Poll: What difficulty do you play on, and why?

[dstryfe]

Expert+. Go big or go home. Sometimes, going home is pretty tempting. Like in FPS, since I suck at those.

 

[GodofDisaster]

I usally start at normal diffculty and proced from there.

 

[SmoothGlover]

I usually play about half a game on normal then start again on the hardest difficulty just to try to get more time out of it.

When I was a bit younger I just played everything on easy, I was just trying to rack up completed games on my lady-repelling belt but now I'm in it more for the experience (which I feel is improved by the higher difficulty levels.)

 

[TheNamlessGuy]

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[Proteus214]

My first game was Contra; and one of my all time favorites was Mega Man 2. Modern "hard modes" are pretty weak by comparison. I think I fall into the "Old School" category.

 

[Jedamethis]

Normal

If I find it ridiculously easy, I go harder, and vice versa

 

[Aunel]

hardest, because I like it hard...

why is there no option for that?

 

[Doktor Merkwurdigliebe]

Normal.
Because it's Normal.
Playing on easy usually(there are some exceptions, of course) isn't challenging.
Playing on hard or anything higher is for masochists.
At least in my oppinion.

EDIT: This reminds me, that I usually play racing games on hard, because anything lower tend to be quite boring.

 

[tk1989]

hard, because i find most games try and hold my hand and walk me through the steps too much if i go on anything lower...

 

[bushwhacker2k]

Normal or Easy generally.

 

[LeonLethality]

I start on Normal, and move up from there. It allows me to learn for the first playthrough without feeling like a complete loser for choosing Easy.

this though on games with no difficulty setting you are kinda stuck on normal (in some cases hard and in more cases easy...)

 

[Instant K4rma]

I play on easy. If I play on harder difficulties, I start dying/losing and get mad. Games are supposed to be fun, not anger-inducing. If i eventually get better, I will bump up the difficulty to give myself a new challenge.

 

[TheJoojo]

Depends on the game.
Usually start with normal and move up from there (if the game deserves several play-throughs).

 

[Sanaj]

It depends of the game, but I usually play on the normal difficulty setting.

However, sometimes if I find normal to be a bit easy then I'll move up to hard on the 2nd play-through.
If it's really easy after an hour or so then I'll restart and play-through the game on hard.

Or if I'm playing an FPS co-op with someone more talented than myself,
then I'll play on a harder difficulty setting than I would normally.

 

[ErGo]

I play on normal, and if I really liked the game, then I replay it on the harder difficulty settings, otherwise, I play on normal.

 

[hermes]

Easy. I'm going in just for fun, story and to kill some stuff. If i like it, I'm going to play it on medium.

This.

 

[Akai Shizuku]

I always play on normal, unless the game is Japanese...

 

[MetallicaRulez0]

Depends a lot on the genre, but usually Normal. I want a bit of a challenge, but dying/losing a lot is really not my cup of tea.