Poll: Game Difficulty
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It varies.
If it's a game I hadn't played before and there are 3 dificulty levels I'll go for the easiest. If it's a sequel or something to a game I'd played I'll go for normal. If there are 4 choices usually the second easiest and if there are 5 than the middle one.
If it's a game I hadn't played before and there are 3 dificulty levels I'll go for the easiest. If it's a sequel or something to a game I'd played I'll go for normal. If there are 4 choices usually the second easiest and if there are 5 than the middle one.
Me too. This is a good way to avoid frustration, as the more challenging parts of games can be a nightmare to work out for the first time on hard mode.D_987 said:
I would use Dead Space as an example... that game was very tough on Hard but once I'd been through it on normal I went back and because I now know many of the scripted events it is a lot easier this time round as I can plan and strategize before the battles.
I'm currently going mad trying to get the Mile High Club achievement too. I think I just don't have the reflexes some gamers have (this becomes very clear to me when I play online...)
I'm playing Call of Duty and having never played an FPS since Quake, especially on a console, I decided to take it easy. It's taken me two days to get through to the second level (I play for 40 minutes or so a day). I'm kind of glad I didn't leave the game on normal... lol
Normal unless its a Total War game when I'll stick it on Very Hard/Hard for the 2 settings respectively.
Hard, because most games are to easy on the Normal difficulty setting. I never start on the highest difficulty because I try to appreciate the quality of the game on my first play through. It's hard to do that when your frustrated and angry.
I like making the game last longer while consistently giving me a challenge so I start off on the easiest then make my way up. This is what I'm doing with Gears of War 2 at the moment and after getting it on February I'm still only at the end of my run on Hardcore mode.
I find that it depends upon if I own the game or not. Generally when I get a game from Gamefly I play on normal to experience the game and enjoymyself then move on to the next game on my list. When I own the game I play on the hardest possible difficulty while at the same time learning the game.
Games such as Gears of War, I go to the hardest possible immediately as anything else is just too easy. Whereas if you put Modern Warfare on veteran right out the box (can't remember if it is possible cause I didn't do it), I would imagine that the extreme difficulty would just be overtly frusterating when you are trying to learn how to play. I have still yet to beat "one shot one kill" on veteran let anone the epilogue.
Games such as Gears of War, I go to the hardest possible immediately as anything else is just too easy. Whereas if you put Modern Warfare on veteran right out the box (can't remember if it is possible cause I didn't do it), I would imagine that the extreme difficulty would just be overtly frusterating when you are trying to learn how to play. I have still yet to beat "one shot one kill" on veteran let anone the epilogue.
Depends on what kind of game really.
I will always play hard initially on shooters because it's the genre I am the most familiar with and best at. RPGs I'll usually start on normal then up the difficulty to the highest on my second play through.
RTS, I will admit, always get me so I generally start on easy. I'm a coward, what can I say... Although I do tend to play on the higher difficulties of AoE.
Damn AP Statistics but I find it rather ironic that the poll is in the shape of a normal distribution based around the 'normal' difficulty.
... well I thought it was funny
I will always play hard initially on shooters because it's the genre I am the most familiar with and best at. RPGs I'll usually start on normal then up the difficulty to the highest on my second play through.
RTS, I will admit, always get me so I generally start on easy. I'm a coward, what can I say... Although I do tend to play on the higher difficulties of AoE.
Damn AP Statistics but I find it rather ironic that the poll is in the shape of a normal distribution based around the 'normal' difficulty.
... well I thought it was funny
If a game is getting repetative or boring I will sometimes temporarily switch to easy just to move through it quicker.
The Oblivion gates really tested my patience after the 9th ot 10th one so I ended up running through the rest on easy with my 100% chameleon gear.
Cheating? Yes. Justified? Yes. Those levels were tedious and required too much of a time investment in relation to the amount of fun to be had trawling through them.
The Oblivion gates really tested my patience after the 9th ot 10th one so I ended up running through the rest on easy with my 100% chameleon gear.
Cheating? Yes. Justified? Yes. Those levels were tedious and required too much of a time investment in relation to the amount of fun to be had trawling through them.
Normal. If I get my @$$ kicked, I switch to easy. If I'm kickin' @ss, I keep on playing. If the game is reasonably difficult, and doesn't quite seem impossible, I'll stick it out. But once I get stuck, I'm done.
Given now that most games give you all the achievements for beating it on the lower difficulties. I always try for the hardest difficulty. Then usually unlock an even harder difficulty for an extra achievement.
Hi my name is josh, I am an achievement whore. Im sorry.
Hi my name is josh, I am an achievement whore. Im sorry.
