• mohab@piefed.social
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    22 days ago

    Eh, not really. If it’s not fun, I’ll lower the difficulty or refund if this is not an option, I don’t care.

    I play all of my favorite games on the hardest difficulty because the challenges they throw my way are a big part of why I find them fun—why would I bother with higher difficulties if I’m not having fun?

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      22 days ago

      Conversely, why should you bother with lower difficulties at all if you’re not having fun to begin with?

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        22 days ago

        Hmm… I think of difficulty, or lack thereof, as integral part of the fun. I think they’re inseparable, essentially.

        I don’t really enjoy the process of learning and getting better at 3rd person shooters, for example, so I don’t typically enjoy playing those on higher difficulties. If I pick one up, I know I’ll most likely have more fun playing on lower difficulties because it eliminates a process I don’t really enjoy. In other words, shooting shit is still fun, but I need the difficulty toned all the way down to enjoy it.

        Conversely, I love learning the intricacies of combo systems of action games and figuring out how to exploit enemies and whatnot, so I have to play those on the highest difficulty to get the full experience and have the most fun.

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          22 days ago

          Interesting, thanks! That’s not quite how I approach fun, or difficulty, in a game.

          I’m happy playing on higher difficulties so long as the gameplay loop is interesting (to me), and that’s how I go about shmups for instance, gradually increasing difficulty as I start to “master” the game (as if), however if the “default” gameplay isn’t fun to me, lowering the difficulty is not going to help.

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            22 days ago

            Yeah, I play shmups the same—still stuck on arrange in Crimzon Clover, haha. Gotta put more time into practicing the TLB.

            What are your favorite shmups on Steam?

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              22 days ago

              GL! I certainly have to give Crimzon Clover a fair try, I liked the few runs I did so far.

              Favourite would be DoDonPachi Resurrection / DFK, but I have to practice more for the 2nd loop / TLB as well haha.

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        20 days ago

        I like to set the difficulty high enough to where I don’t feel the game is too easy, but low enough so that I’m not getting frustrated and feeling like the challenge is bullshit.