Board 8 > Between Easy and Hard mode, which one do you choose more often?

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Raka_Putra 11/15/22 11:37:40 PM #1:	Easy or Hard Easy Hard Roughly the same/no preference crazyisgood Easy or Hard - Results (136 votes) Easy 37.5% (51 votes) 51 Hard 52.94% (72 votes) 72 Roughly the same/no preference 5.88% (8 votes) 8 crazyisgood 3.68% (5 votes) 5 Do you take it easy or do you like it hard? As for me, most of the time I go with Normal. I almost never pick Easy and I don't remember the last time I pick it... Well, unless for Melody of Memory I guess, since there are separate achievements for different difficulties. I also don't like too difficult challenges in my vidya but I've tried Hard once or twice if I find the game's too easy as is. --- "So much love in his words." - RIP Stephen Sondheim, 1930-2021 <cite>Raka_Putra posted [p:969459246] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote> Easy or Hard Easy Hard Roughly the same/no preference crazyisgood Vote View Results Easy or Hard - Results (136 votes) Easy 37.5% (51 votes) 51 Hard 52.94% (72 votes) 72 Roughly the same/no preference 5.88% (8 votes) 8 crazyisgood 3.68% (5 votes) 5 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: '8', topic: '80235164', message: '0', key: '347538a7' }, 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(); } Do you take it easy or do you like it hard? As for me, most of the time I go with Normal. I almost never pick Easy and I don't remember the last time I pick it... Well, unless for Melody of Memory I guess, since there are separate achievements for different difficulties. I also don't like too difficult challenges in my vidya but I've tried Hard once or twice if I find the game's too easy as is. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CassandraCain 11/15/22 11:42:24 PM #2:	Yeah I can't remember the last time I picked an easy mode. It's either normal or hard if I'm confident that I'll know the game well enough (or on a replay). --- I don't kill... but I don't lose either. <cite>CassandraCain posted [p:969459322] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>Yeah I can't remember the last time I picked an easy mode. It's either normal or hard if I'm confident that I'll know the game well enough (or on a replay).</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
azuarc 11/15/22 11:44:22 PM #3:	Normal >> Easy > Hard --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. <cite>azuarc posted [p:969459359] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>Normal >> Easy > Hard</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LordoftheMorons 11/15/22 11:46:28 PM #4:	I usually go normal, occasionally easy if it's a genre I'm bad at (like a shooter), basically never hard --- Congrats to azuarc, GotD2 Guru champ! <cite>LordoftheMorons posted [p:969459395] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>I usually go normal, occasionally easy if it's a genre I'm bad at (like a shooter), basically never hard</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MZero 11/15/22 11:58:06 PM #5:	I go normal probably 90% of the time for a first playthrough. Sometimes I'll crank it up if it's a series or genre I'm confident in. If there are achievements I'll usually just go straight into the hardest difficulty Occasionally games wont have stackable difficulty trophies and I'll play on easy for that, but it's pretty uncommon. Sometimes I'll play NG+ on easy for speed if it's going to be a cakewalk either way. Otherwise, I don't think I ever choose easy except in rhythm games sometimes when I'm first starting out --- MZero, to the extreme https://www.twitch.tv/kabazame <cite>MZero posted [p:969459571] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>I go normal probably 90% of the time for a first playthrough. Sometimes I'll crank it up if it's a series or genre I'm confident in. If there are achievements I'll usually just go straight into the hardest difficultyOccasionally games wont have stackable difficulty trophies and I'll play on easy for that, but it's pretty uncommon. Sometimes I'll play NG+ on easy for speed if it's going to be a cakewalk either way. Otherwise, I don't think I ever choose easy except in rhythm games sometimes when I'm first starting out</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ChaosTonyV4 11/15/22 11:59:23 PM #6:	Always hardest. If theres a very hard thats like one hit is death, I go one lower than that. --- Phantom Dust. "I'll just wait for time to prove me right again." - Vlado <cite>ChaosTonyV4 posted [p:969459589] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>Always hardest. If theres a very hard thats like one hit is death, I go one lower than that.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Grimlyn 11/16/22 12:01:39 AM #7:	start normal, then hard, skip easy --- http://gmun.moe/ffcc GuessMyUserName's account's very own account! <cite>Grimlyn posted [p:969459611] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>start normal, then hard, skip easy</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mr_Crispy 11/16/22 12:08:53 AM #8:	I try to play on at least normal in Japanese games, but I almost always pick easy in western made games because the balancing often feels worse or or they like to stick in cheap bs more or at least it's a lot harder to gauge what I'm going to be getting myself into when I start them and I worry that I might get in over my head (though, it's probably better now than it was in the past, where a lot of western publishers and western branches of japanese companies were in full on fuck you for trying to play our game mode and tended to crank up the difficulty because they didn't want you to finish it in a rental). there's some exceptions, like I play RE and MGS on easy difficulties, and I played Doom and some other fps games on more normal - intermediate difficulties. I rarely play games on hard modes, though. (particularly since I don't replay games all that much due to trying to finish as many games as possible, and I probably wouldn't play on a first playthrough.) Well, that's not counting scenarios where you can change the difficulty at any time and I was going for achievements or was on a ng+. I think the last times I remember offhand going out of my way to play on hard include trying to beat Viewtiful Joe on V rated (though I kind of got side tracked and put it down at Fire Leo.) and trying to replay Tales of Eternia from scratch on Hard on the PSP version (where I couldn't finish it because of the Volt glitch on my copy). Oh and I guess I did finish R&C Crack in Time on Hard to get the platinum but that wasn't very difficult. --- The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons. Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18 <cite>Mr_Crispy posted [p:969459704] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>I try to play on at least normal in Japanese games, but I almost always pick easy in western made games because the balancing often feels worse or or they like to stick in cheap bs more or at least it's a lot harder to gauge what I'm going to be getting myself into when I start them and I worry that I might get in over my head (though, it's probably better now than it was in the past, where a lot of western publishers and western branches of japanese companies were in full on fuck you for trying to play our game mode and tended to crank up the difficulty because they didn't want you to finish it in a rental).there's some exceptions, like I play RE and MGS on easy difficulties, and I played Doom and some other fps games on more normal - intermediate difficulties.I rarely play games on hard modes, though. (particularly since I don't replay games all that much due to trying to finish as many games as possible, and I probably wouldn't play on a first playthrough.) Well, that's not counting scenarios where you can change the difficulty at any time and I was going for achievements or was on a ng+. I think the last times I remember offhand going out of my way to play on hard include trying to beat Viewtiful Joe on V rated (though I kind of got side tracked and put it down at Fire Leo.) and trying to replay Tales of Eternia from scratch on Hard on the PSP version (where I couldn't finish it because of the Volt glitch on my copy). Oh and I guess I did finish R&C Crack in Time on Hard to get the platinum but that wasn't very difficult.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kenri 11/16/22 12:15:27 AM #9:	Usually normal, hard on games I'm good at (but even then typically only on a replay). I really only go for easy mode if the game is so ridiculously overtuned that easy is a typical game's normal. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. <cite>Kenri posted [p:969459790] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>Usually normal, hard on games I'm good at (but even then typically only on a replay). I really only go for easy mode if the game is so ridiculously overtuned that easy is a typical game's normal.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Thorn 11/16/22 12:19:15 AM #10:	Kenri posted... Usually normal, hard on games I'm good at (but even then typically only on a replay). I really only go for easy mode if the game is so ridiculously overtuned that easy is a typical game's normal. Pretty much this. Though the last game I played (Pathfinder: Kingmaker) fell into that last category lol. --- May you find your book in this place. Formerly known as xp1337. <cite>Thorn posted [p:969459841] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>Kenri posted... </cite><quote>Usually normal, hard on games I'm good at (but even then typically only on a replay). I really only go for easy mode if the game is so ridiculously overtuned that easy is a typical game's normal.</quote>Pretty much this.Though the last game I played (Pathfinder: Kingmaker) fell into that last category lol.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kenri 11/16/22 12:25:57 AM #11:	Last game I probably should've dropped to easy mode was Ys: Oath in Felghana. Instead I just stopped playing it. Oh well! --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. <cite>Kenri posted [p:969459944] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>Last game I probably should've dropped to easy mode was Ys: Oath in Felghana. Instead I just stopped playing it. Oh well!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Johnbobb 11/16/22 1:05:21 AM #12:	azuarc posted... Normal >> Easy > Hard --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs <cite>Johnbobb posted [p:969460466] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>azuarc posted... </cite><quote>Normal >> Easy > Hard</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DireKrow 11/16/22 1:26:23 AM #13:	50/50 easy/normal depending on the game's genre/reputation, my mood at the time, and whether lower difficulties block in-game unlocks. Never hard. I also largely avoid games that have no difficulty settings while being touted as being really difficult, unless it's a roguelite. <cite>DireKrow posted [p:969460728] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>50/50 easy/normal depending on the game's genre/reputation, my mood at the time, and whether lower difficulties block in-game unlocks. Never hard. I also largely avoid games that have no difficulty settings while being touted as being really difficult, unless it's a roguelite.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
paperwarior 11/16/22 1:45:42 AM #14:	I used to switch to easy mode sometimes for unlocking stuff, although some of those were games where an easy mode playthrough was specifically needed to unlock something. Now I usually don't dip below normal. Hard is usually for replays. I might choose it right away on direct sequels like GoW:R. --- "God Hand is the ultimate expression of the joy of humanity, specifically the punching part of the joy of humanity."-Shigeru Miyamoto <cite>paperwarior posted [p:969460925] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>I used to switch to easy mode sometimes for unlocking stuff, although some of those were games where an easy mode playthrough was specifically needed to unlock something. Now I usually don't dip below normal. Hard is usually for replays. I might choose it right away on direct sequels like GoW:R.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Xiahou_Shake 11/16/22 1:50:29 AM #15:	I usually go with the highest difficulty available by default unless I find (or hear) that the balancing is really obviously poor. In the case of a well-designed game it usually feels like the mechanics shine brightest at the highest difficulty and it's really satisfying to engage with something like that. --- Let the voice of love take you higher, With this gathering power, go beyond even time! <cite>Xiahou_Shake posted [p:969460974] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>I usually go with the highest difficulty available by default unless I find (or hear) that the balancing is really obviously poor. In the case of a well-designed game it usually feels like the mechanics shine brightest at the highest difficulty and it's really satisfying to engage with something like that. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KCF0107 11/16/22 4:02:19 AM #16:	Put me in the Normal > Easy > Hard crowd. I find a lot of games do hard very lame where it is just higher enemy health/fewer resources/etc...I just don't find that stuff interesting. It just makes something fun become more like a chore. Give me games where the change in difficulty mostly affects AI behavior to fundamentally change how one approaches the game like most of the Hitman series. --- KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy <cite>KCF0107 posted [p:969462221] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>Put me in the Normal > Easy > Hard crowd.I find a lot of games do hard very lame where it is just higher enemy health/fewer resources/etc...I just don't find that stuff interesting. It just makes something fun become more like a chore. Give me games where the change in difficulty mostly affects AI behavior to fundamentally change how one approaches the game like most of the Hitman series.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RoseChevalier 11/16/22 5:21:57 AM #17:	I used to default to Hard, but these days I'd tend more toward whatever Medium is. I prefer when the difficulties are more descriptive, though. "Hard: This is balanced for people who have played games in this series." okay I'll play Hard vs "Hard: This is for people with something to prove. This difficulty will make you wish you were being waterboarded instead" yeaaaahhhh I'm good on normal or whatever lol --- I'm Rose Coldsteel, from Legend of Coldsteel <cite>RoseChevalier posted [p:969462817] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>I used to default to Hard, but these days I'd tend more toward whatever Medium is.I prefer when the difficulties are more descriptive, though. "Hard: This is balanced for people who have played games in this series." okay I'll play Hardvs"Hard: This is for people with something to prove. This difficulty will make you wish you were being waterboarded instead" yeaaaahhhh I'm good on normal or whatever lol </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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wg64Z 11/16/22 9:25:11 AM #19:	Hard first, I aint a bitch. Though I will probably avoid LEGENDARILY HARD mode until after beating the game at least once. <cite>wg64Z posted [p:969465511] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>Hard first, I aint a bitch.Though I will probably avoid LEGENDARILY HARD mode until after beating the game at least once.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
masterplum 11/16/22 9:29:20 AM #20:	2 difficulties pick hard 3 difficulties pick hardest 4 difficulties pick the third one is generally my rule of thumb, but in some games hard is not hard but tedious so it does depend. --- https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BdWiElvIQAAQpBt.jpg <cite>masterplum posted [p:969465606] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>2 difficulties pick hard3 difficulties pick hardest4 difficulties pick the third oneis generally my rule of thumb, but in some games hard is not hard but tedious so it does depend.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sheep007 11/16/22 9:34:42 AM #21:	Usually normal, but the one above easy for hack and slash combat sorta games (think Witcher or Souls style combat), the one below hardest for any JRPGs, and the hardest difficulty to start on racing and shooting games, but I'll turn them down if I need to. Also, I'll usually turn difficulty up if higher difficulties add more interesting mechanics or stuff like better AI, but turn it down if the only thing it changes is enemy health pools. --- Perhaps the golden rock was inside us all along. <cite>Sheep007 posted [p:969465707] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>Usually normal, but the one above easy for hack and slash combat sorta games (think Witcher or Souls style combat), the one below hardest for any JRPGs, and the hardest difficulty to start on racing and shooting games, but I'll turn them down if I need to.Also, I'll usually turn difficulty up if higher difficulties add more interesting mechanics or stuff like better AI, but turn it down if the only thing it changes is enemy health pools.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
kilafer 11/16/22 9:40:23 AM #22:	azuarc posted... Normal >> Easy > Hard This. Never really been a fan of hard modes, most of the time it's just inflated stats or health pools, and that tends to be less interesting to me. --- No, what's cheap is nature, making bears so much more dangerous than I. So I evened the playing field. With a door. ~Brauley on the subject of fighting bears. <cite>kilafer posted [p:969465810] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>azuarc posted... </cite><quote>Normal >> Easy > Hard</quote>This. Never really been a fan of hard modes, most of the time it's just inflated stats or health pools, and that tends to be less interesting to me. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
banananor 11/16/22 9:41:59 AM #23:	There's no reason to pick anything above normal for a first playthrough Harder difficulties are for games I already love, know how to play, and want something more to apply my knowledge to I will absolutely pick easy if it's likely the game is grindy or it's likely I won't enjoy it, but I'm still curious about the plot --- You did indeed stab me in the back. However, you are only level one, whilst I am level 50. That means I should remain uninjured. <cite>banananor posted [p:969465848] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>There's no reason to pick anything above normal for a first playthroughHarder difficulties are for games I already love, know how to play, and want something more to apply my knowledge toI will absolutely pick easy if it's likely the game is grindy or it's likely I won't enjoy it, but I'm still curious about the plot</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BetrayedTangy 11/16/22 9:49:21 AM #24:	The first time I play a game it's usually Normal. I usually go with Hard if it's a repeat playthrough or if I'm Achievement/Trophy hunting. Easy is pretty much exclusively used for games I know I'm going to suck at or that have weird difficulty curves. Some that immediately come to mind are Radiant Dawn, Civilization and most Horror games. --- https://www.backloggery.com/betrayedtangerin <cite>BetrayedTangy posted [p:969465995] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>The first time I play a game it's usually Normal.I usually go with Hard if it's a repeat playthrough or if I'm Achievement/Trophy hunting.Easy is pretty much exclusively used for games I know I'm going to suck at or that have weird difficulty curves. Some that immediately come to mind are Radiant Dawn, Civilization and most Horror games.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ChaosTonyV4 11/16/22 10:08:06 AM #25:	banananor posted... There's no reason to pick anything above normal for a first playthrough I disagree. I recently started playing Spider-Man, for example, and even on the hardest difficulty its a complete breeze. If I was on Normal, thered basically be no reason to use any gadgets or special moves. --- Phantom Dust. "I'll just wait for time to prove me right again." - Vlado <cite>ChaosTonyV4 posted [p:969466389] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>banananor posted... </cite><quote>There's no reason to pick anything above normal for a first playthrough</quote>I disagree. I recently started playing Spider-Man, for example, and even on the hardest difficulty its a complete breeze. If I was on Normal, thered basically be no reason to use any gadgets or special moves.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
masterplum 11/16/22 10:13:07 AM #26:	Yeah, there are plenty of games on hard that are still easier than souls games or Returnal for instance If that sort of difficulty is your thing then playing on normal is a snooze fest Played mass effect 2 for the first time recently on legendary and it was great. Very difficult --- https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BdWiElvIQAAQpBt.jpg <cite>masterplum posted [p:969466504] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>Yeah, there are plenty of games on hard that are still easier than souls games or Returnal for instance If that sort of difficulty is your thing then playing on normal is a snooze fest Played mass effect 2 for the first time recently on legendary and it was great. Very difficult </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
tazzyboyishere 11/16/22 10:27:36 AM #27:	More likely to choose easy. I feel like when I jump off normal, it's because I don't really like the games combat or something so I want to breeze through it --- http://i.imgur.com/l7xxLh1.jpg PSN/Steam - RoboQuote ; NNID - TazzyMan <cite>tazzyboyishere posted [p:969466765] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>More likely to choose easy. I feel like when I jump off normal, it's because I don't really like the games combat or something so I want to breeze through it</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
paperwarior 11/16/22 10:32:35 AM #28:	I play Souls games and still don't get bored by Kirby games. --- "God Hand is the ultimate expression of the joy of humanity, specifically the punching part of the joy of humanity."-Shigeru Miyamoto <cite>paperwarior posted [p:969466852] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>I play Souls games and still don't get bored by Kirby games.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lopen 11/16/22 10:41:21 AM #29:	Hard vs Normal would be a tougher call but it's probably Hard > Normal >>> Easy. Not sure I've ever picked easy aside from like DMC3 to have completion of every game mode. --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! <cite>Lopen posted [p:969467072] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>Hard vs Normal would be a tougher call but it's probably Hard > Normal >>> Easy. Not sure I've ever picked easy aside from like DMC3 to have completion of every game mode. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
_Blur_ 11/16/22 10:52:34 AM #30:	CassandraCain posted... Yeah I can't remember the last time I picked an easy mode. It's either normal or hard This, I can't remember either. I do hard quite often these days out the gate and have no problem lowering it if I'm finding it frustrating. Though if the game doesn't let you switch it once you pick, I'm more likely to go with normal. --- Feel the sadnesss of the Earth, and I close my eyes. And I'm beyond time now. <cite>_Blur_ posted [p:969467331] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>CassandraCain posted... </cite><quote>Yeah I can't remember the last time I picked an easy mode. It's either normal or hard</quote>This, I can't remember either. I do hard quite often these days out the gate and have no problem lowering it if I'm finding it frustrating. Though if the game doesn't let you switch it once you pick, I'm more likely to go with normal.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Arti 11/16/22 11:20:57 AM #31:	Normal > Easy > Hard is definitely my usual way to play through. I only select Hard much if I am either very familiar with the series or for trophies (and usually for that it's on a NG+ anyways, so it's not that hard anyway). There's just too many games to play and if the combat isn't engaging enough I'll just shift it down to easy and go for the plot. --- http://backloggery.com/articuno2001/sig.gif <cite>Arti posted [p:969467896] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>Normal > Easy > Hard is definitely my usual way to play through. I only select Hard much if I am either very familiar with the series or for trophies (and usually for that it's on a NG+ anyways, so it's not that hard anyway). There's just too many games to play and if the combat isn't engaging enough I'll just shift it down to easy and go for the plot.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Interstella5555 11/16/22 11:22:14 AM #32:	Do you like easy or hard I go for normal WTF? Why not have normal as an option then? <cite>Interstella5555 posted [p:969467919] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote><quote>Do you like easy or hard</quote><quote>I go for normal</quote>WTF? Why not have normal as an option then? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
banananor 11/16/22 11:32:48 AM #33:	ChaosTonyV4 posted... I disagree. I recently started playing Spider-Man, for example, and even on the hardest difficulty its a complete breeze. fair enough! i haven't played that, i guess there must be blindingly easy games out there --- You did indeed stab me in the back. However, you are only level one, whilst I am level 50. That means I should remain uninjured. <cite>banananor posted [p:969468099] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>ChaosTonyV4 posted... </cite><quote>I disagree. I recently started playing Spider-Man, for example, and even on the hardest difficulty its a complete breeze.</quote>fair enough! i haven't played that, i guess there must be blindingly easy games out there</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
lordjers 11/16/22 11:51:52 AM #34:	2nd-3rd gen: Normal 4th-5th gen: Start with easy then progress to the hardest mode 6th gen and onwards: Start with normal then progress to the hardest mode --- Last finished: Threshold (2600), Sub Scan (2600), Stargunner (2600), River Raid (2600), Megamania (2600), Fantastic Voyage (2600), Demon Attack (2600). <cite>lordjers posted [p:969468467] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>2nd-3rd gen: Normal4th-5th gen: Start with easy then progress to the hardest mode6th gen and onwards: Start with normal then progress to the hardest mode</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Reg 11/16/22 12:11:31 PM #35:	I'll go for hard mode on jrpgs if I know it's more than just inflated stats, but it rarely is. I generally opt for Normal mode on games I'm not familiar with and/or don't have a reason to pick a particular difficulty on. Easy mode is for games I want to play but have shit gameplay, so I can minimize that aspect (For example, I didn't like Nier Automata's actual gameplay, despite loving everything else about it) There are some games that actively bore me on lower difficulties despite me loving them though. Terraria being the prime example there. <cite>Reg posted [p:969468850] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>I'll go for hard mode on jrpgs if I know it's more than just inflated stats, but it rarely is. I generally opt for Normal mode on games I'm not familiar with and/or don't have a reason to pick a particular difficulty on. Easy mode is for games I want to play but have shit gameplay, so I can minimize that aspect (For example, I didn't like Nier Automata's actual gameplay, despite loving everything else about it)There are some games that actively bore me on lower difficulties despite me loving them though. Terraria being the prime example there.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NFUN 11/16/22 12:18:53 PM #36:	I played Terraria on normal with a noob friend recently. It was so weird, and even weirder to remember that for a long time that's all there was --- Kneel... or you will be knelt <cite>NFUN posted [p:969469003] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>I played Terraria on normal with a noob friend recently. It was so weird, and even weirder to remember that for a long time that's all there was</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
shane15 11/16/22 12:19:43 PM #37:	Depends on the game. But i always go hard for survival horror. --- http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/330/958/a5b.gif <cite>shane15 posted [p:969469021] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>Depends on the game. But i always go hard for survival horror.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
foolm0r0n 11/16/22 12:23:43 PM #38:	Normal always. They prob spend about 10x more time balancing normal than the others. --- _foolmo_ he says listen to my story this maybe are last chance <cite>foolm0r0n posted [p:969469116] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>Normal always. They prob spend about 10x more time balancing normal than the others. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kenri 11/16/22 12:30:52 PM #39:	ChaosTonyV4 posted... I disagree. I recently started playing Spider-Man, for example, and even on the hardest difficulty its a complete breeze. If I was on Normal, thered basically be no reason to use any gadgets or special moves. I suspect you might regret this decision by the end of the game but maybe I'm just bad. KCF0107 posted... Put me in the Normal > Easy > Hard crowd. I find a lot of games do hard very lame where it is just higher enemy health/fewer resources/etc...I just don't find that stuff interesting. It just makes something fun become more like a chore. Give me games where the change in difficulty mostly affects AI behavior to fundamentally change how one approaches the game like most of the Hitman series. I suspect that most games just inflate HP because that's way easier than changing AI behavior. That said, I wish more games were like Phoenotopia: Awakening, which had a bunch of very granular difficulty settings like "healing items can be used from the pause menu/healing items must be used in battle, where they have a cool down" and "basic attacks cost stamina/basic attacks do not cost stamina" --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. <cite>Kenri posted [p:969469253] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>ChaosTonyV4 posted... </cite><quote>I disagree. I recently started playing Spider-Man, for example, and even on the hardest difficulty its a complete breeze.If I was on Normal, thered basically be no reason to use any gadgets or special moves.</quote>I suspect you might regret this decision by the end of the game but maybe I'm just bad.KCF0107 posted... </cite><quote>Put me in the Normal > Easy > Hard crowd.I find a lot of games do hard very lame where it is just higher enemy health/fewer resources/etc...I just don't find that stuff interesting. It just makes something fun become more like a chore. Give me games where the change in difficulty mostly affects AI behavior to fundamentally change how one approaches the game like most of the Hitman series.</quote>I suspect that most games just inflate HP because that's way easier than changing AI behavior. That said, I wish more games were like Phoenotopia: Awakening, which had a bunch of very granular difficulty settings like "healing items can be used from the pause menu/healing items must be used in battle, where they have a cool down" and "basic attacks cost stamina/basic attacks do not cost stamina"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Crescent-Moon 11/16/22 12:47:03 PM #40:	Hard unless I know beforehand the hard mode is ridiculous and just not worth bothering with. --- So a planet's somewhere out there, their history the same as ours is written. The only difference is that... Everyone's a kitten! <cite>Crescent-Moon posted [p:969469593] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>Hard unless I know beforehand the hard mode is ridiculous and just not worth bothering with.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Crescent-Moon 11/16/22 12:49:32 PM #41:	Kenri posted... I suspect you might regret this decision by the end of the game but maybe I'm just bad. I suspect that most games just inflate HP because that's way easier than changing AI behavior. That said, I wish more games were like Phoenotopia: Awakening, which had a bunch of very granular difficulty settings like "healing items can be used from the pause menu/healing items must be used in battle, where they have a cool down" and "basic attacks cost stamina/basic attacks do not cost stamina" I remember Triangle Strategy's hard mode is just "You take 50% more damage and deal 25% less, have fun with that" Nothing else changes at all. --- So a planet's somewhere out there, their history the same as ours is written. The only difference is that... Everyone's a kitten! <cite>Crescent-Moon posted [p:969469642] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>Kenri posted... </cite><quote>I suspect you might regret this decision by the end of the game but maybe I'm just bad.I suspect that most games just inflate HP because that's way easier than changing AI behavior. That said, I wish more games were like Phoenotopia: Awakening, which had a bunch of very granular difficulty settings like "healing items can be used from the pause menu/healing items must be used in battle, where they have a cool down" and "basic attacks cost stamina/basic attacks do not cost stamina"</quote>I remember Triangle Strategy's hard mode is just "You take 50% more damage and deal 25% less, have fun with that"Nothing else changes at all.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BlueCrystalTear 11/16/22 12:57:48 PM #42:	Hard. I like a challenge. I only pick an easy difficulty under one of the following situations: I hate the game and am ready for it to be over, but I still want to say I beated it I'm doing some stupid kind of grinding and want the process to not be excruciating; this is only if easier difficulties have better drop rates or other boosts (it has to be a game I enjoy enough to want to grind in, plus it depends on game mechanics - ergo, this is rare, and also temporary) Worth noting that I'm playing Zestiria still and haven't changed the difficulty, even though I am so ready to be done with the game. I'm getting to the point where I'll drop to normal soon, but I haven't pulled the trigger yet. I don't think I'll ever change it to easy mode since normal would be a cakewalk given my levels. --- Come check out my movie watchthrough topic: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80167031 <cite>BlueCrystalTear posted [p:969469819] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>Hard. I like a challenge. I only pick an easy difficulty under one of the following situations:I hate the game and am ready for it to be over, but I still want to say I beated itI'm doing some stupid kind of grinding and want the process to not be excruciating; this is only if easier difficulties have better drop rates or other boosts (it has to be a game I enjoy enough to want to grind in, plus it depends on game mechanics - ergo, this is rare, and also temporary)Worth noting that I'm playing Zestiria still and haven't changed the difficulty, even though I am so ready to be done with the game. I'm getting to the point where I'll drop to normal soon, but I haven't pulled the trigger yet. I don't think I'll ever change it to easy mode since normal would be a cakewalk given my levels. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
_Blur_ 11/16/22 1:02:46 PM #43:	I feel like all these people saying easy over hard have not played many games on easy. I mean it's always just comically easy and extremely boring, clearly meant for younger players to me. Or maybe you all just hate difficult games and would rather play for a story, I don't know! --- Feel the sadnesss of the Earth, and I close my eyes. And I'm beyond time now. <cite>_Blur_ posted [p:969469927] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>I feel like all these people saying easy over hard have not played many games on easy. I mean it's always just comically easy and extremely boring, clearly meant for younger players to me. Or maybe you all just hate difficult games and would rather play for a story, I don't know!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
_Blur_ 11/16/22 1:07:37 PM #44:	Kenri posted... That said, I wish more games were like Phoenotopia: Awakening, which had a bunch of very granular difficulty settings like "healing items can be used from the pause menu/healing items must be used in battle, where they have a cool down" and "basic attacks cost stamina/basic attacks do not cost stamina" The new Mario+Rabbids has a similar system (though probably less options than all of that) and it rules. I was getting extremely bored of winning every battle with ease and popped it up to hard, only to realize you can do other things like heal after every battle too. Hard + healing after every battle is the way to go. --- Feel the sadnesss of the Earth, and I close my eyes. And I'm beyond time now. <cite>_Blur_ posted [p:969470024] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>Kenri posted... </cite><quote>That said, I wish more games were like Phoenotopia: Awakening, which had a bunch of very granular difficulty settings like "healing items can be used from the pause menu/healing items must be used in battle, where they have a cool down" and "basic attacks cost stamina/basic attacks do not cost stamina"</quote>The new Mario+Rabbids has a similar system (though probably less options than all of that) and it rules. I was getting extremely bored of winning every battle with ease and popped it up to hard, only to realize you can do other things like heal after every battle too. Hard + healing after every battle is the way to go.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dels 11/16/22 1:28:41 PM #45:	I'm unlikely to play Easy, because I really stick to my comfort zone in terms of genres so I'm unlikely to even be playing something that I'd need an easy mode on. Even when I do, I feel like Easy usually makes the gameplay systems too easy-to-ignore and so I don't end up getting a good experience. If you can just mash through every battle and ignore all items/gear/etc then those gameplay segments become really boring and drag down the whole experience. I'd rather at least try to play normal. The Easy mode would have to be well-suited to retain compelling gameplay for my skill level, not just become a cakewalk. I don't do Hard much either but I've been told in advance that Hard mode makes some JRPGs better as the normal is too easy (DQXI, Persona 4) so I've turned it on there. <cite>Dels posted [p:969470496] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>I'm unlikely to play Easy, because I really stick to my comfort zone in terms of genres so I'm unlikely to even be playing something that I'd need an easy mode on. Even when I do, I feel like Easy usually makes the gameplay systems too easy-to-ignore and so I don't end up getting a good experience. If you can just mash through every battle and ignore all items/gear/etc then those gameplay segments become really boring and drag down the whole experience. I'd rather at least try to play normal. The Easy mode would have to be well-suited to retain compelling gameplay for my skill level, not just become a cakewalk.I don't do Hard much either but I've been told in advance that Hard mode makes some JRPGs better as the normal is too easy (DQXI, Persona 4) so I've turned it on there. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Highself 11/16/22 1:34:00 PM #46:	Always Normal, which is oftentimes easy mode depending on if there's only Normal and hard. --- laughs in Temtem <cite>Highself posted [p:969470601] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>Always Normal, which is oftentimes easy mode depending on if there's only Normal and hard.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
lordjers 11/16/22 1:35:30 PM #47:	lordjers posted... 2nd-3rd gen: Normal 4th-5th gen: Start with easy then progress to the hardest mode 6th gen and onwards: Start with normal then progress to the hardest mode Also for 2nd-3rd gen arcade games, many times Easy is just enough. --- Last finished: Threshold (2600), Sub Scan (2600), Stargunner (2600), River Raid (2600), Megamania (2600), Fantastic Voyage (2600), Demon Attack (2600). <cite>lordjers posted [p:969470635] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>lordjers posted... </cite><quote>2nd-3rd gen: Normal4th-5th gen: Start with easy then progress to the hardest mode6th gen and onwards: Start with normal then progress to the hardest mode</quote>Also for 2nd-3rd gen arcade games, many times Easy is just enough.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Grimlyn 11/16/22 2:35:15 PM #48:	Interstella5555 posted... WTF? Why not have normal as an option then? because then it would dominate the poll and obscure the direct comparison between easy vs hard --- http://gmun.moe/ffcc GuessMyUserName's account's very own account! <cite>Grimlyn posted [p:969471936] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>Interstella5555 posted... </cite><quote>WTF? Why not have normal as an option then?</quote>because then it would dominate the poll and obscure the direct comparison between easy vs hard </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Leonhart4 11/16/22 2:43:27 PM #49:	Normal. I'd only pick Hard if it were a requirement to get the true ending or something. --- https://imgur.com/WqDcNNq https://imgur.com/89Z5jrB <cite>Leonhart4 posted [p:969472108] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>Normal. I'd only pick Hard if it were a requirement to get the true ending or something. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pjbasis 11/16/22 5:49:33 PM #50:	It's tough call. There are lots of games where I'll start on the 'Hard' mode, especially if there's some kind of 'Extreme' after like Halo or Uncharted. It also depends on how familiar I am with the series. In KH I'll just go straight to critical if it's available from the start. Easy is something I'd only do if it's required for like a trophy (or for speed run type things). OR if it's one of those kinds of games where you get graded for each mission on each difficulty and I like to do all of them (like DMC or RE, rhythm games) --- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/B8%20Girls%202012/pjbas.png <cite>pjbasis posted [p:969476293] in Between Ea... [t:80235164]...</cite> <quote>It's tough call. There are lots of games where I'll start on the 'Hard' mode, especially if there's some kind of 'Extreme' after like Halo or Uncharted. It also depends on how familiar I am with the series. In KH I'll just go straight to critical if it's available from the start.Easy is something I'd only do if it's required for like a trophy (or for speed run type things). OR if it's one of those kinds of games where you get graded for each mission on each difficulty and I like to do all of them (like DMC or RE, rhythm games)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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