I always start on medium, regardless of the difficulty levels have 3 or 4 settings. What about everyone else?
What difficulty level do you start off with?
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I always do the setting just below the hardest (ex. Heroic in Halo 3, Hardened in COD4). This keeps things challenging, while at the same time letting me learn the game.
If I had played the COD4 campaign on an easier difficulty at first, I would have finished the game far too quickly (this happened to my brother, who played on regular and finished the game within a day)
I do go back and beat the games on their hardest settings afterward.
If I had played the COD4 campaign on an easier difficulty at first, I would have finished the game far too quickly (this happened to my brother, who played on regular and finished the game within a day)
I do go back and beat the games on their hardest settings afterward.
I put it on the medium setting and play it through like that. If I want to play it again, I up the difficulty as much I believe will make the game challenging again.
Medium the first time through. Hardest possible after that.
I'd like to say "Hardest, always", but that's just not true, especially since games have mistaken difficulty with "quicksave-riffic" a lot lately. I stay away from easy if I can, though...
I'd like to say "Hardest, always", but that's just not true, especially since games have mistaken difficulty with "quicksave-riffic" a lot lately. I stay away from easy if I can, though...
Easy the first time through so I can take in the story without having to worry about getting killed every 5 seconds, then, if it's worth it, I go through a few more times on the harder difficultys to get as much balls to the wall fun as I can out of it.
Depends on the game really.
For something that i'm REALLY into (i.e Call of Duty, Halo, Half-Life etc.) i'll always put it on the hardest setting, mainly cos i want the game to last and get the most out of it =]
Other games i generally tend to leave it on the default or medium.
I don't get people who go through those type of games again on hard after completing it on medium.
Unless there's some kind of substantial reward or the game has tremendous replay value i find it to be arbitrary and a waste of time.
For something that i'm REALLY into (i.e Call of Duty, Halo, Half-Life etc.) i'll always put it on the hardest setting, mainly cos i want the game to last and get the most out of it =]
Other games i generally tend to leave it on the default or medium.
I don't get people who go through those type of games again on hard after completing it on medium.
Unless there's some kind of substantial reward or the game has tremendous replay value i find it to be arbitrary and a waste of time.
The first time I play a game and I haven't played any other in its series if it's part of a series, I'll go with the normal difficulty, then, unless the game blows, I'll go through it on the hardest difficulty. But when I play a game that I've already played the prequel to (God of War 2, Kingdom Hearts 2, for examples) I'll go with the harder difficulty right away.
One step above medium usually...
and if it ends up being too hard I restart on medium. usually dont have to though, but its gotten more common, I think games are getting harder. FPS's I usually can do hard, other games I often have to revert to normal.
and if it ends up being too hard I restart on medium. usually dont have to though, but its gotten more common, I think games are getting harder. FPS's I usually can do hard, other games I often have to revert to normal.
Well on shooters I usually click the toughest one, and if that one is something like "INSANE!!!" or "MASOCHISTIC!" or "xTR333m" then I click the one right under it.
I'm good at predicting humans, not the AI, so I go with medium/normal unless I start berzerking without any thought as to death. I usually steer away from hard/nightmare etc difficulty because it's not a challenge in a "catch a bus in the rain" kind of way, but more in the way that the computer is a cheating bastard [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheComputerIsACheatingBastard].
I think its interesting to see how many play through the games to see the story.
I think I am a bit odd-- I like to play a game almost all the way through, until about the last level, and then I never beat it. Its like I store up game endings, and then beat them all within a weekend-- esp when its a weekend without good movies on or something.
I do like to play through a game on easy first before attempting anything more "heroic"-- but alot of games these days don't have difficulty setting, particularly adventure games. Maybe that's a commentary on the replay value.
I think I am a bit odd-- I like to play a game almost all the way through, until about the last level, and then I never beat it. Its like I store up game endings, and then beat them all within a weekend-- esp when its a weekend without good movies on or something.
I do like to play through a game on easy first before attempting anything more "heroic"-- but alot of games these days don't have difficulty setting, particularly adventure games. Maybe that's a commentary on the replay value.
Now I always start an FPS on hard because they are way to easy. On other games I will usually pick meduim.