Poll: Do you lower the difficulty setting if you find a game too hard? (Somewhat Skyrim related)
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In a few select games, I temporarily lower the difficulty for specific battles if I find them too hard. Like, say... Dragon Age II, where my Warrior build was obviously too fail to be successful against certain bosses and I had to lower from Hard to Normal.
Depends on the game. The first Uncharted near the end of the game where you get to tangle with both mercs AND those damn monsters (calling statute of limitations on the spoilers, sorry!) I just decided to lower the difficulty. Downside was that I now have to carry the guilt of only having played Uncharted through on Easy... On games like Devil May Cry for example, I love those higher difficulty levels.
Most games these days are such hand holding experiences with their in your face HUDs and GPS and, you know, discernible graphics that playing a PSOne game is almost impossible for me these days. It's embarrasing but true.
Most games these days are such hand holding experiences with their in your face HUDs and GPS and, you know, discernible graphics that playing a PSOne game is almost impossible for me these days. It's embarrasing but true.
If it's too easy on the normal setting, I keep it that way and see how the next difficulty setting is the next time I play through it. If it's too hard, I usually say "Screw this", take it out, and put off playing it for a while until I gain interest again.
Depends on the genre, for example I found ARMA 2 a bit hard, so I lowered the difficulty to the easiest, I'm playing it now on normal and it's a hell of a ride.
But with Thief: The Dark Project I always find it too easy and I play it on the hardest setting, when you start getting into the last levels its when it becomes hard, but mostly because I can't find that last gold coin.
And I remember playing Arkham Asylum on normal and then jumping to hard once I completed it twice.
But with Thief: The Dark Project I always find it too easy and I play it on the hardest setting, when you start getting into the last levels its when it becomes hard, but mostly because I can't find that last gold coin.
And I remember playing Arkham Asylum on normal and then jumping to hard once I completed it twice.
It depends.
I did it for Silent Hill 3 because it was my first real venture into survival horror. I did it for Dragon Age: Origins seeing as I couldn't exactly change my character's build and the combat didn't engage me enough for me to bother to master its intricacies.
For games like Devil May Cry and Ninja Gaiden, the only time I touch the difficulty is when I want to raise it.
As for Skyrim, I don't have any badass armor or insane weaponry, so I can't speak from the perspective of someone who does. I kick dragon ass fairly handily but get my ass beat by bandit thugs discouragingly easily. I've been fortunate enough to find ways to compensate for this without having to change the difficulty. Having high Sneak and decent Archery means patience topples everything.
I did it for Silent Hill 3 because it was my first real venture into survival horror. I did it for Dragon Age: Origins seeing as I couldn't exactly change my character's build and the combat didn't engage me enough for me to bother to master its intricacies.
For games like Devil May Cry and Ninja Gaiden, the only time I touch the difficulty is when I want to raise it.
As for Skyrim, I don't have any badass armor or insane weaponry, so I can't speak from the perspective of someone who does. I kick dragon ass fairly handily but get my ass beat by bandit thugs discouragingly easily. I've been fortunate enough to find ways to compensate for this without having to change the difficulty. Having high Sneak and decent Archery means patience topples everything.
No, I NEVER lower the difficulty! If I start a game on a difficulty i finish it on that same difficulty. If It's hard, i'll just have to get better!
...My first New Vegas playthrough was on Hardcore, and I enjoyed that game immensely!
...My first New Vegas playthrough was on Hardcore, and I enjoyed that game immensely!
I remember in Ice Wind Dale 2 when I was doing solo character runs that when I got to the bridge in the early game I had to knock the difficulty down a notch or I just couldn't wade through everything in time to complete the mission.
Also in Dragon Age I would now and then knock the difficulty down for the Dragon fights or I would get insanely bored with it.
Also in Dragon Age I would now and then knock the difficulty down for the Dragon fights or I would get insanely bored with it.
Having played games all my life, I usually play on the second hardest setting, so to keep it challenging. The hardest is usually just retarded in giving way too much HP to the enemies and making the game tedious.
Though I must admit, I'm finding Skyrim hard at times on the default difficulty... totally using my obsession to be a multitasker as an excuse.
Though I must admit, I'm finding Skyrim hard at times on the default difficulty... totally using my obsession to be a multitasker as an excuse.
I generally try not to, but in some cases, it's either too frustrating or I'm not really in it to refine my skill. For example, I played through most of Catherine on easy because I did not want to risk getting stuck and not being able to see the story through to the end. (That being said, I did enjoy the gameplay enough that I have gone back and finished various levels on normal difficulty.) A portion of Bioshock 2 just frustrated the Hell out of me (i.e. trying to protect the little sister while she is collecting Adam). I was playing through Mass Effect 2 on "hardcore" difficulty, but started to get bored with how long it took to kill grunts and switched to "veteran."
On the other hand, Tekken 6 is just...really slow on normal. I don't know how else to describe it. Harder difficulties are a lot more interesting. The same goes for Wipeout HD. Once you've made it to the "Phanton" class levels, you probably won't enjoy trying to play through the "Venom" class levels in the HD add-on. They're infuriatingly slow.
On the other hand, Tekken 6 is just...really slow on normal. I don't know how else to describe it. Harder difficulties are a lot more interesting. The same goes for Wipeout HD. Once you've made it to the "Phanton" class levels, you probably won't enjoy trying to play through the "Venom" class levels in the HD add-on. They're infuriatingly slow.
I had a hard time on Normal in Dragon Age: Origins when I fought my first Reverend. At first it caught me by suprise with him being at the gates in Redcliff Castle. I tried many times and attempted different stratigies, but to no avail. My stubborness allowed me to press on for at least 15 more tries until I finally said "Screw it!" I then adjusted the difficulty, killed the Reverend, then adjusted the difficulty back to normal.
I made it a note to adjust my party's stats better and try a different approuch to my own leveling.
My brother met with a similar issues when fighting the Reavers from the Adraste's Ashes quest. He was a mage at the time. He constantly got taken out over and over. However, instead of changing the difficulty he resorted to a very tedious micro-managment stratagy, not letting the computer AI "help" in the fight. He got through it after about an hour or so.
Overall, I'll change the difficulty to a lower setting if I'm not enjoying the game. And then there are other times, like Valkyia Chronicles, where I'll step it up a notch.
I made it a note to adjust my party's stats better and try a different approuch to my own leveling.
My brother met with a similar issues when fighting the Reavers from the Adraste's Ashes quest. He was a mage at the time. He constantly got taken out over and over. However, instead of changing the difficulty he resorted to a very tedious micro-managment stratagy, not letting the computer AI "help" in the fight. He got through it after about an hour or so.
Overall, I'll change the difficulty to a lower setting if I'm not enjoying the game. And then there are other times, like Valkyia Chronicles, where I'll step it up a notch.
I sometimes do because I've never been a man bothered by the difficulty aspect of a game too much. Like the Easy difficulty descriptions of Just Cause 2 and Deus Ex: Human Revolution say, I'm in it for the experience, not the challenge. Some might say that Assassin's Creed II is too easy, but who gives a fuck? It's awesome!
I play games on easy by default. Like the OP, I play games for the fun and also, where applicable, for the story. If there's a new game+ then I may up the difficulty but that's a big 'if'. Some of the games I've had FOREVER are games that I have played through on higher difficulty levels like Halo - Reach. Generally though, I keep things easy.
Hell no. I fight through that shit.
Skyrim isn't hard, either. Hell, I've turned the difficulty up after mashing through Dragons. Only things that cause trouble are groups of Mages (5+) and Giant herds. Giants are easy enough to counter with terrain, though.
Skyrim isn't hard, either. Hell, I've turned the difficulty up after mashing through Dragons. Only things that cause trouble are groups of Mages (5+) and Giant herds. Giants are easy enough to counter with terrain, though.
I keep it the way I started it, then plays it on another difficulty later.
Unless the game asks me to change to a harder difficulty.
Unless the game asks me to change to a harder difficulty.
I find Skyrim to be pretty easy at the moment (except for a few horrendous fights against stupidly powerful mages) .
I'm not trying to brag or anything. Although, I am playing a Dual wielding Fighter , with Heavy Armor on, so it's probably normal to be this way.
I'm sure my next playthrough as a mage will be more challenging especially at the beginning. Or thief..I don't know yet
I'm not trying to brag or anything. Although, I am playing a Dual wielding Fighter , with Heavy Armor on, so it's probably normal to be this way.
I'm sure my next playthrough as a mage will be more challenging especially at the beginning. Or thief..I don't know yet