Difficulty levels

wellard · 06-24-2004, 09:46 AM

While gaming have you ever just given up on a too hard Boss/Dragon/bad ass character and reduced the games difficulty level just to win?

Stormymystic · 06-24-2004, 09:59 AM

ermm...yeah I do

and I am ashamed of it [img]tongue.gif[/img] there is one game I have given up on and gave it to my husband, called ghost recon, it is way to hard but some how he is almost done with it [img]redface.gif[/img]

[ 06-24-2004, 10:00 AM: Message edited by: Stormymystic ]

Jorath Calar · 06-24-2004, 07:54 PM

I do and I'm not ashamed of it.
The way I see it, is I paid for the damn game and if I can't play any further then I fell kind of cheated out of my money... [img]smile.gif[/img]

Illumina Drathiran'ar · 06-24-2004, 09:29 PM

It's not black and white... I, personally, don't change difficulty levels... but I do see it as a valid option. But perhaps it's partly because the only game I really play that has difficulty levels is BG2, and that's constantly at Insane... and it's there for a reason.

Arledrian · 06-24-2004, 09:48 PM

I leave every game on normal difficulty and keep it there throughout. If I change it I feel like I've cheated and once I have that feeling, I can't continue. It's the same with mods and tweaks - I feel like by adding those, I'm bringing in elements that the original developers wouldn't have known about or wanted, so I don't use them either. I like to play games the standard way - completely unchanged from default settings.

Aelia Jusa · 06-24-2004, 10:34 PM

I'm the same as Alex; my games are always at the default difficulty and stay there. Frankly if I can't win at that level, I'm too crap to deserve to play on

I have to admit that I always play Civilisation at chieftan [img]graemlins/blush.gif[/img] . I don't play to have a challenge, I just like finding good places to put my cities and then building every wonder before any other civilisation can [img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img]

Lauren · 06-25-2004, 06:03 AM

Hehehe yeps I change the level difficulty, when I'm not in the mood to think....yes I'm a loser

[img]tongue.gif[/img]

Aerich · 06-25-2004, 12:35 PM

Errm, slight nitpick with the poll... I tend to put the difficulty level UP during games. The final question suggested that DOWN was the only way to adjust it.

I usually play the game through once on normal difficulty (sometimes going up if it's ridiculously easy) and then play a different way (style, character, etc) the second time through on the same difficulty. Sometimes it's easier because I know what's coming and/or I've got a better idea of game tactics. If that's the case, I adjust upward.

If I'm still getting beat up after a few tries, I will take a piece of paper and try to map out strategy. Stubborn - yes. Proud - yes. Obsessive - guilty as charged. Does it work - yep!

RoSs_bg2_rox · 06-25-2004, 06:33 PM

I never change mid game if I cant beat something, I just keep going at it till I win! I sometimes play a game through on normal difficulty though, and then once I complete it I start again on insane/hard. Or if I think Im a pro at the game, I just start off on the highest setting.

Xen · 06-26-2004, 03:35 PM

I play BG 2 for a really long time. I play on the highest difficulty - Insane - and never lower it. What`s the point of doing so?

View Poll Results: Do you ever change the difficulty levels mid game?
No. I never ever change the difficulty level, Its cheating	25	58.14%
Errrrmmm yes .... sometimes * cough*	18	41.86%
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06-24-2004, 09:46 AM	#1
wellard Dracolisk Join Date: November 1, 2002 Location: Australia ..... G\'day! Posts: 6,123	While gaming have you ever just given up on a too hard Boss/Dragon/bad ass character and reduced the games difficulty level just to win? __________________ fossils - natures way of laughing at creationists for over 3 billion years

06-24-2004, 09:59 AM	#2
Stormymystic Knight of the Rose Join Date: April 8, 2003 Location: Arkansas Age: 48 Posts: 4,442	ermm...yeah I do and I am ashamed of it [img]tongue.gif[/img] there is one game I have given up on and gave it to my husband, called ghost recon, it is way to hard but some how he is almost done with it [img]redface.gif[/img] [ 06-24-2004, 10:00 AM: Message edited by: Stormymystic ] __________________ [url]\"http://stormymystic.deviantart.com/gallery/\" target=\"_blank\"> [img]\"http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/3968/stormyvx6.jpg\" alt=\" - \" /></a>

06-24-2004, 09:29 PM	#4
Illumina Drathiran'ar Apophis Join Date: July 10, 2002 Location: I can see the Manhattan skyline from my window. Age: 38 Posts: 4,673	It's not black and white... I, personally, don't change difficulty levels... but I do see it as a valid option. But perhaps it's partly because the only game I really play that has difficulty levels is BG2, and that's constantly at Insane... and it's there for a reason. __________________ http://cavestory.org PLAY THIS GAME. Seriously. http://xkcd.com/386/ http://www.xkcd.com/406/ My heart is like my coffee. Black, bitter, icy, and with a straw.

06-24-2004, 10:34 PM	#6
Aelia Jusa Iron Throne Cult Join Date: August 23, 2001 Location: Brisbane, Australia Age: 42 Posts: 4,867	I'm the same as Alex; my games are always at the default difficulty and stay there. Frankly if I can't win at that level, I'm too crap to deserve to play on I have to admit that I always play Civilisation at chieftan [img]graemlins/blush.gif[/img] . I don't play to have a challenge, I just like finding good places to put my cities and then building every wonder before any other civilisation can [img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img] __________________

06-24-2004, 07:54 PM	#3
Jorath Calar Harper Join Date: October 6, 2001 Location: Iceland Posts: 4,706	I do and I'm not ashamed of it. The way I see it, is I paid for the damn game and if I can't play any further then I fell kind of cheated out of my money... [img]smile.gif[/img]

06-24-2004, 09:48 PM	#5
Arledrian Egyptian Goddess of the Dead Join Date: July 12, 2001 Location: South Carolina Age: 40 Posts: 3,771	I leave every game on normal difficulty and keep it there throughout. If I change it I feel like I've cheated and once I have that feeling, I can't continue. It's the same with mods and tweaks - I feel like by adding those, I'm bringing in elements that the original developers wouldn't have known about or wanted, so I don't use them either. I like to play games the standard way - completely unchanged from default settings.

06-25-2004, 06:03 AM	#7
Lauren Baaz Draconian Join Date: May 24, 2004 Location: Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia Age: 35 Posts: 721	Hehehe yeps I change the level difficulty, when I'm not in the mood to think....yes I'm a loser [img]tongue.gif[/img] __________________ "So many thoughts running through my head, I know what you feel, I know what you dread; When a room's filled with laughter, when a room's filled with lies, you're the only one I know that's in disguise..."

06-25-2004, 12:35 PM	#8
Aerich Lord Ao Join Date: May 27, 2004 Location: Canada Age: 42 Posts: 2,061	Errm, slight nitpick with the poll... I tend to put the difficulty level UP during games. The final question suggested that DOWN was the only way to adjust it. I usually play the game through once on normal difficulty (sometimes going up if it's ridiculously easy) and then play a different way (style, character, etc) the second time through on the same difficulty. Sometimes it's easier because I know what's coming and/or I've got a better idea of game tactics. If that's the case, I adjust upward. If I'm still getting beat up after a few tries, I will take a piece of paper and try to map out strategy. Stubborn - yes. Proud - yes. Obsessive - guilty as charged. Does it work - yep! __________________ Where there is a great deal of free speech, there is always a certain amount of foolish speech. - Winston S. Churchill

06-25-2004, 06:33 PM	#9
RoSs_bg2_rox Zartan Join Date: May 20, 2003 Location: Near Aberdeen, Scotland Age: 34 Posts: 5,225	I never change mid game if I cant beat something, I just keep going at it till I win! I sometimes play a game through on normal difficulty though, and then once I complete it I start again on insane/hard. Or if I think Im a pro at the game, I just start off on the highest setting. __________________ [img]\"http://img.ranchoweb.com/images/ladyzekke/dragonwater2.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

06-26-2004, 03:35 PM	#10
Xen Symbol of Moradin Join Date: June 5, 2002 Location: Slovenia,Ljubljana Age: 36 Posts: 8,554	I play BG 2 for a really long time. I play on the highest difficulty - Insane - and never lower it. What`s the point of doing so?

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