I legit put in at least 20 without fully liberating the first area.
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How do you guys feel about the difficulty? It seems a touch easy but im not sure if itās me being upgraded and the enemies not scaling, or if itās slightly easy.
I just died for the first time today since a few days ago when I was still getting used to it, and thatās because I jumped off a cliff 
Iāve been grinding out skills and upgrades, so basic enemy encounters are super easy right now. Iām playing on normal. Wondering if it would be worth it to bump it up to hard.
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You can still get caught slipping on Normal, as the enemy types evolve once you hit Act 2.
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Thatās good to know. I finally ran Ishikawa and Masako tales as far as I can take them in Act 1 so Iāll be progressing the story more tonight.
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Iām wrapping up their Act 2 side-quests before moving on.
And pro-tip:
Minor Act 2 spoilers
Make a B-line to get his fatherās armor, upgrade as much as you can and do all the missions with his old caretaker!!
I think i might try it too. I like feeling like a badass, but i want the combat to keep me interested.
Does the game have difficulty select?
Yeah, easy, normal, and hard I think.
Iām going to hold off until Act 2. Itās not brain dead easy and Iām enjoying the combat. But if I get too OP Iāll dial it up for sure.
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Been playing on Hard since the start. Itās a good challenge, imo. You go down in two hits, but the loading is fast. I like both stealth and going all out, to see how long I make it. The boss fights are awesome!
The camera view is bugging me more than I thought it would for an open world game. Maybe I just need to explore, but the way the camera is situated makes a lot of the areas same-y for me. Granted I havenāt properly started the missions in Act 2. Just doing missions where I can fight.
Jin is fun to move around in. SP did a good job of making things āgroundedā but āgameyā in the sense that I donāt have to worry about getting stuck on things but it doesnāt look TOO out of placeā¦for the most part. The controls are really nice though.
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Finally made it to ACT 3ā¦
Spoilers
The Ghost armor is finally unlocked, 2 VERY CLOSE ALLIES of Jin are dead and Jin realizes that the samurai, as badass as they are, are fuckinā idiots!!
Went ahead and turned the difficulty up after i screwed up the stealth at a pretty large fort and fought off a crowd of about 20 pretty easy
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Getting wrecked on a boss fight on my way to find some clothing. Still havenāt started Act 2. I donāt think Iāll fill up everything on my character, but what I do would be enough.
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I finally progressed Yunaās story and freed her brother. Of course along the way I got sidetracked by 10 other things to do, which is awesome. Still loving it.
Did you guys know you can observe a leader before killing him and youāll earn two stance points?
I believe someone here gave that tip. It got me moon stance real quick
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Word, I should pay better attention 
I did not know that. How do you āobserveā them?
Sneak up unseen and watch them. Itāll prompt you to watch with R2. Itāll fill one slot, then go stab the fuck out of him and itāll fill another for the kill.
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Speaking of sneaking, this game has some strange AI exploits.
Itās not too serious but it kinda breaks down some of the immersion. I wonder if next gen will bring some better AI tech. I feel like weāre still using the same shit from splinter cell on the OG xbox
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The dumbass AI is the main reason the stealth is piss easy.