Are you tired of the older generation of gamers feeling superior?

[Trunkin]

Psychotic said:

Trunkin said:

By newer generation i mean gamers who grew up with ps2/ps3. Yeah, it's prettg obvious they'd be less skilled than retro gamers, because today's games ask a lot less of their players in regards to skill and determination than yesterday's, with few exceptions.

Yeah... and then they're not less skilled. They may be less skilled as Ryu Hayabusa or Simon Belmont because they didn't play those games as much, buy I'd say their skill in modern games match or exceed the old-timers. In the ranks of the best pro gamers, there's just as many guys aged 20-22 (way after the NES/SNES era) as there is 30-year-olds.

Maybe casual gamers skew the average, but the HC crowd is better than ever in my opinion.

But how many of those pro gamers are fighting game players, or quake players, of even Starcraft? Just because they're young doesn't mean they didnt hone their skills playibg older series.

But thats besides the point, pro players are one in a million. In the end, the skills required to play modern games, eapecially modern console games, pale in comparison to what was seen in the early days. These days, if you beat a game like Uncharted, or Halo, no one bats an eye -- it's pretty much a given. You don't even have to be good. Beating a game in the olden days was a matter of pride. You had to master the game's mechanics through trial and error. Games that could be beaten in under an hour by a master could take weeks to conquer for an average player. New games just don't compare when it comes to difficulty, and the satisfaction that comes from completion, if you ask me. With competitive games being an exception--though, once again with console games, the skill ceiling is often set relatively low for new titles.