What difficulty settings do you play games on..

Kreeeee · 13 Jun 2008 at 23:18

ojste said:
always start the game on normal, as thats the way its meant to be played. if i like it enough or if theres enough incentive then i will replay it on a harder setting

Not all games. Halo was definitely meant for heroic.

Scort · 13 Jun 2008 at 23:37

PiKe said:
Always go for the hardest to increase longevity. Might as well get my monies worth!

Scort.

Substance · 14 Jun 2008 at 00:21

I usually play on the recommended setting, i have cranked a few games up to hard but after i have played through something once it is rare that i will play it again so don't usually go through again on a higher setting

.one. · 14 Jun 2008 at 00:25

Normal because im rather crap at games.

Zefan · 14 Jun 2008 at 00:26

Normal if it's just 3 settings, if there's more then the second hardest.

Streeteh · 14 Jun 2008 at 00:30

Whatever is the default setting, unless its a game like GT5

where the settings don't affect your opponents but affect how realistic the handling is, then i crank it up to max.

Shamikebab · 14 Jun 2008 at 01:29

Easy then Normal then hard. Depending on how good the game is.

WatchTower · 14 Jun 2008 at 02:06

I normal play a game what ever the default setting is. If there's achievements that can be obtain by finishing a game on each difficulty then I'll give them all a try.

Joebob · 14 Jun 2008 at 07:43

I usually play most games on normal, but if it's a game which I just want to get through to and don't have a lot of time then I play it on easy. Crysis was the last game I played on easy as I was limited for time.

Wyrdo · 14 Jun 2008 at 08:19

Generally I just go straight in on the hardest difficulty.

Mobius 1 · 14 Jun 2008 at 08:53

used to be easy. because i almost broke my teeth biting the controller once playing it on normal. now i am more of an adult, i play on normal

if i lose, i go chill out for a bit. lol.

HTMLHugo · 14 Jun 2008 at 09:01

i normally play on normal unless i play the game through twice in which case id stick it on a harder level.

Metalface Mark · 14 Jun 2008 at 10:04

McManicMan said:
easy here, i like to enjoy my games, not get frustrated and leave, everyones different, although saying that there has been a few exceptions such as COD, HALO. Rarely play games a 2nd time either

Im the same, i usually play easy for the same reasons. I think age has something to do with it as well, it my youth, i was brilliant at games, now im rubbish at anything not to do with sports, if i play normal or hard, i find it painful to play (depending on the game of course).

McBain · 14 Jun 2008 at 10:25

Normal most of the time, then crank it up to hard if I enjoyed the game.

Vai · 14 Jun 2008 at 10:39

Normal. Although for NG2 I completed it on Acolyte so I would at least get through it once, but I am now going back through it on Warrior/Normal.

Cobertizo · 14 Jun 2008 at 11:11

Normal for me too. I avoid Easy just in case they've crippled some aspects of the game to make it easier (not sure if this ever really happens, but I think I heard a rumour about that happening once, and it's stuck with me!). Might consider a harder mode if I'm playing through a second time, and there is some clear benefit to it, but I rarely replay games, and hard mode is often just less health rather than better AI or anything interesting like that.

Hilly · 14 Jun 2008 at 11:18

any FPS are set to the hardest level.

Most sport games are set to hard, I very very rarely try any thing on easy.

Fortyseven · 14 Jun 2008 at 11:27

Kreeeee said:
Halo: hardest

Everything else: normal, easy usually cripples the experience immensely.

I hardly play single player and when I do I don't want to be pathetic and get annoyed at a computer game =/

I agree

If a games difficulty can be changed at any time, I will stick it on the hardest until a point becomes too annoying, then drop it down.

Buffman · 14 Jun 2008 at 11:33

Hardest for most games tbh (bar guitar hero which I started on easy and worked my way up)

nikebee · 14 Jun 2008 at 16:08

The majority of games I start on normal and finish, the perhaps replay through on hard.

If I find I'm doing to well I'll stop and restart the game and play through on a harder level.

Most sports games get put up to the hardest or second hardest levels though.

Guitar Hero has been Expert, I started GH on easy and got 2 tiers in before moving to normal, finished that, finished hard.

GHII came out and I started on Expert, same for GHIII

Rock Band I started Guitar on Hard, but am now play on Expert. Drums I'm working my way through on Hard... and I can't sing for ****