What's your default starting difficulty?
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Usually the easiest setting. If I don't start on the easiest, I will eventually switch to it.
I like getting the story quickly. Unfortunately, sometimes it means I don't get any better and any harder game will stuff me up on the easiest setting.
Dragon Age 2 is doing that to me right now. I'm stuck on a side mission, on casual.
I like getting the story quickly. Unfortunately, sometimes it means I don't get any better and any harder game will stuff me up on the easiest setting.
Dragon Age 2 is doing that to me right now. I'm stuck on a side mission, on casual.
Again, depends on the game.
More then often though It'll be normal mode, even on a few games that I know I'm not good at. After that if I decide to play through again I lean one of three ways based on my experience.
If I found the game easy and fun to play and it's a genre I really enjoy I switch to hard.
If I never fully mastered the game, but feel like playing it again, I play again on normal.
In the rare case I loved the story to death and was ok with the gameplay I may switch to easy just to feel like a badassProviding the Easy mode doesn't involve hand holding. while I get to experience the story faster then the first time.
More then often though It'll be normal mode, even on a few games that I know I'm not good at. After that if I decide to play through again I lean one of three ways based on my experience.
If I found the game easy and fun to play and it's a genre I really enjoy I switch to hard.
If I never fully mastered the game, but feel like playing it again, I play again on normal.
In the rare case I loved the story to death and was ok with the gameplay I may switch to easy just to feel like a badassProviding the Easy mode doesn't involve hand holding. while I get to experience the story faster then the first time.
I always go for the default option, or if I have to choose one, then I go for 'Medium' or 'Normal'. Basically, that gives me a challenge while not being too difficult, and I can always replay it on 'Hard' or 'Legendary' or whatever later if I need to for Achievements or whatever 
Normal. And I refuse to change it. (the sole exception to that so far was once or twice in Dragon Age Origins in some particularly hard fights, but I only changed it for those and ultimately finished the game on normal difficulty)
In a game like Mass Effect where there's more than just three difficulties (in ME, I think it goes Easy/Normal-for-people-who-haven't-played-FPSes-before/Veteran-if-you-have/Hardcore/Insanity), I'll take the one that's just above normal. I like a bit of a challenge. But I typically leave it at that and don't bump it up to anything higher except for achievements.
In a game like Mass Effect where there's more than just three difficulties (in ME, I think it goes Easy/Normal-for-people-who-haven't-played-FPSes-before/Veteran-if-you-have/Hardcore/Insanity), I'll take the one that's just above normal. I like a bit of a challenge. But I typically leave it at that and don't bump it up to anything higher except for achievements.
Depends on the game. Shooters I pick the hardest because that's the only difficulty that offers any kind of challenge. Other games with an actual learning curve, I start on the middle-most difficulty and work up from there.
In case of RPGs, FPSs, action games and similar I always start on Normal. Not that I'm a hardcore tr00 pl4yer, but unchallenging games are getting boring fast, and I almost never have trouble keeping up on the default medium setting.
There are exceptions, however· Playing through Dragon Age I found myself more times than I would like to in the uneasy situation when a fight was too hard on Normal.
On the other hand, I beat Mass Effect on Insanity and found it not very challenging. ME2, I beat on Insanity twice.
In strategies, I usually begin on a lower difficulty setting, to get accustomed with mechanics, than gradually raise the bar.
There are exceptions, however· Playing through Dragon Age I found myself more times than I would like to in the uneasy situation when a fight was too hard on Normal.
On the other hand, I beat Mass Effect on Insanity and found it not very challenging. ME2, I beat on Insanity twice.
In strategies, I usually begin on a lower difficulty setting, to get accustomed with mechanics, than gradually raise the bar.
Easy. Only with a few games that I've started out with Normal when I'm after a slight challenge. Mainly play games for mindless fun. Pulling my hair because I struggled to the end and can't beat the last boss isn't fun for me.
When I've finished a game on Easy or Normal I always bring the difficulty setting up one step the next time I play it however.
As a side note; I recently finished Rise of the Argonauts on the hardest difficulty setting and was amazed that it was just as easy as when I played on the easiest setting. Perhaps the developers just sucked at the difficulty curve, but it has made a bit more open to try harder settings.
When I've finished a game on Easy or Normal I always bring the difficulty setting up one step the next time I play it however.
As a side note; I recently finished Rise of the Argonauts on the hardest difficulty setting and was amazed that it was just as easy as when I played on the easiest setting. Perhaps the developers just sucked at the difficulty curve, but it has made a bit more open to try harder settings.
Hardest available.
Reasons:
I like a challenge for 1.
If I don't particularly like the game I only have to play through it once to get the achievements (in most cases(Dark Sector be damned!))
Finally, If I DO like the game I can then play through it again on a low difficulty absorbing the story as best I can.
Reasons:
I like a challenge for 1.
If I don't particularly like the game I only have to play through it once to get the achievements (in most cases(Dark Sector be damned!))
Finally, If I DO like the game I can then play through it again on a low difficulty absorbing the story as best I can.
Easy.
I'm lazy & don't like to be challenged, plus I hate anything that stinks of bravado or machismo.
I'm lazy & don't like to be challenged, plus I hate anything that stinks of bravado or machismo.
I always start on medium. No questions asked...except for when I first started playing Guitar Hero, because I wasn't good enough for medium. ^_^
I did like how Infamous starts you on medium, and while you can change it at any point in the game, if you're doing really good, it changes you to hard and if you're doing bad, it changes you to easy. : )
I did like how Infamous starts you on medium, and while you can change it at any point in the game, if you're doing really good, it changes you to hard and if you're doing bad, it changes you to easy. : )
