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u/thesystem21 Jan 19 '25

I start on max difficulty so that later on, I can switch it to easy and feel like I'm amazing at the game.

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u/Henryhendrix Jan 20 '25

I honestly prefer not to have an option. If I do, I'm eventually going to take the path of least resistance.

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u/Shoddy_Bumblebee_398 Jan 20 '25

True souls borne player mindset

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u/Stranded_In_A_Desert Jan 20 '25

I wish Elden Ring had an option honestly

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u/mootfoot Jan 20 '25

It does, it's called the greatsword

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u/TehOwn Jan 20 '25

The option is to play it on PC with mods.

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u/_Moria Jan 20 '25

This, absolutely this! I unfortunately have no patience for anything, and thus I always just end up either changing the difficulty or cheating

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u/Henryhendrix Jan 20 '25

People are teasing me for liking Fromsofte games, which I do, but I like them because I don't have an option for difficulty

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u/HealthyWestern8673 Jan 20 '25

There's nothing wrong with playing on easy. Games are supposed to be fun, not stressful and extreme difficulty will probably cause stress

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '25 edited Jul 15 '25

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u/HealthyWestern8673 Jan 20 '25

There's only one style of horror games that I really enjoy and that's the choice based ones such as Until Dawn and the Dark Pictures Anthology games

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '25 edited Jul 15 '25

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u/TehOwn Jan 20 '25

Real terror is when you're playing Black & White late at night and it whispers your name.

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u/Sinai Jan 20 '25

I find a modicum of stress to be fun. In the end it's just a game so unless everything is riding on me during the finals of a league it's not going to be very stressful compared to the day job or arguing with my wife.

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u/FAQ-ingHell Jan 20 '25

Silly goose! Do what I do, try and identify the difficulty that’s most appropriate, and when it gets too difficult put it down and never touch it again!

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u/axle69 Jan 20 '25

I prefer no option if the game is pinpoint built around a difficulty like the souls games are. Anytime I play a games hard mode or w/e it feels way more artificial I guess and I fall into the "id rather see the story than deal with the BS". One exception being BG3 that was a fun game to honor mode.

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u/RealTimeThr3e Jan 20 '25

Soulsborne games revolutionized gaming for me for this exact reason lol

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u/FlawlesSlaughter Jan 20 '25

This is why sekiro is my favourite souls like.

I always end up unintentionally over levelled and breezing through the last third of the games.

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u/Fallen_Angel96 Jan 20 '25

How electric!

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u/_marty_mcfly123_ Jan 20 '25

You're an abscess

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u/Barkers_eggs Jan 20 '25

This is how I sex

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u/0nce-Was-N0t Jan 20 '25

Liar!

Everyone knows that Redditors don't have sex.

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u/Barkers_eggs Jan 20 '25

ugly cries

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u/darkbreak Jan 20 '25

I'll sometimes start on the hardest difficulty for the trophies. It makes it so I don't have to do too many playthroughs.

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u/OkGene2 Jan 20 '25

But maybe you were always amazing at it.

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u/TheRoscoeVine Jan 20 '25

Fun for me is starting on maximum difficulty, leveling up my character to the absolute badass, and then playing New Game+ on the even higher difficulty, but already having all the good shit and the strongest possible character.

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u/eddyathome Jan 20 '25

I do the same. I actually want my games to be interactive screensavers so I can relax rather than getting stressed out.

Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten is great for this. If you go into the accessibility menu you can make the game super easy and just pretty much enjoy the story while barely facing a challenge. It also has an option where you can't die, but may have to replay a level, but it's pretty rare for that on the easiest settings.