Resident Evil 6 - Leon, No Hope Difficulty S Rank Playthrough, Solo, New Game, Deathless

I suddenly got the inspiration to do a No Hope difficulty S rank playthrough in RE6. While the S rank actually allows you to die at least twice per chapter, that's where the self-imposed challenge part comes in. I think it's a bit silly that you can die (multiple times even) and still get the best rank so I wanted to do it deathless. RE6 is full of cheap instant deaths and the devs know it too, otherwise the ranking system wouldn't allow for at least 2 deaths per chapter (more on the ranking system later). I have the 'Auto Action Button'-setting enabled to avoid having to deal with instant deaths caused by not pressing the right buttons in the ridiculously short timeframes that the game sometimes gives. I don't consider it cheating because I firmly believe that QTE instant deaths shouldn't exist in the first place - I already hated them in the OG RE4. I'm well aware that RE6 is the most disliked game out of the numbered entries, but I definitely don't agree with the majority on that and never have. I think RE5 is easily the weakest one mainly because of how horrendous the whole partner system is in that game, especially on Professional difficulty which I refuse to play again in single-player. It can be a lot of fun in co-op, but playing it solo (which is my preferred way of playing games) there's not much to enjoy because of the game design being absolutely abysmal. RE6 fixes pretty much all of RE5's problems, even if it does have some flaws of its own at the same time. No Hope difficulty is my preferred way of playing RE6. None of the skills are available (some skills make the game way too easy), and the game becomes so stingy with its resource drops that there are many occasions where you absolutely must strategize and utilize melee to the best of your ability or else you will not have enough resources for the occasions where the enemy/enemies must be defeated. Each campaign in this playthrough is also done in a fresh New Game, so I won't have access to anything that you would in NG+. I will complete (and upload) all the campaigns in the game's suggested order - Leon first, then Chris, Jake and finally Ada. Therefore this is part 1 of 4. I think Leon's campaign is the second-hardest one after Chris' campaign. Just like in Chris' campaign there are long chapters with hordes of hard-hitting enemies and limited resources, although things do get easier towards the end of the game. I also made an exception for this game and included the cutscenes because it just felt odd to omit them in a game like this with multiple campaigns featuring intersecting story moments. The S rank also allows for a rather normal style of play and doesn't force you to play the game in any specific way - there's nothing like a very strict time limit or extremely small room for error, which is another reason why I felt that having the focus only on gameplay didn't quite fit for this one. If the soundtrack transitions sound a little strange sometimes it's because I edited in most cutscenes afterwards for Leon's and Chris' campaigns, until I decided to just leave them in to begin with for Jake's and Ada's campaigns. About the ranking system: to achieve the S rank in a chapter, you must achieve the highest rank of A in all 4 categories: Accuracy, Deaths, Clear Time & Enemies Killed. The A rank requirement for accuracy is always 70%, but for the other 3 categories it varies by chapter. My results and the A rank requirements for each category: Chapter 1 Accuracy - 78.7% (A rank: 70%) Deaths - 0 (max. 2) Clear Time - 1h 3m 5s (under 1h 25m) Enemies Killed - 227 (min. 80) Chapter 2 Accuracy - 80.2% (min. 70%) Deaths - 0 (max. 2) Clear Time - 1h 5m 32s (under 1h 20m) Enemies Killed - 159 (min. 80) Chapter 3 Accuracy - 84.5% (min. 70%) Deaths - 0 (max. 2) Clear Time - 33m 23s (under 55m) Enemies Killed - 92 (min. 70) Chapter 4 Accuracy - 78.0% (min. 70%) Deaths - 0 (max. 2) Clear Time - 40m 37s (under 1h 15m) Enemies Killed - 13 (min. 7) Chapter 5 Accuracy - 88.2% (min. 70%) Deaths - 0 (max. 2) Clear Time - 44m 9s (under 1h 5m) Enemies Killed - 83 (min. 60) Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:12 Chapter 1 15:56 Ch.1 - The Campus (Gameplay begins properly) 33:19 Ch.1 - Sewers & The Subway 47:28 Ch.1 - The Town 56:53 Ch.1 - Gun Shop 1:12:37 Chapter 2 1:29:33 Ch.2 - The Cathedral 1:49:08 Ch.2 - Underground Laboratory 2:07:24 Ch.2 - Primitive Altar 2:17:04 Ch.2 - BOSS: Mutated Deborah 2:27:34 Chapter 3 2:42:29 Ch.3 - Cavern 2:52:59 Ch.3 - Underground Water Channel 3:00:55 Ch.3 - BOSS: Brzak 3:04:44 Chapter 4 3:16:19 Ch.4 - BOSS: Ustanak 3:23:55 Ch.4 - Market 3:32:42 Ch.4 - Medical Research Center 3:48:01 Ch.4 - BOSS: Mutated Derek C. Simmons (Beast Form) 3:59:58 Chapter 5 4:16:28 Ch.5 - BOSS: Mutated Derek C. Simmons (Dinosaur Form) 4:24:25 Ch.5 - Quad Tower Climb 4:28:41 Ch.5 - BOSS: Mutated Derek C. Simmons (Beast Form) 4:33:52 Ch.5 - Quad Tower Roof 4:39:21 Ch.5 - BOSS: Mutated Derek C. Simmons (Fly Form) 4:45:20 Ending & Results