What's your default starting difficulty?
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Depends on the game, if I suspect the game is going to be hard on normal I'll go for that but if I think i can do it on hard first time then I'll do that.
I try to make the game as hard as possible without it being baby punchingly hard.
Don't worry, I have no babies...
I try to make the game as hard as possible without it being baby punchingly hard.
Don't worry, I have no babies...
Depends what I'm out to play. If it's a shooter: Hard, possibly hardest. (unless it's a UT game, in which case about middle)
If I just want to piss about a bit, usually easy.
Otherwise I start most games on normal, then change it if I find it's too difficult (or too easy
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If I just want to piss about a bit, usually easy.
Otherwise I start most games on normal, then change it if I find it's too difficult (or too easy
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Depends on the game. For shooters I usually go for the hardest difficulty available, because I'm really good at them and looking for a challenge. For everything else I usually go for normal. Never really use easy though, it tends to bore me.
Depends really.
Generally normal.
Sometimes Hard.
For RTSs however, I always like to start on easy. Despite knowing it's going to be the "AI builds four buildings then does nothing" type of easy.
Probably because I tend to avoid RTS tutorials for the fear of having to that stupid "RIGHT CLICK HERE TO MOVE THE UNIT" task for the 50th fucking time.
Generally normal.
Sometimes Hard.
For RTSs however, I always like to start on easy. Despite knowing it's going to be the "AI builds four buildings then does nothing" type of easy.
Probably because I tend to avoid RTS tutorials for the fear of having to that stupid "RIGHT CLICK HERE TO MOVE THE UNIT" task for the 50th fucking time.
Usually, I start games on "normal", because I think that's how the developers originally have balanced the game.
FPS games though, I play on the hardest available difficulty.
Fighting games, or more specifically Street Fighter 4, is set to very easy, because otherwise I get my ass handed to me...
FPS games though, I play on the hardest available difficulty.
Fighting games, or more specifically Street Fighter 4, is set to very easy, because otherwise I get my ass handed to me...
If those are the only three choices (easy, normal, or hard), then I always start on hard.
If there are more settings (like very easy, very hard, etc.), then I always start on the second-to-hardest.
If there are more settings (like very easy, very hard, etc.), then I always start on the second-to-hardest.
Normal basically. The main reason I pick normal is because the acctual difficulty will vary from game to game. For example, mass effect 1 I struggle on normal and mass effect 2 I find insanity easier than mass effect 1's normal.
I don't usually change the difficulty either until I beat the game. What if there's a massive difficulty curve?
But yeah I work my way up from normal (sometimes jump it up a couple of difficulties if the game was easy the whole way through) if the game is deemed worthy for me to play a second time.
I don't usually change the difficulty either until I beat the game. What if there's a massive difficulty curve?
But yeah I work my way up from normal (sometimes jump it up a couple of difficulties if the game was easy the whole way through) if the game is deemed worthy for me to play a second time.
most games normal. If it is part of a series i have played before, hard. But RTS.... my god, you cannot win on certain levels of difficulty!!! maybe its because i suck and cant use the advanced macros, but Jee-bus Chris-t!
Agreed. Most of the time I play on normal difficulty, but when I started Torchlight, I chose Very Hard. I died a bit at the start, but by the time I reached the last boss it had turned in to "hold the right mouse button down and chug health/mana potions until everything falls over".3LANCER said:
