So for those who are lucky enough not to be sitting at work right now, is hardcoe mode everything we were hoping for?

My initial character's going to be very survivalist, so if I don't go hardcoe mode, I'm kind of missing out.

I think I'll be using it on my first play through. Games these days have become way too easy. You know with all the regenerating health, infinite ammo and other things of that nature. It seems "hard core mode" might actually be "like games used to be" mode.