>play a video game >hardest difficulty is locked on first

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>>387893330
wow your so cool playing on the hardest difficulty :) cool thread

>play a video game
>hardest difficulty is locked behind FREE DLC
>mfw

>>387893424
It's alright, kid. One day you'll grow up.

>>387893330
i've started picking normal since hard difficulties are usually just frustrating and ruin my experience

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>>387893330
So anyway, let's talk about Jagaaaaan and /ourguy/.

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>>387893330
>game has blacksmiths

>>387893496
Look who's talking.

>>387893330
Why do tryhards get angry everytime?

>>387893330
>well might as well play it on the hardest available so I won't have to play thrice
>finish game and its not worth a second playthrough at all
>wasted time by plying on hard

>>387893330
what are some games who do this right?

>>387893634
>game has black smiths

>>387893468
>Nintendo
not even once

>>387893330
You're a sperg with anger issues?

>>387894181
Bayonetta and The Wonderful 101, the enemy layout is completely different and in the case of TW101 as soon as the first level on hard they start throwing enemies that need powers you unlock later in the game, hence the need to beat the game on normal first.

>>387893330
what the fuck I was just reading through this manga. it's not good but I like the art

>>387893330
Makes matters worse when it has extra content

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>>387893424
I like to enjoy the challenge as much as the other aspects of a game. What's theproblem, amigo?

>>387894658
I'll check it out then, thanks.

>>387893595
You mean that they are still baby level easy even in hard mode, right?
Really, pick almost any game that came out after 2006. The hardest difficulty are only "hard" on the first few hours. Midway in they become a cakewalk.

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>>387893634
>game has erotic ms-paint comics

>>387893330
How about you stop being such a massive tryhard OP
>hurr durr i have never played a resident evil game before but why cant i play RE4 on Porffesional mode right away? I have played (insert unrelated action games here) before so i would be fine

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>play game on hardest difficulty
>its still piss easy

>>387893496
He is right though, stop streching out your e-peen, anyone who goes into a game they have never fucking played before on dante must fuck ass difficulty is an asshat

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>>387893330
>play a video game
>select hardest difficulty right from the get go
>complain about the game being unfair

The way I do it is by making self-imposed challenges to emulate a hard mode.
Play on normal but if I get hit once or twice I lost and restart.

What's so wrong with that? You can't make a game easier by yourself but you can make it more difficult.
It's up to you, OP

>>387893424
>>387893595
>>387893812
>>387893920
>>387895048
>>387895120
>I'm bad at game
I lost count of how many games I started in the hardest difficulty and it was still pretty easy to beat. "Normal", more often than not, just makes them braindead. There are exceptions, but many times they allow you to lower it midway anyway.
Hell, maybe OP even played a bunch of games from that same series before, in which case he has even more reason to want to start on the hardest difficulty. But nooo, you must play the boring way first and only THEN replay it all for the best experience :^)

Seriously, just kill yourselves. Just because you suck at games, it doesn't mean everyone else does.

>>387895253
This

>>387895551
You forgot to include that one screenshot of the bloodborne platinum trophy.

>>387893615
Does it count as cucking if its his sister?

>>387895319
Autism

>>387895253
fucking dark souls players

>>387895551
Fuck off nonce, playing a game like MGS2 on european xtreme if you have never played a MGS game in your life is beyond retarded. You aren't convincing anyone.

>>387894867
The problem is that most difficulty choices are actually that much more difficult, they just do things like: give enemies instant reaction time, let them literally cheat, inflate damage and hp numbers (ex: one hit player death, every enemy has to be hit 100 times before death), etc. In those cases the game isnt harder, just more frustrating.

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>hard mode just increases the numbers

>Game doesn't tell you what difficulty changes

Sometimes picking hard means taking more damage and having more fun, sometimes it means you never get to level up and it's boring. I hate this.

>>387893330

>Have to beat normal to unlock hard
>Have to beat hard to unlock very hard
>Have to beat very hard to unlock ultra hard

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>>387896065
I reflect that sentiment, but honestly, what are some games with good harder difficulty modes?
I thought about it the other day and I legit couldn't think of any.

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>beat game on hardest difficulty
>don't get the cheevos or rewards for beating lower difficulties

>>387896172

Devil may cry does a decent job of difficulty modes but I don't like how many playthroughs you have to go through.

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I also like playing games on the hardest difficulty first. I like to be challenged. What's wrong with that? Why are you fags so mad that other people don't play like you?

>>387896172
Resident Evil REmake's real survivor is bretty gud

>>387896172
Furi has three difficulties: Promenade, which increases player health, cuts some of the harder phases of boss fights, and locks the player out from cheevos; Furi, the standard mode; and after beating Furi you unlock Furier which changes up the boss patterns significantly and is WAY harder.

>>387896306
because my word is the Law and you have to obey it

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>easy difficulty practically plays the game for you
>normal difficulty requires a button press every few seconds
>hard exchanges all of your healing items/spells/etc for a single dead enemy, with his buddies eyeing you up
>very hard is outright impossible since you need a brain-computer interface just to get the mandatory reaction time, let alone grinding for weeks to afford the bare minimum gear
And that's why I stopped playing Runescape

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>>387896172
God Hand's dynamic difficulty is pretty fucking amazingly well done

why are there so many defensive faggots in this thread

>>387896306
Because to those of us who actually DO finish these games on THE VERY HARDEST diffuculty actually know that clueless anons claiming to play something like MGS3 on European extreme mode for their very first MgS experince are being posturing faggots. HARD i can understand, but going for the most absurd difficulty mode the game throws at you is just retarded. No one is playing MGS3 for the FIRST TIME on european extreme and coming out of that with good idea of what makes that game fun. Its posturing. Yu cannot be "good at video games" that is a broad and retarded statement. Want to have that attitude tough guy? Go get into the top 10% of ranks in fighting games upon first picking it up ever, go on challange anons, go do that.

>>387895895
Autism isn't real

>game has 2 locked hardest difficulties but you doubt if anyone bothers to unlock them and play that much because the game is mediocre and niche

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>Complain about the hardest difficulty being locked when you just booted up the game

>>387896650
>don't mind me i just play fighting games against the highest ranks online ever because i like a "challange" and im sure that is a fantastic place to start as a complete begginner

Just because people claim they "like" to play the hardest shit as soon as thry can, does not mean they are any good at doing so anon. I can platinum REmake just fine, but if some faggot who has never played an RE game in his life wants to play invisible enemy mode the very first go ever, yeah, im gonna call that guy a fucking tard.

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>You have to beat hard mode to unlock normal mode

>>387896813
That's what they want you to believe

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>game is a turnbased jrpg
>has higher difficulty levels

>>387893330
Fucking rapist

>>387893330
Seems like a lot of "why do i have to proove myself" anons in this thread are incapable of one of the most important challanges they can face: self discipline and patience. Niggas want to be blackbelts when they are atill white blets just because they want to, and cry when they have to proove it first. Get in line little faggots.

>>387896698
I beat MGS 3 on European Extreme for my first play through and enjoyed it. Not sure what your problem is. Why does this make you mad?

>>387897080
Sure you did kiddo

>>387896969
On the contrary. The elite made up "autism" to make people think being an inept idiot is okay.

>>387896991
>just increases enemy damage/decreases your damage
Come on you lazy fucks making me have to heal more often and dragging fights on isn't difficulty

>>387897162
You know you can just load in when you get spotted and lose, right? You learn the game playing it that way. I hate to play games multiple times and I love playing them on the hardest difficulty.

>>387896028
Read more carefully:
>there are exceptions
I also forgot to mention, but I meant to exclude older games. I am talking about things from PS3 era and beyond. Games became easier as the years went on. You are retarded if you still need baby ass normal mode to get used to most of them nowadays.

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>>387897190
Ah, but you see, that's also what they want you to believe.
One step ahead of you, faggot

>>387896991
There is nothing wrong with this if it's done well, especially in a game meant to be replayed like Persona.

>>387897197
It's for poor people who can't afford new video games often

>>387897197
Are there any games that actually change things other than hp and damage?

>>387897453
Vergil in DMC3 only uses spiral swords in higher difficulty levels

>>387893330
WOW

actuallt greentexting something that actually happens with an actual appropriate reaction

it's like christmas, thanks /v/

>>387893424
kys

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>>387897361
But why would they do that? Wouldn't people having autism give the higher ups an easier time?
Checkmate dickface

>>387897568
I was referring to jrpgs

>>387893424
how did this person completely miss the point op was making

>>387895080
this describes every Fallout/Elder Scrolls game

>>387897260
Then people should stop fucking saying "but im actually good at video games" being good at Persona 4 doesn't mean you should play REmake on invisible enemy mode on hard. In fact OP's premise ONLY works when you make circumstantial exceptions like you say in your post here.

>>387897682
Autism leads to lower birthrates, and ultimately, fewer consumers.

>>387898112
Sounds like a potential way to control the population to me.

>>387896650
/v/ is full of autists that pop off at the slightest notion that someone plays a game differently than they do.

>>387895319
this

>>387898454
>ask said anons "but do you really do that anon?"
>OMFG IM GLAD YOU ASKED ACTUALLY SCRUBS YOU SEE SOME OF US ARE ACTUALLY GOO AT VIDEO GAMES? MAYBE YOU HAVE HEARD OF THOSE REDDIT? ;^)

i wonder why no one likes those guys

>>387897627
Wow man you're such an oldfag you should teach classes on how to use 4chans stuff properly man just make a general called /school4chans/ or something man you can teach us all newfags the ways of the greentext

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>People getting pissy at others for playing on hardest difficulty first and vice versa
Just play your video games how you want you fucking faggots, jesus christ.

>>387899991
>Reason
>in /v/
Keep dreaming

>>387899885
>newfag

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>He gets defensive and butthurt because people are good at video games, making him feel inferior.

Dude it's just a fucking video game, playing on the hardest difficulty is a good indicator of game quality as well, if it's more than just fiddling numbers then usually you know you're going to get a great experience, and that the developers really did their best when working on the gameplay.

Personally I go for the hardest simply because normal/easy usually leave you with bad habits that you'll have to prune later on if you go for a replay, making it more frustrating in the long run.

>>387900972
See >>387898939

Playing on the hardest difficulty isn't the problem, like you said there are "exceptions" because some games just make themeselves chores and bores rather than clever difficulty spikes, so when some anons say they play "all" things at the most butt fuck difficulty citing that they are good at something called "video games" aparently not a broad statement in their views, people make fun of them teah, why not. If you really are so skilled, how come you arr this easy to get a bite out of?

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>>387901243
While some games do simply fiddle with numbers to create difficulty, it shouldn't be completely ignored as a valid route, we're missing context here.

For example, add enemy health and lessen player damage in games like Resident Evil and you'll have to adjust your playstyle accordingly, as enemy avoidance becomes more important.

What I'm trying to point out here is that a difficulty system that's done well is a sign of a great game. Games which neglect difficulty systems are usually not good games to begin with, so it's a non-issue.

I'm having a hard time comprehending your argument, why did you reply to me?

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>>387895551
Lol, aren't you a fucking badass, must be drowning in pussy this one.

>>387901962
Anon your image is incredibly touching. Thats very sweet.

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>>387902225
It's great that you like it as well, I tend to collect these kinds of things.

>>387901962
Why do all Russian bedrooms look like this? What is with that rug on the wall??

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>Mfw
>Playing on hard difficulty
>Removes the ability to see enemies through walls
>Increases the enemies damage and the players
>Removes hud
>Puts a bigger limit on resources

>>387902601
It's for decoration and insulation.

>>387893496
>he actually believes the le grow up meemay

>>387902473
I like art with anime girls in gritty photorealistic backgrounds

>>387896065
t. Noob

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>Hard mode is a completely different story, stages, enemies
You're pretty cool Kero Blaster

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>Realism mode
>Just makes enemies extremely durable and can 2-shot you
>You get no benefit

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>>387903549
>Realism mode
>shooting someone in the foot makes them die because dude one shot one kill lmao

>>387896172
Perfect dark. The highrst the difficulty, the moee objectives the levels have, with added changes.

One example is Carrington Villa where in normal difficulty you start from far away with a sniper rifle and have to save some women from getting executed.
In perfect agent difficulty, you start as the woman about to get executed without any gear and you have to make your way through the level with 2 more missions.

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>>387901962
>this image

Kind of makes me get why people cry about how much they love thier children.

>>387896172
Touhou.

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>>387893330
>play a video game
>"hardest" difficulty isn't the hardest

>>387904880
TO SAVE OUR MOTHER EARTH FROM ANY ALIEN ATTACK

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>>387905079
FROM VISCOUS GIANT INSECTS WHO HAVE ONCE AGAIN COME BACK

>>387901962
>if you ask me all games should have enemies that are literal mountains of health that take 20 headshots for even the most basic of enemies to die
>it stresses enemy avoidance
>all games should be like this for your first playthrough
>if you cant enjoy such masochistic game design right off the back you're just a scrub
Gonna come rigjt out and say this

YOU'RE HAVING FUN THE WRONG WAY

>>387905152
WE'LL UNLEASH ALL OUR FORCES WE WON'T CUT THEM ANY SLACK

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>easy mode is unlocked after first playthrough

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>>387905323
THE EDF DEPLOYS

>>387905439
OUR SOLDIERS ARE PREPARED FOR ANY ALIEN THREATS
gREAT PIC, KEEP'EM COMING

>>387902601
its called a tapestry. not a rug. thats woven art. a rug is something you wipe your feet on because you stepped in something

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>>387905648
THE NAVY LAUNCHES SHIPS THE AIR FORCE SENDS THEIR JETS

>>387897453
DMC, most platinum games in fact, change enemy behavior and spawn settings.

In MGRR enemies have something like a 1100% increase in aggressiveness on the highest difficulty, where on normal they stand around a bit.

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>>387905340
>easy mode is unlocked when you die enough times

>>387905651
Well excuse me Oleg

>>387906045
AND NOTHING CAN WITHSTAND OUR FIXED BAYONETS

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>>387906479
THE EDF DEPLOYS

>>387906512
OUR FORCES HAVE NOW DWINDLED AND WE PULL BACK TO REGROUP

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>>387906742
THE ENEMY HAS MULTIPLIED AND FORMED A MASSIVE GROUP

>>387906875
WE BETTER BEAT THESE BUGS BEFORE WE'RE ALL TURN TO SOUP

>>387906187
Fuck you too, Cerberus

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>>387906928
THE EDF DEPLOYS

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>>387906928
THE EDF DEPLOYS!!!

>>387893330
>tfw Trails series did away with that shit on PC

>>387907019
>>387907058
Bonus round: how i discovered the game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXpaPrZpB50

>>387893330
difficulty options are just lazy game design

>>387893615
I want more Jagaaaaan.

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>>387907136
>>387907058
WE'LL NEVER GIVE AN INCH AGAINST THIS ALIEN DISEASE
https://youtu.be/qJA6qwXaPgI

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>>387907406
WE'LL FIGHT WITH TOOTH AND NAIL REGARDLESS OF THE CASUALTIES

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>>387907543
AND WE WONT STOP UNTIL WE HAVE THEM DOWN AND ON THEIR KNEES

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>>387907630
THE EDF DEPLOYS

>>387893496
As I got older I've found myself playing on easier difficulties rather than hard ones. When you have a job and a wife, it's nice to have video games as a truly relaxing experience.

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>playing the game for the first time in the hardest difficulty because the difficulty achievements stack up.

Nice

>>387901986
>that pic
They clearly do care, considering how butthurt they are. Including you :^)

>>387898051
It's not that "I am soo good a games :p". It's that people here can't accept that some don't suck as bad as them, and are perfectly able to play most modern games on the hardest difficulty from the get go while enjoying it more this way, and not really having that much of a hard time. If the butthurt here doesn't stink of bad players, I don't know what does. Playing bad and without wanting to think too much is fine, specially if you grew up playing only casually, but don't try to dismiss everyone else as "tryhards" or liars, retard.
Also, OP's premise doesn't need to work on every case, brainlet. That was not implied anywhere. As long as it's valid for enough cases so that a good. Um er of people can identify with his experience, it's good.

A good way of spotting shitters is any complaints about "muh sponges" or "muh no damage". Because if the hardest difficulty is actually hard baby faggots whine about artificial difficulty or whatever excuses they can come up with to excuse their shittery. Go back to Dark Souls casuals

>>387909921
>so that a good number* of people
No idea how I fucked up that word that badly.

>>387894967
>he didn't play AKUMU mode in The Evil Within

>>387910083
This.

>>387909921
I atill don't think you should have access to Resident Rvil REmakes invisible enemy mode on hard for your first ever playthrough for the "ultimate experince" because that is that games hardest thing to do, and many other games are just like that.

>>387896172
I think that depends a lot on genre. Take racing games for example. Harder difficulties can do thing like make the ai take better lines or be less generous sith how much grip youve got. Shumps give you more diffucult patterns, rhythm games givd you more/ faster beats. Most rpgs dont have an equalivent. They can give you less resources or bump the enemy stats up but both of those just take more time, its not really more difficult.

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>playing game
>"Press X to unequip"
>nothing equipped
>mfw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl8OjoOT8Tg