Game Difficulty

What level do you all start out playing your games on. Meaning if you went out and bought starcraft now for the first time, what levels would you play on?

1) Easy/Medium/Hard
2) Normal/Hard/Very Hard
3) Very Easy/Easy/Medium/Hard/Very Hard

Me personally I usually play on

1) Easy
2) Normal
3) This can vary. FPSs I usually start Very Easy.. But a RTS I start on Easy or Medium.

I really like it when games put a "normal" setting because I just want to play the game on the difficultly the game designers built the game for optimal play experience.

I've really wanted to start games out on hard to get the most play time out of the game... But usually I end up giving up when I try it because it's just frustrating.

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KGhaleon

Usually normal or the level about halfway. I'm not a noob to FPS and I'm certainly too much of a pantsy to play hard mode on my first run through.

dave0212

What ever the game is set at for default apart from HALO3 which i started on Legend

gojericho0

Normal, unless its very similar to a game i've played before then i'll go one harder

jbrown414

If it's a game I've never played before I will start on easy just to learn how to play. If it is overly easy I'll restart and go up to the next difficulty level. If it's a sequel to a game I've played before I'll definitely start on normal.

scheistermeister

Normal or hard.

mzgavc

Usually game default.

Gears of War was the only game I ever played on a difficulty higher then regular... other then Civ Revolutions.

Everlife

Hard for a majority of games, normal when I get really frustrated.

dynamik

Hardest setting. I don't really have the time or patience to go through a game multiple times (unless it's one of a few that has high replayability), and I want the full challenge. It's really frustrating for me when they make you unlock the hardest difficulty by going through it on a lower setting first.

undomiel

I always start out with the hardest setting as I generally don't replay a game. Which is why it is sometimes rather irritating that you have to play through a game to unlock the hardest difficulty. I generally don't get to try it out then. So pretty much what dynamik said. Plus easy and normal settings are usually really boring too.

Mishra

I want to play on hard settings because of the same reason. I will play through easy (supreme commander) then not want to play it again.

But when I put it on hard it takes so long for me to figure how to beat it that it eventually gets throw aside for another game. It's a tough world out there!

JDMurray

I usually start om medium to get the first feel of the game. After I know it well, it's unfair for me to play most FPS games on anything but the hardest level.

The exception is the nightmare level in Doom ][. That was just ridiculous!

Ricka182

I'll usually start out with normal or medium, whatever is default. If I find the game too easy, I'll move up. Like in Guitar Hero, I started on Easy, and now do Medium. I still can't get my fingers moving fast enough to complete all the songs. I tried a few on hard and expert, and it's ridiculous. My friend beat the series on Expert, and when he plays I split time watching the game, and also his fingers move like crazy on the guitar controller......

meadIT

Ricka182 wrote:

I'll usually start out with normal or medium, whatever is default. If I find the game too easy, I'll move up. Like in Guitar Hero, I started on Easy, and now do Medium. I still can't get my fingers moving fast enough to complete all the songs. I tried a few on hard and expert, and it's ridiculous. My friend beat the series on Expert, and when he plays I split time watching the game, and also his fingers move like crazy on the guitar controller......

That orange button is the devil!!

darkerosxx

I play easy mode because I'm more interested in the story than dieing 10000 times.

tiersten

Medium because games tend to cut things out if you put it on easy.

jbrown414

XtreemeChaos wrote:

Ricka182 wrote:

I'll usually start out with normal or medium, whatever is default. If I find the game too easy, I'll move up. Like in Guitar Hero, I started on Easy, and now do Medium. I still can't get my fingers moving fast enough to complete all the songs. I tried a few on hard and expert, and it's ridiculous. My friend beat the series on Expert, and when he plays I split time watching the game, and also his fingers move like crazy on the guitar controller......

That orange button is the devil!!

I think Guitar Hero is the exception here. I hate getting my butt kicked by my cousins who are under 10.

tiersten

jbrown414 wrote:

I think Guitar Hero is the exception here. I hate getting my butt kicked by my cousins who are under 10.

Never underestimate the gaming power of a kid with nimble fingers who is hyperactive because of too much sugar.

snadam

Meduim/hard/expert

whichever suits my needs. I like to find the happy medium of challenge and fun. HOWEVER, if its like halo or guitar hero, I try to beat it at the highest level the fastest before my friends so I can brag

needless to say, I really can only brag on halo

Im pretty good at guitar hero, but my friend gets better the more he drinks

he kicks my butt in expert!

Mishra

Okay so I was able to buy Crysis and COD4 off of a kid on craigslist for 40 dollars total. Like I have said, I won't spend 40-50 dollars on a game usually.

I started off playing Crysis on hard. It was pretty easy so I switched to the Delta mode (hardest) and beat the game yesterday. I was pretty disappointed thats all Crysis could offer in terms of difficulty.

So I did the same for COD4, I kicked that off on hard but not veteran (hardest). I'm already dying and having trouble with it. Even though you can take a lot of bullets before dying, this game seems like it is just tough in general. It takes quick reflexes and great vision to be able to master some of the things you need to do. People compare Crysis and COD4 but I found Crysis to be more of a patience game, the more you apply the easier everything is, and COD4 to be a high packed action game. So it is tough to compare.

Turgon

Too busy to play games. Besides my wife has banned them

tiersten

Turgon wrote:

Too busy to play games. Besides my wife has banned them

Just think of your lab as a really big and complicated puzzle game with a CCIE number as the reward for winning

KGhaleon

I vowed to never play another MMO again, but I became really bored recently and downloaded Requiem: Bloodmare since it was free. It looks amazing, plan to play some of it later.

jamesp1983

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