What difficulty do you play your games at?

[Lucem712]

I play on normal, 99% of the time. Might replay at a higher difficulty though most of the time I forget all about the different settings. (If I really suck, I might turn it down. Oooh, the shame!)

 

[him over there]

I almost always play on easy mode, it makes the game a lot more fun.

 

[Something Amyss]

Usually start on normal and crank it up on a second playthrough.

 

[kouriichi]

Normal, then the hardest my 2nd playthrough. Once i know the story, weapons, and enemies, i always feel more comfortable playing on hard.

 

[TheRussian]

Whatever the second hardest is, and if I'm not getting my ass kicked, I crank it up to max.

 

[Lt._nefarious]

generally normal but I play Mortal Kombat on expert...

 

[ScoopMeister]

I always start on easy, get a feel for the game. Then I work my way up the levels (if I can be bothered).

 

[SuperNova221]

If I'm playing for the gameplay, mechanics, etc then usually hard. Assuming easy, normal, hard, very hard as a sort of default, hard is usually a nice balance of difficulty, normal is usually too easy and very hard and above is usually just stupidly frustrating. If I'm playing a game for narrative or immersion I just go onto normal, I find dieing in narrative based games can really take me out of it. so I'm willing to sacrifice challenge to enhance that.

 

[Dethenger]

Start with normal/ hard (hard if there's a very hard option; example, I'll play Halo on Heroic to start then Legendary). If I don't like it, it's not worth getting my ass kicked playing. If I do like it, I crank it up to the highest difficulty.

 

[Squidbulb]

Normal or easy.

 

[Baneat]

Usually the one above normal unless the game's known for its difficulty. It always feels better tuned to me than the default.

 

[kingthrall]

depends on what game u playing, for myth 2 I always play legendary difficulty.

 

[llew]

start on the default and then, once completed, i crank the difficulty to the utmost hardest it will allow me to do (assuming it is unlocked) and will refuse to lower it until completion... assuming the game didnt make me grind my face against the wall with stupidity (see DMC2)
captcha: jiminy cricket... but my conscience is clear... or is it?!?

 

[RipRoaringWaterfowl]

I usually play on Normal, but I'm quite partial to Masochistic, Obscene, and Suicidal.

One or two spoiled egg omelettes will kill both enemies and you.

Spoiled egg omelettes... that sounds like the graetest weapon EVER!

I'm SO making a game with spoiled egg omelettes as the default weapon.

 

[Revnak_v1legacy]

Shooters I usually play on the highest or second highest difficulty, RPGs I play on easy, other games I usually play the default.

 

[Richardplex]

Normal first time, hard the second with exceptions. Dragon Age, why you so unforgiving compared to my other games? I mean, I love you for it but still...

 

[Luap26]

I always start on default and if i find the game to be fun I jump it up to way higher levels

 

[DFogify]

Depends on the game. If its a FPS, I will play it on the hardest difficulty. However, when it comes to other games I will play normal.

 

[Zukabazuka]

Depends on what type of weapons the FPS game have, if pretty much all weapons are hitscan. I'm going to medium or lower because most of the time I die in a second from an enemy who have radar and everything else. Not that fun.

Other games I usually try the hardest settings and usually complete the game on it.