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Topic	3/4 of people really only play games on Normal or easier difficulty?
SINnocent 01/24/18 11:20:28 PM #25:	adjl posted... SINnocent posted... Unfortunately, most games nowadays are in fact not creative or efficient with their difficulty settings. "Nowadays"? The vast majority of games at any stage in the industry's history haven't increased difficulty in particularly inventive ways. The conflation of tedium with difficulty has been around for as long as gaming has. Games that do difficulty right are - and have always been - rare gems. I remember a lot more in the earlier days, like Doom which adds enemies but has no lazy effect on damage, or Streets of Rage 3 where it not only adds enemies and enemy types, but several stages and a true ending on the harder difficulties. I'm not sure I've played anything even remotely recent like that. A game at its hardest difficulty should challenge you to every single aspect of the gameplay and require a firm understanding or ability to adapt and learn very quickly... Essentially the "true" experience. Not simply make it more difficult to get to the next cutscene or something. Maybe I'm just unhappy with the integrity of the gaming industry, and difficulty is just one reason. --- Games, lifting, metal and FOOOOOD! <cite>SINnocent posted [p:894748091] in 3/4 of peo... [t:76239464]...</cite> <quote><cite>adjl posted...</cite> <quote><cite>SINnocent posted...</cite> <quote>Unfortunately, most games nowadays are in fact not creative or efficient with their difficulty settings.</quote> "Nowadays"? The vast majority of games at any stage in the industry's history haven't increased difficulty in particularly inventive ways. The conflation of tedium with difficulty has been around for as long as gaming has. Games that do difficulty right are - and have always been - rare gems.</quote> I remember a lot more in the earlier days, like Doom which adds enemies but has no lazy effect on damage, or Streets of Rage 3 where it not only adds enemies and enemy types, but several stages and a true ending on the harder difficulties. I'm not sure I've played anything even remotely recent like that. A game at its hardest difficulty should challenge you to every single aspect of the gameplay and require a firm understanding or ability to adapt and learn very quickly... Essentially the "true" experience. Not simply make it more difficult to get to the next cutscene or something. Maybe I'm just unhappy with the integrity of the gaming industry, and difficulty is just one reason. --- Games, lifting, metal and FOOOOOD!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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