This has seen a lot of updates since I first played it, one of them an "Assist Mode". Among the options, you can lower enemies' health and damage, as well as give yourself infinite "lives"
It's a fantastic feature that makes this game even better. In my 1st playthrough, I didn't bother with the boss stem cells, because it was a little too difficult for my liking. Here, I can adjust things to make it manageable, allowing me to actually experience the whole game. I finished it with 5BC, and completed all the DLCs. I would definitely not have done that without Assist Mode, where dying sends you back to the beginning, and things turn into a bit of a clusterfuck towards the end. The Malaise mechanic in 5BC isn't really explained at all, and I'm reading the wiki here trying to understand what the hell it even does.
There is something truly cathartic about setting the enemies' HP to 20% and just demolishing everything in your path.
It's a fantastic feature that makes this game even better. In my 1st playthrough, I didn't bother with the boss stem cells, because it was a little too difficult for my liking. Here, I can adjust things to make it manageable, allowing me to actually experience the whole game. I finished it with 5BC, and completed all the DLCs. I would definitely not have done that without Assist Mode, where dying sends you back to the beginning, and things turn into a bit of a clusterfuck towards the end. The Malaise mechanic in 5BC isn't really explained at all, and I'm reading the wiki here trying to understand what the hell it even does.
There is something truly cathartic about setting the enemies' HP to 20% and just demolishing everything in your path.