Does anyone kinda miss games being really hard?

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SHMUPGurus said:

Valkyria00 said:
Hell NO!
Im not one to have fun by beating the last 3 levels all over again because I didnt reach a save point. I like a challenge sure. I think the most challenging thing in a video game should be the bosses.

But when a game demands you do everything little thing right. Fuck that. Its not fun its a chore. I dont feel satisfaction after beating a game that made me frustrated the whole play through I still feel frustrated and pissed that I wasted my time on it.

What's better:

- A hard game that's hard from start to finish, so you know what you're expecting (lots of rape, that's for sure!)

- A quite easy game (mostly a RPG) that suddenly turns hard because of one certain part that is unbalanced?

I'd pick the former, because starting to train intensively at disc 4 of a RPG just for a fricking boss battle (yeah, I'm talking about Ultimecia in FFVIII, damn bitch) is quite boring and tedious. Repetition sucks. There's no skills involved when it's all about luck (apart from item/skill management). Memorizing patterns is way more fun in my opinion.

 

FFVIII is a bad example. That game was too easy to level up in. I think there was this one tiny island where each battles gets your 2-3 level ups. Even if you take the time to go down to Ultima weapon you should have 5+ characters maxed out by the time you get there.

Now FFIX, leveling up to fight Ozma (I think that is the name)... that's a bitch.