thanks to achievements on the XBOX360, i have found myself playing every game at the highest difficulty. what about you guys?

Medium, because I generally suck at games but I still have my pride.

Usually medium. Rarely will replay on higher levels, one exception was Gears of War as me and my buddy ran through casual and hardcore in Coop.

PC FPS games I tend to play on easy as I suck at the keyboard mouse controls. I hardly play them anyway as I don't like gaming on a computer much, but one of my friends lent me a stack of games he recommended I check out so I've worked through a few of them.

I have a stack of games to play and little time to play them. I start on easy and adjust it up as needed.

Medium, or whatever the default is. I don't care much for harder difficulties, as I feel more frustration then fun.

Depends on what game - FPS - Easy. RPG - Easy or Medium on console. Car Racing HARD

As for PC games - Hard > Extreme

I'm like McHakson, depends on the game but mostly medium to easy and work up.

Kenny J

Sports: highest difficulty

the rest: default

Default.

I don't play many games, though.

I always use the default, which usually seems just about right. I have too many games to spend too much time on any one game, and easy is usually too easy.

Whatever the easiest is

First time through any game I usually play it on the lowest setting to get a feel for it. After that, if I enjoyed it or there are unlockables or what not, I may go back and try the other settings.

I always start on "normal".

Usually medium. But when the game is good and tickles my curiousity I would play it on harder difficulty sometimes.

Depends on the game. If I've read that playing through on the hardest setting will unlock all the Achievements below it, I give that a go. If not, I'll go for the default setting and get a feel for the game before moving up.

Halo and Halo 2 being the exception, I started and finished on Heroic.

Usually on default. If I am flying through a game, I'll bump it up.

Default

I start off on the default difficulty and if I really like the game, i'll start over on the hardest difficulty.

i prefer most games on the hard/hardest difficulty. It's rare that I actually go back through a game on a harder difficulty, unless the game is really THAT good

Most games are designed around the default difficulty, so that's what I tend to go with.

I do like it when games let you change difficulty "on the fly", like Halo. That way you can adjust to your own needs without having to start over from the top.

I usually play medium/normal as well.

Default. That should have been a poll choice.

I chose 'Easy' simply because I don't have a lot of time to game and I want to make the most of my time.

Whatever gives the most gamerpoints?

I'll usually go through on Normal on my first run-through, and then crank it up to hard/expert, whatever the second time through. That is, unless I'm tearing through Normal, then I'll just crank it up right away.

Normal/medium/default.