Re: What difficultly level do you play one?

On Sun, 07 Jul 2024 13:28:35 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Sun, 7 Jul 2024 08:15:57 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
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On 7/7/2024 2:23 AM, JAB wrote:

This one came up on a channel for table top miniatures games but they
did also talk about computer games. Now of course this is all personal
preference as there's no right way to enjoy games but the main thrust of
the argument was that the advantage of playing on easy mode (in the TT
context that was interchangeable with social) was it gives you a lot
more scope to be creative and play the game how you want and just try
things out to see what happens.
 
That's certain how I approach CRPG's. I don't want to go through
numerous guides on how to build an optimal character, I want to pick
what I fancy playing. My general strategy is start on normal mode and if
it all becomes too much, which it often does as the game progresses and
your character/party becomes progressively less optimal, change it to
easy mode and carry on.
 
One of the interesting parts they said is that if you're effectively
going to use someone else's build then what not just watch them playing
the game. Obviously that's a bit of hyperbole but I can understand their
point.
 
So for me, yep I play on easy mode.
 

I'm much the same.  I've had too much stress in my life and am getting
to old to be in a constant adrenaline rush playing a game.  I'm not
playing to prove anything, I'm playing to have fun and relax.

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The way I look at it is: I've done my time banging my head against
computer game difficulty. I've done the hard stuff. I've played Doom
on Nightmare mode. I've flown Falcon 4.0 with max realism settings. I
beat Syndicate: American Revolt. I've nothing to prove anymore. I
shown I have the chops. If I want to go a bit easier nowadays, that's
no problem. I've _earned_ my easy mode. ;-P
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True. I revisited BG 1 and 2. Then I played Pillars of Eternity which had
its gameplay based on those games.

I got about 1/3 of the way through PoE and thought, what the hell was I
thinking back then? Baldur's Gate has RT combat? No. You mash the space
bar every two to three seconds. You micromanage your party. You time
fireballs so your own guys don't get cooked. You never use lightning bolt
because, well... you can't aim a lightning bolt in those narrow corridor
environments without it bouncing back into your own guys.

Fiddly fiddly fiddly. Again, what. was. I. thinking?

So most of all, I now refuse to play games where the "difficulty level"
was something I once accepted, but now realize isn't very much fun. Games
have come a long way in the fun department. So more than not playing on
hard, there's a whole lot more of "I'm simply not playing that."

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Zag

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