Poll: Are You Afraid of Higher Difficulty Settings.
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It depends on the game. I loathe shooters but if there are elements of the game I like, such as in Mass Effect, I'll keep it on the default setting. (I'm much too proud to ever play on Easy even if I'm not playing for the gameplay per se.) If it's a 2D platformer like Mega Man then I'll take whatever ridiculous challenges the developers can throw at me. I'm also the type to play through an RPG underleveled so that I have to rely on my wits to carry me through battles I'd otherwise steamroll.
Another variable is the kind of challenge that a game offers. Take God of War-it doesn't really get more difficult, it just gets cheaper. The enemies take longer to kill, they take more of your health with each shot, and it's far more likely that you'll get stuck in a kill cycle (ie one move will chain into another which chains into a killing blow and there's nothing you can do to stop it). Your only recourse is to block a lot. You don't need to become more skilled, you just need to play very defensively and keep your combos to a minimum so that you don't get stomped while you're doing your best impression of a blender.
Worst of all is how minor quibbles with the game mechanics that you can completely overlook in normal mode will screw you over on the harder difficulties. I tried playing GoW 3 on God Mode and I got stuck in the maze when I kept pulling out my bow, intent on shooting the enemies across from me, but Kratos turned around to target an enemy that was behind him and I couldn't efficiently switch to the enemies I wanted to kill. I could have gotten past it but it just wasn't worth it.
Give me better AI, test my memory, test my reflexes, test my resourcefulness, but don't ask me to work with wonky mechanics or meathead AI attached to a slightly more durable puppet.
Another variable is the kind of challenge that a game offers. Take God of War-it doesn't really get more difficult, it just gets cheaper. The enemies take longer to kill, they take more of your health with each shot, and it's far more likely that you'll get stuck in a kill cycle (ie one move will chain into another which chains into a killing blow and there's nothing you can do to stop it). Your only recourse is to block a lot. You don't need to become more skilled, you just need to play very defensively and keep your combos to a minimum so that you don't get stomped while you're doing your best impression of a blender.
Worst of all is how minor quibbles with the game mechanics that you can completely overlook in normal mode will screw you over on the harder difficulties. I tried playing GoW 3 on God Mode and I got stuck in the maze when I kept pulling out my bow, intent on shooting the enemies across from me, but Kratos turned around to target an enemy that was behind him and I couldn't efficiently switch to the enemies I wanted to kill. I could have gotten past it but it just wasn't worth it.
Give me better AI, test my memory, test my reflexes, test my resourcefulness, but don't ask me to work with wonky mechanics or meathead AI attached to a slightly more durable puppet.
ME2 Insanity is bastard hard for a while but actually gets ok halfway through the game. There are one or two godawful spikes but it's mostly not too bad.Dr Snakeman said:
Believe me, if you beat Gears 2 on Insane you can beat ME2. Did you beat it solo or with a buddy? Because it is fucking painful doing it solo (stupid Dom). It's not too hard with a buddy tho.
Do you mean the one at the end defending the Satt Comm?D Bones said:
That section was utterly fucking broken. The Reavers flew far too fast for your turret, flew above your highest line of fire and Dom just stood next to the second one scratching his arse.
Took me about 2 hours to beat it and I did it by pure fluke.
If the game is Ninja Gaiden(3D Team Ninja ver.), then yes. Hell yes. Easy alone put all my Devil May Cry skills to trial. Much sweat, blood and tears were shed getting to the sewer level on Normal, so I finally gave in to the Ninja Dog mode.
If it's any other game, bring it on! I fear not your Legendary!
EDIT: I always play a game for the first time for story and experience. The second time I play for the challenge. That usually means that I start on Easy and work up. Especially since I record my playthroughs.
If it's any other game, bring it on! I fear not your Legendary!
EDIT: I always play a game for the first time for story and experience. The second time I play for the challenge. That usually means that I start on Easy and work up. Especially since I record my playthroughs.
Well, no. Depending on the game though I may or may not just leave the difficulty lower. Come to think of it the only recent games that I've played on higher than default difficulties are ones that offer achievements or other rewards for doing so.
Afraid of higher difficulty?
No, not in the slightest. I just don't like when the game asks you, "Would you like to set the game to a lower difficulty?"
*Looks at God of War 3*
Or games that change the difficulty for you. It's almost like a big "fuck you, you suck, here's easy mode."
No, not in the slightest. I just don't like when the game asks you, "Would you like to set the game to a lower difficulty?"
*Looks at God of War 3*
Or games that change the difficulty for you. It's almost like a big "fuck you, you suck, here's easy mode."
Sometimes, I got slaughtered constantly on the easiest difficulty of Infamous, so more difficulties is a pass.
But in some games like Fallout 3 I don't feel like I'm actually being challenged until I crank it up.
But in some games like Fallout 3 I don't feel like I'm actually being challenged until I crank it up.
This talking rooster?tellmeimaninja said:
I say, I say this Miranda is one fine looking hen. Anyway I usually play on the harder difficulties and if I do a second play through I go easy/easiest to feel like a uber-badass.
depends on the game, usually i dont, there have been some exceptions, but for the most part i like to enjoy games because they are fun, i dont want to die a billion times getting by some AI that is stuck at a very superior position
i understand you can feel good about yourself and blah blah blah about beating the harder enemies and whatnot, but i beat the game first, then figure out if its worth going through all that bullcrap again then ill notch up the difficulty to whatever it is.
in empire earth i loved kicking it up to the hardest it could go and being in 10 hour matches against the fucking computer, but then some games im always on easy or normal no matter what even if i have beaten it 6-7 times
i understand you can feel good about yourself and blah blah blah about beating the harder enemies and whatnot, but i beat the game first, then figure out if its worth going through all that bullcrap again then ill notch up the difficulty to whatever it is.
in empire earth i loved kicking it up to the hardest it could go and being in 10 hour matches against the fucking computer, but then some games im always on easy or normal no matter what even if i have beaten it 6-7 times
