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Thread: Question 11: What difficulty do you start with?


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GamesRadarBrett...


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Question 11: What difficulty do you start with?
Posted: Nov 13, 2008 6:08 PM
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Early posting question this week, as I gotta leave here in like 50 minutes.

So yeah. There it is. Our answers in TalkRadar 27, posting tomorrow.

It's Chris, me and two NEW people. Don't worry, Mikel's back next week.

ClusterShart


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Re: Question 11: What difficulty do you start with?
Posted: Nov 13, 2008 6:21 PM   in response to: GamesRadarBrett...
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ZOMFG, Noobs.

I start at all madden, normal or other levels. It all depends on the game.

zabu_san


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Re: Question 11: What difficulty do you start with?
Posted: Nov 13, 2008 7:07 PM   in response to: ClusterShart
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Generally the default difficulty...
One thing I hate, is the difficulty in Oblivion and the fact you can change it mid battle and game...

Bronzus


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Re: Question 11: What difficulty do you start with?
Posted: Nov 13, 2008 7:09 PM   in response to: GamesRadarBrett...
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I start from easy, and work my way up.

bl00dyvalen7ine


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Re: Question 11: What difficulty do you start with?
Posted: Nov 13, 2008 7:26 PM   in response to: Bronzus
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I usually just pop in the game and start playing, I don't usually bother with changing difficulties unless I want the unlockable if I beat it on hard o whatever

lucklesswonder


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Re: Question 11: What difficulty do you start with?
Posted: Nov 13, 2008 7:29 PM   in response to: GamesRadarBrett...
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I normally start on, well, normal. If I think the game's going to kick my ass, I may start on easy to get a feel for it.

A game like Oblivion, though, I always play on easy. Not because it's especially difficult, but out of principle. An arrow to the head should have some effect, really.

rabbit221


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Re: Question 11: What difficulty do you start with?
Posted: Nov 13, 2008 7:33 PM   in response to: lucklesswonder
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Depending on the game, I usually try to start on hard.

DeathByGamer


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Re: Question 11: What difficulty do you start with?
Posted: Nov 13, 2008 7:34 PM   in response to: GamesRadarBrett...
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I usually stick with the default setting. Unless it's Contra. Then I just don't play it. Lol.

bl00dyvalen7ine


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Re: Question 11: What difficulty do you start with?
Posted: Nov 13, 2008 7:45 PM   in response to: DeathByGamer
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is that the "Oh, **** No" difficulty?

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Re: Question 11: What difficulty do you start with?
Posted: Nov 13, 2008 7:49 PM   in response to: bl00dyvalen7ine
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Thats the "I know I can't beat this on super easy, waste of my time, would rather eat sandpaper" difficulty.

rabbit221


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Re: Question 11: What difficulty do you start with?
Posted: Nov 13, 2008 8:15 PM   in response to: DeathByGamer
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I just beat Dead Space on impossible. w00t!

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Re: Question 11: What difficulty do you start with?
Posted: Nov 13, 2008 8:30 PM   in response to: GamesRadarBrett...
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Depends on the game.

Fallout for example, I had to start out on easy, then after a few missions shot back up to normal, then hit the level cap and bumped it up to hard. The super mutants Goliaths are dam near impossible in hard unless you have a high explosive skill.

Call of duty 4 I Systematically worked my way from easy to insane.

But normally I just play on the default level.


And I almost never beat gameĀ?s on insane, just because I,
1: donĀ?t have enough time to devote to it
2: I get pissed easily and I start tossing shit around
3: I stop caring about a story after the second play through.

TrIp13G


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Re: Question 11: What difficulty do you start with?
Posted: Nov 13, 2008 8:49 PM   in response to: GamesRadarBrett...
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Call of Duty: Veteran
Rhythm games: Hard

Pretty much everything else I play on normal. However, since I am an achievement whore, I was forced to play all of Doom's levels on Nightmare.

ModernCreed

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Re: Question 11: What difficulty do you start with?
Posted: Nov 13, 2008 9:35 PM   in response to: GamesRadarBrett...
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It's totally dependent on the game. If its a game that I know is going to be hard than ill play on normal or easy if it's games like rock band than I know I can play on expert and hard.

TheSuburbiaRuins


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Re: Question 11: What difficulty do you start with?
Posted: Nov 13, 2008 10:30 PM   in response to: GamesRadarBrett...
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I always start on the hardest

ZombiePirate215


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Re: Question 11: What difficulty do you start with?
Posted: Nov 13, 2008 10:46 PM   in response to: TheSuburbiaRuins
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I work my way up from the bottom except for in one game, bioshock. Its so easy anyway, and you respawn like 12 ft away whenever you die with no progress lost

dahudge8

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Re: Question 11: What difficulty do you start with?
Posted: Nov 13, 2008 11:07 PM   in response to: GamesRadarBrett...
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I always start on chuck Norris difficulty. If that's not available (which it isn't in most games) I just downgrade to expert

M-for-Mustache


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Re: Question 11: What difficulty do you start with?
Posted: Nov 14, 2008 1:33 AM   in response to: GamesRadarBrett...
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Being the noob that I am, I start on easy. Unless there's coop, then it's expert.

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Re: Question 11: What difficulty do you start with?
Posted: Nov 14, 2008 2:30 AM   in response to: GamesRadarBrett...
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i start on medium. i want to be able to finish the game without much effort, (because i'm the kind of person that wants to experience whatever the narrative has to offer) but still not easy enough to breeze through. if the game is worth it, i'll beat it again on a harder setting.

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Re: Question 11: What difficulty do you start with?
Posted: Nov 14, 2008 2:40 AM   in response to: IWUNapenguin
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yah i totally agree with penguin. i play my first playthrough on normal so i can expierence the story. because if i do the hardest right away theres a chance ill get too pissed off and then never want to play.,

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