Game Difficulty Settings

[Carlucci]

I'm a "normal" guy. Having additional difficulty settings is usually not enough of an incentive for me to attempt the game again after beating it on "normal".

 

I usually only attempt to beat the game on a more difficult setting if I really love it and have mastered the normal game, which is why I'm trying Halo on Legendary now.

 

Plus, Halo has an extra scene if you beat it on Legendary. I know, I could watch it on the internet, but I want the frustration, er, satisfaction!

[Kain rising]

I admit it, I'll go with easy first and then move to normal if easy is too easy. Or on occasion I'll do the opposite - drop down to easy if normal is too hard :oops:

[EnemaEms]

I'm a normal guy myself.

 

As far as Halo goes, I just did the final level on Legendary to see the Extra scene. :green:

 

-Dean-

[Chris F]

I do Normal in 99% of the games I play. If a game is DAMN good, I might try it on a harder difficulty after I beat it, or if it has cool unlockables.

[kittycatgirl2k]

I play through a game once - and that's it. There are a few rare exceptions, mostly "old skool" like Rygar and Solomon's Key but for anything that came out on PS1 and onwards, its lucky if it gets finished twice. So I go for "normal", and if its too easy, I'm hopefully having such a good time with the title that I don't care.

[The Daisy]

Normal is it for me.

 

I think the only games that I've bothered with other levels on are Goldeneye, and Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance.

 

Glen

[Chris]

Normal for me. If it's a game I love, like Halo or something, I'll play again on a harder setting.

[Sam P]

I always make the assumption that the Developers intended their work to be experienced in the "normal" difficulty. This is where they found the best balance between challenge and accessibility, and this is the setting where none of the balance has been skewed to either direction.

 

I always play on Normal.

[Camp]

I'm a pussy. I need the easy setting.

[Hank Scorpio]

I play through on normal. Anything more than that is usually just a curiousity factor to see just how much more difficult the game is.

 

Fighting games can be different though. I remember playin the Street Fighter 2/SF 2: Turbo with the difficulty cranked all the way up.

[Mark E]

Always normal for me. The only time I've ever switched backwards in difficulty was with Viewtiful Joe, which was handing my ass to me in any mode for a while .

[rustyjaw]

I almost always start with the default setting. If the default is challenging I'll stay with it, if it's too easy I ramp it up.

[Robot Monkey]

This maybe OT, but sometimes I have trouble finding a balance. Like one level of difficulty is too, well difficult and the lower is too easy.

 

If the game allows it, I try to stick with normal and only bump down for a really challenging part I can't get past.

 

-j

[merlot]

Normal, but will try harder if it's a good game. Halo was one of the few games I started (and finished) on a harder setting.

 

As far as sports games, I'll usually use a hard setting as I find normal settings are too easy.

[JoeyN]

I play on normal mode . If there is something else to unlock on a harder mode ill try it once and a while

 

capt

[Angel P]

I start on normal and work my way towards easy.

[Chatakinns]

Originally posted by iCamp@Feb 5 2004, 04:22 PM

I'm a pussy. I need the easy setting.

Me too. :oops:

[Guest Jay]

C'mon I thought you guys were hardcore gamers.... What happened??? I must admit you guys are soft for ADULTS and what not :lmfao: Don't mean to brag but I usually start my games off on HARD, and if their is a EXPERT or something higher than HARD I usually play the game on hard on the first level until I get a hold of the control and then I play on the other setting.... Though I do this on rare occassions, the fact is that I do it! HALO I beat on the level right before LEGENDARY then I went on to beating it a couple of times on LEGENDARY! :green: Didn't want to brag but c'mon seriously I thought you guys were on a killing spree! I guess wrong! :lmfao: :lmfao: :lmfao:

[Kain rising]

Originally posted by Jay@Feb 14 2004, 10:53 AM

C'mon I thought you guys were hardcore gamers....

Speaking for myself, I've never once thought of myself as a hardcore gamer - just a casual one who enjoys it a lot (and spends a lot of money on it)

[Carlucci]

>>>>Charging.............Clear!!   

 

THWUMP!

 

Ok, this thread's got a pulse again.  <<<<<

 

I think I'm going to be an "easy" gamer from now on.  Knowing that I haven't had much patience with games, and knowing that my (already lacking) skills have waned even more, I started KZ:ShadowFall on "Easy", and have found it to be enjoyable.  There's no use heaping abuse upon myself, rendering the game frustrating and ill-paced. 

 

Anyone else moving to the geriatric ward of gaming?

 

Now if I could only figure out how to quit getting lost on the large maps. 

[Dimness]

Wow, we've been here that long?

[JFo]

I think my habits have gone largely unchanged since this poll was started.  Most of the time, I play games on normal difficulty.  If it's a series I'm good at or know very well, I usually default to hard.  Some series that I play on hard are God of War, Uncharted, and Halo.  I also played the reboot of Tomb Raider this year on hard for some reason.

[Cappa]

I hate to play games on Hard mode(unless they are sports games), but am perfectly fine with the Normal setting.

[Whooter]

I usually start on Normal, but if it gives me too much trouble, I'll dial it down to easy and not feel bad about it.  I'm usually a Content Tourist over anything else in a game...