Why do people get upset by OPTIONAL difficult assists?

[DonFerrari]

Mnementh said:

DonFerrari said:

I agree with you. I lived those times and played plenty of those games with some I still loving. But that doesn't make me preach on how much easier games are nowaday (it was common for most gamers to never reach the end of most if not all the games they played, and held prestige to finish some games).

This thread isn't about the few people that say todays games are too easy (because in reality it strongly depends on the games in question, back then and today were easy and hard games). This thread is about the people asking for changes in existing games regarding difficulty and the people that are against that idea. I personally say, there are a lot of games, I can decide which games are for me and which are not. Gameplay, graphics, story, immersion, fun are many deciding factors for people. But difficulty is too. So many people like platformers. Some of them avoid Kirby games, because they are generally easy, others play them, sometimes for this very reason. That is because people (including even gamers) are different. And I am OK with it. As long as there are games produced, that cater to me, I am OK with it. Now people ask to change games that cater to me, to be more for them. So, what do you think I feel about that?

You instead make it about people generally declaring the young people are wrong for some reasons. These people existed at all ages, declarations about the rottenness of the youth are ageless. Games these days are too easy is just one expression of that. But that isn't even true, as I said, plenty of games for each difficulty level. Maybe not for a cross-section of genres and difficulty. But NES was platformers and Metroidvania, and these are available in every difficulty you can think of.

Errrr I have been on the thread for some time so I know what it is about.

And yes, some people reasoning for not having options on the game is very similar to people that say games today are to easy. There is a sense of not only egoism and pride but also superiority.