Difficulties does matter

[psjohny]

What difficulty level for any type of games you all usually starting off with?
To me I'll go for "Normal" in all, cos once I completed that any game I won't be playing it anymore.
What about you?

[Vyx]

I usually start off with normal difficulty, and if i get bored later i will go back and play it on hard

[Atomic Rooster]

Yup, I start off in normal too. Once I defeated Diablo II, I went back and did it again on Nightmare difficulty. That's the only game I've ever played through twice.

[psjohny]

Thought I could find a super hero here
or any chicken better admit it, nothing to be shy.

Ok, let me start first, I go for rookie in Call of Duty in the beginning then it was too easy so change it to Normal later on. :P
however it was still too easy i completed it within 2 days, not palying any more cos I got all the clues.

[super gerbil]

normal for me.


Easy is for wimpy gerbils

[Optimus Prime]

Normal usually, but for CoD because i wanted it to last longer, i put it on Hardened.

[Daft_Ghosty]

I've played to many games over the years to use normal or easy anymore.. I put it on Hardest most of the time.. unless the hardest mode is nightmare.. then I choose just hard.

[nukes]

Depends on the game. I normally make it an objective to complete it on all the difficulties. So on Q3A, for example, I have the first 5 tiers done on every skill upto Nightmare. Most of the time I just play on normal though.

[psjohny]

If it's too difficult I afraid that I couldn't complete it!
On some game it takes too much time to know how hard it's boss is.

[ironforge]

Typically I start on "Normal" difficulty. If the game is really good, I'll go back through and play it again on a harder difficulty.

Such as Quake1. I have beat the game start to finish on every difficulty except nightmare. Also Half-life I have beat the game on all difficulties from start to finish no cheats.

Usually I don't play the game back to back unless it's reeaal good. I'll shelve it for a few months and when it sounds fun again I may try another crack at it.

[Redwolf]

Normal...unless Normal is synonymous with 'Can't Beat the First Level'

[Whir]

Usually normal. Except for UFO:Aftermath where normal is "We won't give you any guns so try to beat up the aliens with your fists."

[nerdgirl]

Is nerdgirl the only one who starts on "easy" sometimes? It builds the confidence.

-ng