what difficulty do you play first

[GFree]

Sometimes developers, given their intimate knowledge of their game, don't provide adequate testing of the difficulty settings and so when you play a game on Hard, thinking you're real tough and skilled, you might find it hopelessly frustrating on your first playthough. That's why I tend to play on medium first and hard on future playthrough. The problem is alleviated somewhat with a lot of modern games which allow you to change the difficulty at any point in the game.