What's your game difficulty set to ?


  

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I was reading through the Bioshock2 thread and noticed some of you guys playing it through on its Easy difficulty. So I was just a little curious as to why anyone would play a game on easy? I tend to play games on their hardest difficulty, normal at the least if its some immensely insane game. Reason being games are just so expensive and relatively short these days that playing it through it on easy just feels like im cheating myself. Setting a game on hard kinda justifies my money spent on them. I honestly don't want to spend $60 on a game im going to spend anywhere from 6-20 hrs. So anything that could prolong the experience a bit helps.

Does being a casual really justify it, cause the game isn't going anywhere right? A harder difficulty ultimately gets you more playtime and more a sense of accomplishment when done, with a chance to actually get good at it :D. Only viable reason I see for anyone setting a game to easy is if one has limited access to the game (rented) and would just want to experience the complete game. That, or the player simply sucks and can't help but have the game spoon fed.

Achievements got me into the habit of starting games on their hardest difficulty. Being there's always a freakin' trophy/achievement there to reward you for playing through set difficulty. Usually unlocks some insane difficulty upon completion which I usually jump back into, if time allows.

Again, it simply gives me a sense of accomplishment. In the end, I feel I got my money's worth and with that a sense of reward. ;)

So unless you're renting, suck or simply rich and couldn't care less what you pay for games these days... is there another reason for playing a game on easy?

So what's yours set to, and have a reason behind it?

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Easiest for me......I personally prefer games that are mentally challenging as in you have to figure out what you need to do (like Portal). I get frustrated when a game is blatantly obvious in what needs to be done, but puts so many enemies between you and the objective that you need to restart the game a few times just to get past that one part.

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I was reading through the Bioshock2 thread and noticed some of you guys playing it through on its Easy difficulty. So I was just a little curious as to why anyone would play a game on easy? I tend to play games on their hardest difficulty, normal at the least if its some immensely insane game. Reason being games are just so expensive and relatively short these days that playing it through it on easy just feels like im cheating myself. Setting a game on hard kinda justifies my money spent on them. I honestly don't want to spend $60 on a game im going to spend anywhere from 6-20 hrs. So anything that could prolong the experience a bit helps.

Does being a casual really justify it, cause the game isn't going anywhere right? A harder difficulty ultimately gets you more playtime and more a sense of accomplishment when done, with a chance to actually get good at it :D. Only viable reason I see for anyone setting a game to easy is if one has limited access to the game (rented) and would just want to experience the complete game. That, or the player simply sucks and can't help but have the game spoon fed.

Achievements got me into the habit of starting games on their hardest difficulty. Being there's always a freakin' trophy/achievement there to reward you for playing through set difficulty. Usually unlocks some insane difficulty upon completion which I usually jump back into, if time allows.

Again, it simply gives me a sense of accomplishment. In the end, I feel I got my money's worth and with that a sense of reward. ;)

So unless you're renting, suck or simply rich and couldn't care less what you pay for games these days... is there another reason for playing a game on easy?

So what's yours set to, and have a reason behind it?

Well, I'm one of the people who said they play Bioshock on easy, well, switch between Normal or Easy depending on how hairy defending the little sister gets. And man, does the game get really hairy sometimes on Normal.

Also a game like Bayonetta I had to switch to Easy because some of the battles in that game get utterly ridiculous.

Well, I have to say is that I'm a game renter, not a game purchaser. I really only buy 2 or 3 games a year but I subscribe to the 3-game-at-a-time subscription on gamefly. So it's important for me to actually finish a game quickly rather than to see how good the replayablity and challenge is on the hardest difficulty. Most of the time I do try to get as many achievements as I can, but when it comes to getting an achievement on difficulty, I just pass on that.

So usually it goes like this. I always start the game on Normal. If it gets too tough I go down to Easy. If it's too easy on normal I usually up it to hard.

edit: I will say one thing...I'm glad I bought Mass Effect 2 because some weapons and armor can't be achieved unless you play on harder difficulty. I probably won't go back to that game though until the summer since the rest of this half of the year is insane with new games

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Depends entirely on the game, but usually normal or hard.

Same here. Generally I will play normal, but if it is a game that i'm comfortable with, ie. Ratchet & Clank, I will play on Hard.

By starting on Hard I can cover the difficulty trophies easily and then clean up on easy. However, if I start on normal on a game that is new or I'm not too good at, I can get accustomed to the game for the second play through on Hard.

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Well, I have to say is that I'm a game renter, not a game purchaser. I really only buy 2 or 3 games a year but I subscribe to the 3-game-at-a-time subscription on gamefly. So it's important for me to actually finish a game quickly rather than to see how good the replayablity and challenge is on the hardest difficulty.

Oh for sure. If I rented I also would hit them up on easy then perhaps on normal after the first go 'round if it was any good.

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Normal, sometimes hard.

I'm not a fan of having to repeat things over and over, but I do like a challenge, just need a good balance.

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Normal, sometimes hard.

In special cases I turn it to easy if I feel like I just want to see where the story goes and don't feel like dealing with a challenge.

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I want a game to immerse me and in order it for that to happen I have to not be headbutting the wall out of frustration. Unfortunately games these days think that making the game utterly impossible through swarms of re-spawning enemies(I'm looking at you World At War) is a legitimate challenge when in fact it is just *********.

I will play games on hard that require actual thinking and not random giant crab insta-kill encounters for "challenge" (Y)

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I want a game to immerse me and in order it for that to happen I have to not be headbutting the wall out of frustration. Unfortunately games these days think that making the game utterly impossible through swarms of re-spawning enemies(I'm looking at you World At War) is a legitimate challenge when in fact it is just *********.

I will play games on hard that require actual thinking and not random giant crab insta-kill encounters for "challenge" (Y)

+1..couldn't agree more. Games that make the game more difficult by throwing waves of enemies at you and forcing you to likely reload multiple times to pass every difficult area are not fun IMO. I would rather spend 30 minutes in a single level figuring out HOW to do it than spend 20 minutes reloading the game in hopes that I kill everything before it kills me on the 57th reload.

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Games usually just amp the dmg required for kill, and/or dmg taken. Even beef up the AI. I'm all for that. I never played CoD:WaW but just adding to the swarms alone is a lame attempt at upping the diff.. I cant blame anyone for wanted to get by this mess.

Also most games dont allow you to switch difficulty on the fly. So i'm sure most of you guys playing on normal are breezing through and before you know it, you're 3/4 the way through and noway in hell are starting over and bumping that difficulty up that much needed extra notch. In the end, you got cheated in a sense.

Also, wouldn't the logical thing to do is set it to hard from the get-go since you dont know what lies ahead anyways? Rather than half-stepping and end up with some mickey mouse adventure? You're down'playing yourselves by selecting Normal to begin with. Assuming anything more than that would be frustrating. I think most of you are just playing it safe. Knowing, normal is just another word for Easily Acceptable.

Try your next game on hard. You'd be surprised just how easy it really is.

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