Is there a chance that there would be difficulty between standard and hardcore? It would be good if the enemies would have the stats of hardcore mode, but player would have extra lives, so you don't have to start from the beginning when you die. The standard mode is just too easy, I cleared episode one, and didn't have any near death experience, the lowest hp i got was probably 40 and that was my own mistake when i threw dynamite too close to myself.
In my opinion the hardcore mode is more like a challenge mode after you already have completed the game.

The dev has already added this to his list of things that could happen in the future:
https://www.gog.com/forum/project_warlock/custom_difficulty_possible/post3

Oh, sorry. Didn't notice that there was already a topic.