TBF, by the time you get that far into WoL, you should already have a number of powerful spirits + skill tree filled out, to make everything a lot easier.
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What’s the last game you played on Easy Mode?
- Thread starter M. Wallace
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The appeal of most games to me is overcoming challenges, so I'd actually prefer to stay on the high-end if anything.
I'd say probably the only exceptions are RPGs where the numbers get outright outrageous to the point where you have to grind for a month just to damage the next big enemy(looking at you, Ys: Oath).
I'd say probably the only exceptions are RPGs where the numbers get outright outrageous to the point where you have to grind for a month just to damage the next big enemy(looking at you, Ys: Oath).
If I remember correctly, I think it's The Evil Within 2...since the game is primarily built around stealthing your way through from what I observed, and I wanted a more combat-focused approach where I can shoot down enemies and conserve ammo in the classic survival horror sense, that's why I switched it to Easy...combined with Steam Controller gyro controls for aiming, it played like a dream on PC, got that classic survival horror feeling in 3rd person camera angle that I was craving from The Evil Within 2 at the time :P
Smash Ultimate World of Light mode. I just wanted to power through it as painlessly as possible in order to unlock the menu music options. I cheesed through the entire mode and finished it in 9 hours. It was so worth it.
Either Ratchet & Clank PS4 or Tetris Effect Journey Mode, after I got them along with my PS4 on Black Friday. Can't remember if I messed around with Tetris Effect a bit more after I finished Ratchet or not.
To be clear though, I'm mostly just along for the ride when I play stuff, and if I had the option, I'd play most stuff on Easy. The stuff I've played since, like Spyro 1 on the Reignited Trilogy, Monster Hunter World, and Donut County aren't games that have difficulty settings at all really, so this doesn't really apply to them. But if something like Monster Hunter did have difficulty settings, I'd probably be playing it on Easy too. Just how I choose to enjoy playing games, and I don't feel any shame in that, nor do I get or care to understand people who act like there is any shame from playing games that way, particularly single-player games, as if I'm trying to impress anyone to begin with. I play games for myself, to relax and decompress and have a good time, and that's enough for me usually. So when there is a difficulty option, I almost always go easy.
To be clear though, I'm mostly just along for the ride when I play stuff, and if I had the option, I'd play most stuff on Easy. The stuff I've played since, like Spyro 1 on the Reignited Trilogy, Monster Hunter World, and Donut County aren't games that have difficulty settings at all really, so this doesn't really apply to them. But if something like Monster Hunter did have difficulty settings, I'd probably be playing it on Easy too. Just how I choose to enjoy playing games, and I don't feel any shame in that, nor do I get or care to understand people who act like there is any shame from playing games that way, particularly single-player games, as if I'm trying to impress anyone to begin with. I play games for myself, to relax and decompress and have a good time, and that's enough for me usually. So when there is a difficulty option, I almost always go easy.
I usually play games on the hardest difficulty or one step down. I think the last game I played on Easy was the first Evil Within. That game was just really cheap with the insta-death traps, and the enemies all had way too much health and the resources were really scarce. I would spend like half an hour in a single conflict then have to start all over cause of a trap. I beat the first boss, but then started over on easy cause it just wasn't fun. The second game I played on normal and loved it.
I've never needed to yet......been gaming since Pong,lol.
I tend to play linear games on normal and open world/rpg ones on hard......but when it happens that I can't finish a game(and I'm sure it will eventually).....I'll be straight to easy mode with no regrets!
It's great that most games give you a choice though,then everyone gets to have fun....and that's what it's all about.
I tend to play linear games on normal and open world/rpg ones on hard......but when it happens that I can't finish a game(and I'm sure it will eventually).....I'll be straight to easy mode with no regrets!
It's great that most games give you a choice though,then everyone gets to have fun....and that's what it's all about.
I think mine is the same, since I needed to get the speedrun and 'don't change equipment' trophies on the same run for the platinum.
Otherwise, can't think of anything. I really hate games failing to push back at all.
I cannot remember to be honest. I used to play mostly on hard mode, but recently have gone back to default normal mode. Maybe I should start playing everything on easy. Getting too old and having less and less time or energy.
The only games I've played on easy in the past decade are probably Persona 3-5. Not something I normally do.
The only time I've done this recently was for Persona 5. I simply could not beat the last boss on Normal, and I was utterly sick to death of the game by that point (I "binge played" it over the course of a week or two during the equivalent of "spring break" over here - bad decision, perhaps, but I never would have finished it otherwise). It was, unsurprisingly, probably a bit TOO easy on Easy, but at least it meant I finished it.
I suppose Dragon Quest XI counts because normal difficulty is considered too easy by most people, but frankly I don't like it enough as yet to consider playing it on hard.
In general I play games on normal difficulty unless the difficulty options are weirdly customisable. I have no interest in difficult combat because I'm basically terrible at video games, but in something like Shadow of the Tomb Raider I was able to tone down a lot of the platforming and puzzling hand-holding separately from the combat which was absolutely ideal.
The main exception to this rule, though, is games with stealth in. I am so bad at stealth games.
I suppose Dragon Quest XI counts because normal difficulty is considered too easy by most people, but frankly I don't like it enough as yet to consider playing it on hard.
In general I play games on normal difficulty unless the difficulty options are weirdly customisable. I have no interest in difficult combat because I'm basically terrible at video games, but in something like Shadow of the Tomb Raider I was able to tone down a lot of the platforming and puzzling hand-holding separately from the combat which was absolutely ideal.
The main exception to this rule, though, is games with stealth in. I am so bad at stealth games.
I put Berseria on Simple(?) to farm some materials that are like 1% drop rate on anything above normal, but crucial to upgrading some weapons. Great design!
Other than that I always go for the hardest difficulty available, unless it's super bullshit.
Other than that I always go for the hardest difficulty available, unless it's super bullshit.
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sometimes i start arcade games on easy on a first playthrough, they're short anway. or for NG+ to wrap up some trophies. won't play on easy when i plan to do one pt only.
Xenoblade 2 to make grinding faster. It feels like the enemies in that have way too much hp on normal.
Latest god of war. A friend really loves it and lent it to me. Didn't really have the heart to tell him I really wasn't interested.
Put it on easy but gave up on it a few hours in anyway. I just couldn't bring myself to care, upgrading stats or the combat. Yeah I probably didn't give it a fair shake but I just don't feel that game at all.
Put it on easy but gave up on it a few hours in anyway. I just couldn't bring myself to care, upgrading stats or the combat. Yeah I probably didn't give it a fair shake but I just don't feel that game at all.
Came in to post exactly this. I'm just shy of 100 hours in and the battles - even in story mode - are still a fair challenge.
Eh, same. Also the combat is pretty boring and I like everything else about the game
its been a while since i dropped to normal let alone easy.
I guess pokemon is easy mode by default lol but honestly cant think of a legit answer
I guess pokemon is easy mode by default lol but honestly cant think of a legit answer
I played the SP of Battlefront 2 with my girlfriend some days ago. She isn't used to dual stick controls at all and she never plays shooters so i selected the easiest setting for her. It was fun. She was headshotting and killing Tie-fighters within two hours. LMAO.
Personally, i can't remember. I like a challenge. Makes you learn the levels better. Don't mind dying a couple of times. But i play games very rarely now so i did scale back to "normal" in a lot of games.
Personally, i can't remember. I like a challenge. Makes you learn the levels better. Don't mind dying a couple of times. But i play games very rarely now so i did scale back to "normal" in a lot of games.
Uncharted 4, the beginning of chapter 20. I don't know how many attempts I made on crushing before giving up and switching to easy. I did eventually beat it on crushing though after figuring out a strategy.
I remember switching a few times to easy just to compare difficulty to crushing, and it was ridiculous. There are some sections which I don't think ever got balanced for crushing.
I remember switching a few times to easy just to compare difficulty to crushing, and it was ridiculous. There are some sections which I don't think ever got balanced for crushing.
Resident Evil 7 in VR mode. I have already finished the game on normal but if I play it on that or hard in VR I'd probably shit myself.
"Normal" is "Easy mode" now? Than I play almost all games on "easy mode"
Don't most games with multiple difficulties have at at least three modes? Easy, Normal, Hard?
Don't most games with multiple difficulties have at at least three modes? Easy, Normal, Hard?
Puzzle Quest.
It's the only difficulty where the AI isn't a cheating bastard. On Normal and especially Hard it will immediately find and match all fours/fives-of-a-kind, including combos which involve gems that haven't dropped into the playing field yet. It also knows when it will "randomly" get an extra turn through matching regular threes (through skill points, equipment, etc), and make moves accordingly. Playing on Easy is the closest you can get to playing against a realistic opponent, because it will actually sometimes miss a clever combo every now and then, just like a regular human being would.
It's the only difficulty where the AI isn't a cheating bastard. On Normal and especially Hard it will immediately find and match all fours/fives-of-a-kind, including combos which involve gems that haven't dropped into the playing field yet. It also knows when it will "randomly" get an extra turn through matching regular threes (through skill points, equipment, etc), and make moves accordingly. Playing on Easy is the closest you can get to playing against a realistic opponent, because it will actually sometimes miss a clever combo every now and then, just like a regular human being would.
If I read that a game is frustrating and unfair before playing it then I will often turn down the difficulty. Played Kinights Contract last year and I actually ended up thinking is was a decent game on Easy. The game was absolutely murdered by the critics because of the poor AI in combination with the difficulty making it frustrating.
Challenge can be great in games like Celeste, Ninja Gaiden and Dark Souls but not when it mostly comes from jank. At the same time, a janky game can still be fun if it isn't too hard and unfair.
Challenge can be great in games like Celeste, Ninja Gaiden and Dark Souls but not when it mostly comes from jank. At the same time, a janky game can still be fun if it isn't too hard and unfair.
Whatever the last game is I played. I play everything on easy, unless it removes content from the game, or the harder difficulty is actually more interesting (read, enemies do different things, and don't just take more damage/kill you faster).
