Raider2187
146906
2671
47
Dec 19, 2022 4:41 PM
Raider2187
146906
2671
47
FritoParadise
I like how they now allow you to edit the difficulty midgame. I like a challenge but I don't need to be raging after 200 tries
PrairieFarmGirl
Yep, that's why I use walkthroughs if I get stuck. I want to have fun and play the story.
myotheralt
I like to play Halo in UNSC Propaganda mode. Mister chief can one shot anything and all baddies run in terror. Also grunt birthday party ?.
acetothermus
iKnowKungFood
I torture myself just to complete it on higher difficulty. It’s stupid I know, but the achievement feel greater.
TheRicM
Well of course you have that type of winning attitude since you know kung food
KaijuMcCitysmash
Here's a tip though - if you want to have an easier time in dark souls pick the deprived as your starting class
FuzzBall87
What? Games are made to be enjoyed?! I don't think that's right.
SmokyDoggg
Yep. Stray was not a difficult game but it was fun
Starlatan
Wow, that looks fantastic!
LovelyMover
CASUALS!
Onsvaltti
Gatekeeping games is stupid. :/
HarrisonTheViking
Doesn't matter if you choose I'm too young to die to hurt me plenty, HEY not too rough , or Nightmare as long as you RIP AND TEAR
HarrisonTheViking
BigFatWombat
I get bored if the game is too easy. Makes it meaningless and my mind wanders away from it. Difficulty gives depth most of the time.
NeonKitsune
Not really the point of the post. It's not slagging off people who like difficulty. Just the ones who shit on people who don't like it.
Zega000
I don't like "difficulty" equating to how much hp enemies have. It just makes me feel like a lumberjack chopping aggressive logs.
DarthFutuza
Depends, some have well designed difficulty at "normal", but some have to set max difficulty to get a full set of mechanical interactions.
BakaPhoenix
I'm not enjoying playing life in hardcore mode at all
Sechran
Nothing more toxic specific to gaming than "anyone who doesn't play on TURBO MASOCHISM is a WUSS who needs to GIT GUD."
Sechran
Yes, sexism, racism, and other pathologies run rampant, but they go beyond gaming. A misogynist asshole sucks in general, gaming or no.
glitchead
I mean gender wasn't mentioned, and mocking people for not cranking up difficulty is gender neutral. Just straight toxic.
JEMbalaya
Hi friends, can anyone tell me how to lower the difficulty in Tinder? Normal mode is kicking my ass
BofusTeefus
I always crank up the difficulty. When I beat a game, I wanna feel like I cured cancer.
DebitCatIsWatching
This. It extends play time and gives a feeling of accomplishment that my life typically lacks.
cropduster5000
Finally playing through god of war Nornir. Hardest difficulty first time, cuz I apparently hate myself lol. This shit is really hard lmao
IMakeLotsOfReferencesAndRemakes
Welcome to Hell and Hell difficulty
BofusTeefus
DMC
IMakeLotsOfReferencesAndRemakes
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
What always gets me is people who let other people's experiences affect their own happiness lol. So much jealousy / envy that eats them up.
Daeyelle
I’ll have you know I don’t *let* it happen at all!
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
"Everyone else needs to suffer at LEAST as much as I do, or I will just SCREAM until I wet my pants." Our society in a nutshell too now lol.
B99Reactions
Playing the game at its normal difficulty is not suffering lol
TI99Kitty
That's why I like when Easy mode is described as "For those who just want to enjoy the story," instead of trying to shame the player.
HellfireJags
Sometimes fun is being challenged. Sometimes fun is decreasing the challenge to enjoy the story.
SilverNicktail
Jim Sterling getting screamed at for weeks for saying "it'd be fine if other people played Dark Souls on easy". 'Cos it would.
SilverNicktail
DS fans are so bad they're now one step below Nintendo fanatics. From had to do interviews clarifying that Armoured Core was NOT Dark Souls.
BallSoupHumidity
First time I played Witcher 3, I couldn't get past the first fight with the Ghouls. 2nd play through I cranked it up to Death March all game
BallSoupHumidity
(except the part in the caves with Keira, and the hounds)
magnificentfurmaster
Playing DeathMarch because I like to improve my skills. Super fun and rewarding. Then got to Yen's Djinn and get one-shotted 50 times in a >
BallSoupHumidity
That Toad boss in the first DLC was hardcore too!
magnificentfurmaster
Row. Takes me 5 hours to beat that round, over 300 deaths and reloads. Thinking fuck that! Look it up after to avoid spoilers- game bug. Fuu
ZebAsiz
This is one of the reasons I like games that let you change the difficulty whenever you want. Let's me challenge/relax whenever I want~
Youhavinagiraffe
I don't know why all games don't do this! But the ones that ask you whether you want to switch to "easy" every time you die can fuck off!
WhatzitTooya
I remember some game that did adjust difficulty on the fly, up and down, without notice. That was infuriating.
ZebAsiz
Definitely. Especially when they do that after a few deaths, and you don't notice so you accidentally click "Yes".
CaptSchmidtGaming
this is why I choose multiplayer. Maximum difficulty. Minimum fun.
RoombaTheAssaultVacuum
I play only with randos for the maximum capacity to hate my own very existence.
MisuseOfLiterally
I play mp and while yes its often toxic, the fun is proportional to the challenge to me. I find SP games often boring but thats just me
therealzombiejesus
fudgex
I like multiplayer cause it’s unpredictable, Doing the same missions, the most efficient way every time gets old
ijdod
To be fair, that also describes some MP genres.
illmx
I’ve been forced to play COD with friends. I’m terrible at it.
Ellisd83
to be fair , you're really good at MP
CaptSchmidtGaming
did you go thru my DMs? this is true
SugarSmack
LoligoTX
...then teabags your corpse, calls you a racial slur, and says he fucked your mom.
gustavasa12
StrictlyBull
“BUt dHeY sChUd Get G0Od!” - every single dark souls gatekeeper when you mention the game would be fine with an easy mode.
Youhavinagiraffe
Not even saying "it would be better with an easy mode" but simply "the game would not be ruined by an easy mode existing!"
SilverNicktail
"B-b-b-b-but how will I make my pee-pee feel bigger if I can't be better than a stranger at a video game??"
KingXizor
I like to start games on a harder difficulty so I am used to it, and if things are too hard later you can always back down a bit.
TI99Kitty
I admit, I played the Halo games on Legendary just for the achievements. I got really frustrated (and my son STILL laughs about this) when >
TI99Kitty
I tried to play on Normal and kept getting killed, and had to switch back to Legendary.
TI99Kitty
And typing it out just now, I realized it may have something to do with aim assist. On Halo Anniversary, I turn off aim assist, because >
TI99Kitty
the Halo series' aim assist is WAY too aggressive.
justfillingthespace
As a console player, I love aim assist and bullet magnetism UNTIL I'm trying to aim at a target right next to/just past an enemy.
FuckmotheringxVampire
I mean, for most people, the objective of games is entertainment and stress release, not increasing your stress and adding frustration.
Bortus
yea exactly, increasing the enemy health just means I have to click a button like 10 more times, whats the point.
Firsthope
This is what I tell my teen when she is laughing at me for playing Skyrim on novice. It’s literally the 2nd video game I’ve ever played.
rollercostarican
At the same time, playing against brain dead AI is absolutely boring. I need to be challenged and overcome actual obstacles.
rollercostarican
When I go to the park to play basketball I want competitive games, I don't want to play against 2nd graders.
morelikeconsham
I find games completely unsatisfying if not outright boring if I am not challenged. Like reading a book that's just a bunch of blank paper.
morelikeconsham
like, if I wanted to go for a peaceful walk, I can go outside for that, and it's way higher graphics and more interactive. A game should
morelikeconsham
require my engagement.
HipsterCommie
You've never played Darkest Dungeon I take it.
spacecowboyein
For me games aren't fun if there isn't some challenge. I usually play one level above normal, so it's not frustrating but also not boring.
MeekrabJones
Yes, but being challenged enough to keep the mind occupied is how some people relieve stress. Nothing against people who don't, just 1/
MeekrabJones
saying catharsis through video games takes many forms. Sometimes I like chill, relaxing stuff, sometimes I like to get my ass kicked.
FuckmotheringxVampire
I mean, the jist of this whole thing is pretty much "to each their own" so you do you.
MeekrabJones
I know, I'm just explaining how it's difficult games can be a form of stress relief as well instead of a source of it.
B99Reactions
For most people, the challenge is what makes it a game and not just an interactive story
DrSanchezChristianAbortionClinic
Ever since StarWars PodRacer, racing games gone bit to fast for my anxiety... I'm no Darrell
i2ocker89
Just throwing it out there, RE4 on the Quest 2 is seriously amazing. I'm not big on VR but that game is a 10 in my book. How VR should be
sweetnaivety
I didn't know they had RE4 in VR on quest 2..
BuBBaJoes
Depends on the game, some games are more immersive on the hardest difficulty. I.E. getting shot once vs 100 times to die.
MedicSailor
Entertainment OR stress relief OR both. I enjoy the competitive nature of games, I also enjoy the relaxed chill/ grind of other games.
Nichols3
I prefer fixed difficulty games, because I want to be challenged but be given the tools to succeed by the developer
TheGlow
Ahh, so all the Dark Souls games.
Nichols3
Definitely my preferred way to do it, though a Morrowind remake with competent AI might make me swoon.
TheGlow
I tried a no level run of Elden Ring. And scarily enough you still need to add more restrictions because even lv1 is op.
datester35
Skyrim, but too many difficulty settings
Nichols3
More of a Morrowind fan, they removed too many options in Oblivion and Skyrim
onlyhalfghost
Skyrim doesn't have a difficulty setting, it has a "how long do you want to deal with the asinine combat?" setting
onlyhalfghost
this is also the case in Oblivion and Fallout 3 and 4.
datester35
Doesn't the difficulty increase damage too?
onlyhalfghost
it increases damage taken by object 14, though I've found the scaling to be basically irrelevant
gingerirl
That's how story mode is for me with many games
Thatknifeguy
I’m of the opinion that games should come with the option to drastically reduce difficulty for accessibility
gingerirl
Yes, yes, yes! Thank you. I'll never claim to be good at games, but I love the ones I can play successfully
Nichols3
Trying to phrase this in a way that doesn't come off as insulting because I'm genuinely curious, you find the "tell me a story" challenging
FuckmotheringxVampire
When I played Keyna I had to reduce the difficulty level to story mode. That game had some unreasonably difficult parts.
gingerirl
I don't have great reflexes and I get frustrated if I die over and over
woozle
I play story mode usually because I don't really care and like you said, just having fun
tropicanajones2
If the mechanics suck/are laggy the difficulty is baked in. Bosses in 2022: Large health pool, uninterruptible, kills you in 1-3 hits…
tropicanajones2
Player characters in 2022: weak, feeble, use every ability, make a cool combo, use your ultimate! Boss might be at 80% and interrupted you.
nopo
More games should have a story mode. Sometimes i just want to enjoy the story, not bang my head against a brick wall for three days straight
BastardMan1977
Same
sehven
Yup. Of course that just makes it all the more frustrating when I get stuck because there's no "even easier than story" setting.
siyuri1641
Occasionally games have a "do you want to skip this" option after many fails. I've never been so defeated and relieved at the same time
sehven
I call that a "you suck" meter. Fail enough times and the game either adjusts or lets you skip outright. Best if it's an option, though.
woozle
when that happens I always tell myself there's a solution. There's always a solution and it's usually close by
DunnowForgot
If all else fails, the internet is close by too. If you got stuck, others did too. Some of them asked.
woozle
exactly
StillAKidAtHeart
MaterialisticWorm
I suck my binky with pride thank you
Starlatan
How tough am I!?
Starlatan
Meqad
Fun fact: William J. Blazkowicz (the main character in Wolfenstein) is the grandfather of Commander Keen
brandsilven
And the Doom Slayer is a descendant (unspecified exactly) of Commander Keen!
T3sl4co1l
ImAD0g
I love imagining BJs
SoftKleenex
That means bottom difficulty has a lot of teeth
Sarnion
And you wonder why this community CRIED when they found that players were cheesing 2016 with "Rich get richer" + max armor = unlimited ammo
TripleDane
Wolfenstein 3D 2016?
Sarnion
Doom 2016. "Rich get richer" rune + 100 armor = unlimited ammo. Really fun, but the scrubs complained...and now its gone in Doom Eternal.
TripleDane
I think you missed the point. The comment had Wolfenstein 3D diff levels. You just said 2016 not doom 2016 hence the joke name Wolf3d 2016.
elvianempire
doom eternal kinda lost me.. really limited ammo, that's not doom.
TripleDane
ageed. i played doom2016 through multiple times with self made limitsion ( only bullet weapons . no armor pickup etc) but eternal was bad 1