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PowerOats 08/21/22 5:13:22 PM #1:	Hello Too Easy Too Hard Hello - Results (104 votes) Too Easy 39.42% (41 votes) 41 Too Hard 60.58% (63 votes) 63 Using your definitions of 'Too Easy/Hard' <cite>PowerOats posted [p:967471356] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote> Hello Too Easy Too Hard Vote View Results Hello - Results (104 votes) Too Easy 39.42% (41 votes) 41 Too Hard 60.58% (63 votes) 63 Show Voting Form function poll_vote() { var vote_option = $("input[name='poll_vote']:checked").val(); if(!vote_option) return; $.ajax({ type: 'POST', url: '/ajax/forum_poll_vote', data: { option: vote_option, board: '400', topic: '80137817', message: '0', key: '4cf9ee17' }, success: function(response) { if(response.error) { alert(response.error); } else { $("#poll_vote").hide(); $("#poll_results").html(response.html).show(); } } }); } function view_results_legacy() { $("#poll_vote").hide(); $("#poll_results").show(); } function hide_results_legacy() { $("#poll_results").hide(); $("#poll_vote").show(); } Using your definitions of 'Too Easy/Hard'</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FL81 08/21/22 5:14:05 PM #2:	a game that filters its players with a hard puzzle section (in a non-puzzle game) --- Thanks to Proofpyros for the sig images https://i.imgur.com/Nv4Pi1v.jpg https://i.imgur.com/N43HJYv.jpg <cite>FL81 posted [p:967471375] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>a game that filters its players with a hard puzzle section(in a non-puzzle game)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MarthGoomba 08/21/22 5:15:12 PM #3:	Too easy No such thing as too hard, because that would simply be whining instead of getting good --- https://i.imgur.com/m6Rgs8D.jpg https://i.imgur.com/qUMZhdW.jpg https://i.imgur.com/LACtH6q.jpg <cite>MarthGoomba posted [p:967471412] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>Too easyNo such thing as too hard, because that would simply be whining instead of getting good</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
g0ldie 08/21/22 5:16:27 PM #4:	too easy. after getting the ~~Mantarok/purple~~ rune in Eternal Darkness, the game was cake, and as a result, I no longer had any enjoyment playing, so I forced myself to finish. granted, it's secret and requires a lot of backtracking, but I play as "efficiently" as possible, so it feels weird limiting the characters I play as. --- https://streamable.com/zrtjki <cite>g0ldie posted [p:967471433] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>too easy. after getting the Mantarok/purple rune in Eternal Darkness, the game was cake, and as a result, I no longer had any enjoyment playing, so I forced myself to finish. granted, it's secret and requires a lot of backtracking, but I play as "efficiently" as possible, so it feels weird limiting the characters I play as. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
gunplagirl 08/21/22 5:17:16 PM #5:	Too hard, I've had some games with zero help to understand how to play and even players don't get how it works entirely (zestiria synthesis, for instance) but I've had some easy games that are amazingly fun because of the story and world. --- tfw no big tiddy goth vampire gf who lactates blood - viewmaster_pi <cite>gunplagirl posted [p:967471454] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>Too hard, I've had some games with zero help to understand how to play and even players don't get how it works entirely (zestiria synthesis, for instance) but I've had some easy games that are amazingly fun because of the story and world.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Garioshi 08/21/22 5:19:36 PM #6:	Too hard, obviously. A too-easy game does not lock you out of finishing it. --- "I play with myself" - Darklit_Minuet, 2018 <cite>Garioshi posted [p:967471504] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>Too hard, obviously. A too-easy game does not lock you out of finishing it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ellis123 08/21/22 5:20:21 PM #7:	Too hard. Expecting players to open the game assets in a viewer in Inscryption to see the real ending only leads to people not ever actually doing all of the puzzles in the game for themselves and instead just watching a Youtube video explaining it all. --- "A shouted order to do something of dubious morality with an unpredictable outcome? Thweeet!" My FC is in my profile. <cite>ellis123 posted [p:967471517] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>Too hard. Expecting players to open the game assets in a viewer in Inscryption to see the real ending only leads to people not ever actually doing all of the puzzles in the game for themselves and instead just watching a Youtube video explaining it all.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
kirbyy 08/21/22 5:21:05 PM #8:	Kind of depends on the game, if it has a great story too easy can be ok. If it's something like puzzle game or skill based lack of difficulty defeats the purpose. --- Crayons taste like purple. <cite>kirbyy posted [p:967471528] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>Kind of depends on the game, if it has a great story too easy can be ok. If it's something like puzzle game or skill based lack of difficulty defeats the purpose.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Vicious_Dios 08/21/22 5:21:13 PM #9:	Too easy. Easily. I remember FINALLY beating Sonic 2 when I was 6 and went and bought this with my allowance: https://youtu.be/zrXvUjWnVyY I beat it the first day and haven't touched it since. I vaguely remember it, but I distinctly remember being disappointed on how easy it was after dying to Robotnik 12 times. --- S / K / Y / N / E <cite>Vicious_Dios posted [p:967471531] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>Too easy. Easily. I remember FINALLY beating Sonic 2 when I was 6 and went and bought this with my allowance:https://youtu.be/zrXvUjWnVyYI beat it the first day and haven't touched it since. I vaguely remember it, but I distinctly remember being disappointed on how easy it was after dying to Robotnik 12 times. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CassandraCroft 08/21/22 5:23:52 PM #10:	In my opinion too hard. Atleast with an easy game you can finish it unlike with a too hard game where I can be guaranteed to rage quit in disgust. --- Been gaming since 1979. Xbox Live Account Sophitia99 <cite>CassandraCroft posted [p:967471575] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>In my opinion too hard.Atleast with an easy game you can finish it unlike with a too hard game where I can be guaranteed to rage quit in disgust.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
a-c-a-b 08/21/22 5:30:23 PM #11:	Too hard is worse for me. I can still enjoy a game even if it's too easy. I don't have much patience for games that are too hard these days. Especially when I've got such a big backlog of other games I could be playing. --- Save for your doomed future <cite>a-c-a-b posted [p:967471705] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>Too hard is worse for me.I can still enjoy a game even if it's too easy. I don't have much patience for games that are too hard these days. Especially when I've got such a big backlog of other games I could be playing.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Boombam99 08/21/22 5:35:07 PM #12:	A game that is too hard you can eventually get better at. A game that is too easy is easy forever <cite>Boombam99 posted [p:967471807] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>A game that is too hard you can eventually get better at. A game that is too easy is easy forever </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kitt 08/21/22 7:41:10 PM #13:	Are you even having fun still if something is too hard to the point of frustration? --- I'm a little teapot blowing off steam. https://m.imgur.com/pmc9XsI https://m.imgur.com/hfzvdPe <cite>Kitt posted [p:967474409] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>Are you even having fun still if something is too hard to the point of frustration?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
theAteam 08/21/22 7:42:31 PM #14:	At least I can finish a game that is too easy. If you're able to get better to the point of finishing a tough game then it clearly wasn't too hard. --- Buffalo Bills <cite>theAteam posted [p:967474432] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>At least I can finish a game that is too easy. If you're able to get better to the point of finishing a tough game then it clearly wasn't too hard.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solid_Snake07 08/21/22 7:47:36 PM #15:	MarthGoomba posted... Too easy No such thing as too hard, because that would simply be whining instead of getting good Theres definitely such thing as too hard. And for reference dark souls isnt anywhere close to it. i mean its subjective but Im not interested in playing anything that was specifically designed to be frustratingly difficult. Especially if it feels cheap in its difficulty. --- "People incapable of guilt usually do have a good time" -Detective Rust Cohle <cite>Solid_Snake07 posted [p:967474537] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>MarthGoomba posted... </cite><quote>Too easyNo such thing as too hard, because that would simply be whining instead of getting good</quote>Theres definitely such thing as too hard. And for reference dark souls isnt anywhere close to it.i mean its subjective but Im not interested in playing anything that was specifically designed to be frustratingly difficult. Especially if it feels cheap in its difficulty.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NoxObscuras 08/21/22 7:47:42 PM #16:	Too hard is worse. I play games to unwind. A little challenge is fine, but if it's hard just for the sake of being hard, then it's just frustrating, not relaxing. --- PSN - NoxObscuras Z490 \| i9-10900K \| EVGA 3080 FTW3 Ultra \| 32GB DDR4 3600 \| 4TB SSD <cite>NoxObscuras posted [p:967474538] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>Too hard is worse. I play games to unwind. A little challenge is fine, but if it's hard just for the sake of being hard, then it's just frustrating, not relaxing. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
garan 08/21/22 7:50:21 PM #17:	NoxObscuras posted... Too hard is worse. I play games to unwind. A little challenge is fine, but if it's hard just for the sake of being hard, then it's just frustrating, not relaxing. Same. <cite>garan posted [p:967474590] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>NoxObscuras posted...</cite><quote>Too hard is worse. I play games to unwind. A little challenge is fine, but if it's hard just for the sake of being hard, then it's just frustrating, not relaxing. </quote>Same.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Irony 08/21/22 7:51:28 PM #18:	MarthGoomba posted... Too easy No such thing as too hard, because that would simply be whining instead of getting good This --- I am Mogar, God of Irony and The Devourer of Topics. <cite>Irony posted [p:967474613] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>MarthGoomba posted... </cite><quote>Too easyNo such thing as too hard, because that would simply be whining instead of getting good</quote>This</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
viewmaster_pi 08/21/22 7:51:48 PM #19:	they both stop being fun for different reasons, but i'll quit a boring game long before i give up on a hard game. ...as long as the hard game isn't boring too, lol --- I watch the moon, let it run my mood <cite>viewmaster_pi posted [p:967474622] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>they both stop being fun for different reasons, but i'll quit a boring game long before i give up on a hard game....as long as the hard game isn't boring too, lol</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Garlands_Soul 08/21/22 7:54:18 PM #20:	Too hard. I can have tons of fun with braindead easy games like Kirby and no fun at all with numerous impossible NES games. For reference I love hard games, just not ridiculous ones --- "I, Garland, will knock you all down!" <cite>Garlands_Soul posted [p:967474684] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>Too hard. I can have tons of fun with braindead easy games like Kirby and no fun at all with numerous impossible NES games. For reference I love hard games, just not ridiculous ones</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PrettyBoyFloyd 08/21/22 7:56:25 PM #21:	Any game that screw jobs the player. --- The Evil Republicans - Est.2004 - WoT [Government Destabilizing Branch] <cite>PrettyBoyFloyd posted [p:967474739] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>Any game that screw jobs the player.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
eaglei3 08/21/22 8:02:16 PM #22:	viewmaster_pi posted... they both stop being fun for different reasons, but i'll quit a boring game long before i give up on a hard game. ...as long as the hard game isn't boring too, lol I voted Too Easy for along the same reasons. Too easy and I will just quit usually from boredom. Takes a strong story to keep me attached then, which a lot of games honestly do not have. Too hard and I will try and stick it out and get better at the game. (With some exceptions... screw adventure games that are hard as shit cause they have the most cryptic of puzzles... looking at you La Mulana.) <cite>eaglei3 posted [p:967474865] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>viewmaster_pi posted... </cite><quote>they both stop being fun for different reasons, but i'll quit a boring game long before i give up on a hard game....as long as the hard game isn't boring too, lol</quote>I voted Too Easy for along the same reasons. Too easy and I will just quit usually from boredom. Takes a strong story to keep me attached then, which a lot of games honestly do not have. Too hard and I will try and stick it out and get better at the game. (With some exceptions... screw adventure games that are hard as shit cause they have the most cryptic of puzzles... looking at you La Mulana.)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lost_All_Senses 08/21/22 8:04:29 PM #23:	Depends the genre. Am I playing more for story or for gameplay? Overall, I get bored really easy when games are too easy. --- Name checks out "I don't wanna be the toughest, I just keep it 100 and think nothin of it"- Black Thought <cite>Lost_All_Senses posted [p:967474912] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>Depends the genre. Am I playing more for story or for gameplay? Overall, I get bored really easy when games are too easy. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LordMarshal 08/21/22 8:05:06 PM #24:	Too hard: You basically have to use one dominant strategy class weapon or character. Too easy: Use anything cause its so easy it doesnt matter. --- There can be only one. <cite>LordMarshal posted [p:967474924] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>Too hard: You basically have to use one dominant strategy class weapon or character.Too easy: Use anything cause its so easy it doesnt matter.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
sabin017 08/21/22 8:05:37 PM #25:	Too hard I don't have time or patience to git good. --- https://i.imgur.com/oZKLfiX.jpg <cite>sabin017 posted [p:967474935] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>Too hardI don't have time or patience to git good.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Slayerblade11 08/21/22 8:06:37 PM #26:	too easy is boring' too hard is frustrating pick your poison <cite>Slayerblade11 posted [p:967474963] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>too easy is boring'too hard is frustratingpick your poison</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tyranthraxus 08/21/22 8:07:35 PM #27:	MarthGoomba posted... Too easy No such thing as too hard, because that would simply be whining instead of getting good There's definitely a thing as too hard but it's really only for RNG dependent things. Like no matter how good you are if you don't get the one lucky roll you lose. --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://i.imgur.com/dQgC4kv.jpg <cite>Tyranthraxus posted [p:967474988] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>MarthGoomba posted... </cite><quote>Too easyNo such thing as too hard, because that would simply be whining instead of getting good</quote>There's definitely a thing as too hard but it's really only for RNG dependent things. Like no matter how good you are if you don't get the one lucky roll you lose.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smiffwilm 08/21/22 8:08:31 PM #28:	A game that is too h~~orny~~. --- My Mario Maker 2 ID is 6RG-5XK-JCG <cite>Smiffwilm posted [p:967475009] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>A game that is too horny.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kitt 08/21/22 8:11:13 PM #29:	Marth coming in hot with the shit take, as usual. --- I'm a little teapot blowing off steam. https://m.imgur.com/pmc9XsI https://m.imgur.com/hfzvdPe <cite>Kitt posted [p:967475073] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>Marth coming in hot with the shit take, as usual.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
bigtiggie23 08/21/22 8:11:48 PM #30:	I don't like getting stuck on a very hard part of a game. I do enjoy being so overpowered that I walk all over everything. --- I don't know about urinals. Half the guys are afraid to use them and most who aren't afraid can't hit them <cite>bigtiggie23 posted [p:967475090] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>I don't like getting stuck on a very hard part of a game.I do enjoy being so overpowered that I walk all over everything.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Scintillant 08/21/22 8:13:26 PM #31:	NoxObscuras posted... Too hard is worse. I play games to unwind. A little challenge is fine, but if it's hard just for the sake of being hard, then it's just frustrating, not relaxing. --- whats cat up to <cite>Scintillant posted [p:967475124] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>NoxObscuras posted... </cite><quote>Too hard is worse. I play games to unwind. A little challenge is fine, but if it's hard just for the sake of being hard, then it's just frustrating, not relaxing.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MrAndersonWb 08/21/22 8:16:18 PM #32:	Too hard. have you ever played the original mega man in the nes, or even worse, gameboy? Theyre so hard you turn off the game after a few minutes. mega man 2 in the NES got it right <cite>MrAndersonWb posted [p:967475187] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>Too hard.have you ever played the original mega man in the nes, or even worse, gameboy? Theyre so hard you turn off the game after a few minutes.mega man 2 in the NES got it right </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tyranthraxus 08/21/22 8:26:19 PM #33:	MrAndersonWb posted... Too hard. have you ever played the original mega man in the nes, or even worse, gameboy? Theyre so hard you turn off the game after a few minutes. mega man 2 in the NES got it right I beat the Gameboy mega man 1. It was a pretty fair game I thought except for the part where they don't fucking tell you the mirror buster is required for Wiley so if you use it earlier in the level you enter an unwinnable fight. --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://i.imgur.com/dQgC4kv.jpg <cite>Tyranthraxus posted [p:967475442] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>MrAndersonWb posted... </cite><quote>Too hard.have you ever played the original mega man in the nes, or even worse, gameboy? Theyre so hard you turn off the game after a few minutes.mega man 2 in the NES got it right</quote>I beat the Gameboy mega man 1. It was a pretty fair game I thought except for the part where they don't fucking tell you the mirror buster is required for Wiley so if you use it earlier in the level you enter an unwinnable fight.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DespondentDeity 08/21/22 8:26:40 PM #34:	I like easy games --- SHE: In black of night, a die is cast, heavens overflow with stars HER: All is light, all is ash, you must become just as you are <cite>DespondentDeity posted [p:967475455] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>I like easy games</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Naysaspace 08/21/22 8:31:26 PM #35:	too hard, because you lose a lot of players. <cite>Naysaspace posted [p:967475581] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>too hard, because you lose a lot of players.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Irony 08/21/22 8:32:43 PM #36:	Naysaspace posted... too hard, because you lose a lot of players. How's them Elden Ring sales --- I am Mogar, God of Irony and The Devourer of Topics. <cite>Irony posted [p:967475615] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>Naysaspace posted... </cite><quote>too hard, because you lose a lot of players.</quote>How's them Elden Ring sales</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
rexcrk 08/21/22 8:33:24 PM #37:	Too difficult. Without question. --- Fifty years from now when you're looking back on your life, don't you want to say you had the guts to get in the car? <cite>rexcrk posted [p:967475631] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>Too difficult. Without question. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ChrisTaka 08/21/22 8:34:54 PM #38:	It depends on your definitely of too hard. --- ChrisTaka's not-alt <cite>ChrisTaka posted [p:967475672] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>It depends on your definitely of too hard.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MarthGoomba 08/21/22 8:35:36 PM #39:	Irony posted... How's them Elden Ring sales The best they've ever been because it's super easy --- https://i.imgur.com/m6Rgs8D.jpg https://i.imgur.com/qUMZhdW.jpg https://i.imgur.com/LACtH6q.jpg <cite>MarthGoomba posted [p:967475689] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>Irony posted... </cite><quote>How's them Elden Ring sales</quote>The best they've ever been because it's super easy</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Irony 08/21/22 8:36:19 PM #40:	Adults are talking --- I am Mogar, God of Irony and The Devourer of Topics. <cite>Irony posted [p:967475704] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>Adults are talking</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tyranthraxus 08/21/22 8:50:31 PM #41:	Irony posted... How's them Elden Ring sales Elden Ring isn't hard let alone "too hard" --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://i.imgur.com/dQgC4kv.jpg <cite>Tyranthraxus posted [p:967475978] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>Irony posted... </cite><quote>How's them Elden Ring sales</quote>Elden Ring isn't hard let alone "too hard"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Arcanine2009 08/21/22 8:54:10 PM #42:	Too hard. You alienate casual gamers by making it too easy. People in general will lose interest if every game is too difficult. --- Less is more. Everything you want, isn't everything you need. <cite>Arcanine2009 posted [p:967476059] in What's wor... [t:80137817]...</cite> <quote>Too hard. You alienate casual gamers by making it too easy. People in general will lose interest if every game is too difficult.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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