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Liam @ GamingOnLinux ๐ง๐ฎTrue story right gamers?
jcrabapple@gamingonlinux sometimes you just don't have the time to invest in a challenge! Easy mode ftw!
Daniele Pantaleo ๐ฆฅ
@gamingonlinux guilty as charged, especially for new games, so that I could learn the mechanics.
Bite me!
Mark Bennett ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐จ๐ปโ๐ป๐โโ@gamingonlinux thatโs me! Iโve got zero time but still enjoy gaming. Easy mode is the way to go!
qrazi@gamingonlinux Wholeheartedly agree!
Ali 
@gamingonlinux I mostly do normal, but man I don't know what's wrong with enemies in Elden Ring. Like cmon give me a break will ya. They don't wait for a second to kill ya.
๊คษแดสษสS@gamingonlinux Hmm on one hand I like to challenge myself ever so slightly when playing games, and I tend to be pretty good at it by this point. But on the other, I don't think I would've gotten to that point without making heavy use of cheats and stuff while growing up just because breaking the game in various ways was fun. Really helped me get a feel for how games work.
Dr. Dek ๐จโ๐๐ง๐ )@gamingonlinux
And some games only have hard mode, and that's also fine.
And some games only have hard mode, and that's also fine.
byterot@portaloffreedom @gamingonlinux case in point: Super Hexagon
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จ่ฃธ ๐ฎ@portaloffreedom @byterot
It's fine if your company wants to limit sales because you don't want to maximize profits.
It's fine if your company wants to limit sales because you don't want to maximize profits.
Kayla Eilhart (cz)@gamingonlinux Hell yeah! The older I am, the less time and patience I have to tinker with character builds and strategies. I want stories, I want fun, and I don't want to spent half a year playing only one game on hard mode when I can squeeze there a few more just thanks to playing it easy.
Gina Hรคuรge@gamingonlinux I recently sung praises not only on Easy mode but on easy switching of difficulty!
Playing #DeathStranding on the #SteamDeck. Wonderful game for me to relax with (for whatever weird reason). But then I found myself in a shooter sequence. And I just plain suck at aiming on anything but a keyboard and mouse.
So I kept dieing. And after a few repetitions I was THIS close to giving up on this game I have enjoyed for 50h now altogether. 1/
@gamingonlinux But then I remembered the difficulty switch. Switched from Normal to Easy. Still sucked, but less so. Switched to Very Easy. Completed the sequence. Switched back to Normal & have been happily playing onward on that since.
I want to enjoy this game. I don't want to switch to my desktop just because the game switches to shooter mode for a short story sequence. I don't have to proof anything to anyone. I already have a job, this is what I do for fun. Easy ftw 2/2
MacLemon@gamingonlinux @foosel Are you playing with dual sticks only, or rest-thumb-on-right-stick-for-precision-gyro-aiming?
The latter works surprisingly well for me and I donโt even qualify as sucking at ego-shooters. It didnโt make any difference if I played them with a mouse or an old Apple Trackpad. :-)
@MacLemon @gamingonlinux Currently only dual stick. Have played around with the gyro a bit but so far it's still not intuitive and doesn't really improve my aiming that much either. I need to build muscle memory.
Doesn't help that I consider myself fairly good at aiming with mouse and WASD. Used to play shooters in the past, still occasionally do, so it becomes extra frustrating when suddenly I can hit almost nothing anymore simply due to a different input device ๐
@foosel Iโm not particularly good at twitchy shooters, even with a rodent and keyboard. I still enjoy playing at easy Settings though.
I was surprised how well my brain adapted to gyro control, while still using dual-sticks for movement.
I somehow really liked being able to roughly aim using the right stick and then seamlessly use the gyro with a rolling/twisting motion of the Deck to do the precision aiming.
Canโt assess how well this works for fast paced games. Worked for me in Portal/2. :-)
OctoFloofy 
localzuk@gamingonlinux sometimes you just want to enjoy the story!
mhynlo@gamingonlinux so ... Story mode.
I like that some games that call it story mode. It allows you to get through the game and enjoy the story and not get bogged down by difficult content.
It's not my thing, but I know people that benefit from this kind of game mode.
I like that some games that call it story mode. It allows you to get through the game and enjoy the story and not get bogged down by difficult content.
It's not my thing, but I know people that benefit from this kind of game mode.
PokeParadox@gamingonlinux I start on normal and see how that goes, but I absolutely switch to easy if I feel like a game is wasting my time by overdoing it in the challenge.
My favourite thing is well implemented and seamless adaptive difficulty that is invisible to the player.
My favourite thing is well implemented and seamless adaptive difficulty that is invisible to the player.
Thomas Svensson ๐@gamingonlinux ๐ that is the level I most often start a new game in.
Ole V. S. Mortense ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐บ@gamingonlinux fair, Iโm just too F* old to play on easy mode. I feel like, If Iโm to sacrifice hours of my life into a game Iโd better make it worth my while.
Stewart Russell@gamingonlinux accessibility is not easy mode
Melissa 
@gamingonlinux I play on easy mode allllllll the time ๐
Manuel Tejera@gamingonlinux Games are for enjoying yourself. If you want to play in easy, go ahead.
In fact for single player games i believe it is ok to cheat if you want. Just dont ruin the game for anybody else and you're good to go.
Eat My Wings To Keep Me Tame@gamingonlinux me, not spending one more minute in high on life than i have to. The game wasnt hard just... annoying
Benjamin Flanagin@gamingonlinux Easy mode is fine. Though I love the trend where games replace the Easy, Medium,Hard naming structure with something like Story First, As intended, Challenging, etc.
Kazriko@gamingonlinux Yep, play how you want, as long as you don't set it to easy, then complain that the game is too easy. ;)
@kazriko
Good point. I've seen too many user reviews where players complained about a game being too easy, only to find that they never changed from the Default difficulty.
Good point. I've seen too many user reviews where players complained about a game being too easy, only to find that they never changed from the Default difficulty.
@Zenra_Nukenin If they're going to do that, they should try the different difficulties at least a bit to say "I found Normal to be a bit too easy, while Hard was just right." Or "Normal was too easy, while Hard mode just turned the enemies into bullet sponges rather than increasing the challenge."
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Leอขแบ Grอantอก@gamingonlinux I do! It's not my default, but I'd rather finish a game on easy than play the first part over and over before tossing it to the back of my backlog never to be seen again.
chrisgc@gamingonlinux
So true! After work I just want to chill and not develop some new skill micromanaging stuff.
So true! After work I just want to chill and not develop some new skill micromanaging stuff.
xinbenlv@gamingonlinux yes, exactly for me
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฝ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ช@gamingonlinux And โeasyโ = โaccessibleโ for many. Gatekeeping games is weird.
Zakarya 
Darrin West@gamingonlinux Itโs far better than rage quitting.
leork@gamingonlinux statement is true in spite of the sus source. ๐
Dustin_00@gamingonlinux Man, there's been a couple games where I picked Easy and died on the first level anyway. Rage quit and never went back, lulz.
Chris. R. ๐ง๐ผโ๐@gamingonlinux sometimes I just want to get through the story.
@gamingonlinux
I mean I like a challenge every now and then, but some games have gameplay or controls so abysmal I don't really bother and just play for story. I totally remember playing the wannabee walking-sims Soma on easy mode (it had a top notch writing, but one of the most dull attempts on stealth & horror I can remember).
As we used to say in RPGs: But that's badwrongfun ! Aka: don't listen to people on the internet and play as you and your group like it :)
PointyFluff
Dogs on Drugs@gamingonlinux Not always, but when Iโm bored or tired, I like to play the most difficult level I KNOW I will win. I find it soothing, and I can look around for things Iโve missed, better strategy, etc.
Tim Severien@gamingonlinux @darius During burnout, Iโd set games lowest with all the helpers I could enable to make it somewhat enjoyable. Iโm sure many players canโt mentally deal with challenging settings tbh!
Furty@gamingonlinux absolutely right. I have no shame in lowering the difficulty on a game if I'm struggling. I just want to enjoy playing instead of bashing my head against a wall.
OldManToast@gamingonlinux Absolutely, i have no embarrassment to say that I beat Doom Eternal on Easy. It was stress enough at that level, I don't need more neck pain in my life. I don't play all games on easy, but I will adjust it where and when I decide.
Yod'โh ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐คทโโ๏ธ@gamingonlinux absolutely right. I mostly chose and play games to enjoy a story, I don't have time to get frustrated with having to repeat the same thing 100 times over and over again until I do it just exactly right to progress.
I like games that call this "story mode", I feel more respected.
I understand that some people do need the challenge, good for them, just not me.
I like games that call this "story mode", I feel more respected.
I understand that some people do need the challenge, good for them, just not me.
kaiserkiwi 
@gamingonlinux I have a child. No time for hard mode. ๐
At least for story games.
Paul-Gabriel WienerImagine, using a feature that's designed to be there, all because it's a game and that's how you enjoy it. Go figure.
Antero Hytรถnen@gamingonlinux Games are form of art. With art, there's no wrong way to experience it. Being art though, it's not always meant to be fun.
Flamekebab@gamingonlinux I wish the easy mode on brawlers were actually easy. The new TMNT game was and I had a blast playing with a teenaged relative who barely games. We tried to play Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and it was really tough even on easy.
Guess which one we went back for more of?
Steveg58@gamingonlinux
Wait, what? There are other modes?
Wait, what? There are other modes?
Thomas H Jones II/me looks suspiciously in wife's general direction
Kazii The Avali@gamingonlinux yep. 99% of the games i love to play i play on easy mode. the few games are touhou cause normal mode is not that much harder and makes you feal badass and i wanna be series cause nomather what your gonna feel dumb.
Fahri Reza ๐@gamingonlinux cough, entry level chess streamers
SPICY EVIL CAET๐ฌ๐ญ๐
@gamingonlinux i do that, cause i'm not skilled or experienced enough plus i got adhd and my right hand got hurt and now it doesn't work like before anymore
Solitude ๐บ๐ฆ@gamingonlinux no they are not, but its still fine to play on easy mode.
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Chester6Red@gamingonlinux I always play on normal but I can understand why people choose easy