Poll: Difficulty of Games, too hard?

[darkonnis]

Have I made myself a worse player by just playing on easy?

Having read your full post, and all the games listed. It seems to me you have missed a beat somewhere. Probably a strategic one, what i mean by this is, your variety of games is so wide it can't be a simple inability to shoot stuff. Its probably your positioning which i found to be the case with modern warfare more than any other FPS in recent times.
You have made yourself worse by playing easy mode. You only improve by playing people better than you, otherwise, yes your basics may be sound but you won't see the variety and skill that experienced players often posses.

Select a difficult you struggle with, play it until you complete it. I did Black Ops on the hardest setting first time through, not because I'm particularly good at black ops i just admit to myself I'm only going to play it through once. May aswell make it last and for all intents and purposes there is only one difficulty setting. The one which you have to fight hammer and tong with to beat. Took some determination and one mission (vietnam) i must have died 30times in the same spot. But i got it I suggest you do the same.

 

[GeorgW]

I love difficulty options. I like to play games as hard as they come, but I understand a lot of people aren't like that. OP, there's nothing wrong with playing on easy, you just want to get through the game, not be bothered with the trial and error. Today's games are more about the experience than the challenge. I'm not really sure how I feel about that, but as long as there are games out there that cater to all types of gamers I'll find stuff to play.

 

[Trippy Turtle]

Games should be harder but not like retro difficult. There is a fine line between hard and the game being cheap.