why is it a shame playing games on easy?

[ROBOTICALVILLAN]

does it have to do with pride?

[ErickaUnlimited]

There is nothing shameful about it. There never was either.

[Quaz]

Because it's easy, there's no skill. Really it's down to you whether or not you feel ashamed, but I and many others like to challenge ourselves. There is nothing inherintly wrong with playing on easy, just there's not really much skill in it.

[ChaffyExpert]

i guess it depends.... like playing on easy after having thousands and thousands of hours.. kinda makes you wonder what they were doing.

[Chuuya Nakahara]

How I see it:

Easy: For those who just want to know the story so they rush it or new to videogames in general.

Normal: People who just want to play the game or go at their own pace.

hard: People who enjoy challenges.

Extreme: Enjoy watching their character die. (jk)

[Autistic Whales]

Because it's easy.

[Al Capwned]

Originally posted by Cloud ☠ Strife:

How I see it:

Easy: For those who just want to know the story so they rush it or new to videogames in general.

Normal: People who just want to play the game or go at their own pace.

hard: People who enjoy challenges.

Extreme: Enjoy watching their character die. (jk)

Pretty much this.

[stoneinfocus]

I don't care what other people do or judge them for it, but for me personally, yeah, it is a bit of a pride thing. I often play games on hard difficulty when playing for the first time (with series/genres I am familiar with) just because normal difficulty doesn't seem to be as challenging these days.

Right now I'm playing through Dragon Age: Origins for the third time, and there are times I die a lot even though I'm playing on normal, but I can't bring myself to bump it down to easy, especially since I have beaten it on hard before. I could tell myself it doesn't matter because I've already beaten it, but yeah...my pride doesn't want to take the hit. I know I can do it! XD

[Zubenelgenubi]

I don't care what other people do, but play on normal because it's what the game was tuned to be played at.

[ʙᴜɴ.ᴇ]

I play on easy sometimes because I have more fun on the game that way.

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

If I play a game on a higher difficulty setting, or play it with specific challenge conditions, that's because I want to achieve something.

But achieving that does not make me any better or worse of a person than anyone else. It has nothing to do with it.

And some people just make the mistake of assuming it does.

Nah, there's nothing wrong with playing games on easy, or with tool assists (e.g. savestates/save-scumming), etc.. You just get a different experience from it, that's all. I'd even say the same about cheats, for single-player games (but not multiplayer games, where I expect people to play fair).

[SmollBrain 🏹]

Because games are supposed to be challenging, which is what adds to the fun imo. It also feels more rewarding knowing that you beat the game on high difficulty

[s]

because they want to you pretentious mongoloid

[Overson]

I play games on easy because I want to know the story without much interruption from deaths.

[WERElektro]

Dunnu.... If you can only take pride in playing videogame xy on difficulty lvl z, you're truly a lost cause.

[Azza ☠]

If the game is too easy, then you run through it a lot quicker to the end, plus there's no achievement reward feeling from what you get when challenged.

However, saying that, some people still enjoy a casual game.