If you’re like me, you rarely play video games on hard mode and it’s an absolute must to keep your inventory after death in Minecraft (2009). By adjusting a game’s level of difficulty, gamers can decide for themselves how much of a challenge they’re up for. As for me, I’ve been playing Red Dead Redemption (2010) since I was 10-years-old and still refuse to turn off aim assist. To each their own, right?
Apparently not. I’ve experienced my fair share of judgement from gamers, because according to them, there’s a right and wrong way to play video games. To them, playing on anything less than the hardest difficulty is synonymous with cheating or just plain laziness. Here I was thinking the whole point was to have fun.
After a long day, I’m not in the mood to rage at my screen because my game’s difficulty is too high or because I lost my entire inventory to an exploding creeper. If you ask me, the real world is challenging enough. These games should serve as a break, and whichever difficulty gives you the most joy is the one you should be playing on.
