gaming What difficulty do you usually start at?

[Simcity11100 772]

hardest difficulty possible, it's not hard beating the AI in a game, you just need to know how to take cover when it's necessary.

[Gdrlowmgqwmhopqw 107]

For games like Fallout and Skyrim, hardest difficulty was a must,, Else they seemed completely pointless. Actually Skyrim was still pointless if you were looking for a challenge, so it was more about exploring and goofing around.

 

I also played Deus Ex: Human Revolution on hardest difficulty and apparently it was a good choice as at times it was still too easy. Actually managed to figure out a strategy to kill 2nd boss with bullets alone (i didn't pick necessary augmentations to beat her easy way and i found that out AFTER beating her). She was, no doubt, the hardest obstacle for me.

Well, to be honest, my strategy to beat her was CLEARLY abusing a small loophole in the enemy AI, making it near impossible for her to get a chance to fight back.

 

Minecraft is ridiculously easy so if i decide to play it, it has to be on hardcore.

 

I can't say same about strategy games really. But then again, if you look at games like Heroes of Might and Magic III, hardest difficulty gives computer opponents an advantage that could be considered as a cheap way of making game harder. Instead of making enemy AI smarter, they just start with more resources.

Also i suck at Civilization series and never got that into RTS genre either.

 

But yeah, i enjoy a challenge.

 

Oh and hardcore Terraria is just lovely.

[Jokuc 8,173]

When I play games I always pick Normal first. I don't really want to pick hard because I know I am going to ragequit, haha.

[AngelofDeath 259]

I, being a pretty hardcore gamer, usually play on hard first even when I know I probably won't be able to beat anything. Although it seems the newer games I get into, are usually a lot harder than older games "hard" difficulty setting on the "normal" or "easy" difficulty setting.

[Crispy 5,563]

Normal, unless it's a game with a story I'm super interested in. Then I'll play on the easiest difficulty to get the story elements faster, and play on hard after that.

[NeverNeverland 1,940]

Normal, or easy. I horrible at video games, except for a select few, and even then there are others who wipe the floor with me.

 

The only time I play on hardest difficulty is for achievements...

[Mudkip 100]

Minecraft: peaceful

Halo: easy

Battlefield: easy

Call of Duty: Recruit

Pirates & Traders: Apprentice

Terraria: Soft Core

Ghost Reacon: Hardened

:I

[curtistyl 3]

i always play on normal on every game i played . if the game gets to easy i go to hard. if the game gets hard get better>. the only time when i go on easy is when i die 10 times. but that rarely happens.but the toughest game i have ever played is GOW geez i got stuck and died so many times i lost count>_<.

[Lacey Shadows 164]

I usually pick the default setting although I usually bump the difficulty in Doom to Ultra Violence.

[~Sugar Sprinkles~ 638]

I am kinda wimpy to say this, but I always start at Easy..or the easiest difficulty they have. I usually like to get to know the game first before I do to the harder levels, but I have played the harder levels

[Kaborer 164]

I usually start on normal or hard, but if the game get too drawn-out I will set it down to easy. It's very seldom the challenge that makes me change the difficulty level only if the game seizes being fun. For instance I have Skyrim on the easiest difficulty, because it's quicker to grind stuff that way.

 

If the game does become too little of a challenge, it often goes up to hard or higher. (Not lately though, since my graphics card can't run the newest games. That means that my fps usually is around 15, which slows the games waaaaaay to much.)

[Xebec 74]

I normally game at normal because in all honesty I just care about the story and not about the game itself.

[Grace Braid 240]

I ALWAYS start on the highest possible difficulty. For Pokemon games, that means I do a blind Nuzlocke run and pray for mercy.

 

Oh yeah, it also doesn't matter what language the game is in. I imported Kingdom Hearts 2: Final Mix, and even though I didn't understand Japanese whatsoever I still played it on Critical mode just because I could, god damnit, and I beat the thing easily(...maybe not easily ).

Edited August 14, 2012 by Skyman

[Akemi Homura 7,680]

I play every game on Easy to begin with, and then get scared to try to tackle the higher difficulties

[Herlin Firehoof 12]

Honestly i normally play one match in very hard or just hard and then change to normal after being smashed by the difficulty.

[KirbyFluttershy 2,523]

Well out of the most games I play, I normally on Normal regardless if I'm playing with my brother or another person. When It comes to me playing solo, I always start off with Very Easy Difficulty.

 

With The Exception of Certain Kirby Games I play with a Extra Mode, I just take on that Difficulty for Full Completion of the game, but usually I play in Co-op for Kirby's Return to Dreamland only.

 

For Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4, that's another exception, but I started off with normal difficulty for the 1st time I Played the game.

[Literally Snails 2,307]

Normal, Once I know the games tricks I start over, usually before finish, and play on the hardest possible difficulty. Minecraft is an exception.

[Lightning Fluttershy 1,844]

Tbh I always start on normal and If I beat it easily I'll bump it up a level and play through again until in throwing my controller at a wall in frustration.

[Jon the VGNerd 885]

I mostly start the game on one of the CoD series on Regular, considering as how Veteran is just too punishing and nerve-wracking... just my opinion, tho. http://mlpforums.com/public/style_emoticons/default/dry.png

[Silver Boulder 123]

I generally do normal but depending on the game I'll do hard if I feel like it :3 I'm just a straight up masochist in some games...

[RippedOffMattress 314]

It used to always be the easiest, but now I'm going more for the hardest difficulty. My bro said that was smart to do. I'd get a lot more experience and a lot better at it my just bluntly going ahead faster by doing that.

[Retro*Derpy 3,182]

I usually do normal any game for the first time through. Then i go a second time hard for the achievements.

[Mutemutt 773]

Normal for pretty much every game. It just seems like the, well, normal difficulty to go with; the game's benchmark difficulty, I guess I would say. The next playthroughs are where I bump up the difficulty up to the point just short of being way too difficult (in other words, just plain annoying).

 

I do things differently for fighting games though. For every character I have no interest in actually learning how to play with, I'll just turn down the difficulty to get through their story if I need to and mash my way to victory. 

[Princess Periwinkle 3,775]

I generally do one level above "normal", just because it's funner to make it more challenging. Depending on the game, I might turn it up a level if it exists but never down. If I turn it down and win it doesn't really feel like winning to me, you know?

[Ac3xAssasin 453]

I usually always play medium my first time through, after that I may play again on the hard difficult, and if I'm feeling extra ballsy I'll play on the hardest difficulty.