Poll: To Easy vs To Hard.

[Krantos]

It's impossible to answer.

Too easy can be ok if it's presented in an interesting and engaging way: i.e. Assassin's Creed 2

Conversely, hard is not always a good thing if it's artificial. Being artificially hard is games like S.T.A.L.K.E.R. where the enemy has perfect aim, can see in the dark, and always out number you. Basically any game where the difficulty is the result of poor mechanics or when the Unfair advantages just for the sake of difficulty.

 

[Jonluw]

Depends on the rest of the game. If I play the game for the story, I don't mind the gameplay being easy; but if I play the game for a challenge, I would rather have it be too hard.

 

[NoNameMcgee]

I thought you were asking which is better so I clicked Too Easy :/ skewed the votes!

I don't have the patience to finish very hard games. I'm not a good enough player, I don't care enough and I don't enjoy it. Games for me are about the experience, not the challenge. So I prefer games that are too easy over games that are too hard.

 

[rockyoumonkeys]

I prefer too easy, because at least I can still play those. Nothing enjoyable about having to replay one part of a game over and over until you're forced to quit.

 

[FieryTrainwreck]

I consider myself a hardcore gamer, but I don't act like a fag like most.

My head hurts.

In that instant where I'm stuck on some particularly unforgiving bit, I curse the difficulty of the game. But in the end, I'm always more satisfied with a challenge than a hand out.

Also, with respect to the whole "games have graduated to 'experiences' versus simple tests of skill" notion, I think the writing/storytelling quality of even above-average video games, in the absence of accompanying gameplay, is beyond awful. Very few games can get away with being pure experiences that are immune to traditional criticisms of difficulty.

 

[FinalHeart95]

The way I see it, too hard is worse. At least you can still complete a game if it's too easy. If it's too hard you don't even get to see all of the content!

 

[LooK iTz Jinjo]

It depends on the game but generally I prefer a game to be too hard rather than too easy. Perfect examples, I'd have preferred if MW2 was a lot harder on veteran providing me with a challenge like COD4 did because I like the game (the single player/spec ops that is), but I'm glad Reach was so easy because about 30 minutes in I said to myself "I'll 1000 this then never touch it again."

 

[PhiMuLady]

In a game that is to easy you at least get to know the end of the (what if any) story their is. If the game is too hard you can never know why you spent hours of your life with raised blood presser. Also games I want to play are fun, not things that give me reason to pull out my hair after hours of death and no progress.

 

[captaincabbage]

I get no satisfaction from playing something that kills me thirty times in the first level, it just makes me RAAAAAAAAGGGGEEEE!!

At least in a game that is trivially easy I should be able to get some fun from the gameplay mechanics, like [Prototype] for example.

 

[captaincabbage]

In a game that is to easy you at least get to know the end of the (what if any) story their is. If the game is too hard you can never know why you spent hours of your life with raised blood presser. Also games I want to play are fun, not things that give me reason to pull out my hair after hours of death and no progress.

I always thought that the point of games like Call of Duty is to make you feel bad-arse, climbing an ice cliff, infiltrating a russian airforce base, stealing some important shit and legging it out of there when it all goes to hell.
Dying fifty times from the first guy you see does not make you feel like an SAS Spec. Ops guy, it makes you feel like a dipshit.

 

[acturisme]

"too" not "to"

 

[Omnific One]

Too hard. Then you can't even get past it and experience the rest of the game. At least when it's too easy, you get to keep playing without an issue.

 

[DustyDrB]

Too easy is worse in my mind. Hard games make me think of different strategies. Easy games make me push buttons randomly while watching a show on my computer during fights because I lost interest in the gameplay but still care a little about the story.

Mind you, I mean too hard because it is designed to be so and not too hard because the AI of the person you're supposed to protect is dim and runs out in front of 20 Nazis during a firefight (looking at you, The Saboteur).

It's like climbing a mountain. It may not be fun when you're going up, but once you've succeeded it's a great feeling of accomplishment.

 

[Squilookle]

As long as the game is being fair, then I always prefer too hard. It's a challenge to be overcome, like any other.

 

[WayOutThere]

I voted for too easy being worse because that is usually the case. However, it depends on whether the game is trying to be fun through challenge or through immersion. A highly immersive game does not need to be challenging to be really fun and challenge may even be detrimental to the immersion. However, when a game (like the majority of games out there) doesn?t have much in the way of story, atmosphere, or whatnot, they need to be challenging in order to provide a rewarding experience. Although, it also depends on in what way the game is challenging. If it is challenging because you keep dyeing from minute mistakes I'd prefer too easy.

 

[SpireOfFire]

i want a game to be easy. i dont want to be pissed, smash my controller, pound my 360, buy new game and console, and do it all over again just because a game is hard. im not looking for a challenge, im looking for entertainment.

and yes, i recognize i have anger issues.

 

[Ildecia]

If I buy a game, I want to be able to finish it.

I agree with this guy, but

I want to be able to finish it, i don't want it to bore me to tears (too easy)
I want to be able to finish it, i don't want it to beat me senseless (too hard)

I just think if a game is too easy, then its worse than being too hard.