What difficulty level do you start off at Sup Forums?

What difficulty level do you start off at Sup Forums?

>game made before 2011
medium
>after 2011
>hardest setting

normal because that's probably the way it was meant to be played unless the devs specify otherwise

>normal too easy
>enemy one shot you in hard mode

either this or whatever one the description says is the "way to play the game" like heroic in halo if i remember correctly

Hard or whatever before the hardest for AAA
Medium for everything else
Easy for strategies

Normal's just fine for Max Payne 3. Play hard if you like it.

The hardest I can. Hate when the hardest difficulty is locked behind finishing the game on a lower one.

Normal first time around. Hard second time.

If you have 5 difficulty levels at the start of the game, then I'd probably start hard and then put it up one if it's too easy.

Most games generally don't have 5 at first though, the last difficulties are usually an unlock.

>difficulty settings
All games should just have ONE difficulty setting.

no, its just that difficulty settings should add challenges and objectives rather than making the enemies easier or harder

example: thief

rpgs I put to normal, rts I put on easy until I learn the game, shooters usually hard, games like ninja gaiden and bayonetta hardest

Normal. I just assume that's the developers intended difficulty unless there is indication otherwise, e.g. Alien Isolation says hard is the recommended difficulty. If I'm replaying the game and found the first play through too easy then I'll bump up the difficulty.

>Easy for strategies
Me too

if it's AAA, the hardest difficulty.
if it's indie, normal mode.
AAA caters to neo Sup Forums tier players.

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I've actually played that game. The difficulty is almost irrelevant because you can one shot kill everyone from cover once you get the curve mechanic down.

Whatever I find the most enjoyable, which in this case would be Old School.

Always hard or very hard unless it's a strategy game or sim.

Always the highest to impress my Sup Forums friends.
>tfw faggots on /vp/ aren't impressed by itemless wins in Pokemon Shuffle