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MikeRox said:
the2real4mafol said:
I thought todays games were less punishing than old games but older games aren't so hard if you know what you are doing. At least if you watch speedruns of retro games, it seems that way


Speed runs are either incredibly experienced people who have put more hours into a 60 minute game than most people do a game like Xenoblade Chronicles (and finish it) or they are people cheating using emulators.

I don't get the "difficulty" argument. It's clear that most people don't want impossible games, otherwise they wouldn't have become easier for the most part. I'm sorry, they HAVE become easier, because I'm able to get to the end of more games now than I have ever been able to, but you know what, I don't actually see that as a bad thing because I play games for this strange thing called enjoyment. 6th gen was still the best though. Jet Set Radio, Katamari Damacy, Outrun 2, Burnout, Code Veronica, etc. etc. etc. Really was the golden generation.

That's what I want. To enjoy a game. Not cursing f bombs at the TV every 2 minutes. The issue is the balance between easy as pie and Ninja Gaiden nonsense. Some games get it. Some go too far to the easy area. It could be because the game makers are constantly trying to make sure to not tick off people in some way. But don't pay attention when they do things like Fi's sugestion text.