Prefered difficulty?

[Spungboob]

As a general rule, I play all my games on normal mode, if there's a difficulty option. Yet, with Bioshock, I find myself having a way betterr time playing on easy mode. It's not that I find the game overly difficult, I just find myself getting more emersed in the atmosphere and loving the game more when I'm not scrounging aroung for ammo and first aid kits.

Which made me think, what difficulties do you prefer? Do you take the scenic route on easy mode, or do you go all in and bust your balls on survivor mode?

[Bronson]

For most games I tend to play them on hard. I enjoy suffering a little as I play. The wins feel a little better that way. Once Ive beaten hard I will go for the hardest difficulty on some worthwhile games, but most of the time that leads to me being more pissed off at the game then actually enjoying it and is more of a completion thing

[Noodle]

Depends, usually normal but if it's a game that involved story, less exploration (such as Alien Isolation) I'll go for hard.

[Abomination72]

I always try normal on a first run, for any game. Keeps it challenging most of the time.

Honestly, I find the combat in Bioshock a bit difficult. Maybe it's because of the mechanics or because I've not played shooters for a while. There's also a lot to take in, often many things at the same time.

Plus, while dying is relatively consequence free in this game, I really hate it when it happens and consider it the same as defeat. So yeah, normal is hard enough :)

[Myrmidon]

I only do higher difficulties if the same "realism" applies to the player and the enemies. So these humanoids can kill you in 1 shot better stay sharp and use my brain! Oh but *they* can still soak up a magazine *okay* immersion ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ halted.

[Paddy the Daddy]

I've been playing this game for over a decade, so I playit on survival.
I also turn of vita-chambers, item glow and the objective compass.

[goka9696]

I played it on easy or normal as a kid, don't exactly remember. I did a playthrough on survivor recently, and honestly, it wasn't very enjoyable. Enemies are damage sponges, and big daddies are a huge chore to kill. If there were no vita chambers or was a money penalty for dying, I'd probably go back to casul.

Overall I prefer playing my games on hard or higher, tho that depends on what type of game it is. If it's a genre I'm bad at, I'll prolly go on normal or easy, but if it's a genre I'm experienced at, I play on hard or higher.

Hate permadeath difficulties though. Not just because of how much of a waste of time they are, but also because game might bug out and kill you when it's not even your fault, and you can go ♥♥♥♥ yourself if that happens.

[Bankai9212]

Depends of the game is balanced around higher difficulties (Cod, uncharted) basically any game with regen health is never balanced. I think thief 1-3 and metro are the only once that do it right.

[Rabblevox]

I love necro threading! I just started playing remastered, and was curious if anyone else preferred Bioshock on easy, despite not being a particularly hard game, just for the gameflow. Apparently yes! On easy, it quits being a creaky shooter with a great story, and becomes the most amazing visual novel with combat ever.

[BluEJ207]

Just finished on Normal. It was too easy, but the combat sucks so if harder difficulty just means more health for enemies and less for me, then there's no real point - it'll just make the combat suck more

[Steve]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.