this game actually play on the harder difficulties?

I'm playing for the first time. I tried Extra Crispy at first and had to bump it down to Well Done, which is still ridiculous. The hitscan dudes in this react so fast it often seems like they're prefiring me. My health just gets melted. I'm not just running out balls out either, I'm playing it safe and taking on fights as smart as I can. It really feels like there's no chance to survive in this unless you know where everything is already. I played Duke3D and other boomershooters on higher difficulties my first time and had no issues like this.

Not trying to bitch about the game btw, it's still fun and I'm sticking with it, just wondering what Blood veterans thoughts are on how its difficulty is designed.