Which difficulty level will you choose?

[JacobWitcher]

Which difficulty level will you choose?

If we assume the choices are:

• Easy for inexperienced players.
• Normal for mid-advanced players.
• Hard for very experienced players.
• Dark for the most extreme difficulty.
• Insane like Dark but you will only have one life, no save after death.

 

[sidspyker]

First playthrough always Normal, especially for a game with so many variables(open-world+RPG). Too much potential room to fuck up on other difficulties at release than the 'intended' so I never take the chance.

 

[dragonbird]

First playthrough always Normal, especially for a game with so many variables(open-world+RPG).

Yup. Me too.
And I'm hoping it'll be like TW2 where you can change it mid-game if that turns out to be the wrong choice.

 

[Kinley]

Normal difficulty on the first playthrough since I play it mainly for the story. Higher difficulties later for the challenge.

 

[JacobWitcher]

I have a feeling that normal difficulty will be difficult enough for me.

 

[Cirivia]

Probably hard, I beat Witcher 2 without dying on dark so i'm up for the challenge.

 

[Klavi]

Hard /Dark, whatever is the hardest difficulty without the one-life-rule. Mostly because on the lower difficulties there's usually not a whole lot of use for all of the tools, like bombs, potions and what have you.
Insane difficulty would certainly be something, but I'm sure there'll be a sequence as downright vile as the start of the Eternal Battle, so I'll avoid it at first.

 

[shawn_kh]

I'll take my Witchers like my coffee, dark.

 

[Garrison72]

I might try it on hard at first. But If I'm a few hours in and still getting bitch slapped by drowners, I'll drop it to medium. I was one of the few who liked how hard vanilla TW2 started out. I had to understand game systems and tactics right away, and I felt more engaged as a result.

 

[Exentryk]

Dark (or the highest without the permadeath penalty).

Now, it depends if the combat clicks with me or not. I think it will, since I enjoy responsive systems. But if for some reason it feels clunky, I'll change to normal or easy difficulty and just play for the story.

 

[shawn_kh]

I was one of the few who liked how hard vanilla TW2 started out.

Same here
Every fight felt rewarding.

 

[Rpac.605]

No one voted easy. (edit: it's actually pretty balanced right now between Normal, Hard and Dark)

:cheers: hahaha

I'll play the first time on Dark difficulty, I remember when I played the witcher 2 for the first time... I couldn't understand why I was so bad, and was dying even on easy a lot of times. I DIED A LOT of times!! But that also made me an amazing Geralt and, made me really careful with my preparations and decisions, I analysed how to use all the bombs, and really kept me on the edge while playing trying to do the best I could, and that's just an awesome fucking game!.. When you look back and see how muck you improved is awesome.

 

[Theissar]

Didn't think W2 was difficult on hard. Will go for dark and be afraid in the forests during night!

 

[Rudlee]

hard, I've noticed that all of the games that have come out recently have been easy as hell, and after playing the souls series, I just can't handle the casual difficulties anymore, they make me bored and lose interest, game starts looking like a chore

 

[MaKaan70]

Dark, and if it's too dificult for me, Hard.

 

[RedFire01]

Insane. I'm going hardcore.

 

[Phinnway]

Hard.

I like a game that's difficult enough to force me to take advantage of all the mechanics. But not so difficult that I don't want to play when I want to relax my mind.

 

[Sigma_Primaris]

Probably normal, because easy usually takes away lots of game mechanics. In the Witcher 2, human opponents don't use their shield on easy difficulty, and bombs were nearly useless.

 

[Sardukhar]

Dark.

What?

I'm a man. That's right. A man!

 

[Phinnway]

Keep in mind that difficulty in The Witcher 3 allegedly improves monster AI and tactics instead of giving them more health and damage. Just something to think about.