Topic: What difficulty will you play in?

For the following genre like 1st and 3rd person shooter and 1st and 3rd person adventure, Jrpg turn base (Like p5 and cold steel series)?

I always tend to go for the standard difficulty for games. It’s as much for time management as anything else. Back in the day, I used to replay games on higher difficulties but just don’t have the time for it (completing CoD: World at War on veteran took some doing, and getting all dog tags on every difficulty in MGS2 also quite the challenge!)

I do medium difficulty for most things. It's a good balance, not too easy, but not frustratingly difficult either. If a game isn't too long and is really enjoyable, then I might be willing to play a harder difficulty afterwards.

depends on my mood normally

if i just wanna experience the story i will play on the easier difficulties but if i fancy a challenge i will play on the harder ones

take Uncharted for example back on the PS3 i played through on the harder levels but now a days i just play for the story so i play on easy, i tend to do that a lot with games i'm replaying honestly especially if i have played though them multiple times before

100% will always start on the default setting as I feel this is what the developers feel is the ideal balance for the game. Normally I will do the full playthrough on this setting but if I'm struggling a bit and feel it will hamper my ability to progress I will knock it down to enjoy it more. Examples for me have been Jedi Fallen Order and Yakuza 0.
I only rarely then play on a harder setting if there is a trophy for it and it's a game I really like. I did this for Witcher 3, DA Inquisition, Uncharted 4 & Lost Legacy and Mass Effect Andromeda. Yes that's right I have the platinum for Mass Effect Andromeda.

For me I usually do the easiest setting as I want to see and enjoy the story. I am not keen on trophies and I have such a huge backlog that I just want finish the game and move onto the next.

@RogerRoger The hard difficulty playthrough was quite funny. I used new game + to carry over all my gear and skills and did just the bare minimum of missions to finish it. I barely said a word to any of my crew, after every story mission I got told many times people wanted to talk me but I never did.

@RogerRoger Same here, i play games to have fun so I always start on normal. Only turning it up a notch when it gets too easy as i find the game then is boring to play. I rarely feel the need to put anything down below normal difficulty however.

I would generally start RPG and third person games on normal difficulty and first person shooters on easy. I want to play in the way the developer intended but I’m really bad at first person shooters.

Easy mode most of the time.

Certain games I’ll play on a high difficulty especially if there’s a trophy. Hardcore difficulty on RE2MAKE for example was a whole lot better than Standard as it properly ramped up the tension. Fallen Order was also far too simple on any difficulty other than the hardest but I did appreciate the ability to change difficulty at any time. I’ll also play the Fire Emblem games first on Hard, to get to know the characters, and then on Lunatic to give myself a challenge. I’ve been sorely tempted to turn down the difficulty in Horizon, it’s more frustrating than difficult at times. Certain games like Devil May Cry though, I’ll hit my ceiling and then tap out on the higher difficulties with no regrets since life is too short.

@RogerRoger Did you actually play Arkham Origins on “I am the Night”? Doesn’t that end the whole game if you die?

@LaJettatura Yes. Do always expect everyone to hang off your every word and reply within a certain time frame?

First playthrough is standard ( normal), second+ is hard.

@LaJettatura Relax man, I was only joking. Hence the emoji. Not sure where you are coming from with whole 'cherished Push Square peep' thing, I don't think anyone deliberately did not reply to you.

@LaJettatura no worries dude.

When I first play a game, I always try to choose whatever difficulty level the game is balanced around. This isn't always as simple as choosing "Normal," though. Some games, like Etrian Odyssey Nexus, for example, are balanced around the highest difficulty level, because the series in general for years was balanced around a single, extremely high level of difficulty, but recent entries have added in a range of easier difficulties to make things more accessible for non-vets of the series. So when I play that, I play on the highest difficulty. Ditto with any game where the choices are default and easy difficulty: I'll always choose default, because that's what the game was designed to be played on. Mega Man 2 is another example: the U.S. release of the game added an easy mode and called it "Normal," whereas the game's default difficulty was categorized as "Hard." So I play hard mode in that game.

All things being equal, though, if "Normal" difficulty means what it's supposed to mean, that's the setting I'll gravitate towards. I get no thrill out of making things unnecessarily hard for myself.

I normally always play on Normal Mode and when I complete the Games on Normal Mode and if I liked the games I'd revisit them on Hard Mode when I have the motivation to do so. I just find playing on Hard Mode for me Personally isn't fun when you get stressed, depressed, and not having fun at least with Normal I enjoy games and never get stressed or depressed that might sound pathetic that I get Depressed/Stressed playing games but that's how I've always been.

Always normal. I'll play a hardest mode if there's a doable platinum trophy in it for me. I do like a good self satisfaction after completing something difficult in games but if it's stressing me out then I'll just sod it off.

I choose Easy / Casual / Cadet difficulty when playing Ratchet & Clank games as i'm terrible at aiming the weapons.
Not interested with Hard Mode for any games as i tend to play casually.
But when playing Dance Dance Revolution, i can play some songs in Challenge difficulty (the hardest difficulty)