7th gen or 8th gen

[Chrkeller]

Veknoid_Outcast said:

Chrkeller said:

Games have gotten way easier overtime. People have forgotten what "Nintendo hard" means.

Souls is a soft return to the old days of hard, but not really. Souls is easier than the average NES game.

Growing up I could only beat probably half the games I owned, today not being able to finish a game is just a foreign concept.

Yeah, I agree. Each new generation of video games, in general, has gotten easier and more approachable than the last. FromSoftware's output over the last 15 years has been absolutely stellar but in terms of difficulty it can't compete with something as simple as Gradius III or Ghosts 'n Goblins.

Now, I'm not saying those 80s games are superior -- they are unfairly, punishingly difficult -- but it's important to put things in perspective.

Oh man, ghost & goblins.  Tough as crap and requires beating it twice.  That game was crazy hard.

New games are better balanced.  I can't think of a new game that rocked like most games in the 80s did.