Do you enjoy easy games?

Because I don't... I enjoy frustrating games like Ninja Gaiden on Nes. I think difficulty settings and a good balance is a must for every game. When I play a game that is too easy I feel like I'm wasting my time, especially if the story and characters are not even that great either. I like using every cheap trick I can discover without feeling bad because the enemies/bosses are just as cheap. It makes me feel all warm in the inside. ;)

There different kinds of hard though. There are those like Catherine that are frustrating in a way that I don't enjoy. I have never liked games about puzzle solving but I do like strategy in games with a more traditional setting like war or saving the world. I don't enjoy commanding faceless armies like you do in RTS games either. But anyway, a decent challenge is a must.

Definitely not, but I don't enjoy controller breaking games either.

I like a bit of challenge, and I always play my games on Hard mode or whatever the equivalent is even on my first playthrough.

I enjoy fun games. Dont care if they're easy or not.

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If I love the gameplay, then yeah. Just because I'm good at hard games doesn't mean that I can't find enjoyment in easy ones.

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Yeah, I don't care if the game is easy or hard. Just as long as it's fun to play.

I usually play on easy because i feel its the best way to fully enjoy the game for me, no frustration, no raging, no throwing controllers just pure fun and enjoyment for the story.

Depends on why it's hard. Like I don't enjoy hard modes in games where the enemies just become bullet sponges.

Yeah sure. Difficulty doesn't always have to correlate directly to enjoyment after all. Sometimes I just want to play something relatively easy and relaxing. Or I'm just playing through it for the story. The Mass Effect series for example is a chore to play on higher difficulties because every enemy is suddenly an insane bullet sponge all the time. That's not fun for me. The challenge of something like Call of Duty 4 on Veteran however is right up my alley.

Depends on the game, but I don't go after higher difficulties anymore, unless I really, really like the game.

Doesn't matter to me as long as it's fun to play.

I just enjoy a game if it's fun.

Most of my favorite games are fairly easy. It's more about the overall experience for me.

Some games are easy to a fault tho. I'm thinking Prince of Persia '08 for PS3/360. There was never any sense of tension in the gameplay. I still enjoyed it tho.

I almost always play shooters on easy since I play them for the singleplayer story. Basically looking for an action movie roller coaster ride. I tend not to enjoy the actual shooting gameplay so I try not to prolong it. I absolutely adore the Souls series though, and love dungeon crawlers. So depends on what your definition of easy or hard is.

If the gameplay is good and I enjoy it the game doesn't need to be easy.

No, i usually play on the hardest difficulty level, especially RPGs. It's and incentive to explore and play cautiously.

Depends on my mood, sometimes i just want to pick a game and enjoy it, even if is not challenging, for example some of the levels in Super Mario 3D World are insanely fun to play even if they are easy, sometimes i want to push my limits and test my skill in games like Bayonetta or some figthing games with insane difficulty,

you know... there are better forms of story telling that don't challenge your mind/reflexes/whatever else....

I did that with persona 4 .... I regret it, the game was a walk over.... I don't see the point in games if you are not being challenged.... you mayaswell watch it on youtube,

Back on topic... I enjoy them if the gameplay is fun.... I cant play one just because of story... I find a game that focuses on story and has bad gameplay... is a CRAP game...... you have toe best or worst story.... but here are better ways to enjoy stories.

Mario games are easy... yet very enjoyable.... putting games on Hard/Heroic ... is not enjoyable... its the tackiest form of "difficulty"....

Depends, most of the time I play on normal but there some games that I'll play on hard. My friend told me to play TLOU on hard mode because on the easier modes you ended up with tons of supplies and it skewed the game. Playing on hard meant I had to think about how I would approach 3 clickers armed with a 2x4 and a shiv.

Hmmmm, I should go check out that harder mode...

I explored everything in TLOU, got a lot of stuff, and that made the game very easy for me. But I thought that was because I explored :(

Depends on the type of game, why it's hard, etc. If it's too easy, to the point i fell the game is playing itself, no, i don't like it. Games are interactive mediums, so if in the middle of a combat/adversity type situation and the actual challenge isn't there, it kind of ruins it. But not every game needs to feel like a challenge for me anyway. Besides, not using upgrades, increasing difficulty settings, etc, can help if i feel it's too easy.

Besides, i tend to prefer PVP for "harder games". I honeslty find losing to other peole less frustration since it's just about the competative aspect. It can be annoying, and emotions get high sometimes, but it's just about fun in the end.

too easy? NO

TOO hard? HELL NO

I specially hate games that just increase health and give AI x ray vision seeing through walls so soon as you pop up from cover from new spot they are already tagging you in the face

I highly recommend replaying it on hard. I was too searching all over the levels but I found jack shit most of the time XD

maybe if they have a good story, but I do prefer at least a little challenge.

Two of my three favorite games (Final Fantasy X and Half Life 2) were both pretty easy. I don't remember the third (Final Fantasy XII) being particularly difficult either.

I can enjoy an easy game, but I have my limits.

I remember trying Kirbys Epic Yarn. The game had plenty of cool stuff about it, but it was just too easy for me to push on.

This. If they're too easy they're boring. At the opposite end of the spectrum if they're overly frustrating I won't play them either. Gaming is about enjoyment. It shouldn't be a second job.

I found a lot. I'm a real horder though, didn't use most of it until one of the last parts of the game with all the infeced in the tunnel.

Always had about 2 health kits ready at any time.

In the DLC I was completely lost, I had almost nothing :'(

Depends if it's still fun to play or not... But generally, I don't like difficult games that frustrate me. It takes the enjoyment out of it if I'm constantly dying or whatever.

I noticed you used the word "frustrating" specifically.... I love difficult challenges but frustration just means your banging your head against the wall not making any progress.. Its wasted effort.

I like the type of challenge that involves clever strategies that can't be memorized, almost unique in each encounter.... Its important to avoid anything that can be cirmcumvented using brute force and sheer persistance... like Adventure games and RPGs. :p

I also like Speed/Timing/Reflex based difficulty.... Its an easy way of making something more challenging.... Just do it faster ;)

+1

On the harder difficulties you search and explore out of necessity more than anything else... which is usually jack shit.

Games like Assassins Creed feel pointless specifically due to the difficulty.

Depends. Easy games can be incredibly fun like the Uncharted games, but too easy will stop me wanting to play it after a while. I need some small challenge at least

Stories in games generally suck, I skip cutscenes whenever the game allows me to. Running through a game on easy would be entirely pointless to me as the story adds little or no value IMO.

That being said, I usually play a games on normal the first time and try to at least give the story a chance. However after that, I will play on Veteran/Legendary difficulty and skip all cutscenes. Sometimes if the story is bad, i will tune out the story or skip cutscenes even during the 1st playthrough.

I don't much care for very high difficulty games either. I just like it to be a nice moderate challenge so I'm not just blowing right through it.

i like balanced games.

If the story is bad I won't play it. BF3 I just stopped after the 3rd mission, I don't care how pretty it is. BF4 I managed to push through in spite of how stupid it was and how much I hated your team-mates because it was easy and fast. TLOU I loved, Binary Domain I loved, State of Decay I loved. My backlog is huge right now, its probably over 100 now across all systems. I don't need to wring every little drop of joy out of every game, and I'm not going to waste time on a game that doesn't give me a reason to play.

@clyde46

Thats not Hard at all..... If you don't have enough resources then either sneak past them or die trying....

I mean if you don't have the resources then you just don't have'em.... Why people like stressing over this is beyond me.

When I played TLOU I simply tailored my playstyle to the resources I had and it made everything kinda boring, it was a poor attempt at difficulty.

@Gue1: Not at all. I just get bored and turn them off if they are too easy.

Honestly, today's games are super easy on the hardest settings. I typically start a new game on HARD and then proceed to get all the achievements/Platinum if I like the game playing again on a new HARDER setting that is usually unlocked after you beat it once.
I don't like frusterating games, but I was raised in the older days and todays games are so easy I get bored with some of them.

Yes, I enjoy easy games.

Same. I usually play on Normal first, if I like the game a lot I try the harder levels. But in the end if the game is fun to be pushing buttons in, and paying attention to the story and characters then I play it. I'll go back on easy level years later to enjoy a games story sometimes.

I usually do that after I have played it on the normal or hard levels. It is enjoyable to do that.

No, im actually playing every game on the hardest available difficulty for my first playthrough. At first i was doing this for achievements on 360 and it them became an habit.

Theres alot of Cheap, Lazy, Artificial Difficulty these days across multiple genres. As the narratives "improve" the gameplay and balance goes down the toilet....

Also, I'll never get this.

I don't mean this towards you specifically Gue1, but just in general BECAUSE I SEE IT ALL THE TIME lol. The NG games on NES were nothing really. Soooo many games back then were far more difficult. But I always see NG name dropped like it was the killer hard game of its time. I just don't get it really.

I was 7 years old when I got Ninja Gaiden. I beat it the same night I got it. I was 9 or 10 when I got Ninja Gaiden 2. Again, I beat the game that night. I can think of dozens of NES games that were far more difficult. As a matter of fact, I'd argue that the NG games were among the easier titles back then.

Play some Legacy of the Wizard, Adventures of Bayou Billy, Street Fighter 2010, Battle of Olympus, Castlevania 3, Contra, etc.. and try telling me that Ninja Gaiden is hard lol. And don't even get me started on the truly broken games.

@ConanTheStoner:

Right? Even games like SMB2 and Double Dragon were more difficult than Ninja Gaiden.

If we're talking original DD then yeah I agree. DD2 and DD3 were about on the same level as NG.

I always figured that I just sucked at SMB2, but yeah, that game kicked my ass more than NG ever did.

I enjoy some easy games yes.

Like a lot of posters in this thread, I care if the game is enjoyable. A game can be easy and fun, hard and terrible, or vice versa.

If it's fun.

Depends. If it's a beat em up that I can go to after a bad day just to brutally kick the AI's with a bat then I don't mind.