Do you start a new game on easy and then change or start on normal?

[therealsomeguy]

normal people choose normal difficulty, real badasses start on the hardest difficulty, and they also set the controller on fire

 

[Zeema]

The Hardiest difficulty ever.

Why Because I love obtaining Trophies

 

[LightspeedJack]

As a rule I play on normal and then move on to hard/very hard after I've finished it. But I will switch down to easy if I get stuck, I'm not paying for a game and then not playing it because it's too hard (The only game I can remember doing this on recently is Dead Space).

 

[Quaxar]

I like to start my first playthrough with the easiest mode to get to know the surrounding and the story. If I like it I try a harder setting.

 

[BoxCutter]

I always start off on normal, save for a few games where I literally want to do nothing.

 

[latenightapplepie]

Normal first, unless I'm familiar with the gameplay/controls. My gamer skills (that sounded so nerdy!) are decent enough normally to adapt to a fairly-titled Normal difficulty setting. I'll only go back to Easy if the game is too difficult for me.

 

[Jezzascmezza]

I always play my first play-through on easy, just so I can enjoy the game and not get stressed out about it.
Then once I finish, if I like the game enough, or if there's a bonus achievement for playing on "hard," I'll replay it on the hardest setting.
I've done this for Halo 3, Gears of War 2, COD 4, MW2, and Just Cause 2.

 

[Snowpact]

I always start at normal difficulty. Never had the urge to restart right away at hard difficulty, though I sometimes replay the game in a higher difficulty for challenging reasons.

Never played on easy, though.

 

[Baggie]

First time I play on the difficulty that's below the hardest, or hardest if there's none between hardest and normal. I mainly do it to make the game longer, or feel more substantial. I've been gaming long enough that normal feels kind of easy as well.

 

[jamesworkshop]

Really depends

Sequels I play at their hardest i.e Bioshock 2 immpossible, no vita chambers
Games from new genres easy i.e Kings bounty: ArmoUred princess
Normal every when else

 

[TehAudioSurfer]

I usually start with easy and keep it that way and when I feel badass I try very easy.

 

[.Ricks.]

I always start on normal then move up the difficulty like a ladder in subsequent playthroughs.
The only exception to this was Resident Evil 5 which I started on hard, every reviewer said that if you want the horror experience normal just doesn't cut it, too easy.

 

[poet_lawreate]

I usually downgrade rather than upgrade. I always want to be really challenged, so I tend to opt for Hard- or whatever is usually the third level up- then more often than not I have to switch that to Normal, or even Easy sometimes (screw you, several Modern Warfare 2 missions). I'd hate to run through a new game on an Easy level without trying the harder ones first.

Though I do count levels like 'EPIC', 'GOD', 'BLOODY GRIZZLED VETERAN' etc. to be special feats I might attempt one day rather than mountains I have to immediately tackle.

 

[Aesir23]

I generally start at normal or easy until I get a feel for the game and then switch to the harder difficulty settings later on or on the next playthrough.

 

[IamSofaKingRaw]

I can't live with myself if I don't play on hardest difficulty setting no matter how difficult. The only game that i couldn't beat on the highest difficulty was Lost Planet on Extreme. Couldn't pass first level without getting raped in 30 seconds by the boss. It almost made me shed a tear of frustration (almost).

 

[TheDist]

I always set it to the hardest setting and leave it at that untill I finish the game, even if it's kicking my arse I will refuse to change it.

It isn't too bad these days anyway, hardmodes now don't tend to be as punishing as the older games used to be.

 

[ottenni]

Depends on the game. Unless its an RTS ill start on Normal. For RTS however ill do a skirmish on easy just to get the hang of things. Screw tutorials. They are boring.

 

[MrDarkling]

I try hard and if it's too tough I go to normal.