When I bought code: veronica i was an amateur with resident evil game, but after playing two discs of resident evil pleasure, i can beat any resident evil game. Gaming is my profession, so the game wasn't too hard to beat for me, but it would be, on a scale of 1-10, the hardness is an 8, for average gamer, so be resident evil experienced befor you buy this great game, but other than that, the game is excellent, so the $$ doesnt matter, the game play is worth it!