Why Play On Hard?
- Thread starter Sky Captanio
- Start date
Recommended Videos
Thinking about it, why not play it on hard? If you really like the game.
Sad thing is, before there were achievements I used to play games on hard all the time. Now if there isn't an achievement associated with it, I don't bother. Like it's a waste of time.
In competative games it's usually good to up the difficulty though. Makes your reflexes better, provided you don't just exploit AI.
Sad thing is, before there were achievements I used to play games on hard all the time. Now if there isn't an achievement associated with it, I don't bother. Like it's a waste of time.
In competative games it's usually good to up the difficulty though. Makes your reflexes better, provided you don't just exploit AI.
Go back and play Asteroids where the computer ships can mathematically calculate exactly where you are going to be and shoot you out of the...space, because of it.
There's a difference between frustration and difficulty.
IMO, difficulty should be able to be overcome with patience and strategy. 4 snipers being able to blow your head off the second you pop out of cover is not difficult, it's cheap, it's frustrating. Beating frustrating parts doesn't do a thing; it just proves you can get lucky, or that the AI felt sorry for you and let you get by.
ME 2. Some areas of the game will have multiple sections, and each section will have something that will wind up killing you multiple times, until you figure out which areas of cover to use, which biotic powers are most effective, etc. THAT'S Difficult.
Frustrating is also in ME 2. The Mechs rocket you out of cover somehow and then instantly destroy you with their machine gun arm. One side mission where you have to stop 3 of them from destroying boxes took me hundreds of tries, dying many times on the LAST Mech when it was down to just its Health.
There's a difference between frustration and difficulty.
IMO, difficulty should be able to be overcome with patience and strategy. 4 snipers being able to blow your head off the second you pop out of cover is not difficult, it's cheap, it's frustrating. Beating frustrating parts doesn't do a thing; it just proves you can get lucky, or that the AI felt sorry for you and let you get by.
ME 2. Some areas of the game will have multiple sections, and each section will have something that will wind up killing you multiple times, until you figure out which areas of cover to use, which biotic powers are most effective, etc. THAT'S Difficult.
Frustrating is also in ME 2. The Mechs rocket you out of cover somehow and then instantly destroy you with their machine gun arm. One side mission where you have to stop 3 of them from destroying boxes took me hundreds of tries, dying many times on the LAST Mech when it was down to just its Health.
when i beat a game on easy and medium enough i want to challenge myself to try it on hard
some games give u hidden stuff for beating game on hard mode
some games give u hidden stuff for beating game on hard mode
I like playing on hard, or just playing hard games in general (Demon's Souls I'm looking at you), because it's a challenge. It may not be fun all the time, but the feeling you get when you finally beat that one level or that one boss that's been making you want to tear your hair out is totally worth it.
Mass Effect 2 is masochistic on Insane. But it's worth it in the end. I've never had a better feeling of accomplishment. That, Devil May Cry 3 and 4, and Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2.
achievements and the challange.
altho i do find it ruins it sometimes. for example the first thing i did on COD:MW2 was beat the campaign on veterin. and this ruined the impact of the story, when i had finnished i just had a "meh" now its over, attitude, While all my friends were ravng about the story. then again, i beat the campaign before most of my freinds did because they mixed between campaign and multiplayer.
altho i do find it ruins it sometimes. for example the first thing i did on COD:MW2 was beat the campaign on veterin. and this ruined the impact of the story, when i had finnished i just had a "meh" now its over, attitude, While all my friends were ravng about the story. then again, i beat the campaign before most of my freinds did because they mixed between campaign and multiplayer.
Exactly. I enjoy being challenged. It may come to the point where I don't enjoy it at the time, but I sure as hell with enjoy the success.TheSeventhLoneWolf said:
Why play on Hard? Because the entry tier difficulties (Normal and Easy) are usually very tedious and far too simple for seasoned gamers. I like my games to have challenge (in fact, one of my favourite games is Ninja Gaiden Black) and that's just something I can't get from Easy or Normal. I bought CoD:WaW and facerolled through the campaign on the easiest difficulty solely so that I could unlock Nazi Zombies. I felt deprived of a lot of fun and it felt more like Serious Sam than a gritty, realistic, cover-requiring war game. Obviously, I do this within reason. If something takes me 348643 times to beat, it's time to kick the difficulty down because that's really not fun. As a rule of thumb though, due to catering for newer gamers, the entry tier difficulties for most games are just too simple to be fun for me =/
I'm a purist gamer. I made a New Year's Resolution saying that I wouldn't leave any game unfinished, that means 100% on the hardest difficulty setting. Why? Because how can you become better if you don't push yourself to your limits? And considering the only income I get right now comes from gaming tournaments, having a high level of skill is a must. For most people (casual gamers) though, a medium difficulty setting is probably optimal.
I like a challenge and I'm a perfectionist. Done quite a few difficult things, game wise: Dead Space on Impossible difficulty, Metroid Prime 3 on Hypermode difficulty, Left 4 Dead 2 on Expert difficulty with Realism mode enabled and F-Zero GX on Master difficulty.
Hell, I even did Left 4 Dead on Expert with just the AI...for every campaign; annoying that every time I died was because of the bots though.
Hell, I even did Left 4 Dead on Expert with just the AI...for every campaign; annoying that every time I died was because of the bots though.
I thinks the best example recently was mass effect2
You could switch difficulty at any point in the game I know it's been done before it's just thats the most recent game i've got stuck into with the option
I didn't agree with the insane achievement there were bits which were just stupidly stupid so I had to knock it down a notch and then if it got too easy id pump it up again
You could switch difficulty at any point in the game I know it's been done before it's just thats the most recent game i've got stuck into with the option
I didn't agree with the insane achievement there were bits which were just stupidly stupid so I had to knock it down a notch and then if it got too easy id pump it up again
I usually jump into multiplayer games. There's no difficulty knob on real players which makes it more of a challenge in itself.Squid94 said:
Why play a game on "Hard"? It really allows you to hone your skills to an absurdly sharp level.
Case In Point: After finishing the Call of Duty 4 campaign on "Veteran," I decided to play some multiplayer. Lo and behold, I was the god of the arena and was racking up 30 kill killstreaks like nobody's business.
Case In Point: After finishing the Call of Duty 4 campaign on "Veteran," I decided to play some multiplayer. Lo and behold, I was the god of the arena and was racking up 30 kill killstreaks like nobody's business.