the difficulty setting

efil · 08-17-07, 03:18 PM

Does the difficulty setting determine nothing else then the gameplay settings (the realism)?

I'm talking about the difficulty setting you can choose when you start a career.

When you choose difficulty Easy/Normal/Hard/Very Hard, you get a corresponding Low/Medium/High/Realistic at the gameplay settings. That's for sure. But does it do anything else?

Ducimus · 08-17-07, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by efil

Does the difficulty setting determine nothing else then the gameplay settings (the realism)?

Nope, not a thing.

AVGWarhawk · 08-17-07, 03:40 PM

When I first played the game I was wondering the same thing but as it turns out it just kind of automatically checks boxes for difficulty for you. No more and not less. You will find that you will be making the selections over what the auto -click difficulty does for you.

efil · 08-17-07, 04:08 PM

Thanks for answering. So there are in the game three discriptions for the same thing: game settings, realism, difficulty. In my opinion they should stick with one, 'realism'.

Sailor Steve · 08-17-07, 04:11 PM

You may be right, but what constitutes 'realism' is subjective. In SH3 the main settings are all under the umbrella of 'realism', which led many players to complain that 'difficulty' would have been more accurate.

Which goes to show that you can't please everybody, and sometimes not anybody.

C DuDe · 08-18-07, 06:33 AM

Could it be that the difficulty setting when starting a career has to do with the AI difficulty rather then the realism setting you can change in port.

John Channing · 08-18-07, 08:36 AM

Nope. Just gameplay.

JCC

08-17-07, 03:18 PM	#1
efil Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Flanders Posts: 7 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	the difficulty setting Does the difficulty setting determine nothing else then the gameplay settings (the realism)? I'm talking about the difficulty setting you can choose when you start a career. When you choose difficulty Easy/Normal/Hard/Very Hard, you get a corresponding Low/Medium/High/Realistic at the gameplay settings. That's for sure. But does it do anything else?

08-17-07, 03:40 PM	#3
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,261 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	When I first played the game I was wondering the same thing but as it turns out it just kind of automatically checks boxes for difficulty for you. No more and not less. You will find that you will be making the selections over what the auto -click difficulty does for you. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

08-17-07, 04:11 PM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	You may be right, but what constitutes 'realism' is subjective. In SH3 the main settings are all under the umbrella of 'realism', which led many players to complain that 'difficulty' would have been more accurate. Which goes to show that you can't please everybody, and sometimes not anybody. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-17-07, 04:08 PM	#4
efil Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Flanders Posts: 7 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks for answering. So there are in the game three discriptions for the same thing: game settings, realism, difficulty. In my opinion they should stick with one, 'realism'.

08-18-07, 06:33 AM	#6
C DuDe Ensign Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 229 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Could it be that the difficulty setting when starting a career has to do with the AI difficulty rather then the realism setting you can change in port.

08-18-07, 08:36 AM	#7
John Channing Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 1998 Posts: 1,846 Downloads: 163 Uploads: 5	Nope. Just gameplay. JCC