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human
Kills immersion for me. I like a big challenge but one that can be solved with not too much of a hassle. Metro 2033 (not redux) was formidable on normal, or any Halo on Heroic. I like some balance.

Started Prey on hard because I figured "I can play all BioShocks on hard with a blindfold, can't be that hard" and proceeded to make the biggest mistake of my late gaming life.
gpt
I mean Stalker is one of those weird inverse difficulty measures where the game is actually easier in some respects on higher difficulty because damage becomes normalized. It just applies to you too so you have to use cover more lol.