So I finished Bayonetta and an odd thing happened . . . **Spoilers**

[nordlead]

CommonMan said:

nordlead said:
I also agree that games are too "easy" now, but then if you look back to what made those games hard it was typically poor design along with no way to save. As much as I like hard games, I'd rather not go back to bad design or cheap tactics.

I think Super Mario 3 and Super Mario World might be some of the more rewarding and non-cheap games from back then, you can't say they were easy, but not cheap either. Yes, bad game design sucked. Thank god for the Konami code in Contra!

Contra wasn't actually all that hard to beat with 3 lives...