: Given the crazy odds the player is up against in-universe, Total Carnage is
: the only difficulty level that even begins to make sense for these games.
To quote Bungie in 1994:
"Choose a difficulty level from the Preferences according to your vid-prowess. If you play action games rarely or never, then stay in Kindergarten or Easy. If you are a vid-master or are under the age of twenty-one, then you should NEVER play below Normal. (Unless, of course, you're a wuss.) That's right. Save Kindergarten and Easy for the older generation! Youth is only satisfied by Major Damage and Total Carnage. We'll be in touch with Big Brother to make sure that nobody is playing below their ability. (Isn't the Internet wonderful?)"
Don't be a wuss.
Cheers
Hamish