Being able to select a difficulty in any game is a beautiful thing; it allows you to play the game how you want and enjoy it no matter what your preference in game difficulty is. Personally I attempt to play every game, at least for the first time in "normal" difficulty since this gives me a baseline for how the game plays and how difficult it actually is. There have been more than a few times however where I scaled the difficulty up or down based on my initial impressions of the game's difficulty and this allowed me to enjoy it way more than I would have if the game had no way of adjusting difficulty. Despite what some people say, there is nothing wrong with playing a game on easy or very easy, it's all a matter of personal preference and what will allow you to enjoy the game the most.
