Poll: What difficulty level do you play on (first playthrough)?

[jake09050]

on every 2k hockey game i always put the difficulty on the hardest on and never change it

 

[Gormers1]

Normal first. If the game I'm playing is a sequel to a game Ive already finished, I often pump it up to hard.

 

[Gotham Soul]

Hard, if anything than to boost my ego and make me think I'm more manly than I really am.

Then depending on the game I get my ass kicked and feel like an idiot.

 

[s-l-u-g]

Medium [as its usually known!] Or intermediate.

Cause easy is always too easy till the end boss... you know the one.. DOOM!

 

[LordOmnit]

Depending upon the game I may choose something else, but normally medium on shooters and RPGs and easy on RTS's. But again, this does depend upon the game once again.
If I had started Half-Life on even medium I think I may have been causing 'ol Gordon to be gibbed millions of times more than I was on my first playthrough and the same for the first Star Wars: Battlefront, but in the second of both games I was able to play on medium or hard after a few minutes of getting used to the controls (which hadn't significantly changed mind you).

 

[x0ny]

I always go on normal first, or the difficulty just above easy. It gives me a chance to get used to the controls and game mechanics but at the same time it's not a complete walkover for the later levels.

 

[JoshGod]

i play on easy first to get a feel for the game know whats coming next etc then go onto hardest setting if its a good game or nothing new has come out.

 

[ipop@you]

I always play on the easiest difficulty first then jump straight to the hardest