Realism Mode: The only way to play

[Oddjob]

Who else has tried this mode and feels the same way I do?

I feel like its best to start off on these levels of difficulty that way you don't develop bad habits. This mode will really teach you to melee first when you see things close to you instead of a shoot first mentality. It develops better visual confirmation of targets since your teammates aren't outlined. You have to learn the item spawns and check better because you don't get obvious visual cues for items around. Once you die you are dead for good until the next safe level/safe room.

I think it really makes the game play a lot better and will infinitely help in versus so you aren't shooting your teammates and you are checking your targets better. The zombies don't do any more damage on this mode than expert but the other game play changes are what makes it a decent amount more difficult. I'd be curious to hear everyone's thoughts.

[Clay Pigeon]

It lost its appeal to me when I found out that headshots were not required to drop the zombies.