>>712907690it really just depends on the game, sometimes i'm willing to dive into a game on the hardest mode first, other times the hardest mode seems to have too many negatives for a first time player to let me enjoy the game instead of bashing my head against it in the hopes of finishing it - for boltgun i'm kinda glad i didn't do the hardest mode since i recall some boss or enemy being able to instantly light me on fire once i was in LOS and since you need LOS to shot stuff unless you have grenades or explosives it's insanely hard to do that fight without getting bbq'ed over and over
if boltgun was a more interesting game maybe i'd go back for a second run and do the hardest mode, or maybe when boltgun 2 happens i'll give it another shot in the lead up to it's release