Poll: Easy difficulty

[valleyshrew]

Why can some people not design polls properly? There are 3 different sets of answers there and they're not mutually exclusive.


"No never" matches with "I always play on normal" or "I always play on hard"
I always play on easy is unique
"Yes somethimes" matches with "Depends on the game" and "Depends on the genre"

So your only accurate answer is "I always play on easy". If someone always plays on hard they might have selected no never and you can't accurately say what % of people play on hard because of this. There was no need to make the poll so complicated.

Sorry if I'm being harsh, just annoys me, isn't that important though. I always play on normal except for short fps games where I sometimes try hard, and long rpgs where I sometimes put it on easy.

 

[imnot]

I usually play on normal cause I wanna play the game it is meant to be played.

Unless its halo where heroic is how its meant to be played, HO THE HELL DOES THAT WORK BUNGIE!

 

[garjian]

i generally start on the second to hardest difficulty, if im not experienced with the game.
if its too hard, i try again... try again... try again... try again... throw-controller-at-wall-move-down-a-difficulty-try-again...

that doesnt often happen... i move up a difficulty when i complete it, or if its too easy...

 

[Dexiro]

I usually play on normal and then adjust the difficulty if I find it too hard or easy. Or if I'm playing a series that I'm already familiar with I'll sometimes go straight for hard.

Oh and sometimes I'll put a game on easy if I realise the game sucks and I just want to rush to the end.

 

[Lance Arrow]

I play on easy mode in all of my games.

Why? Because I value the story and the experience over the challenge, and I tend to wanna enjoy the former at a steady pace.

 

[C95J]

Not unless I have already completed the game and am just looking for achievements, or just doing a fun playthrough. Other than that it is Normal and the hardest difficulty for me

 

[GoodEyeSniper]

Definitely depends on the game. Specifically, if I'm playing a game I picked because I liked the sound of the gameplay mechanics then I'll play it on Normal. If I'm playing for the immersion potential or storytelling, then I knock it down to easy so I don't have to worry too much about what I'm doing and focus on the gameworld as a whole.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Generally normal. I only switch down to easy if my ass is getting kicked or up to hard if I'm finding it to simple.

 

[The_Fezz]

I haven't played on easy ever since an associate of mine, having just instructed me to finish a section of the game on two difficulty levels less than I finished it on, told me to accept he was a better gamer than me.

Call me petty but I haven't seen him since.

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

The other day is was at my friends house and saw him play a new game.
he popped in the cd an selected easy difficulty, when is asked why he played on easy difficulty he replied; 'What?, i always do that.'
When discussing this with my other friend he said he did the same thing.
Am i the only one who always plays games on normal difficulty?

I play normal also, usually easy when just going for achivements:

Spoiler: like in blops

where you have to only use the missles while in the hind, or kill ten enemies with the flamethrower, so much easier on easy when you are immortal.

Normal is just to get use to the handling of the game. And any difficulty higher is for the challenge.

Really? I got those ones on hardened. I thought those ones were easy.

OT: I actually do more or less the same as everyone else. Normal/Hard then go Hardest then if I really want achievements or collect stuff then easy.

 

[spiffleh]

I almost always play on easy because 90% of the time I'm playing for story and not gameplay.

 

[Thundero13]

I play on easy first so that if I don't like the game I can get through it ASAP and if I do like the game then I can do harder difficulties later anyway

 

[Levi93]

I usually play on normal and then decide whether the game is to easy or to hard then I adjust it.

 

[hutchy27]

Normal but for very long game which focus on story I go for easy. Then hard, brutal etc for a added challenge.

 

[Jason Danger Keyes]

I almost never play hard or higher difficulties, because I want my character to genuinely feel like a powerful ass kicker, which is hard when all the enemies are stronger, tougher, and faster than you by default.

EDIT: Also, I'm shitty at 3rd person action games like Bayonetta and God of War, but I like playing for the spectacle.

 

[blindthrall]

Gotta love how playing on hard is currently the least picked option. Hard is the new medium anyway, since most games have a super-duper, this-will-castrate-you difficulty that in reality, is hard. Easy is like a tutorial.

Having said all that, I did put Black Ops on easy last night. That goddamn flamethrower achievement. In my defense, this was after dying about a dozen times.

 

[JUMBO PALACE]

I always play on Hard or Normal. These days, generally Hard.

I only use Easy when achievement/collectible hunting.

Exactly what I was going to say.

 

[nuba km]

1st play through easy or normal
2nd play through what ever makes the game most fun (I like a challenge but I don't like when things are just hard not challenging).