I don't mean to brag, but I completed My Name Is Mayo on (the hidden) extra hard difficulty, 3 times. Twice for plats (which could be done on the standard difficulty but that's no fun) and once just for fun. No nig deal, whatever . Let's move on.
But seriously. When I start a new game, I generally don't touch the difficulty. just start it on the default setting (usually medium, or some variation of).
I have no problem changing the difficulty during the game (if the option is available). I play games for fun, not to sit there being punished . If it's too hard, I'm not enjoying it, won't persist until I succeed. I'm happy to change it to an enjoyable level, whilst still feeling accomplished at beating it. If the hardest level is too challenging, I'm not going down to the easiest to breeze through it, I'll drop down a level and see how that is. Until I find the tight one. If I get down to a difficulty that's too easy, it's not enjoyable.
With that said, the Yakiza series is ridiculous in their final fights. I'm happy to play through them on the hardest difficulty, until the final fights then the easiest difficulty is hard enough.
