Poll: Easy difficulty

[ethaninja]

Depends on the game. If it's a "realistic" style game I play it on the hardest difficulty. If it's a game where being on the harder difficulties makes you die in a snap and take forever for the enemies to kill, I usually play it on easy. After all, all I'm after is to blow shit up

 

[Drakmorg]

I generally play the game on the "Normal" difficulty setting. Though if a game throws a challenge at me that I can't get past after a few tries I'm not afraid to set the difficulty to easy for a bit until I move past it.
Then if I revisit the game I'll play it on a higher difficulty setting, since the challenge from getting to know how the game works and what I can do to exploit the system is gone.

 

[justnotcricket]

Generally I play on normal, sometimes moving to hard if the game is sufficiently well-designed that hard isn't just a needless chore full of cheap shots.

If I'm playing on easy it's because I just wanted to chill out with a game I've already completed, and see how fast I can get through it, or whatever.

 

[The_Echo]

I do easy if I want to get through a game fast, or if it's my first time playing and it's a game whose controls I'll need to get used to.

For games I've already played once over, or sequels, I tend to step it up on subsequent playthroughs to give myself some challenge if I'm bored.

 

[Kroxile]

I play on normal first and then if I care enough about the game I will replay on harder settings.

I believe that achievements/trophies should be unavailable on easy mode. At all. Afterall, its not much of an achievement if you gimped the game to "earn" it, now is it?

 

[Siuki]

Depends on the game. Touhou 06 is currently being played on Easy, but I'll work my way up. Others are usually just on the normal difficulty.

 

[pspman45]

It really depends on if i've ever played a game like it before. when I first tried Halo: Reach, I played it on normal, due to my experience with FPSs
but when I first tried Oblivion, I was like, Whoa, i'm gonna get my shit wrecked, i've never played a game like this before!

I also adjust the difficulty if the game becomes unfun. there was one Mission in Reach where I kept dying. It was getting boring so i was like "fuck it, call me a sissy, i'm puttin it on easy!!"

 

[mattttherman3]

Well if a game has no achievements based on difficulty, I play on easy(it also depends if I want the 1000 gamerscore) ually, I can count on one hand the games I have beaten on their hardest difficulty by myself(as in no co-op): Mass Effect 2, MW2, Star Fox 64.

 

[FinalHeart95]

Only for goofing off really. When starting off I go for normal, then to hard if I like it enough. If I still want to play it more I'll want to see how bad I fuck stuff up on easy since I've beaten it on hard.

 

[superbatranger]

The only times I've ever played a game on easy was when I just felt like breezing through it.

 

[Bat Vader]

I always play video games on the easy difficulty setting. I don't really care about challenging myself to beat a game. I want to experience the story and have fun when playing a game. Playing a game on the harder difficulty levels has never been fun for me.

 

[Worr Monger]

Never... I been gaming too long for Easy difficulty.. Normal is the lowest I'll go.

Some games must be on Hard mode for full enjoyment though...

BUT.. I draw the line on hardest difficulty when it becomes more work than fun.

 

[herpaderphurr]

If it's too difficult, you stop focus on the atmosphere, story, characters, plot, and everything and focus everything on fine-tuning your gameplay to not die.

Now that isn't exactly the kind of enjoyment that the first-time playthrough is supposed to bring about.

I play on Normal, or, in generic CoD-style brown FPS, I enjoy playing on a level above Normal. Hardened, in the case of CoD.

But! As a child, I used to set everything on Easy. Also I spammed cheats from the very beginning of the game. Not anymore, thankfully.

 

[Bobbity]

I usually play a game through on a relatively easy setting first (normal - I'm not a complete wuss), for the sake of the story. Once I'm finished though, I'll go back and play it on a harder difficulty.

/edit That said, I still played CoD and Halo on Hardened and Heroic, respectively.

 

[Torrasque]

It really depends on the game, but I always start a game on normal.
If the game is too hard, then I'll dial it back to easy, but that is only for games I am completely unfamiliar with.
If I have been playing the series for a while, like Halo for instance, I'll start on the harder difficulty right away. I played Halo 3 on heroic my first time, and started Reach on Legendary. It was tough at times, but I never got to a point where I was pounding my head against a wall.

For the games I play, playing on easy isn't really that fun at all =/
For any Halo game, you can just about go through the entire campaign by just meleeing stuff. The flood take alot of hits (Halo 1-2), and vehicles are irritating, but its the only way the game is entertaining on easy.

 

[Bat Vader]

Playing a game on easy is like throwing money down the drain, next to just robbing yourself of a decent game play experience.

Games tend to be about our protagonist going up against a relentless army of [INSERT SPECIES/FACTION HERE]. When you can just read a book and mow down wave after wave of evil stormtroopers with the weakest starter gun there is i don't care how well the dialogue is written, you are fucking up the immersion.

That, and i like a challenge.

I don't believe that. As long as I enjoy the story and the game-play of a game than I consider it to be money well spent. Playing a game on the harder difficulty levels has never been fun or enjoyable to me. I consider it more fun and enjoyable to play a game on the easier difficulty levels.

 

[Spookimitsu]

Hard mode. As difficult as possible. And, its been this way ever since PS1.

I remember my easy mode days, and I look upon them with shame and scorn.

Playing a game on easy is like throwing money down the drain, next to just robbing yourself of a decent game play experience.

This. You may as well shout "SPOILER ALERT" to yourself if you play on easy mode, and you plan on re-playing in advanced difficulties.

 

[UberMore]

Now adays I tend to go straight for hard, but that's so I can mash out all the difficulty trophies in one run, or cos I fancy a challenge.

Once this is done though, I go through on Easy so I can either catch up on the story, or go through like a death-dealing, magic-casting, empire-building God Emperor or Mankind.