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Jonathan Bolding

Sons of the Forest has hard mode now just in case you hate joy

Sons of the Forest's Kelvin giving a thumbs-up.

Now that the title has weeded out those who find excitement in the simple and non-tedious, welcome, fellows who find fun in profoundly challenging survival scenarios.

This year's survival hit, Sons of the Forest, now has a hard survival difficulty, letting you suffer and be miserable in the absolute best way. This is on top of normal changes that tweak game balance and make survival harder: For example, there's the really nice addition that food buff durations last 4 hours in-game, rather than 8, and that medical supplies are now rarer in crates. That, and resting is now modified by how comfortable you are: Nicer clothes and food make rest more productive.

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