unironically it's a sociological effect. The average person does not think of themselves as average. By using the term normal it makes the player feel like they aren't good at the game and are therefore average or normal. Challenging gives an implication that this mode will be a challenge and makes the player feel like they are overcoming a challenge and are above average.
2026-06-04 04:32:00
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STOP Q-ING :
elden ring started the wave of pretentious gamers. because apparently if you dont make the game as hard as possible for no reason you just suck. and it shows with the mentality of gamers now. so they reword it often.
2026-06-04 12:24:57
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Darwol :
I like when games use different terminology. Like uncharted 4 had explorer, light, moderate, hard and then crushing.
2026-06-02 13:59:34
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L P :
cause some people get offended they are not "normal"
2026-06-04 11:59:16
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Tim Timmy :
I like the new “recommended” trend
2026-06-04 03:33:44
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Topher :
players don't like the word normal lol
2026-06-03 12:17:25
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Guy² :
Normal is vague and gives no sense on how difficult the “difficulty” is.
2026-06-04 18:52:01
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Delta :
Would the wording change your perspective of the difficulty setting?
2026-06-05 10:27:32
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🌙 CamronJK🐰 - Enby on Twitch :
I don't think Normal is the best, but maybe Default?
2026-06-03 13:32:18
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Professor Snape :
Oh my God some gamers feel like a baby when they hear normal now? 😭
2026-06-04 22:22:48
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football is here :
because it's Medium Difficulty which is harder than normal
2026-06-05 01:37:29
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Ike :
Challenging is accurate because people want everything nerfed into ground because "I just want to enjoy the game I bought"
PLAY IT ON EASY THEN
2026-06-05 00:44:15
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Itzjustcamplayz :
I’m a fan of novice, adept, expert
2026-06-04 13:23:00
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Ian Gardner :
I love Doom and Wolfensteins difficulties
2026-06-03 02:06:03
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tht1legalmexican :
cause people will feel offended feeling normal 🤣
2026-06-04 03:25:16
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Drew :
I prefer it when they just say something like "this is the way the game was intended to be played" because that's what I'm pretty much always gonna do the first go around.
2026-06-05 15:47:31
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Pathboy613 :
Believe it or not there is a small group of ppl on the internet who need to switch to easy which is valid, but for some reason they’re the tiniest bit offended by it? Like they view it as them being less than other gamers since it labled “easy”😭
2026-06-04 20:46:08
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[MVP+] bloxfriutblud51 2 :
They want men to feel skilled
2026-06-04 22:11:29
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Lucas is drawing 🍃 :
Yeah challenging by default feels like it should be a step above normal difficulty
2026-06-02 19:14:44
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spacestationlevel_7 :
Cause “normal” means nothing. It tells you nothing about the difficulty.
2026-06-04 23:55:32
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Polar :
Balanced is a good term for normal jn ng3
2026-06-03 22:46:17
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nana :
Vanity sizing but for games
2026-06-04 21:24:56
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Romeo :
lol what happened to easy normal hard hardest lol but I agree with ya
2026-06-06 08:27:36
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BigPersonaa :
The same reason there’s yellow paint in most games. They have a better understanding of what casual gamers need/want than us (obviously this isn’t the case 100% of the time but a lot of these things are intentional).
2026-06-04 14:47:49
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