How hard is crushing?

[InfeagleAhaan]

I just wanted to know how hard crushing in this game is before playing this game as I want to go for a platinum trophy or else I will leave it to 50%ish completion.

 

[mordeckai81]

I think 3 on Crushing is probably the easiest of the remastered trilogy, I seem to recall struggling a bit on the ruins part against several henchmen at night (forgot where it was exactly).
But maybe it was because I played all the remaster on crushing back to back so when I reached 3 I got used to it

[Eraezr]

4's Crushing is harder than 3's.

[xItsLesterx]

I did the same as @mordeckai81 but in all honesty, it aint that bad. There were certain sections but if you're behind cover and angle your shot correctly, you can get headshots while they can't get it to you. If I recall correctly, they nerfed it but it still works. 

[IV-Adz]

not as hard as it seems at first, id recommend letting enemies coming to you and picking them off one by one, high ground is especially useful, not to mention compared to the first game you can actually throw grenades back too, the armoured enemies are the ones i had the most problems with but overall a lot of parts aren't hard at all and can be done with stealth kills

[KenjiCBZ]

It is without a doubt hard but really not that much: some sections are harder than others and will take some time, but it is nothing ridiculous, cheap or unfair. It's a fair challenge. I think that Uncharted games are actually designed to be played on Crushing.

[GUDGER666]

A solid 4/10. Checkpoints are generous, when you get to a hard point all you have to do is learn the AI movement. 

[TheMentor27]

After doing the remastered trilogy on brutal i think crushing is relatively easy if you are patient. Checkpoints are pretty generous too, so you can basically learn the enemy patterns. It's trial and error basically!!

[mega-tallica]

As long as you know the game well and have the patience to accept failure, most likely many failures until you learn the best strategy, I don't think it'll be too bad.

 

Granted, this is coming from a guy who hasn't done crushing difficulty on the original trilogy at least. I hear the final boss fight in Uncharted 2 is pretty difficult on crushing and I can definitely recall a few sections that would definitely be a pain on crushing in the other two games like the end of Uncharted 1 with those mutant things and that section on the boat in Uncharted 3. I struggled with those parts on normal then again, I also admittedly suck at video games so that also contributes to my struggles. I'll get crushing done on the original trilogy eventually as I'd like to get the whole Uncharted collection platinumed one day. 

[CelestialRequiem]

It's braindead. 

[InfeagleAhaan]

Thank you for all the replies everyone 

[WiktorM101]

Crushing is not that hard imo. If you play on easier difficulties first you may have bad habits to fight meele or to stay out of cover too long. Which is bummer as game loses fun mechanics on higher difficulties and becomes very standard cover shooter gameplay wise, wait for health then shoot type of game.

I played every game in trilogy 1st playthrough on crushing and i never felt any moment was unfair or very hard. If you told me that was normal mode i would have belived you.

Brutal mode is unfair, feels untested and badly designed tho. Brutal as it is should not be in game, maybe if it allowed you to use cheats from the start without any tricks that would be actually fun. 

Edited March 21, 2022 by WiktorM101