What level do you start out on?

[Anomaly1964]

When playing a game, do you go straight for the hardest setting or play one or two off that?

 

[zagood]

Strict shooters I'll start on the hardest setting. Exploration/rpg etc. I'll usually go for medium setting just to enjoy the atmosphere.

 

[PowerYoga]

hard for almost everything, hardest for shooters.

 

[lozina]

I usually play strategy games and choose the normal setting - the setting where neither I or the AI gets any bonuses beyond the standard game rules

 

[Texashiker]

I usually start out on medium / normal.

Once I get the feel for the game, bump it up to hard.

 

[Juddog]

Depends on the game. Racing games I start off on easy, because I suck at them. Games like starcraft 2 I started off on hard, then after beating the campaign did it over again on Brutal. God of War 3 I did on normal, then Titan, then started playing Chaos and got about half way through and haven't picked it up in a while to finish. RPG's I usually play on the hardest difficulty possible right off the bat.

 

[Red Storm]

The only shooters I play are multiplayer, so there's no real difficulty to set.

Strategy games I play in between hardest and normal, but not the hardest as that usually just frustrates me.

RPGs I play on easy because I like to enjoy the story more than the killing.

 

[coldmeat]

normal. Not because I can't beat the higher difficulties, but I hate dying and having to replay parts over again.

 

[Anomaly1964]

normal. Not because I can't beat the higher difficulties, but I hate dying and having to replay parts over again.

LOL!

I'm on ZEALOT in DeadSpace 2 and have NEARLY completed a room like 15 times but die! I finally had to walk away for a while...(which is what prompted this thread).

 

[Maximilian]

Normal, then if i ever replay the game hard, im doing zealot in dead space 2 atm but its easier because ive got all the stuff i accumulated on normal mode :awe: Plus i know what to expect and where to expect it.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Usually the default/normal/middle. If I like the game enough to justify a second playthrough, then I'll try it on hard. But in a lot of games the hardest setting is just too hard. Like Mass Effect; I can do Hardcore with my eyes closed but Insanity is impossible.

 

[dpodblood]

Most of the time I will play a game through on normal, unless I've seen a review or something that states the game is too easy on the normal difficulty. Like MOH... Even on the hardest difficulty it was a cakewalk.

 

[KeithTalent]

Unless there is a penalty for doing so (as in areas or items are locked off) I usually just go for easy or normal. I rarely play SP for the challenge, I play for story and immersion and I get no satisfaction from just having the game be more difficult, I play MP for a real challenge, not SP.

I have gone through Hitman 2 a couple of times as Silent Assassin, but that's more a style of play than a difficulty level. I like doing those kinds of things, but it's kind of different than just having stronger or more enemies.

KT

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

Shooters average or hard. I could go through most on hardest, but it can get tedious. RPGs/Grand Strategy medium. I play them just to enjoy the gameplay. RTSs hardest. I'm not a particularly great RTS player, but I'm good enough that the hardest setting isn't particularly hard for me usually.

 

[Lightflash]

Depends on the games, but a mix of hardest or normal since some games at the hardest difficulty are so infuriating due to almost godlike abilities in strategy or sports.

 

[Bryf50]

I almost always play on the normal/medium setting. I feel like that's the way the devs meant it to play.

 

[acheron]

Usually 'normal'. I did do SC2 on 'hard' though.

 

[Powermoloch]

normal

 

[RPD]

Depends on the scale of difficulty. If it's just easy/normal/hard. I'll start on hard. If it has 4 or more with some unbelievable name for the highest (GOD KILLER).. I'll scale back to one above normal.

 

[goobernoodles]

For RTS games, normal.

For FPS games, Hard. Hardest is just... dumb, IMO. I could do it, but it takes more effort than I can motivate myself to give when playing a game against AI.

For RPG games... nevermind, I have dignity. I don't play RPG's.

/flamesuit on.

 

[Skurge]

For RPGs and RTS I play on easy, I'm not very good at those.

FPS usually hard.

Racing games, I usually play on the hardest I can find, but even then I don't have any difficulty completely annihilating the AI, so I try giving myself a handicap like picking one of the slower cars. Unless their handling sucks.

 

[zinfamous]

normal. I'm no masochist.


and I recently started a game of KB: Armored Princess. What. the. fuck.

"normal" = impossible if you choose mage class. I can barely hire a single freaking unit b/c you are so gimped with army size. the benefits for the mage class are only available way late in the talent tier (2x cast). It's freaking unbelievable. SO I run from island to island, trying to outrun everything, b/c every single army is designated "impossible" for me. what a joke.

there aren't even any powerful spells available in the early game to compensate for your gimp army.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

I usually just leave it on normal, some of the hardest difficulties are just stupidly difficult. If after a while the game feels too easy I always have the option of bumping it up.

 

[TheSlamma]

Hard except on RTS's, I do medium cause I just am not that great at em.

I did Veteran on CoD2 and Black ops.. man the pain & CoD world at war on Vet.. holy hell.

 

[rivan]

I usually play on normal, unless it's something I find I REALLY enjoy.

Most of the time, I'm playing as a tourist - I want to see all the sights. Once I find a game I'm crazy about, I pump up the difficulty.