I personally enjoy difficult games. The harder the better. Easiness annoys me a great deal. But I know a lot of people would disagree. So I want to know how many people here enjoy challenges in their games.

One argument against difficult games I've frequently heard people make is that they just want to have fun, which a game (or characters, weapons, etc) with a very high learning curve doesn't provide. That one finds that entertaining is one thing, but to me, many of these people act like anyone who plays challenging games do that just to appear elite. Whether that is true or not, in my case, it really is because I enjoy them.

I love spectacular wins. I love having to make an effort. In games where more than one character/vehicle/etc is selectable, the more interesting choices tend to be the hardest to master. Zangief and Twelve from the Street Fighter series are two examples. I prefer them over Ryu, Akuma and many other scrub-favorites because they're harder to learn (thus more fun to win as), and they have better designs, personalities and stories.

I find it sad when the most difficult character/vehicle/weapon to master also happens to be one of the least intriguing ones, if not the least intriguing one, Chris Redfield from the first Resident Evil game coming to mind. So I'm glad Scorpion is always easier to master than Baraka, as I find the latter overwhelmingly superior in pretty much every way as a character.

So bring on the challenging games! I want to play one that drives nearly everyone who plays it to utter insanity and hair pulling frustration! Though in my case, no games can be too hard as in, something I would consider impossible to beat. But I would certainly relish the difficulty. What about you?