Does anyone kinda miss games being really hard?

[Grey Acumen]

I enjoy challenge, but there is a limit to that. I don't mind doing something over that i don't know how to do, cause as long as I practice, i'll eventually get better and over come that, hence I can do it, hence I've improved.
But when the game requires me to redo 90% of the game that I already know how to do in order to get 3 attempts to make or break that last 10%, it just gets so the costs to gains ratio doesn't balance out.

I'm all for challenge, but save points are necessary.