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Would you rather stop playing a game than lower the difficulty? The First Berserker: Khazan devs reckon you would | Eurogamer (www.eurogamer.net)
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[–] chamomile@furry.engineer 9 points 3 days ago

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In addition to ego (which I'm sure plays a role) I think I would find myself reticent to lower the difficultly to "Easy" for a couple reasons

  1. The default difficultly, which is typically "normal" is often the intended experience, and if I can play like that, I see value in it.
  2. Related to (1), difficulty settings are often poorly thought-out; it's quite common for hard mode to simply make enemies bullet sponges or for easy to turn them into cardboard cutouts, which is a disappointing experience.