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@gamingonlinux I love games that basically use "easy mode" as a "story-heavy mode", as I'm frequently just there for story, and with "hard modes" usually just being things like "no ammo drops, huge enemy health, you die to a stiff breeze, and your reactions need to be pico-second fast"... I'm fine with being considered an "easy-mode" player. I play games for fun, if I want challenges, I live in a society, there's many I can find in meatspace!

@gamingonlinux Wish Elden Ring had something like this proper opposed to various "meta builds" determining difficulty completely dismissing desired play style.

Instead its either a breeze or a struggle based on having the AUDACITY to choose a weapon based on style and appeal rather than min/max research.

@gamingonlinux Hades does this really nicely. And yes.

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Absolutely. 1st time through, I’m participating in a movie.

Then later I may crank up the difficulty to have a significantly new experience.

@gamingonlinux always easy or very easy haha

@gamingonlinux and sometimes even the easy mode is not easy enough for me. I need ti have fun and relax after work, not getting more stress

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Doing that with Prey, best decision ever

@gamingonlinux @Fullnihilism Yes, exactly!

@gamingonlinux Sometimes I just want to relax and enjoy the story.

@gamingonlinux I usually play normal or easy, because harder settings usually don’t mean you needing better skills. It’s usually just more micromanaging resources and spending lot more time trying to not get hit. But I do love me Soulsborne games because the difficulty is part of the game and they’re balanced 100% for that one difficulty.

@gamingonlinux Read a game jam suggestion of naming "easy" mode as normal because no one will set it to easy. They will just complain it is too hard.

@gamingonlinux The only time I ever venture into hard mode in a game is when it gives rewards that are useful outside of hard mode. Like online games where cooler stuff drops in harder content.

Otherwise, I stay on normal or easy difficulty.

@gamingonlinux Agreed. Also Ideally being able to adjust parameters to making it as easy or as hard as the user wants.

Never listen to the "games are too easy today" logic.

@gamingonlinux How to give a heart attack to Dark Souls lovers in 1 post. :anime_glasses:​ Well done!

@gamingonlinux playing devil may cry 5 for the first time. I wanna enjoy the story and not struggle with the combat after a long day at work.

@gamingonlinux I would counter this with "Normalize harder difficulties that are actually thought out and well designed instead of just punishing the player for trying to play them with mere health and damage adjustments".

I like harder difficulties because I like when games say "no, you cannot progress" unless you actually engage with all it's mechanics. For example, the new spider man game has a fun hard difficulty because you will not progress unless gadget use becomes second nature to you.

@gamingonlinux I usually start with "Normal" and then adjust depending on my mood. I go easy more often than harder.

@gamingonlinux #NoWrongWayToPlay

@gamingonlinux how do I set “easy” mode on real life?

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@gamingonlinux "normalize"? You mean some people don't play on easy mode? What's wrong with them?

@gamingonlinux I want even EASIER easy modes in most games.

@gamingonlinux this! Play the game anyway you want to!

@gamingonlinux Do whatever you find fun, if easy is fun for you or if the hardest difficulty is fun for you play that, however you want to play.

@gamingonlinux I love playing on easy modes on certain games where it makes the experience more fun!
However, I've also noticed that reducing difficulty on other games made them no fun at all, like the Witcher 3, where I started in normal, combat was just pressing X and dodging nothing, all skill points in attack skills, so I didn't like the game. At some point I started from scratch in hard mode and everything clicked, I loved playing it, loved the gameplay and the story!