do you agree or disagre?
Rangeban these people, please.
>>735977245
>>735977245There's no difficulty slider in Multiplayer
Some people have no accomplishments in life, no success, no love, no sex, to the point the only place where they can take pride from is finishing a videogame in hard dififculty.Even if said hard difficulty only adds 5 hp to all enemies like Bethesda games do and dont' actively make the game more challenging, they will still feed their ego through that.It's sad, but some people don't play videogames to have fun or to distract themselves but because it's the only place where they can "accomplish" something
>>735977797There's a good reason Soulslike are so popular
>>735977245It's fine for them to play on easy mode if it's there. It's not fine for them to whine and pester the devs to introduce easy mode. This isn't hard
>>735977797Enough about you
>>735977245I watch them on youtube. I don't care what anyone thinks.
I don’t care, I always play on the default mode because that’s what they always test the most. Hard/Easy they just slap a bunch of modifiers on and call it a day, which makes it feel bad. That’s why I like Fromsoft, everyone has the same experience.
>hard game, beating it takes 3 hours, 20 if you're bad at it>easy game, beating it takes 10 hoursWhich one /v/
>>735977245I don't care as long as there is still a harder difficulty.
Play bejeweled or something if you want relaxing cuck
It's a fair assumption but this should also disallow peope from playing on easy mode to call anything beyond their skill level "meme mode", others "tryhards" for wanting to win in multiplayer games or something similiar.
>>735977953If you're going to make me repeat levels over and over again your game design better be supreme
>>735977245Here's the solution.Lower difficulty locks the achievements so you can tell who is are the casuals and their opinions on mechanics can be discarded.Normal is the intended difficulty Harder difficulties alter some mechanics/AI and let's you unlock skins, wallpapers and a UI theme, the usual.
>>735977245ez mode is for retards, and thats factual. Normal mode is for ur average gamer. Hard mode is for NEET retards too.
>>735977245Disagree entirely.If you wanted to watch a story take place, read a book or a visual novel. These are not games.If you wanted to play an easy game, play something like Super Mario World.There is no difficulty and the hardest difficult level is only mildly challenging at best.The point of playing games is to stimulate the mind in unique and fun ways while adding input via the hands, etc. If you are not adding input and you are not challenging the brain. You are just wasting your time, might as well be doom scrolling on instagram.
I always viewed hard mode as good for replaysGames with only a single difficulty I very rarely replay
>>735977245Agree. I play on hard and I play on easy sometimes because I'm just not looking for a challenge at the moment.
>>735977797Some people have no accomplishments in life, no success, no love, no sex, to the point the only place where they can take pride from is finishing a videogame in game journalist difficulty.They are so useless at everything they attempt they need that kind of farcical power fantasy to feed their ego an not an hero themselves.It's sad, but some people don't play videogames to have fun or to distract themselves but because it's the only place where they can "accomplish" something
>>735977918>Hard/Easy they just slap a bunch of modifiers on and call it a day, which makes it feel badplay ninja gaiden black/sigma
>>735978321that's not nice.
I mod my games using my own dev tools to increase the hp and damage of enemies and lower my own damage and damage mitigation. Also I create my own items which have much lower stats and make them harder to obtain, I delete all the weapons the retard devs place for casuals.
>game with 3 difficulty settingsHardest>game with 4 or more difficulty settingsSecond hardestThat's a pretty good rule of thumb, just gotta be careful of autismal shit like cRPGs where they make 4 different top difficulties that will rape you with RNG
>>735977245i don't agree that difficult means stressful. maybe you need to be a faggot to get it
Try saying that to an athlete.
>>735977245I dont care how other people play until it affrcts how i play.
>>735978301You niggers are shitposting but if someone that play games for a decade and still struggle with basic vidya things, they're more likely to be incompetent IRL. Fat sack of shits both sucks at vidya and RL tasks in general unless they no life a game like its a job. Fat people suck at FPSs because they lack IRL hand/eye coordination and shit diet = shit reflexes etc etc it all corrolate to health and overrall brain capacity.
> Buy my grandma a videogame> She's trash at it so she plays in easy difficulty because she's dying non stop in normal> She's had an amazing life, was a seamstress and a loving mother and grandmother> To /v/ she's a pathetic piece of shit and she should die for playing a videogame in EASY and having funThen you guys wonder why you're all incels nobody loves.
>>735978781she should be playing something she doesn't suck ass at before she croaks you retarded foid
>>735978362>pick up new game>play bad because new>"why haven't you learned all the mechanics in the 10 minutes you are playing this game??!?!?!?!?! Stupid noobs, never want to learn!">get kicked out>no influx of new players because of this>game dies
>>735978884You guys suck at life and can't manage to have sex, one of the easiest things there is, yet nobody is telling you to kill yourselves.
>>735978781>boomer with brain capacity and physical health that lowers with age sucks at tasks in vidya or IRLTell me that you're a retard without saying it outright. You niggers will say literally anything to farm (You)s.
>>735978985malding
>>735977245Playing video games in general is unacceptable.
>>735979020is this post ai?
>>735978781did you tell her to get good?
>>735979087>Playing videogames in public is unacceptableYes.>>735979117AI can't call you a dumb nigger, nigger.
>>735977245It’s whatever. If I had to comment about it, it’s better over the posers who claim to have played a game but actually haven’t, at least.
>>735977245agreeit's fine, play how you find the game fun.if you find struggling against the game stressful and unfun, tone down the difficulty level till it's fun for you.if you find the lower difficulties too boring and unchallenging, ramp up the difficulty until it's fun for you.
>>735977245Games are supposed to be stressful. If there's not tension it's not a game, like there has to be resistance there. That's the actual game part. If you don't like that, well, you definitely do not like games.
>>735977245I always play games in the lowest difficulty mode, be it story or easy modes, I don't have a lot of time to play vidya, so I'd rather enjoy my time while playing than have to spend hours on end retrying the same boss.High difficulty modes are only for children and teens that have a lot of time after school.
>>735977245Every time this faggot meme template is used it's for the blandest god damned shit imaginable
>>735977245Disagree. I play all games on their hardest difficulty to remind myself that life is a challenge and gaming is no different. Doesn't stop me from rage-quitting the last level of the Ready or Not DLC though
>>735977245there's nothing wrong with playing on easy mode. but just remember you're opening yourself up for mockery.
>>735977245it is okay so long as the games overall design is balanced around a challenging difficulty, making the easy mode optional in a way that doesn't fuck with the games mechanics on higher difficulties. Skyrim is what happens if you make the game too easy from the get go and then tuck on a "hard-mode" in form of a poorly integrated difficulty slider after. The games systems are not balanced for that, and you end up with tedious damage sponge fights, and horrible grinding in case you wanted to play an offensive mage due to the fact that the exp you receive for destruction spells depends on damge infllicted, which is heavily reduced on legendary. Poorly designed. If anything is tucked on as an poorly integrated afterthought, it should be the easy-mode, because easy-mode players aren't affected as much by poor design, since they generally don't care enough about learning systems and mechanics to even notice. If a boss dies in 2 hits without any challenge, the easy-mode player doesn't think "huh, this fight was kinda easy to exploit due to *thing*", he mindlessly takes the win and is happy.
>>735979943I think your post is talking balancing as a whole and not just playing on an easy difficulty setting.
I always pick hard mode because then the game takes longer to beat and I'm forced to engage with all the systems in the game. and if hard is too hard or obnoxious then I just drop the game and call the developers retarded. it's a win win.
>>735977245Yes. Only talentless fucking retards take video games seriously. Anyone who has anything else to do cares about their achievements in their respective passion than being good at pushing buttons for a kids toy
>>735978680That's nice. A gun who goes to the gun range everyday will put a hole in a cod faggots head in a real gun fight Video games are not even proper simulations 90% of the time
>>735977918>That’s why I like Fromsoft, everyone has the same experience.Ain't no way people really be saying this after Elden Ring
>Play game on easy>3rd world brownies living in literal trash piles will think less of meOh no.Anyway.
>>735982140but the 3rd world brownies are the ones playing easy mode
>>735977918>That’s why I like Fromsoft, everyone has the same experience.uuuuhhhhhh
>>735977245Sure. Though people/journos aren't owed an easy mode.
>>735977245Do whatever you want on your own time but if you pretend to be an expert online you get what you deserve.
>>735978931L4D2 in a nutshell.Funnily enough, /v/ advocates for gatekeeping, but has been completely gatekept from that game as well.
>>735978189most the time if a game has selectable difficulties there are achievements per difficulty, so you don't really need to do anything
>>735977245yesi want an escape from anger i dont want to ragebait myself
>>735977245You paid for it, you can do whatever you want with it, just like with a prostitute.
>>735978189The reverse. Lock all achievements to ultra babby casual.
>>735977245Agree until it starts affecting my difficulty games
>>735977336>picks a meta class
>>735981443>fat retard with no motor skills can shoot a gunAnyone fit do it better.>>735982957Yeah you're right on that one. >>735983520Achievements were a mistake anyway.
>>735983594See Dragons Dogma in 2013. Casual retards cried that it was too hard so capcum added an easy mode not there originally. They added a broken hard mode later before the expansion designed for high level players because normal was piss easy at some point.
>>735977797this is me, but even when I finish the game or beat a particularly difficult boss I don't feel anythingthere is no sense of accomplishment or any positive emotions, just the same familiar emptiness
>>735977245People who like challenge in video games = jobless neets who can't even make their own bed People who prefer relaxing games = successful/wealthy professionals This is true in 100% of cases.
>>735977245Thats great, dont demand games that are hard be made easy for you, those games you want exist, stop trying to ruin mine.
>>735977245Games should be stressful so you feel more rewarded when you finally win. That aside it's fine to play on easy mode, most people either don't have time or aren't good at certain types of games like rhythms or shooters but you should be on a difficulty that stresses that you might be able to lose.
>>735977245overcoming difficulty (dealing with the stress) IS fun
>>735977245>Go look at the M+ players in WoW>Requires 24/7 investment, flawless gearing, flawless playing and total devotion to progress and stay competitive>These same people are absolute losers irl with nothing going on in it and are always sexless, relationship-less, jobless, poor losersIn most challenging fields, overcoming the challenge has rewards. Like becoming a successful executive leads to money and respect. In games it leads to literally nothing. No one cares. And the only way you can pretend it matters is by trying to force others to accept you're 'skillful'. But if you have to market your achievements then it isn't a valuable achievement.
>>735977245the problem with this image is the claim "games are supposed to be relaxing", because not all games are supposed to be relaxing. some games are supposed to engage you and make you push yourself to your limits. It's not outright wrong because some games are supposed to be relaxing, but the way it says it acts like this is the only valid way to think about games.
>>735977245You bought the game play it however you want.If you pirate it though you must play on the hardest difficulty. Its only fair.
>>735984412Mobilefags is probably 90% Asian market. These losers spend so much money on waifu trash and RNG. Only numbers that matter is consoles and PC which reflect the real people.
>>735977918>I always play on the default mode because that’s what they always test the mostthis is usually wrong by the way. games are usually designed for "hard" and then scaled back to create normal because devs get blind to how well they know the mechanics and how hard the content they're making actually is.
>>735977245Disagree- videogames aren’t “supposed” to be anything other than videogames.
>>735984328I guess sometimes im wealthy and sometimes im broke.
>>735984457Once you get a 9-5 you have little patience for games with high skill ceilings and games that take dozens of hours to learn the mechanics for. You're lucky if you can eck out an hour a day for gaming. That hour needs to be fun.
>>735982140>white male with clipped dick >thinks about brown men 24/7 to avoid confronting the Jew GOD many such cases of obsession and cowardice
30 fps enjoyers are better at games. Better reflexes
>>735984721human eye can only see 24 frame generated per second
>>735977245Disagree.Imagine someone playing chess, and deciding that regular chess is too difficult, so they just use queens instead of pawns on their side. But they still want to be part of the discussion on the game. They would be rightfully laughed out of the room.If a game is too difficult for you, no shame, find an easier one.
>>735977245>the office scene the meme is ripped from is jim using a chart to demonstrate that the only thing connecting jan's sperm donor baby to michael is "delusion">le heckin redditors just use it as a template to lecture peoplefirst indicator the people who say this are losers
>>735984841>Imagine someone playing chessCorrection. Imagine someone playing digital chess against AI, and modding it so they play it how they want. No one will care. That's video games. The moment you tried to use a comparison to an activity that isn't in your pajamas in your basement you failed.
>>735984918only chicks care about the office.
>>735984687>9-5 Pussy shit right there. It's impossible to be physically tired especially if you can sleep 7-8 hours. I work 12 hour shifts on 3 days so no screen time during work days unless i take the day off like today.
>>735984715>Mind instantly goes to cow and jewsWe don't need to know about your fetishes.
>>735984715Kikes are the ones mutilated though. Also religion is brown coded.I wish that Europe never fell for this, same for Hitler. Religion was a mistake.
>>735984918>muh reddit>defending and knowing about reddit the show, le reddit jello stapler man and the most reddit variation of itKys
>>735984687>9-5Who the hell gets to work 9 to 5 anymore.
>>735979902Youre also open for mockery when you only play on hard mode.Try hard, sweat lord, you got filtered by the first boss.
>>735984963>whole joke about how dwight's 103 year old grandpa is "still puttering around in argentina", and he was going to visit him until his visa was protested by the shoah foundationit has it's moments.
>>735984687Full time job and a baby. I get maybe an hour a day on days where im lucky. I dont have the time or patience to learn a roguelike or jrpg that takes 600 hours to actually figure out.
>>735985149White collar nerds and weak ass pajeets. Those shouldbe women shifts because they can take care of the kids early morning and evening without stress.
>>735984963I tried watching it once but its so boring and all the fans always cheer for jim who is just literally the office bully its so weird.
>>735977245Yes but only if the faggot retard baby difficulty locks out content and chastises you for being a faggot retard baby.
>>735977245Why the fuck would I care how other people play games?
Difficulty modes shouldn't exist.
>>735977797Okay Mr. PsychologistI just like overcoming challenges, there's no point to just mashing a button, barely paying attention, and then "You win" shows upWatch a movie at that point
>>735977245Games are supposed to be fun, but different people have different ideas of fun. Some people think relaxing stuff is fun. Some people think stressful stuff is fun. That's why it's okay for many people to play videogames in easy mode, just like how it's okay for many people to play videogames in hard mode.
Translation: you NEED to add an easy mode to games that aren't designed for it because I suck at games
>>735985590Especially when it's always damage and health modifiers. Devs needs to balance the games better.
>>735985776FromSoft are the only ones that sticks to their philosophy. Some items and mechanics alleviate the overrall difficulty.
>>735985626Pretty much. Casual/relaxed experiences are not how I enjoy games, for me the challenge to beat it is very often what the appeal/fun is, so I have to go out of my way to remind myself that's not the case for everyone. But objectively I agree that it's a valid thing to want out of vidya.
>>735981443I barely ever go to the gun range and recoil still startles me but I'm a way better shot than any of my gunfag family members who never play video games. I simply have better hand eye coordination and spacial awareness than they do.
>>735977245Agree. Fuck Soulslikes and the soulslike mentality.
>>735977245I disagree, because a game being too easy just ends up being boring rather than fun.I like it when games fight back, I want some resistance to my actions, there is no grace in curb stomping a game that simply lays down on the ground and encourages me to stomp it.
>>735977245>People play games on easy for a reason>"theyre wrong because I dont play games on easy"Is the reading comprehension on 4chan getting worse or have I finally realized all these years that you guys are retarded?
>>735977245I disagree mostly because easy games are often not fun. If there isn't some sort of challenge to it then the game becomes trivial tedium instead of being fun and engaging. This doesn't necessarily apply 100% but it applies more often than not.
>>735977245>videogames are supposed to be funHard agree.>videogames are supposed to be relaxingDepends on the person and game I guess, but for me that's a no.>games in easy mode are fun and relaxingLol. Lmao, even.I think the words you're looking for are boring and unsatisfying.
I don't care how other people play their singleplayer games
>>735984672I know that i mostly play tested on Easy (to test out mechanics and flow) or Brutal (because i was testing fun).But when i get other people to play test it is almost always on normal. This is for an indie though.>Easy = QAing>Normal = Player testing>Hard = Developers
>>735977245Play on easy to understand the controls, than play on harder difficulties as you improve. That's how I played Dead Space 2.
>>735977797Cope harder, loser.
I usually just Normal Mode it. If Easy is too mind numbingly easy and Hard is too annoying or frustrating, normal should always be the standard, what the devs intended difficulty.
>>735977860This
>>735977245If your game's hard mode is just a number inflation with nothing new then yes I'll play it on easy since it doesn't deserve my time.
>>735977245Some are just stressful. And that's okay, cause some games were made to be that way
>>735992186And some make you learn all the mechanics that were made for it. Lest you lack the kung fu to make it through
>>735992186>>735992615WhoopsWas meant to be attached to this>>735992468
>>735977918Not strictly true, but most games have a difficulty mode they were clearly built for. Like E33 hard mode is just adding more HP and more damage to regular, and then add some more to NG+. Clearing the Infinite Tower on higher difficulty only adds arthritis.
>>735977797Actually it's because a harder game takes longer to complete. It has more to do with masochism and how much humiliation you can take before giving up.
>>735985592You say that as if a video game isn't a passive way of doing something actually real>Playing an FPSReal man would be shooting>Playing an RPGBeing social and successful in real life is that but not sitting in front a screen >playing some indie shitBeing an actual artist, or going to a concertIn fact, all of video gaming can be seen as a cucked version of creating..but instead you're passively enjoying someone else's creation..pathetic
>>735977245why do easy mode niggas always have this victimhood complex like nigga who cares if you're a little pussy just own it
>>735977245>starting a sentence with and>stressfull>fullThe poor grammar got me to reply before the poorly thought out bait did
>>735978680This is such a faggot take that I refuse to believe someone would think this.
>>735993531Why do hard mode niggas want people to be impressed they pushed buttons on their fisher price toy fasterYou're still an unlaid fat loser bro....
>>735977245I do. It's only when these people who play on easy mode get an attitude and demand ALL games have an easy mode or difficulty slider just for them.Just as its okay to play on easy mode, it's okay to be filtered because the game is too hard. Not all games are or should be for everybody.
>>735977245Games are(or by default should be) designed to be fun.Some games are designed to be relaxing and not stressful, but it's not a requirement to be a videogame.Anyone that tells you it is, is a retard or a games journalist(there is some crossover there, yes.)
I don't mind how other people spend their time, but I know I get bored and tend to quit if a game is too easy. Not really a maximum hardcore gaymer either, I'll go for normal or maybe the second hardest if it's like four tiers. So to me it is a slight bit of confusion, turn it down low enough and you aren't even really playing a game at that point just watching a movie, is that actually engaging for you?
>>735993816>projection
>>735978931>why haven't you learned all the mechanics in the 10 minutes you are playing this game??!?!?!?!?! Stupid noobs, never want to learn!Said no one ever. Most people don’t give a shit if you’re new and actually trying to learn and improve. The gripe is with people who enter the game with no desire to learn it as it is and instead demand that it change to suit what they think it should be. Often times what they think it should be would gut out everything that it is now.
>>735986108Bait or mental retardation
>>735977245why would i care how other people play single player games
Wrong. I want the adrenaline rush of managing to get over something genuinely difficult. There are times when i play games to relax. Such times are not the main thing of why i play games. Soys cannot understand this. They hate their lives and want to skip their remaining days with minimal effort. Me, if i'm slacking away with vidya anyway, might as well make it worth it. It's a man thing. I crave challenge.
>>735977797Nobody asked for your life story
