Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin Locks DLC Content Behind Hardest Difficulty Mode

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Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin follows in the footsteps of games such as Nioh andDark Souls, providing a challenge for players willing to take a risk and take on high-powered enemies. However, it appears new DLC content leaves behind players who just want to experience the continuation of Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin's story.

Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin offers four difficulty modes: Story, Action, Hard, and Chaos. As the name suggests, the Story difficulty allows players to progress through Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin's story with easier enemies to battle. Action acts as the game's normal difficulty, and it's the intended mode for a first playthrough. Hard difficulty presents a challenge for action game veterans as enemies are stronger, and the player takes more damage during combat. The final difficulty in the base game, Chaos, is unlocked after finishing the first playthrough. In addition, Chaos mode features new gear called Artifacts, which prove to be essential for the new DLC.

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Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin's Trials of the Dragon King DLC introduces a new difficulty mode called Bahamut, which is even more of a challenging experience than Chaos. The new DLC is only accessible through the Bahamut difficulty since it awards players with currency to challenge the new stages. The Bahamut difficulty also increases the Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin's max gear level as really high-leveled gear is necessary to take on the Trials of the Dragon King DLC.

Many players on Reddit and social media platforms are frustrated with the requirement to access the Trials of