Depends. If I think I'll play the game again, I'll go one below hard. If not, I'll go for the hardest difficulty available.
Easy, normal, hard?
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Whatever the default setting is. If the game has good replay value than I will play it at a harder setting.
I'm always suspicious of games where you can pause and change the difficulty.
I'm always suspicious of games where you can pause and change the difficulty.
I assume normal is default difficulty setting that the game designers had in mind for the game and designed normal to be not too difficult but still challenge.
So I recon
Easy: if you?re new to that gaming genre or finding normal too tough
Normal: the way the game is meant to be played
Hard: for the challenge of beating
the worst the designers can throw at you
Personally I prefer when games have one overall difficulty setting like in Zelda or GTA id rather have a bigger game than replay a smaller game with more annoying baddies
Though sometimes this can fuck up when a game AI is way too easy
e.g.
Black and White 2
Assault a god with 25 guys and 1 catapult
So I recon
Easy: if you?re new to that gaming genre or finding normal too tough
Normal: the way the game is meant to be played
Hard: for the challenge of beating
the worst the designers can throw at you Personally I prefer when games have one overall difficulty setting like in Zelda or GTA id rather have a bigger game than replay a smaller game with more annoying baddies
Though sometimes this can fuck up when a game AI is way too easy
e.g.
Black and White 2
Assault a god with 25 guys and 1 catapult
I play normal first. Then Hard (or higher if there is one) to get an achievment or becuase i'm bored.
Hard. Because as videogames are made more and more for casual gamers the difficulties have changed a bit.
What was previously "Normal" is now "Hard". The current "Normal" was called "Easy" in the past and "Easy" is "A blind, one armed baby can succeed without loosing once"
What was previously "Normal" is now "Hard". The current "Normal" was called "Easy" in the past and "Easy" is "A blind, one armed baby can succeed without loosing once"
I usually start Normal because I tend to play a lot of story-based games and I'd rather enjoy the story the first go round. Then I'll go Hard and then Extreme if I really like the game and want the achievements.
Normal then either hard or super hard...depends on the game. Goes for pretty much anything other then rhythm games rb/GH.. i just dive straight into expert on those.
*edit. however play something on normal on a system thats at least 15 years old and it puts todays standards to shame. Games were way more difficult back then. Me and a few friends of dusted off the old nes a few weeks ago..and after a few stiff cartridge blows and a slight push to the right we were getting owned by the comp in numerous titles. Couldn't even get through mario brothers got to like 5-2 i think. Kinda bummed that the light gun doesn't work on plasmas Lucky ducks >
*edit. however play something on normal on a system thats at least 15 years old and it puts todays standards to shame. Games were way more difficult back then. Me and a few friends of dusted off the old nes a few weeks ago..and after a few stiff cartridge blows and a slight push to the right we were getting owned by the comp in numerous titles. Couldn't even get through mario brothers got to like 5-2 i think. Kinda bummed that the light gun doesn't work on plasmas
Lucky ducks >
Easy.
All the fun of the game with less dying or "you lose" screens. It's like, "if all that matters is I beat the game, why beat it on a harder difficulty?"
All the fun of the game with less dying or "you lose" screens. It's like, "if all that matters is I beat the game, why beat it on a harder difficulty?"
Generally easy, unless there is a good reason to kick the difficulty up. I don't like game that just make enemies take more to kill them. Halo 3 was an example of what I do like although the enemies got tougher there was a genuine difference in the challenge.
I start on easy to get a feel for the controls and the flow. Then I quit and go to normal. I usually don't do hard unless there's a significant benefit. i.e. more then just an achievement.
Depends.
Horror - Easy (I prefer the experience to be more scary than frustrating)
Shooter - Normal (Sometimes I will play on easy just so I can feel a false sense of badass-ery.)
Racing* - Hard
*Only on certain racing games, because some dumb down driving too far, those are the ones that I play on Hard. Then you have some obscenely hard ones that I play on either Easy/Normal
Horror - Easy (I prefer the experience to be more scary than frustrating)
Shooter - Normal (Sometimes I will play on easy just so I can feel a false sense of badass-ery.)
Racing* - Hard
*Only on certain racing games, because some dumb down driving too far, those are the ones that I play on Hard. Then you have some obscenely hard ones that I play on either Easy/Normal
