Which do you use in game difficult?

[ObscureJigglypuff]

Normal mode always, except for games that are very difficult by default like Growlanser 4, basically old rpgs have this.

There is only one game i had to play in easy mode because it was very hard even in normal: Romancing SaGa Scarlet Grace Ambitions.

 

[zalen0]

For retro games especially on the earlier consoles like NES, turbo graphic 16, etc. sometimes i just bump it down to easy if its an option.

For everything else, Normal mode 95% of the time.
I heard back in the day most of the games that were also getting localized from japan or other areas were for some reason bumped up in difficulty?

The reason being they wanted to cash in on the arcade and games rental market (think blockbuster/hollywood video).

Or it could also just be bad localization too, working designs lunar release was a case of that with the over difficulty.

 

[SolemnlyDoc]

I'm used to games not having difficulty sliders, but when prompted I choose easy. I'm here for the story, not the challenge

 

[Mr. SyS]

Usually normal. I guess that makes me a normie.

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

I don't care what game it is or what genre if there is a difficulty option i always choose the hardest

Yes even if it's my first playthrough i ALWAYS choose "hard" i did it in my first half life playthrough admittedly it wasn't my first FPS so i had experience

BUT even with 0 idea what's this about like Silent Hill and survivor horror i still choose hard from the get go , this meant i died 5 times to the flyer in the Cafe , partially because it was a new stressful situation , too panicked that i forgot what button to shoot , and died too fast to realize what happened

HOWEVER Silent Hill on Hard is a great experience , i went into the game thinking I'm gonna beat every monster i see and this resulted in over 50% of the game played with me using the Pipe to beat monsters , i did softlock myself in the 3rd bossfight instead of restarting i downloaded cheats and counted 30 pistol bullets once i shoot them all i had to use melee , the game however wanted to make my life harder and when i turned off the ammo cheat after i won the fight the game took out 7 bullets out of my only remaining clip so i ended up with 5 pistol bullets which I consider a fair trade for not wanting to restart the entire game again , what i learned was very valuable in survival horror you RUN a lot you "try" to ignore that thing hostile to you for me it's too difficult and stressful to ignore monsters I'm just not comfortable working in an environment with hostiles or monsters nearby but at the same time it adds to the horror and fear!

I played every Resident Evil game I played on hard without hesitation even after the softlock in SH1 i didn't struggle much with this one but 1st Chris playthrough required a lot of restraint , i did run out of pistol ammo in RE3 after the clock tower section so i traversed the garden by avoiding everything (it was trial and error) , in RE2 i got screwed like 5 times by the first licker and it didn't help my health was yellow.....i may play on hard but I'm not particularly skilled

I played Call of duty games on veteran as a first playthrough 10/10 experience i recommend it especially COD 1


System shock 2 the same happened , choose impossible from the get go the first playthrough was easier early on compared to my 2nd playthrough which i posted some pics from it in the screenshot thread



The Only game i choose to play medium difficulty is Sudden Strike mainly because how absurd highest difficulty mode is i first played hard or in SS2 case "general" there are 4 difficulty modes in SS2 named recruit , private , officer , general each mode gives different perks for one side so in recruit (very easy) and private (easy) the player army is more tanky and deals more damage , in officer (medium) the game offers the most fair and balanced experience in not giving any player unnatural advantages or extra armor or whatever , and general (hard) gives the AI those same perks and overpowered stat boosts you get in recruit difficulty

Now when i discoverd the difficulty modes i choose general and thought that it's the most fair mode , but years later (some 3 years ago) i decided to test how "fair" this difficulty is by making units of the same type fight each other and turns out enemy units even if they were the same as my units somehow fared better......i tested it again in officer mode and the game actually made a lot more sense , not to mention hard difficulty is extremely frustrating to work with because it decreases line of sight in a game where everything is blind so you end up wasting a lot of time on what would be trivial or hardly worth the effort matters on other difficulties

So yeah i went with normal and medium because they ensure no side gets nonsensical buffs like legit on hard difficulty a enemy T34-85 tank could and can destroy/cripple my panther tank but if we switch sides suddenly my T34-85 is one shotted by the panther like how? This type of nonsense is so off putting and adds a unnecessary layer of difficulty that can be achieved by more creative means

Sigh this post is long enough but i guess you already get the point if it's not blatant enemy cheating or some stupid nonsense like above i always pick up games on hard

 

[Ikagura]

Normal mode since it's usually how the game has been balanced around.

Yes, some games are actually having "Very Easy", "Easy" and "Normal" disguised as "Easy", "Normal" and "Hard" but we can never know and honestly it doesn't matter if the game is good.

Any game that is well designed has people wanting to redo it in a harder difficulty setting.

And some games have their "Hard mode" not that well balanced (turning them into bullet sponges/HP bags isn't an actually good way to do it).

PS:

Spoiler

Anybody shaming people for playing in the easier difficulty settings in any game should reconsider their life choices.

 

[Alucard648]

I usually select the Normal mode and sometimes select the Hard difficulty in the games that I already completed.

 

[ObscureJigglypuff]

I don't care what game it is or what genre if there is a difficulty option i always choose the hardest

Yes even if it's my first playthrough i ALWAYS choose "hard" i did it in my first half life playthrough admittedly it wasn't my first FPS so i had experience

BUT even with 0 idea what's this about like Silent Hill and survivor horror i still choose hard from the get go , this meant i died 5 times to the flyer in the Cafe , partially because it was a new stressful situation , too panicked that i forgot what button to shoot , and died too fast to realize what happened

HOWEVER Silent Hill on Hard is a great experience , i went into the game thinking I'm gonna beat every monster i see and this resulted in over 50% of the game played with me using the Pipe to beat monsters , i did softlock myself in the 3rd bossfight instead of restarting i downloaded cheats and counted 30 pistol bullets once i shoot them all i had to use melee , the game however wanted to make my life harder and when i turned off the ammo cheat after i won the fight the game took out 7 bullets out of my only remaining clip so i ended up with 5 pistol bullets which I consider a fair trade for not wanting to restart the entire game again , what i learned was very valuable in survival horror you RUN a lot you "try" to ignore that thing hostile to you for me it's too difficult and stressful to ignore monsters I'm just not comfortable working in an environment with hostiles or monsters nearby but at the same time it adds to the horror and fear!

I played every Resident Evil game I played on hard without hesitation even after the softlock in SH1 i didn't struggle much with this one but 1st Chris playthrough required a lot of restraint , i did run out of pistol ammo in RE3 after the clock tower section so i traversed the garden by avoiding everything (it was trial and error) , in RE2 i got screwed like 5 times by the first licker and it didn't help my health was yellow.....i may play on hard but I'm not particularly skilled

I played Call of duty games on veteran as a first playthrough 10/10 experience i recommend it especially COD 1


System shock 2 the same happened , choose impossible from the get go the first playthrough was easier early on compared to my 2nd playthrough which i posted some pics from it in the screenshot thread



The Only game i choose to play medium difficulty is Sudden Strike mainly because how absurd highest difficulty mode is i first played hard or in SS2 case "general" there are 4 difficulty modes in SS2 named recruit , private , officer , general each mode gives different perks for one side so in recruit (very easy) and private (easy) the player army is more tanky and deals more damage , in officer (medium) the game offers the most fair and balanced experience in not giving any player unnatural advantages or extra armor or whatever , and general (hard) gives the AI those same perks and overpowered stat boosts you get in recruit difficulty

Now when i discoverd the difficulty modes i choose general and thought that it's the most fair mode , but years later (some 3 years ago) i decided to test how "fair" this difficulty is by making units of the same type fight each other and turns out enemy units even if they were the same as my units somehow fared better......i tested it again in officer mode and the game actually made a lot more sense , not to mention hard difficulty is extremely frustrating to work with because it decreases line of sight in a game where everything is blind so you end up wasting a lot of time on what would be trivial or hardly worth the effort matters on other difficulties

So yeah i went with normal and medium because they ensure no side gets nonsensical buffs like legit on hard difficulty a enemy T34-85 tank could and can destroy/cripple my panther tank but if we switch sides suddenly my T34-85 is one shotted by the panther like how? This type of nonsense is so off putting and adds a unnecessary layer of difficulty that can be achieved by more creative means

Sigh this post is long enough but i guess you already get the point if it's not blatant enemy cheating or some stupid nonsense like above i always pick up games on hard

Only the Nerd Lord makes long texts to explain something in videogames

 

[Morgan Katarn]

depends on the game but mostly normal I want an allround experince. But then we have souls games. And then we have old RTS games where easy normal and hard is just F-you, go to hell and Nightmare.

 

[moonbits]

Hard, not Very Hard or Extreme.

Easy is for people that don't play games
Normal is for people that are learning to play
Hard is for people that have an understanding of the genre and pay attention to tutorials and mechanics
Very Hard/Extreme is for people that know the game

 

[rosco46]

Nowadays I find myself with very limited time. I mostly play retro (8 to 32bit.) I usually go with easy just to see as much of the given title before any one of a thousand 'real life' things snatch my attention away.

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

Only the Nerd Lord makes long texts to explain something in videogames

HOW DARE YOU MALADY!!! I'M DETAILING MY POV REGARDING DIFFICULTY HOW DOES THIS MAKE ME A NERD???? ¿¿¿

 

[Anoobis]

Default. Unless the game has a robust custom difficulty system.

 

[cirro]

usually i start with normal, but end up going back to easy mode quite quickly. i love video games very much, but that doesn't necessarily mean that i'm good at them, lol.