**The Challenging World of Extinction: Hardcore Mode**

In this unique and challenging game mode, players must face off against an army of enemies that will test their skills and strategy to the limit. The first hive is relatively straightforward, with a few Scout enemies scattered about. However, as we progress through the hives, things start to get really hectic. This is where the real challenge begins.

**Scout Enemies: The Beginning of the End**

In regular play, you might encounter one or two Scorpion enemies in the first hive. But in hardcore mode, these are just the beginning. You'll soon find yourself facing off against 10-20 Scorpions, tanks, and other tough enemies that will push your skills to the limit. The addition of new enemies like Phantoms makes for a more dynamic and unpredictable gameplay experience.

**Skill Points: A Limited Resource**

In regular play, you earn skill points by clearing hives. However, in hardcore mode, you earn only half as many skill points. This means that you'll have to rely on your skills and strategy to overcome the challenges ahead, rather than relying on skill point boosts. This limitation makes for a more challenging and rewarding experience.

**The Portable Turret: A Lifesaver**

One of the few things that can help you against these tough enemies is the portable turret. I found it to be incredibly useful in taking out enemy Scorpions and tanks, giving me a much-needed breathing space. However, even with this powerful tool at my disposal, I still had to be careful not to get overwhelmed.

**Early On, It's Chaos**

In the early stages of the game, things are relatively calm. But as you progress through the hives, the enemy spawn rate increases exponentially. You'll soon find yourself facing off against wave after wave of Scorpions, tanks, and other tough enemies. This is where the real challenge begins.

**A New Level of Difficulty**

The addition of hardcore mode to Extinction takes the game to a whole new level of difficulty. With fewer skill points and more enemies to contend with, it's no wonder that this mode is designed for experienced players only. Even with five relics, which are typically considered a "nice to have" bonus, I found it incredibly difficult to make progress.

**Co-op vs Solo: A Tale of Two Experiences**

While the solo experience in hardcore mode was overwhelmingly challenging, I'm not sure how Co-op would fare against this onslaught of enemies. Perhaps with a team effort, players might be able to overcome the challenges ahead. However, for now, I'll have to stick to playing alone and see how far I can make it.

**The Final Word**

In conclusion, hardcore mode in Extinction is an experience unlike any other. With its challenging gameplay, limited skill points, and onslaught of tough enemies, it's no wonder that this mode is designed for experienced players only. If you're up for the challenge, I highly recommend giving it a try. Just be warned: it's not for the faint of heart!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up guys the relaxing and here and welcome to my first hardcore Extinction video so this is a new update out now at least for the Xbox 360 I'm not sure of any other consoles so let me know in the comments if you have seen this difficulty level on your platform if it's different than mine so hardcore difficulty level is insanely difficult so if you thought Extinction was too easy before it's definitely not going to be too easy any longer at least if you're playing solo probably also if you're playing Co-op so along with this difficulty level you also get the Casual difficulty level so there are now three three difficulties you can choose from and I'm going to explain in a moment how they affect the game so this load out what I have here is I have three relics on which make the game even more difficult than what it would already be and I managed to reach rank one in the hardcore leaderboards at the end of the game uh this was my first attempt with three three relics and I thought I did pretty well although I only got to like what five five or six uh doesn't sound so good but you will see in a moment how how difficult it gets with all these uh new well not new aliens but more of them so how is this different than the regular uh Extinction you don't notice it so much in the first high but at the second Hive things start to get really really hectic and these are the Scout enemies you get usually in the first hives or in the first area in general you might get sometimes a random Scorpion or a tank or even a phantom in the first area but those are like those are more like rare occasions and you only get like one or two of each of them so in hardcore difficulty now you get about 10 to 20 of those enemies every Hive after the first one so it's not it's not only about getting one random scorpion but you get like five of them you may get like 10 or 15 tanks along with some Phantoms not too much of the Phantoms but mainly there are tanks and scorpions these new enemies that come at you in hardcore mode so that's a main difference in the first area and as you guys may know in extinction you spend something called skill points as you can see on the top left corner you have the skill points you need to spend so it'll make it a little bit easier for you or manageable for you to fight against these strong enemies and as you guys may know early on you don't get so many skill points you start from the bottom so you can't really kill those enemies really fast so how I did did here is I use the portable turret a lot I will be using it in a little bit because the portable turret is really pretty much the only thing that I find that would work against uh like effectively against these strong enemies okay so here start to get you you see they spawn straight away like four of them these are the normal Scout enemies but there come the first comes the first tank and there will be a lot more coming and another difference to the regular difficulty in this new hardcore mode is that you get less skill points so normally when you clear a hive in the regular difficulty you earn one skill point for clearing the hive so what I noticed in this hardcore mode you only earn skill points for challenges done so you don't get that many skill points in fact you get 50% less uh skill points assuming that you would complete all the challenges so there I already had to throw flare I would normally never throw flare at second high but this time I kind of uh was getting already overrun cuz my turret got destroyed so half uh I mean 50% less skill points more enemies and that's about it but that alone those two things alone make it way more difficult so all of you out there who are already already cleared uh these Maps like point of contact and uh Nightfall I recommend trying this mode out it's quite a lot of funs but you also will get a lot of downs and I don't think it's realistic to be aiming to the final boss straight away I don't know about Co-op maybe Co-op is a lot lot more easy who knows I I might try it out today and see if it's easier than solo but at least the solo mode was insanely tough challenge although I only tried it once so probably with a lot of practice you might be able to make it to the end but no way with five relics if somebody makes it to the end in hardcore mode with five relics uh my hats off to you so hope you guys enjoy the rest of the game play so far it hasn't been so hectic but trust me it will get way more hectic in the later hives so see you guys in the next video your package drill you watch the seers we got hoses on the drill take them down k I if I'm not wrong you'll the same out clean my mess back in Colorado that was a good job of working General time to pack it in arer scorpion the coming down down out creatures on the ground this looks useful spe here's inbound neutral Scorpion's incoming we got hostiles on the drill down be advised if one IR shows a massive heat Source at the far end of the compound thermal readings are off the chart you may have located the source of the outbreak head up there and check it out but make sure you're loaded for bear out you at this point we have to assume Dr cross is among the cas teams we'll ID the body L Archer is now our priority bring him out in handcuffs or a body bag great I can use this this looks useful nice this looks useful great I can use this this looks useful for fire Tru slly scorpions watch out meteors we've got hostiles attacking M keep them off the drill it's almost there they're coming from the meteor fire trap set the drill's under attack Hunters on the Move they're attacking the drill watch out Seekers watch out cre on theill a meteors watch for Seekers awhat's up guys the relaxing and here and welcome to my first hardcore Extinction video so this is a new update out now at least for the Xbox 360 I'm not sure of any other consoles so let me know in the comments if you have seen this difficulty level on your platform if it's different than mine so hardcore difficulty level is insanely difficult so if you thought Extinction was too easy before it's definitely not going to be too easy any longer at least if you're playing solo probably also if you're playing Co-op so along with this difficulty level you also get the Casual difficulty level so there are now three three difficulties you can choose from and I'm going to explain in a moment how they affect the game so this load out what I have here is I have three relics on which make the game even more difficult than what it would already be and I managed to reach rank one in the hardcore leaderboards at the end of the game uh this was my first attempt with three three relics and I thought I did pretty well although I only got to like what five five or six uh doesn't sound so good but you will see in a moment how how difficult it gets with all these uh new well not new aliens but more of them so how is this different than the regular uh Extinction you don't notice it so much in the first high but at the second Hive things start to get really really hectic and these are the Scout enemies you get usually in the first hives or in the first area in general you might get sometimes a random Scorpion or a tank or even a phantom in the first area but those are like those are more like rare occasions and you only get like one or two of each of them so in hardcore difficulty now you get about 10 to 20 of those enemies every Hive after the first one so it's not it's not only about getting one random scorpion but you get like five of them you may get like 10 or 15 tanks along with some Phantoms not too much of the Phantoms but mainly there are tanks and scorpions these new enemies that come at you in hardcore mode so that's a main difference in the first area and as you guys may know in extinction you spend something called skill points as you can see on the top left corner you have the skill points you need to spend so it'll make it a little bit easier for you or manageable for you to fight against these strong enemies and as you guys may know early on you don't get so many skill points you start from the bottom so you can't really kill those enemies really fast so how I did did here is I use the portable turret a lot I will be using it in a little bit because the portable turret is really pretty much the only thing that I find that would work against uh like effectively against these strong enemies okay so here start to get you you see they spawn straight away like four of them these are the normal Scout enemies but there come the first comes the first tank and there will be a lot more coming and another difference to the regular difficulty in this new hardcore mode is that you get less skill points so normally when you clear a hive in the regular difficulty you earn one skill point for clearing the hive so what I noticed in this hardcore mode you only earn skill points for challenges done so you don't get that many skill points in fact you get 50% less uh skill points assuming that you would complete all the challenges so there I already had to throw flare I would normally never throw flare at second high but this time I kind of uh was getting already overrun cuz my turret got destroyed so half uh I mean 50% less skill points more enemies and that's about it but that alone those two things alone make it way more difficult so all of you out there who are already already cleared uh these Maps like point of contact and uh Nightfall I recommend trying this mode out it's quite a lot of funs but you also will get a lot of downs and I don't think it's realistic to be aiming to the final boss straight away I don't know about Co-op maybe Co-op is a lot lot more easy who knows I I might try it out today and see if it's easier than solo but at least the solo mode was insanely tough challenge although I only tried it once so probably with a lot of practice you might be able to make it to the end but no way with five relics if somebody makes it to the end in hardcore mode with five relics uh my hats off to you so hope you guys enjoy the rest of the game play so far it hasn't been so hectic but trust me it will get way more hectic in the later hives so see you guys in the next video your package drill you watch the seers we got hoses on the drill take them down k I if I'm not wrong you'll the same out clean my mess back in Colorado that was a good job of working General time to pack it in arer scorpion the coming down down out creatures on the ground this looks useful spe here's inbound neutral Scorpion's incoming we got hostiles on the drill down be advised if one IR shows a massive heat Source at the far end of the compound thermal readings are off the chart you may have located the source of the outbreak head up there and check it out but make sure you're loaded for bear out you at this point we have to assume Dr cross is among the cas teams we'll ID the body L Archer is now our priority bring him out in handcuffs or a body bag great I can use this this looks useful nice this looks useful great I can use this this looks useful for fire Tru slly scorpions watch out meteors we've got hostiles attacking M keep them off the drill it's almost there they're coming from the meteor fire trap set the drill's under attack Hunters on the Move they're attacking the drill watch out Seekers watch out cre on theill a meteors watch for Seekers a\n"