Difficulty Settings

Has anyone ever actually played a games on Hard? (apart from Guitar Hero, which is kind of the point) I can honestly say i have never played or, more importantly, completed a game on hard.

In Max Payne 2 you complete it then you unlock the option to play the game on New York Minute which is the hardest setting. Err, no thanks. Why the hell would i want to play a game where i'm completely rubbish. I want to look good when i play. I want the sense of accomplishment you get when you kill bosses. I don't want to get wasted by them 5 seconds into the fight. There's nothing worse than not being able to get any further and turning the game off coz you're sick of it.

God Of War 2 - The greatest game on the PS2 bar none. Complete that you can play in God mode, but who wants to play it anything but easy coz it simply more fun that way. You do tough levels so you can see what's going to happen next, you want the cool cut scene at the end of the battle. Fuck Medium and fuck Hard right in it's stupid ass, gimme easy every time (apart from Bioshock where Easy is really really easy and no challenge at all).

The way around this is to have one difficulty like they do with Mario. Or F.E.A.R. was great as it adjusted the difficulty as you went along. Keep dying? It just makes it a bit easier. Fantastic idea.