Do you ever lower the difficulty?

[Chainsaws_of_War_2]

Anyone else play Touhou? I always play on easy, and I'm gonna stay there until I can clear the game without having to use most of my continues

Touhou is one of the most hair-pulling and frustrating games I've ever had the chance to play in my life. I just love on Insane mode though how the first boss is the equivalent to swimming in water while trying to stay dry.

 

[Blackflame140]

I only drop the difficulty if I'm trying to progress the story and return it to normal after that certain part

 

[u4527646]

I usually start on an easier difficulty, because I go so long between gaming phases, and then raise it once I get the hang of it again. Therefore, I feel like I'm cheating on games which I can't raise the difficulty on once I've started .

 

[veloper]

I never play on easy mode.
You'll only learn how to play a game badly that way.

 

[NathLines]

Anyone else play Touhou? I always play on easy, and I'm gonna stay there until I can clear the game without having to use most of my continues

Touhou is one of the most hair-pulling and frustrating games I've ever had the chance to play in my life. I just love on Insane mode though how the first boss is the equivalent to swimming in water while trying to stay dry.

So true. My friend watches me play sometimes and he says that the guy who made it must have an unrivaled hate for mankind.

 

[likalaruku]

I have 0 stress tollerence due to anxiety. I play easy mode on everything.

 

[daftalchemist]

By the way OP: Haha knitting.

Kidding, in all aspects, just wanted to say that since you immediately brought out "Shut up" after admitting it. Actually my grandmother used to knit and I got some awesome stuff out of it, so kudos on you for admitting it so openly and good luck on all future knitting projects.

Yes, the "shut up" was added because the usual responses I get from admitting I knit are "that's gay", an incredulous "really?", or "don't you have to be 65 to do that?". It really is a lot of fun though. I even made my boyfriend that knitted hat Scott Pilgrim wears in the scene where he's outside of Knives' school. He wanted it in different colors, but it's still the same hat.

 

[Something Amyss]

I plaay on normal for a game/genre that's new to me, and crank it up if I'm familiar with the series. Once in a while, I'll turn it down, but rarely. I'm not an ace, but easy is usually too easy.

 

[Salem_Wolf]

By the way OP: Haha knitting.

Kidding, in all aspects, just wanted to say that since you immediately brought out "Shut up" after admitting it. Actually my grandmother used to knit and I got some awesome stuff out of it, so kudos on you for admitting it so openly and good luck on all future knitting projects.

Yes, the "shut up" was added because the usual responses I get from admitting I knit are "that's gay", an incredulous "really?", or "don't you have to be 65 to do that?". It really is a lot of fun though. I even made my boyfriend that knitted hat Scott Pilgrim wears in the scene where he's outside of Knives' school. He wanted it in different colors, but it's still the same hat.

Okay, promise not to tell my girlfriend but you might possibly be the best girlfriend ever. Haha! That's pretty great. Love Scott Pilgrim, now I love you. Please don't take that the wrong way, I don't want a visit from your 7 evil ex kicking boyfriend, but yeah!

I mean, at least it's a hobby you can earn a lot of money for, too. So, heh, screw the nay-sayers. Knitting might not be the most awesome thing ever, but it's certainly nothing crappy.

 

[Knusper]

The only recent times I have turned down the difficulty level was in the first favela mission in Modern Warfare 2, it was so damn hard I turned it down from Hardened to Regular. Also, Men of War is really hard, so I keep that on easy.

When I was a little gaming infant, though, it was on easy difficulty all the way, now it's nearly always on Normal, except with Call of Duty, which I find quite easy, and so I keep it on Hardened.

 

[Nannernade]

Well on games like Fallout if I'm a low level and I see a fucking pack of 7 - 21 Deathclaws of course I'm going to turn down the difficulty lol.

 

[Netrigan]

I've taken to playing games on the default difficulty. That's usually enough of a challenge to keep my interest and keeps the story moving along at a good pace.

Only time I ever drop the difficulty is when the game play is boring me, which lets me watch the story.

 

[McNinja]

I like winning, so I usually play on normal. On InFamous, I play on hard (because that's what the game told be to play as, and I haven't changed it since), but I've stopped playing Infamous because the enemies are now ridiculously strong, and take way too much damage. Seriously, when it takes less shots for the enemy to kill you than for you to kill them, something's wrong.

 

[superbatranger]

I just leave it at normal. I rarely raise or lower the difficulty.

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

SF IV for the first time through. I'd never played a SF game before properly so it was my first time owning one and Seth is one cheap basterd. I can thankfully say I have improved lots and can now finish the game with all characters on the setting above normal and with a few on Hard working on Hardest and Time Attack, etc.

 

[kommando367]

I start on normal and only lower it if a game is ridiculously difficult.

 

[joshuaayt]

I go the middle ground- if it's a good, respectful game, this will always be the "base" option- the one that will most accurately represent the challenges the protagonist faces.

 

[Reshkar]

Lowered down the difficulty from Hardcore to Veteran on Mass Effect, thought it was gonna be easy, but I gave up and lowered the difficulty.
Other than that, I usually go for Normal on first playthrough, then Hard next time.

 

[robodukky]

In shooters, rhythm and action games I usually go to the highest difficulty and leave it there, but with RTS's and RPG's I tend to start off on normal and up the difficulty if appropriate.

 

[Sixcess]

In Game Pop-up: "Do you want to lower the difficulty?"
Me: "No! I refuse! I will not degrade myself by sinking to a lower level! The very fact that you question my video gaming prowess is insulting! I'm insulted... Hurt even."
*Click 'NO'*

Crysis is doing this to me at the moment, a lot, but I refuse to back down.

The Ogre fight mentioned in the OP came as a horrible shock to me when I started DA last night. The attack where he just grabs you and pummels your health bar down to nothing in an insultingly leisurely way... ugh. Definitely a major difficulty jump for that game, and I am not reassured by the number of times DA has been mentioned in this thread.