I wish the Mega Man and Donkey Kong franchises weren't so hard so I can play/love them.

[OdinHades]

Mega Man isn't hard. Once you get a hang of it, you'll get through the games easily, even without getting hit once and stuff like that. Figuring out how to beat the game is most of the fun. There's no point in an too easy Mega Man game, because there's not too much content. You would just rush through it in 2 hours and never touch it again. Because of the difficulty however, you'll get back to it again and again. You try to beat it without power-ups, you change the order in which you beat the robot masters and so on. There's endless replayability, which wouldn't be the case if the game was easy.

I didn't play Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze. However, the games on SNES were pretty easy. DKCR was a little harder, but not too much. For me the most difficult thing was that friggin' shakin' to to a roll. That was just not precise in any way and often ruined my gameplay. The 3DS version is better because of that and also easier.

I get that not everyone likes hard games, that's fine. But that doesn't mean that every game has to be easy. The difficulty is a key part of the gameplay in some games and an easy mode would totally destroy what the developer was trying to do. The challenge is the whole point in such games. So if you wanna play those games, git gud. Else, play other games. There are plenty easy games.

I also don't think that options for difficulties are the solution for everyone and everything. The problem is that the game gets dumbed down. It just isn't designed for a specific difficulty and as a player, you very much notice that. Games like Uncharted aren't hard because of a tricky level design or intelligent AI, but just because they throw countless bullet sponges at you while you can take only a single hit. In such cases, luck is a big factor. Which should never be the case. Hard games should always be fair and success should be only a matter of skill. That is only possible if the developer designs a game for a specific difficulty.

At least that's how I see it. =P