I just want to relax after a hard stressful day at the office. Is playing on easy mode a crime?
Nobody cares bro just beat your dick until you cum.
>>741347660..No?
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>>741347660modern games are already extremely casual and I honestly cant imagine playing them on normal or even easyyou have to be an actual mouth breather to enjoy this and at that level just watch a playthrough and save yourself some money
>>741347660Games are not a monolith and are supposed to be what the artist wants them to be, there are games that are supposed to be comfy and easy, there are games that are supposed to be hairpullingly hard.
>>741347660That’s nothing to brag about. Keep it to yourself.
>>741347660Here are my facts (not opinions):>Anything you do in a single-player game is your business and yours alone.>Easy mode, cheats, mods, skipping content you don't care to engage with.>It's your money, your time, and your life. Do whatever the fuck you want.>Anyone who gets worked up about how other people enjoy single player games is a weird dickhead.
>>741347827>artistlmaovideo games are not the fucking Mona Lisathey are a Big Mac, you can order it with no pickles or extra and the customer is always right
Just stop working
>>741347879But why do these very same people get hyperdefensive when you point out that they didn't beat the game because they cheated?If they play the way they want and, supposedly, don't care about what others think, why then do they feel defensive and call you a literal Hitler for pointing out they didn't beat the game?
>>741347976If someone does that, they're a weird dickhead too.
>>741347879I agree xister. I beat Elden Ring with godmode on because it was too hard :/ my opinion on the game has the same weight as your's btw! :3c
I don't care how you play. I play on the highest.Unless it's touhou.
>>741347660NoBraging about beating the game on easy is
>>741347660no one cares how you play games as long as you don't try to act like an authority on it despite not having even had that experience.have played a lot of games where someone asks for help about a specific difficulty, and some dickhead comes in saying how easy the game is and how just ran xyz, then you talk to this person and question their build, after a bunch of back and forth they admit they actually played on easy mode. I just have to wonder why this person thought they should ever even speak if they had never played the game on this difficulty and then tried to brag about finding it easy to play on easy.It's pretty much always like thisidc if you cheat or whatever, but as long as you don't come into discussions about the game and try to act like opinion on it matters, which is very very very difficult for most people who do this. Which is why I am repeating that last statement from the first one.
>>741348332>Braging about beating the game on easy isis what, motherfucker? don't leave us hanging here
>>741348387are you illiterate anon?the question was>is it a crime to play games on easy mode?>no, it isn't a crime, bragging about beating the game on easy ishow can you not understand what that anon was saying? read the OP jfc
>>741348036See post right above yours.If someone plays on easy or uses cheats to win and then complains the game is boring or too easy, or brags about beating it, that person is actually just retarded, in addition to being a weird dickhead.
>>741347660try going to sleep, that's usually more relaxing
>>741348387do i really need to greentext the last sentence? is fucking implied when i reply to a post number
>>741348473>>741348435The one you're replying to is the type of person who'd brag about beating games on easy
I tried Requiem on assisted mode and it was mindnumbingly boring.
>>741347660>Is playing on easy mode a crime?Yes. Yes it is a crime. We're going to come and get you and inflate you big and round for it.
>>741347660What about games where the stress is where the fun comes from like Pragmata
/v/ doesn't even play games, forget about difficulty for a second
>>741347660A game exists to be played in a fun way, difficulty can be used to nudge the player out of local maximums and towards the global maximum instead.The vertebrate eye developed with nerves that turn around and go back through the eye resulting in a blind spot. If I, in my immortal, omniscient and omnipotent reign as God, had gone around killing everything that started developing an eye like that, then the only eyes left would be like the invertebrate eye which is functionally very similar to the vertebrate eye but which doesn't have a blind spot. In much the same way difficulty allows developers to make sure that people are playing the game in a way that is fun and engaging instead of sticking to first order optimal strategies.
>>741347660You should be playing the game on the minimum difficulty that allows you to take advantage of all its features. Why play MGS if you wont use stealth?
>>741347660>Is playing on easy mode a crime?Fucking drama queen.No, playing on easy mode isn't a crime.But screeching about games that don't have easy mode and demanding easy mode because you 'have a life' should be a crime.>games are supposed to be fun and relaxing What a bunch of retarded bullshit.'Fun and demanding' is not mutually exclusive.Pretending every game has to be relaxing is height of dishonesty and hubris.
>>741347660If you don't claim you're better than everyone else after beating a game on easy then you're fine I guess
>>741347660normal mode is easy mdoe then days so playing easy mode is basically playing very easy mode which is basically retard mode, which is ok if you re actually retardedand no being retarded isnt a crime
>>741347976Why do you care how they beat the game? In what universe does it affect your life?
PUSSY PLAYS ON EASY MODE AND THEN HAS TO COPE ABOUT IT ONLINE AND GET VIRTUAL BACKPATS BECAUSE HE KNOWS HES A BITCH. MAYBE TRY FARMVILLE FAGGOT ITS A BIT MORE YOUR SPEED
>>741347660If a game even has the option it’s shit.
Playing on easy mode is allright.But not playing a game because it doesn't have one, too. Demanding an easy mode in everything even if it's not designed to habe one is cancer.
>>741347660Games should have 1 difficulty, and maybe a "challenge mode" for new game+ playthroughs
>>741350606reading comprehension retardo>cheating shitter boasts about being top dog, mentions he uses ''''''''''mods'''''''''' that ''''''''fix''''''''' ''badly designed'' parts of the game like character dying when his HP reaches zero>anon tells him he didn't beat the game and he's OBJECTIVELY CORRECT>cheating shitter gets all defensive and starts sperging out about itpeasant cheater should shut the fuck up instead of pretending he has skill when carried by cheatsthat's allhope your feeble brain can parse it
>>741347794Stop calling me suposatory
>>741347660No but it's usually boring instead of fun.
>>741347660Playing on the easiest difficulty is the most efficient way to play the game>instantly cripple enemy hp>make them slower or do less dangerous moves>sometimes you can just straight up ignore enemies>makes bullshit grinding/farming drastically fasterImagine fucking up and hitting things like "hard mode" at the start of the game. Literally getting filtered at the start menu. I'd be mad too if I couldn't even pick the correct option after just booting up the game and getting into something unplayable. That's like failing the options menu. They don't even have a save file, how can they be saved at that point?
>>741347660yes because normal is easy enough in almost all cases and going even easier than that is pathetic, you may as well just save the money and watch a playthrough on youtube
>PLEASE VALIDATE ME FOR MY LOW-EFFORT ACHIEVEMENTokayno
>>741347660You're not getting your dopamine from overcoming a spreadsheet at your 9-5 for Mr Shekelberg, that kind of victory and catharsis has been outsourced by society to recreation. If you choose not to engage with games that can provide that then you're just cuckolding your Faustian spirit
>>741347660Why are you yourself insecure about playing games on easy?The imaginary people on the internet telling you to "git gud" are actually your guilty subconcious, deal with it yourself and stfu.
>>741347660Playing on easy mode is fineShitting and pissing about how the game is "tedious" and "poorly designed" because you refuse to play on easy mode isn't fineWay too many people think they're 1337 pro gaymers and should be instantly good at every game, and refuse to balance the game to their own preference using the provided difficulty options
>>741347660I suck fucking ass at most video games so I'd rather take the pussy route
>>741347660Why do casual faggots like you beg to be validated all the time? Being whiny bitches about it only makes you harder to tolerate.Go play Peggle or some shit
/v/ gotta be the easiest board to bait
Why is it so important for casuals that everybody else HAS to support and validate their gay play styles?
>>741351686>hurrrr I was just pretending to be retardedRetard.
>>741347660>games are supposed to be...Games aren't SUPPOSED to be anything, kill yourself.
>>741351797case and point
>>741352094>hurrrr I was just pretending to be retardedRetard.
I think most single player campaigns are structured to a point where 'easy' isn't really going to save you any stress. you still have to move forward and do stuff, you might as well make it moderately engaging. if you're talking about a sim or arcade game with a really high skill based learning curve, or a sandbox maybe that's a different story.
>>741347660Games with difficulty selections are skillbased and not meant to be relaxing. Play a different game.
>>741347660Getting pissed off is fun. And why are you stressed by a video game being hard in the first place.
>>741347660KWAB
>>741347660>games are supposed to be fun and relaxingsays who?
>>741348036you are being sarcastic, but the vast majority of people who brag about being good at elden ring metagame builds and strats. look how quickly they dropped nightrein when it was actually testing their adaptability with unfamiliar scenarios.
>>741348036your opinion on the game definitely has the same weight as someone who checked the wiki to learn the best build and best weapons and where to continue the quests, which happens to be 90% of the players
>>741347827Yeah but some people are bronze and some are master. So you can't just create a game that will be easy for everyone or hard for everyone without having difficulty settings.
>>741350606What players say about a game will affect the development of future games. That's why modern games are so pathetically easy even on the highest difficulty.
>>741347660>yes, I want to fight on the front lines of a world war>yes, I want to participate in a martial arts death match against a musclebound killer>yes, I want to take my sports team all the way to the championship>yes, I want to sneak through a base filled with enemies that would slaughter me if they spotted me>yes, I want to fight a lonely last stand against the forces of hell itself>but, I mean, I don't want these experiences to be stressful or challenging in any way>that would just ruin it
>>741354504That is why we have video games.
>>741347660just watch movies you faggot
I play all my games on the difficulty settings where it works out so that the effort required of me to beat said challenge equals the satisfaction from beating it.Too easy? BoringToo much effort for even little things moment to moment? starts to slog.If difficulty is purely numbers and you need more, fuck off.
For me it depends how the difficulty is balanced in the game. Ideally I want difficulty that is challenging and demands attention, which keeps you engaged, but is not punishing. I don't want to be made to walk the same path and repeat the same fight over, and over, and over again, because at that point I'm going to get bored, frustrated, and it's going to become less fun. I'd say most ordinary challenges or encounters should be beatable first time in theory but not without due care and attention. A fair amount of it should require 2-3 tries. Certain bosses or particularly difficult challenges maybe 10-12 tries before I get sick of repeating it and as long as there is iterative progress between tries. There should not be many challenges you can do with your eyes closed but a few is OK. I don't like forced trial and error either. If I fail a challenge, I want to feel like I could have conceivably succeeded first try had I played better.
I HAVE A KID BRO I DONT WANT TO SWEAT LIKE YOU NERDS WITH NO LIFE A KID MEANS YOU HAVE ONLY 20 MINUTES FOR VIDEO GAMES AND THEY BETTER NOW BE HARD!!! IM A FATHER FFS!!!
>>741355414Yes that is a thing.
No matter what opinion we have, we must kill the opposing group.
>>741347660Says who? My first console was NES and the games on it were anything but fun or relaxing. Rage inducing and stressful is more like it.
>>741355565Is it? Why are you so decrepit, so decayed, that your modern 20 minutes is incapable of dealing with things your previous self dealt with anyway?>i just want to see the game broThen watch a playthrough, fag.
>>741356781Why are you incapable of playing on the difficulty of your choice and being happy?
I'm the opposite, I tend to play harder modes out the gate, then after I'm done and ever get the itch to play it again, I go full wacky easy mode even with cheat engine shenanigans and just break the entire play-through for fun.
reading /eftg/ you'd think people over there were being forced at gunpoint to play the gamethe utter frustration that seems to emanate from the average tarkov player really makes you wonder why you would play a game that actively makes you want to pull your hair out
Hahaha well memed my friend!
>>741347660I don't give a fuck if you want play easy or hard games.I just want devs to focus on the intended gameplay rather than spread their effort through multiple modes where half the mechanics invariably become useless due to the different balancing.The souls games are the ideal difficulty setup: everything is as hard or easy as you want to make it, with gear scaling everything from cancer hard to the game playing itself, without needing the devs to create separate modes.
>>741357370I am. I'm flabbergasted at the "excuses" people rattle off to defend their right to be a shitter though.
>>741347827wow stop being so logical you bitch
Poeple who say they play on easy confuse me for the same reasons as the people who say they eat ass. You do you, I don't care what you do in the privacy of your own home, but why would you go and advertise being a shitter/into shit?
>>741357725as a tarkov enjoyer its important to remember that if someone if voluntarily talking about tarkov on a forum theres a 95% chances they hate the game but play it daily.
>>741359398This post can only come from someone who doesn't know what a bidet is i.e. a disgusting unhygenic American.
>>741347660Anything under hard is for casual normies
>>741347812That's an interesting point. Older games Normal difficulty is a good balance. Games these days, best play on Hard+ even if you want to just relax
>>741347827Fuck the artist. Death of the author
>>741359236Yeah. Why isn't everyone just grandmaster in every game with very little time.
I sometimes play RPGs on Easy.Then youtube recommends me videos like>Turbo Permadeath Solo Worst Class Unfair Difficulty - Pathfinder: WotRand I just wonder, fucking how?
>>741360118Autism, unemployment, and a lot of reloading
>>741360118Some people prefer repeating the same enjoyable activity with minor variations endlessly over changing constantly.Nothing wrong with it. It's basically the same concept as ranking up in every competitive hobby and finding progressively sweatier opponents.
>>741347660Second slide can just say "and that's okay", because what is fun depends on the person and their mood. Some people want the stress and adrenaline, other people want a way to unwind and get immersed.
>>741360073"Grandmaster" is unnecessary in about 99% of games released to beat the hardest difficulties. "Master" is unnecessary. "Slightly above average", like myself, will suffice.
>>741360118Those usually go "I found an exploit and this allows me to, with unbearable amounts of time spent, beat everything in the game".
The only reason why you make justifications is because you feel guilt. If you were guilt-free, you would've played game in whatever mode silently.
