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