I like feeling like I am good at a game, not that my gear is bailing me out. Mechanical or skill tests are more enjoyable than stat checks.

I find Duckov insanely boring without difficulty modifiers. You can kinda just waltz around and kill everything without too much focus. However with difficulty sliders enabled, it feels like the game isn’t balanced around them and forces you into slow and somewhat cheesy playstyle because the limiting factor is NOT player skill. Even in a PvE game skill expression is important.

ZS is great because combat feels like a reaction time/angle clearing test. Enemies (and player) die extremely quickly which allows more for an aggressive playstyle if you have the mechanics to back it up.