While Hardcore mode technically makes the game harder, Very Easy difficulty renders the additional challenge almost moot. Since difficulty does not affect trophies (see the note about Hardcore mode below), for the shortest path on a single playthrough set your difficulty to Very Easy and turn Hardcore mode on. NOTE: None of the trophies stack between characters so if you start a new game, you will be restarting your progress towards them. It’s a place where the right kind of person with the right kind of weaponry can really make a name for themselves, and make more than an enemy or two along the way. It’s a town of dreamers and desperados being torn apart by warring factions vying for complete control of this desert oasis. It's the kind of town where you dig your own grave prior to being shot in the head and left for dead… and that’s before things really get ugly.
Glitched Trophies: The Whole Gang's Here Difficulty Affects Trophies: No (Hardcore mode can be used with all difficulties) Minimum Playthroughs Needed: 1+ (Reloading for multiple endings) Missable Trophies: Hardcore, The Whole Gang's Here, You'll Know It When It Happens, The Courier Who Broke the Bank and Legend of the Star Approximate Time To Platinum: 80+ hours
Estimated Platinum Difficulty: 5/10 ( Platinum Difficulty Thread)