Forum:Platform war question about difficulty

I hate to ask any question that pits the versions of the game against each other. I know it's often considered not kosher, and provokes flames and such. However, this is a question asked out of honest curiosity.

I see a ton of people complain that the game is too easy, that it's never a challenge, et cetera. (More on the GBX forums than here.) I've watched a number of videos on YouTube that make the game look pathetically easy, all of which are PC players. Many of the videos, it seems like the people just run past enemies and don't take hits, and show how they can kill people doing ridiculous things like killing enemies effectively without weapons and still shrug the game off as simplistic. Meanwhile, my friend and I agree that the game is not a TOTAL pushover -- it isn't exactly hard, but it's not the cakewalk others make it out to be. So, I'm wondering...all other things being equal, (no mods or anything that clearly differentiates,) is the PC version actually that much easier to play? Or have I simply not attained the level of equipment and skill that these people have? I recognize the game is easier with keyboard-and-mouse than a controller, but the degree of difference between the bragging and slaughter-in-videos goes well beyond what using a mouse can accomplish.

Obviously, I expect some anti-PC or anti-console sentiments, and that's not what I'm looking for. Is there anyone with both versions (PC and either Xbox or PS3) that can comment? --Azuarc 05:47, February 5, 2010 (UTC)