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[TannerDemoz]

FFXIII Lightning Returns

The game just didn't make sense playing through on a higher difficulty. It didn't scale right.

 

[CHC]

Yeah definitely the Uncharted games. I mean, I often play most things on the hardest (reasonable) setting just because it makes me appreciate the overall design of the gameplay and use strategies I otherwise wouldn't, but with Uncharted you just have to be really cheesy and overly cautious, and it sort of spoils the pacing. More fun to just leap around popping dudes left and right. I like Normal in those games.

Also, for me, a lot of CRPGs like Pillars of Eternity are just massively fucking tedious on higher difficulties. I'm all for exhausting, resource-draining battles but when even a tiny pack of rats drains you dry, it feels a bit off.

 

[PK Gaming]

Fire Emblem Echoes

Hard mode isn't actually more difficult, just tedious.

 

[GreatestHits]

How old are you? Under 30? Play on Nightmare or you're a wuss. Over 30? Grab a couple beers and try to stay awake on Gentle mode.

Last night I was ecstatic to transfer my BG2 save from my android tablet to PC so I could use the 'story mode' feature that gives god mode. It got me out of this hardcore boss fight in a dungeon that kept me from getting back into my file. (Woulda had to break out some DnD manuals and take 90 minutes pausing every 0.5 seconds to win).

I'm 30, so I'll put it back to 'Core DnD rules' and forgive myself, but this is a game that might qualify for easy mode.

 

[brickarts295]

Any game with long loading times after you die gets the easy treatment for me. Before the patches, Witcher 3 was in this situation for me.

 

[Gulz1992]

I'm sure a lot of people will disagree, but I found Alien: Isolation most enjoyable on easy mode because the alien doesn't hump your leg throughout the entire game like it does on the higher difficulties, which in turn made it's appearances more unpredictable and tense for me.

 

[SpookyBlackFish]

Silent Hill 2.

Combat on easy, puzzles on hard.

 

[kOsmikcoffee]

No, OP.

You really shouldn't pick on someone for wanting to play a video game on easy. This is why people don't like to talk about this "taboo" subject. Video games should be inclusive.

 

[ryseing]

Fire Emblem Echoes

Hard mode isn't actually more difficult, just tedious.

Agreed. Hard just becomes a slog part 3 on. If I ever replay it will be on Normal.

 

[Riposte]

Not that I'd recommend it, but if you insist on playing Deadly Premonition then put it on easy if you want to make the slog that is the second half more bearable.

This is the only game I can readily agree with. Everything before the end was pretty much hell, and not in a fun way either.

Most of the examples I'm seeing in the thread basically comes down to hard being too hard, but I rather just "get gud" than lower the difficulty. Higher difficulties only become detrimental right around the time fights start go on forever because you are expected to be "leveled up" or it's a "everything kills you in 1 hit" mode in a messy 3D game (like The Evil Within).

 

[M.W.]

I typically play long games on easy as I don't want to increase the run time due to difficulty. For instance, I played The Witcher 3 on easy, still took 50+ hours. I don't have a lot of free time anymore so that's another reason.

 

[SuperStiltzkin]

Max Payne 3. If you just wanna do cool guy shit and jump around like a mad man without worrying about cover and health, play it on easy. I enjoyed it much more on easy.

 

[Van Bur3n]

Catherine. Story's great, gameplay is unfun bullshit

Good first post, because its true. Have yet to finish it as a result.

 

[CharminUltra]

Real life.

 

[Verder]

this about to turn into a

smt/persona/nier thread.


i disagree with them all. play on normal and enjoy the game unless you wanna just cruise the story than go ahead and hit that easy button... i know persona even got a "safe" mode

 

[Poot Poot Splash]

I play every game on easy. No shame in the game.

 

[mhayes86]

God of War for me. I like some hack and slash games, and GoW had some awesome set pieces, but the combat bored the hell out of me.

Also, Devil May Cry 3. Until I found out years later that the North American normal mode was Japan's hard mode.

 

[KLoWn]

Bioshock Infinite.

 

[Soul of the Beast]

The Evil Within is perfectly challenging on Survival (Normal) for me, but for most people I really think they should have just play on Casual (Easy).

The game is simply too hard for most gamers, especially today where most games are intentionally made easy so people don't have to struggle at all. (Nothing wrong with that.)
I have seen way too many people rage quit the game on Survival, many people even change their opinion on the game because of that.

I'll admit, the game is pretty mean at times, but you shouldn't let the difficulty affect your enjoyment of the game. I've heard many people who find the game too hard, but not wanting to lower the difficulty to Casual, because of their gamer pride or some shit. However, the truth is, Casual mode is actually best suited for their skill level, because this game really is unforgiving.

Seriously, The Evil Within is great, truly one of the best horror game of this generation, but unless you are one of those people who can enjoy punishing games, you should just play on Casual.

 

[zMiiChy-]

Project Diva games

 

[tootie923]

Any game with long loading times after you die gets the easy treatment for me. Before the patches, Witcher 3 was in this situation for me.

I played The Witcher 3 on my PS4 Pro earlier this year with all patches, and the post-dying load times were still awful. I put it on Story and Sword and never looked back.

Whenever I rent Call of Duties, Battlefields, Titanfalls, etc, I always play on Easy. The campaigns are so similar that I just want to enjoy the spectacle without dying so much.

 

[Captainbojanglesiii]

As someone who played all difficulties, Bioshock Infinite is a fair answer just because of the stupid bosses

 

[Gtagentleman]

The stealth part

Spoiler

with Ellie

on the last of us, made me rage so fucking much I changed it to easy. I suck at stealth.

 

[Novocaine]

For me Persona 4. Those dungeons were just obstacles in the way of the social links and story beats.

 

[RockmanBN]

Digimon World Next Order. Why go on hard unless you really want to spend twice the time grinding.

 

[LukasTaves]

None.

Catherine. Story's great, gameplay is unfun bullshit

While there are some issues with the controls (for example the direction you rotate on a hanging block changing depending on which side you are), and some inconsistencies on response when moving fast (at least in the xbone BC version), I wouldn't say that Catherine is an example of that. Perhaps to people that dislike puzzles, but the puzzles themselves are quite awesome.

 

[MadSexual]

A lot of good responses here (Catherine is not one of them, however). FTL is totally true, because easy is already hard mode. Normal is just insane.

I'm definitely in the camp that gets incredibly frustrated with bullet sponges in shooters. Even games that I've finished on normal or hard with little or no trouble, I'd usually prefer to play on easy again. I get no satisfaction from a grind, so Bioshock Infinite, Alan Wake, and the Uncharted series are all substantially better to me on the low difficulty.

Witcher 3 isn't very difficult for me on normal, but I do waste a lot of time managing health, so I might have to consider lowering that one as I wrap up the DLC. Definitely playing that one for the adventure anyway.

 

[Jeffrey]

pretty much most modern shooters etc.

I want to kill dudes, not fight bullet sponges or spend half the time behind cover waiting for hp to regen.


I've been enjoying horizon on easy way more than normal lol, but then im not a huge fan of the bow gameplay.

 

[Spieler Eins]

Zone of the Enders 2 I should have probably played on easy. Fights were just super tedious and frustrating when the camera eventually fucked up. I liked the atmosphere otherwise.

 

[Oreoleo]

Vanquish. The fun of the game is blasting around doing the craziest of shit but the harder difficulties really limit the extent to which you can go all out. In casual there's still a threat of dying so it doesn't feel like empty/hollow combat but you rarely have to worry about taking a time out to let your suit recharge or using a more careful approach for larger waves of enemies.
--

Catherine is a really neat game but I'd have loved a version of that that cut a majority of the story BS (though I did appreciate the subject matter it was tackling) and had twice as many levels. Different strokes I guess.

 

[Ivellios]

Baldur Gate 2 Enhanced edition.

Its a great game, but to new players like me the ad&d system is to confusing and there is far too much microing to succeed in higher difficulties.

Playing on easy allowed me to have fun with the combat and enjoy the story.

 

[Slick Butter]

Well it kind of fits the OP, but since Dungeon of the Endless is kind of boring on Too Easy when you've learned how to play, you should play on Easy (there's no other difficulty option outside of choosing different ships, which is pretty cool actually).

 

[Shifty]

Ninja Gaiden Black. It's the only way to get the pretty ribbons to adorn your ninja man.

Spoiler

/s to pierce the heavens

 

[uberTerminus]

Ninja Gaiden

 

[guyssorry]

I would not have finished the Witcher 3 if I did not play it on easy, because I found the combat so floaty and boring. So, for me, TW3.

 

[Goldenroad]

Catherine. Story's great, gameplay is unfun bullshit

I'd argue the Persona games as well, at least 4 & 5. The combat in those games, to me, is not the draw, and I have no interest in repeating or grinding sections in a game that's going to take me 100 hours to beat anyway.

 

[Alpha Phoenix]

Every RPG.

 

[Crayolan]

I almost never play games on easy. I feel like if I'm dropping the difficulty down to easy I'm basically admitting I don't actually want to play the game. Might as well drop the game entirely at that point.

So, nothing.

 

[Eumi]

Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth

Hard mode was tacked on for the western release, and it's horribly unbalanced to the point where it's (probably) impossible to beat certain bosses.

Oh wow, was it? That makes so much sense.

Like, it makes the normal encounters more fun, but bosses seemed basically invincible without insane grinding. I'd just assumed I was supposed to be abusing some systems I didn't know about to play hard.

 

[MattKeil]

Red Faction: Guerrilla. I think the devs even said they made Normal too hard and suggested most people play it on Easy to enjoy the physics and destruction rather than constantly get mowed down by NPC aimbots.

 

[Harmen]

I wouldn't say "should", but the Uncharted games on easy offer a different experience. It basically allows for all out run n gun whilst still being challenging, 4 in particular. My playstyle was notably different between difficulties and easy should not be dismissed.

 

[Chessr]

Always easy

 

[Sorta Maximus]

I would like to have a thread list about which level of difficulty is ideal for every game. Sometimes it's really arbitrary as to which level of difficulty will give you the best experience.

 

[Mockerre]

All the games that got a good or fun story, but subpar gameplay, i.e. Uncharted series, Witcher 3 etc. As well as 'virtual tourism' games (they also have subpar gameplay btw.), like Skyrim, Assasin's Creed etc.

 

[Lyriell]

Red Faction: Guerrilla. I think the devs even said they made Normal too hard and suggested most people play it on Easy to enjoy the physics and destruction rather than constantly get mowed down by NPC aimbots.

This.

 

[Drillary Clinton]

If you really wanna play Uncharted 1, play it on easy.

 

[BigBlueBanana]

I play most games on easy these days. Having a job and kids means my game time is limited and therefore I normally just play for the experience.

Yes indeedy!

 

[Jawmuncher]

Uncharted 4.

The combat was a tedious interlude in what was otherwise a masterpiece.

The combat was the only saving grace in that game imo

 

[I Wanna Be The Guy]

The stealth part

Spoiler

with Ellie

on the last of us, made me rage so fucking much I changed it to easy. I suck at stealth.

But....the entire game is stealth. How do you play through TLOU and not stealth for almost the entirety of the game? I mean if anything stealth is easier in that section than the rest of the game.

Also, that was easily the best section of the game.

 

[Zap Rowsdower]

Red Faction: Guerrilla. I think the devs even said they made Normal too hard and suggested most people play it on Easy to enjoy the physics and destruction rather than constantly get mowed down by NPC aimbots.

I was thinking of this too.

I'll also add The Saboteur, which has the same problem RF: Guerilla has where you are far too fragile for an actiony sandbox game on Normal.