Difficulty Options in User Reviews

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#1 dapman418
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Another GameSpot user and I recentlydiscussed that the "Just Right" option in user reviews for difficulty should berephrased to "Medium." We agreed that Uncharted: Drake's Fortune didn't have a particularly hard or easy difficulty, butthat doesn't mean itsdifficulty was perfect, which made choosing the difficulty for my review a bit confusing.

This can probably be applied to many games, and there's also the fact that certain games play better when they offer a certain amount of challenge, whether it be easy or hard.

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#2 stephenage
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I agree, in my experience games with a spot on difficulty are few and farbetween; this is shown by the rareness of the gamespot rating.

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#3 DraugenCP
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I agree. In addition, I'd also like to see the return of the 'varies' option, as games can be ridiculously easy and relentlessly punishing at the same time.

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#4 c_rakestraw  Moderator
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I support this. I haven't had any problems with the current system, but some extra options for further clarification would definitely be nice. Never hurts to have more accuracy in our reviews, after all.

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#5 The-Apostle
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I'd say keep "Just right" but add "medium" as an option.
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#6 Calvin079
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Yeah, I support this as well.

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#7 topsemag55
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I'd say keep "Just right" but add "medium" as an option.The-Apostle

Good idea, I agree.:)

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#8 AvatarBlue
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Yeah, just right seems to subjective. Medium = not either hard or easy. At least to me.
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#9 kerk12
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I agree with that too.