Poll: Easy difficulty

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

depends on the game, usually easy or normal, for single player i enjoy mowing down everything and really enjoying the story/lore above the actual gameplay, but if i enjoy that part of the game then my second or third playthrough ill crank it up to hard.

I'm really not a competitive video game person, so unless its online i normally always choose easier modes.

 

[rubinigosa]

I often chose Easy first time because I always gets very frustrated when I die then I play it on Normal and dose not get frustrated and if I like the game I play it on Hard.

 

[TyrantGanado]

I generally go for normal difficulty and stick to it, refusing to downgrade and stubbornly trying to improve.

I recently went straight into Survivalist (hard) on Dead Space 2 and much rage was had. I finally gave in during the final fight and went down to normal to complete the game. It was a more effective survival horror experience but much more blood-boiling than Dead Space ought to be. I realise why that game has New Game Plus now.

 

[singlcuteguy]

I usually only play on 'Easy' difficulty if I'm playing a puzzle based game - most of those have different difficulty levels, so to play them all I start on easy (the beginning) - which is best to use to get used to the game mechanics.

If it's a game I've encountered before and decent at - like Arkanoid, Tetris, etc - then I usually start at 'Hard'.

All other games I choose 'Normal' first. I like to get the feel of a game before I go all masochistic on myself! ;D

 

[emion]

I finish the game on easy to master the mechanics, then play it on harder difficulty settings to test out my understanding and "skill" of the game :3

 

[Randomologist]

I usually play on normal or hard, but if the game throws a dick move, or is bugged, then I'll switch to easy if I can. So it does depend on the game.

 

[Harlemura]

I play Easy on fighting games and FPS's because I suck at them and the last time I checked, dying over and over and over wasn't that much fun.
Platformers, beat 'em ups, hack 'n' slashers, that sort of stuff's usually on Normal for me.

 

[Section Crow]

I play game difficulties randomly

goes with my mood and if i can be bothered for a challenge

 

[Caligulove]

I always play on Normal or whatever default setting for the game's difficulty. Though if I'm getting my ass handed to me and just want to finish the game/story and work on the difficulty later, yea I'll turn down the difficulty.

 

[Random berk]

I usually play games on easy, because I'm mostly just interested in the story, not the competitive aspect of playing a game. I only ever go up a level if it feels likethe enemy aren't even trying to survive, like in the Battle for Middle Earth games, where I won entire wars with only occasional casualties. On Aliens vs Predator, I also played the Alien campaign on hard and the Predator campaign on normal because they were good fun and very easy once I got the hang of them.

 

[TheFPSisDead]

First playthrough always on normal.

If the game is good enough to warrant a second play through then I play on hard.

Games by rockstar, i always turn the auto-aim off.

 

[darkfire613]

I always play on normal or hard, depending on the game. I never go to easy. I will always go with a difficulty harder than I feel I can handle rather than one easier than I think I can. I like being challenged.

 

[Lieju]

Usually I play "Normal", except if it's a type of game that I'm not good or experienced in, when I can select "Easy".

 

[StBishop]

Normal to start. Then sometimes Hard if I want a challenge.

But if it's a game like DA:O, and I have played it four times already, and then my PS3 dies, taking all my saves to the grave with it, and then Bioware says, "You can import your DA:O save into DA2"

Well then I scream, ball my fists, and rush through DA:O again on easy.

But usually, that's the only time I use easy. Most games, easy is too easy to be enjoyable.

I know I'm just being a smart arse but solo nightmare speed runs can be done in like sub 10 hour sessions apparently.
Although... that really, really fucking sucks bro.

I usually play on the hardest difficulty available to me. The exception to this rule was CoD, I was told to play on normal by the tutorial, I bumped it up to the next step though because I like to think I'm more awesome than I actually am.

I never play games on easy although the example above would probably change that.

 

[Mr Gilkes]

Normal on my first playthrough, then I crank it up to the hardest difficulty and tear my hair out.

 

[King of Wei]

I have the xbox set to go to hard difficulty automatically so I really don't notice difficulty anymore. A friend of mine used to play on easy constantly, but after years of convincing, he's finally seen the light and upped his game to normal and above.

 

[LawlessSquirrel]

I usually play the difficulty just up above the middle of the spectrum, so I guess Hard. I like my first playthrough to pose a challenge, since I'm not likely to replay most games and I'd like for it to last. Especially true of horror games, since I feel there needs to be big threat to you or the game loses it's impact.

I never play on easy, with the only exception being when I'm required to finish a game in a short period of time (such as for uni). It takes the fun out of it when there's no difficulty factor for me.

 

[Continuity]

I start with normal then I either bump up or down the difficult depending on the game, if I'm having trouble getting into it and I just want to get it finished so that I can tick it off my list I will probably lower to easy, if I really like the game I will crank the difficulty up.

 

[skips]

It really depends. If I'm just going into a game, I'll pick normal and adjust from there. I'm pretty bad at games in general (except RPG/TBS), so it's rare that I'll play on hard.

 

[monkey_man]

if easy-normal-hard. and if all are available HARD, if not, highest possible. Except with GodofWar (1 2 and 3). they are unbeatable for me on anything harder than normal.