Poll: Will you drop the difficulty if you're having trouble?
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Would you care to explain how the poll is biased?aguspal said:
No options are attacking the position and each of those poll options are reasons I've heard people use to justify their decision. If none fit, there is also an "other" option.
I've never found any fun in trying to 'beat' a game on it's hardest difficulty. The only time I've ever really strived to master a game is Left 4 Dead (And Left 4 Dead 2 retrospectively).
Ofcourse, from time to time I'll play a single player campaign on easy or normal for the experience, but I find that playing with freinds means I have to play at expert level just to avoid their whining.
Ofcourse, from time to time I'll play a single player campaign on easy or normal for the experience, but I find that playing with freinds means I have to play at expert level just to avoid their whining.
I start every game on the lowest difficulty.
Come at me bros.
But yeah, I do that sometimes when I don't start on the easiest difficulty and get properly stuck. I like having fun and I really don't care about finishing X game on Y difficulty. I do play games on normal or higher at times after I finish them though.
Come at me bros.
But yeah, I do that sometimes when I don't start on the easiest difficulty and get properly stuck. I like having fun and I really don't care about finishing X game on Y difficulty. I do play games on normal or higher at times after I finish them though.
Okey.tippy2k2 said:
"No; my gamer pride will not allow it" Not really Nice
"No; the game will not best me!" Also not really nice..
Ok maybe I did overreact a bit, but this kind of rub me the wrong way. I still havent voted for an of the options so its not that important.
Generally I like hard games and won't lower the difficulty If I'm stumped at a section, that said I broke down and lowered the difficulty to easy at the final boss fight of Brutal Legend, (although I wasn't aware that it was the last boss otherwise I might have stuck it out)
The only other game was Gears of War General Ram, and that was because the lack of a boss health meter made the fight very tedious as I didn't know if what I was doing was actually hurting him, it was just a case of shoot the guy and hope he falls over.
Both games I was bored with playing and just wanted it to end.
The only other game was Gears of War General Ram, and that was because the lack of a boss health meter made the fight very tedious as I didn't know if what I was doing was actually hurting him, it was just a case of shoot the guy and hope he falls over.
Both games I was bored with playing and just wanted it to end.
Yes I would. I was playing on medium difficulty in Oblivion for the longest time before turning down the difficulty so I wasn't getting my ass handed to me as often.[sub](Of course, it would have probably helped if I had known I could change the difficulty in the first place)[/sub]
Both of those are word-for-word statements that were in the potcat (the inspiration for the thread) but I will add to the OP to explain what I meant by each just in case someone else thinks I'm being not nice with my descriptionsaguspal said:
I promise that wasn't my intention
It's a game not a sport, but if beating it on insane is what I need to do to get a trophy, or achievement, then I look up a good guide, and do it.
Lowering difficulty is the last thing I'd do - I'd look at gamefaqs, video guides at youtube, etc to see what I might be doing wrong, and keep trying as long as my patience allows me.
If a game would prove to difficult, I'd either restart the whole game on a lower difficulty (I don't like changing difficulty in the middle of the game), or stop playing.
If a game would prove to difficult, I'd either restart the whole game on a lower difficulty (I don't like changing difficulty in the middle of the game), or stop playing.
Some games I play to relax, others I play for the challenge. The former are usually RPGs or action-y games, and if a particular boss or npc is giving me trouble I'll change the difficulty to get past that point. The latter are usually mulitplayer games, so the only hurdle I need to overcome is my clumsiness.
I generally tend to avoid turning down the difficulty unless it is artificial difficulty, i.e veteran CoD. Or if it actually alters gameplay. E.g. I didn't want to have to keep pausing the game during combat on DA:O
I can understand not wanting to be beat by the game, but as for gamer pride? Beating AI isn't particularly impressive. Beating another human, now that's impressive.
I can understand not wanting to be beat by the game, but as for gamer pride? Beating AI isn't particularly impressive. Beating another human, now that's impressive.
Only when it's bullshit stopping me from going forward or I just want to feel like an invincible god monster.
For example...
The Witcher 2 boss fights against anything non-humanoid after the Kayran. BULLSHIT. On hard mode at least. Long ass fights that damn near insta-kill you and cannot be healed whilst happening. Complete bull.
But like, when I went through MW3, I just slapped that sucker onto easy and wrecked dudes. More fun, and I'm not playing it for any substantial reason.
For example...
The Witcher 2 boss fights against anything non-humanoid after the Kayran. BULLSHIT. On hard mode at least. Long ass fights that damn near insta-kill you and cannot be healed whilst happening. Complete bull.
But like, when I went through MW3, I just slapped that sucker onto easy and wrecked dudes. More fun, and I'm not playing it for any substantial reason.
I typically play on medium so there usually isnt a problem. But if I die repeatedly then I just keep doing it until either: A) I beat the challenge and continue, or B) rage-quit and stop playing for a while. Beating it after changing the difficulty is a hollow, meaning-less victory. More like a tie rather than you or the game winning.
For fun, I play the either the easiest or normal difficulty. If I want a challenge, I play the hardest difficulty. For example with Hitman Absolution, when I just want a shoot out or just kill everyone, I play the Easy difficulty. When I want to be a Silent Assassin, I play the Purist difficulty.
In Fallout 3, to even the odds a little I'll set the difficulty to very easy, and divide my health by 5 via console commands. (player.modav health -x)
I have to adjust it each time I level to keep it constant. For reference, My character is currently level 10, 9 endurance, and after the division, has 74 hp, rather than the original 370 hp. I also bump my carry weight down by 100, so I don't turn in to the largest economy in the wasteland.
I have to adjust it each time I level to keep it constant. For reference, My character is currently level 10, 9 endurance, and after the division, has 74 hp, rather than the original 370 hp. I also bump my carry weight down by 100, so I don't turn in to the largest economy in the wasteland.
I wanted to respond to this but I thought my thread was dying. I wanted to give it a nice and clean death instead of letting it wallow in life support. I guess others wanted to keep it going so who am I to tell them no?Silvanus said:
Anyway, what I'm trying to say in my rambling is that I agree. I am very surprised that the poll is aligned the way that it is especially considering (nothing personal my Escapist chums; love you!) the attitude of "hardcore gamer" that this site can sometimes have. There's nothing wrong with the "hardcore gamer" attitude sometimes; just surprised at the results is all.
I won't drop it unless it's a realistic shooter. Jesus tapdancing Christ, those get annoying on high difficulty. They never stop shooting and they have perfect aim.
I usually start a game on the third highest difficulty. I don't tailor the difficulty during a playthrough, otherwise it feels almost pointless (ESPECIALLY in game where you level up). I like the challenge. But I don't increase it either, a playthrough should be all or nothing....for me. Stupid but whatever.
Very rarely with some games with steep learning curves I'll drop down one and start again if I absolutely have to. Namely ninja gaiden 2 and xcom, I tried the harder difficulties first and was demolished, but I came back to them.
If I'm on a successive playthrough at a higher difficulty and it feels artificial then I leave it at that. I loved gears on insane against normal enemies, but some sections against bosses/on the rails were just ridiculously frustrating so I stopped. Normal and hardcore will have to do.
Very rarely with some games with steep learning curves I'll drop down one and start again if I absolutely have to. Namely ninja gaiden 2 and xcom, I tried the harder difficulties first and was demolished, but I came back to them.
If I'm on a successive playthrough at a higher difficulty and it feels artificial then I leave it at that. I loved gears on insane against normal enemies, but some sections against bosses/on the rails were just ridiculously frustrating so I stopped. Normal and hardcore will have to do.
I'll often play easy and I'd even cheat if I have to so I can have fun and get through the storyline. I play like it's a movie, I'll rewind if I missed a spot, but I won't be doing that twenty times... and for some games, a fast foward is needed when the story is good but gameplay is crappy. I would never cheat/hack in a coop or pvp because that fun is playing with others. I'm not bad at games, I am a gamer, but I don't feel the need for challenge, I want entertainment.