Poll: Will you drop the difficulty if you're having trouble?
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that, part 1 and 2solemnwar said:
i was having that exact problem, with briar hearts and the like oneshotting me it's because you've out leveled the content and the game assumes you have insane gear to go with it
( go there at level 5 and they don't hurt you as much, it supprised me too. )
stack up 60%+ magic resistance and casters will bother you no-more
your ice spears can become quite powerful but difficulty modifiers give insane bonuses such as 400% damage to npc's
so it can be hard to match without nutty + destruction gear or all your points into destruction
hope that helps with the combat!
and yes, i agree completing the game with new characters can get tiresome if you just want to get to a specific point
it is a massive open sandbox single-player, so do what you want at the end of the day!
As some other posters have said already, it depends on the game. In some games, dying a whole lot is just tedious. In other games, it presents a challenge, and I feel a great sense of accomplishment from finally getting past whatever it was that kept killing me. To some extent, this may be due to mechanics. In games where my failure is due to (or at least feels as though it's due to) problems with the game's design, I tend to lower the difficulty because the challenge doesn't feel... legitimate. As such, it doesn't engage me, and I feel like I'm wasting my life, so I either lower the difficulty or quit. On the other hand, when I feel that the problem is due to a deficiency in my skill or an inability on my part to figure out what to do, then it becomes a tantalizing challenge, and I rarely lower the difficulty or give up on the game.
Voted "Yes; Fun" because I -sometimes- do. I also tend to play games I've beaten before on medium settings when I want to experience the story and setpieces rather than have a tough challenge (Like when I replay a Call of Duty game, the setpieces are enjoyable without needing the difficulty ramped up) but sometimes I'll try the hard way anyway, so it really depends on a lot of factors - if the challenge is a major part of what makes the game enjoyable (as opposed to said setpieces, perhaps the story or just something else) then I'll generally try to power through it instead.
I play every game I have on the hardest possible difficulty, as I feel I get the most of the game that way, and I will improve as a gamer by doing so. I will never lower the difficulty, as once I am challenged, I stubbornly persevere until I accomplish the goal. I will agree that it's not entirely logical, but there's some part of me that is so obsessed with overcoming difficulties, that I can't ignore it.
This has actually ruined games for me too. The most recent of which, being Hitman: Absolution. I jumped straight in on Purist mode, which the game strongly advises against. With the already unfair AI, matched with my perfectionist playstyle (no witnesses, no non-target kills, etc.) this mode becomes damn-near impossible to do. It became a constant trial and error exercise that completely rid the game of all fun. In fact, I never finished the game, I am one or two levels from the end, and I just got bored of it. All because I wouldn't drop the difficulty. But when I've finished with the more fun games I have at the moment, I will go back, and I will finish it!
This has actually ruined games for me too. The most recent of which, being Hitman: Absolution. I jumped straight in on Purist mode, which the game strongly advises against. With the already unfair AI, matched with my perfectionist playstyle (no witnesses, no non-target kills, etc.) this mode becomes damn-near impossible to do. It became a constant trial and error exercise that completely rid the game of all fun. In fact, I never finished the game, I am one or two levels from the end, and I just got bored of it. All because I wouldn't drop the difficulty. But when I've finished with the more fun games I have at the moment, I will go back, and I will finish it!
never if i'm playing on normal. many games i'll try on hard once i beat normal, but then no worries if something is too hard since i've beaten it on normal. i never play on easy anymore, i play for a challenge.
For me it has nothing to do with credibility, but I will usually force myself to complete the game on whatever difficulty I selected without changing it (with the rare exception that it becomes tedious and boring). The reasoning behind this being that I like the feeling of accomplishment that a good challenge will give me. However I will balance this against how much fun I am having playing the game. I usually play on normal or one step above for my first playthrough. I will then ramp it up to the hardest difficulty the game has to offer if I enjoyed the game enough to want to play through a second time. There have been a few games that I have dropped the difficulty on (the Witcher 2 being one of them, as it was an RPG and I am usually really good at RPGs so I cranked it all the way up).
Either way it comes down to how much fun I am having vs my desire to feel as though I accomplished something.
Either way it comes down to how much fun I am having vs my desire to feel as though I accomplished something.
Depends on the game. If I'm struggling because there's a poorly designed aspect/area of the game (like bad third person cameras or respawning, grenade happy enemies) then I'll drop the difficulty. For everything else I work out where I'm going wrong. Unless it's my second playthrough in which case the difficulty never changes.
No. I'll quit the game and put it on hold before I lower the difficulty. No bragadoccio, I really do that. Inevitably I pick it up later and it's the easiest game in the world.
I really don't like to do it. But since I don't have enough spare time to keep trying I lowered it a couple of times to get trough an otherwise seemingly impossible fight.
I now it's a stupid pride thing, but it really bugs me to have to do that.
I now it's a stupid pride thing, but it really bugs me to have to do that.
99% the same as you/this^NecroNinja said:
I play on the hardest difficulty under the impression that if I don't know how much easier another difficulty is, then whatever I pick first will be normal in my head.
The only times I stray away from the hardest difficulty is cases like:
Hitman: Absolution - A slew of new features had been added that it felt the game was tailored for (that is otherwise taken out because of the difficulty).
Dead Space 2 - When the difficulty isn't a change in in challenge, but rather mechanics (limiting total number of saves). I guess this is pretty much the same reason as Hitman as well.
Any Co-op game - Friends/People usually understand where I'm coming from with my mindset above, but if they aren't having fun on that difficulty then it is worth dropping down to keep them interested.
I've only ever dropped down once in my life and that was playing Aliens vs Predator. I even wasn't really enjoying it but if you don't play to the end then you've just wasted your time i think.
Nope, I'll never drop the difficulty because the game can't best me.
The only thing that could possibly be seen as an exception to the rule would be puzzles. If I'm in a game that randomly decides to throw some kind of puzzle at me, I'll give it a dozen or so legitimate best attempts, but after that if I still haven't gotten it, I'll check Youtube or whatever for a solution so I can move on. It's not very common for me to do this, as it's generally only for the incredibly tedious ones that serve little to no purpose beyond padding out the game time. Y'know, stuff like that stupid bridge puzzle in Dragon Age Origins.
The only thing that could possibly be seen as an exception to the rule would be puzzles. If I'm in a game that randomly decides to throw some kind of puzzle at me, I'll give it a dozen or so legitimate best attempts, but after that if I still haven't gotten it, I'll check Youtube or whatever for a solution so I can move on. It's not very common for me to do this, as it's generally only for the incredibly tedious ones that serve little to no purpose beyond padding out the game time. Y'know, stuff like that stupid bridge puzzle in Dragon Age Origins.
Depends on the game, but sometimes yeah. If it is just complicated, I'll usually leave it. If it just got ridiculous and shot the difficulty up for no reason, I turn it down.
Depends on the game, but usually no. It mostly depends on how hard the difficulty is and on how the developers chose to make it hard. If the game is hard because the enemies are smarter or have more interesting movesets available to them, I find it much harder to justify playing the easier difficulties. On the other hand, if the enemies just do more damage or have more health and/or cheat ala Civilization AI, then I'll be more likely to turn it down if I get into repeatedly dying at a single spot.
I'm still not that likely to turn down difficulty, however. I like challenging games, especially when they force you to carefully think about a game's mechanics in order to beat them.
I'm still not that likely to turn down difficulty, however. I like challenging games, especially when they force you to carefully think about a game's mechanics in order to beat them.
I'll tell you one thing, I didn't do it for Demons Souls. Hehe.
OT: Absolutely not. If something gets tough I suck it up and keep trying till get better. Makes for longer games and some of the most greatest feelings ever when I get past that one difficult boss/ level after much trial and error.
You all know what I'm talking about: "That!" feeling.
OT: Absolutely not. If something gets tough I suck it up and keep trying till get better. Makes for longer games and some of the most greatest feelings ever when I get past that one difficult boss/ level after much trial and error.
You all know what I'm talking about: "That!" feeling.