I have quite an aversion to dying in video games, and if I ever get close to dying, I reset so I don't have to see the 'death' animation or 'death' sounds or whatever game over screen.

It's partly why I tend to play games on the easier settings - I tend to play games more for their story anyway, though I do enjoy gameplay elements when they suit me. FPS games don't really suit me, so I almost without fail play them on easy.

I'm playing ME2, and it's pretty fast paced, what with the shooting, and that your shields deplete actually quite quickly now compared to ME1, so that's on casual.

My thoughts on this are pretty much in line with Psychotic, Skyblade and Del Murder. I do find it annoying when they have achievements designed around beating a game on their hardest difficulty, as it sort of punishes you for simply not being very good at the game. I do have a passing interest in collecting trophies, so that's always bugged me, slightly.