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What are games that you can only play on easy mode?
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The Cockatrice
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None, I always challenge myself and pick either the hardest difficulty allowed or the one below it if the hardest is perma-death or something that can't be done in 1st playthrough. I don't think I ever played anything in 30+ years on easy.
stn
Member
I tend to play RPGs on easy, reason being I just don't have time for very long games. I can stomach 30-40 hours over time, but more than gets problematic. The last time I was able to binge a game was Witcher 3, in 2015, before I became a lawyer and had free time. Its been hell since then lol. I enjoy hard games but I want to maximize the time I spend playing on moving the story forward instead of pressing start to retry. 
Madflavor
Gold Member
Even though I beat it on Normal my first time through, further playthroughs of Divinity Original Sin 2 made me play on Easy. Almost every encounter in the game is designed to fuck the player. They seemed to take this design approach where you're always suppose to make the best out of a bad situation, but it became exhausting.
Laptop1991
Member
Fallout Bloody London lol, those Foxes and Rad shrews, nightmare!
Trogdor1123
Member
I usually play on easy due to time constraints.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Not many. Maybe God Hand, I suck at that game.
rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
Souls/Elden Ring. I can't not use armors, swords, shields, summons (on ER only) sometimes even lock-on for baddies that can't aim.
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
CYGNI (so far)
T4keD0wN
Member
I play pretty much everything except strategy/tactical/capcom games on easy or in some cases on normal if easy is too trivial.
I really like the easiest in Doom because it doesnt affect enemy hp and in Souslikes games (minus sekiro and jedi games, they dont have stupid math screens so theyre the only 2 good in my book, no other will escape easy mode, zero exceptions)
I really like the easiest in Doom because it doesnt affect enemy hp and in Souslikes games (minus sekiro and jedi games, they dont have stupid math screens so theyre the only 2 good in my book, no other will escape easy mode, zero exceptions)
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cinnamonandgravy
Member
none.
ever.
have some dignity.
ever.
have some dignity.
Bring Back Scalebound
Banned
I think if I need to select the Easy difficulty on a game, then that game already lost me. And it's not the game's fault (Not counting the times where the game is objectively badly balanced)
I'm not a hardcore gamer by any means.
I just have a healthy amount of "gamer pride".
Either I try to get better on the Normal difficulty, or I will just say "You won game", and play something that fits my skill and patience level.
Playing on the Easy difficulty never feels good to me.
I'm not a hardcore gamer by any means.
I just have a healthy amount of "gamer pride".
Either I try to get better on the Normal difficulty, or I will just say "You won game", and play something that fits my skill and patience level.
Playing on the Easy difficulty never feels good to me.
Mondai
Member
What’s dignity?
Punished Miku
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Would love to see you start CYGNI on medium. Post your updates.
hououinkyouma00
Member
This has become more and more common to me over time.
I'm still a normal type of guy, but my backlog is huge and I have a lot of games I actually want to play. If I can shave some time off and still have fun I'm not against it.
Last example for me was Persona 3 Reload. I'm a Persona veteran and I've played/finished every single game besides the first which I've played but never finished. I've completed Persona 3 well 3 times including Portable, Persona 4/4G is my favorite game of all time and I've finished it over 10 times, and Persona 5 I've finished twice with the release of Royal. I've also played and finished every side game as well so it's not like I'm a newcomer at Persona and need to play on easy to get through it but I still played on easy because I finished the game in 40 hours versus 60-70.
I'm going to play Stellar Blade soon too and I'm gonna play it on easy because I want to finish it and be able to play another game in my backlog.
Lol. People play games to have fun, and every game doesn't need to be challenging to be fun to some people.
Shifty1897
Member
I can't think of anything I play on easy mode. I play most games on Normal, RPGs and survival horror games on hard, and strategy games on expert.
cash_longfellow
Member
Typically whatever the default is for me. There have been times I’ve adjusted up or down, but more rare that I’ve dropped the difficulty to easy.
JohnnyPhats
Member
They’re just video games, bruh.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
Most. The challenge isn’t what I strive for with single player games. More about time killing and overpowered fun.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Biggest Trails Stan
FromSoft Games, I always use cheat engine 
Ulysses 31
Member
Only games that come to mind are the X-Com games, Enemy Unknown and Terror from the Deep, on MS-DOS. It was just too easy to lose due to governments cutting funding if you didn't play like a grand master.
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Bartski
Gold Member
Same, that just tells me I don’t like it. Last time I recall was jedi survivor, switched to easy halfway
Trogdor1123
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Chuck Berry
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Cuphead
The_hunter
Member
I enjoy the gameplay mechanics of games above all else. I always pick normal. Sometimes I have to pick Hard, like with the Persona series, since normal is too easy.
EverydayBeast
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I’m taking easy or normal mode 90% of the time I like to enjoy my games.
Sentenza
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None, in general.
Not even a brag, because I would if I needed to, but I can't think of a game that made me desire it.
But in particular the ones mentioned in the OP are some of those I actually took the time to complete on the hardest setting available and seeing them described as too hard is downright baffling.
Especially BG3 wasn't even that hard in Tactician (cakewalk) and honor mode (some occasional cold sweat here and there,admittedly, since you can't even reload here).
I can hardly imagine someone finding them too difficult on normal or easy.
Not even a brag, because I would if I needed to, but I can't think of a game that made me desire it.
But in particular the ones mentioned in the OP are some of those I actually took the time to complete on the hardest setting available and seeing them described as too hard is downright baffling.
Especially BG3 wasn't even that hard in Tactician (cakewalk) and honor mode (some occasional cold sweat here and there,admittedly, since you can't even reload here).
I can hardly imagine someone finding them too difficult on normal or easy.
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M.W.
Member
This. If a game doesn't offer an easy/story mode, I skip it.
Knightime_X
Member
Depends, really.
Typically, I start out on normal.
But if its an rpg and enemies feel boringly tanky I switch to easy.
Sometimes I start on easy and play through all the difficulty levels.
Typically, I start out on normal.
But if its an rpg and enemies feel boringly tanky I switch to easy.
Sometimes I start on easy and play through all the difficulty levels.
cinnamonandgravy
Member
easy mode = youre basically watching it on youtube/working at ign
it's a video GAME
play the game
let me tell you a story:
i knew a kid who, in every game, would enable every cheat as soon as possible.
he was trash.
thank you for your time.
it's a video GAME
play the game
let me tell you a story:
i knew a kid who, in every game, would enable every cheat as soon as possible.
he was trash.
thank you for your time.
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Sentenza
Member
You are giving up on a game before even trying it because you automatically assume it will be too much for you?
Sounds like the gaming equivalent of low self-esteem.
Space Runaway
Member
None.
Outside of some outliers, Normal modes are already designed to be beaten by anyone.
Outside of some outliers, Normal modes are already designed to be beaten by anyone.
Sentenza
Member
Personally I'd be entirely in favor of MOST games not even having a difficulty selection to begin with.
The developer sets what's the intended ideal standard of challenge and that's it.
I don't particularly care about "challenging myself" with demanding balance, I don't care for easy mode because it's typically tuned around the idea that you have some brain damage, so yeah...
Give me a default difficulty that is meant to offer a decent degree of attrition (ideally enough that I don't get the feeling the game is playing itself and I can do everything in my sleep) and don't ask me to balance out things for you.
Bonus points if the player and its in-game opponents "play by the same rules" rather than one side having a clear advantage over the other (this one especially important in tactical games, 4X, management games, city builders, etc).
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Quantum253
Gold Member
In my younger days, I played at max difficulty for the challenge. These days I do normal or easy to get through the story and move on. I've found it helps reduce backloging and incomplete games. If there is a trophy for difficulty, I might go for it, but other than that, I want to experience the story, enjoy the game mechanics/loops, and end game content then move on. Banging my head in frustration over difficulty is no longer something I want to deal with for the sense of "satisfaction"
Holammer
Member
I believe normal is the developer's vision of the game.
Playing a COD story campaign on veteran difficulty is a great way to ruin experience.
M.W.
Member
Yep. Been that way since like 2017 or so. Works for me.
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_Idea_of_Evil_
Member
Hate to admit it, but DOOM: Eternal, The Ancient Gods on console made me turn the difficulty down. 