Less scary cuz less closeup moment and jumpscare. But it is harder in some cases of necro horde which may be imba in impossible difficulty. Some side mission are way harder than the storyline. Imagine I have to change difficulty from impossible to hard, but still have to chunk out 400 ammo just for a side mission. And the corpses are always vanished b4 I could even lift their limbs or stomp 'em. Dunno if this issue was caused by hardware limitation or else...

Yeah, you're right. Probably never will be doing side missions again after first play through. Anyone has tried new game+ hardcore mode? Me got no balls to play it.