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SZayat · 07-13-08

http://www.destructoid.com/are-video...t--94429.phtml

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[Editor's note: sourpk wrote this in-depth opinion article about the difficulty of videogames today. What do you think? Are videogames harder or easier today then they were back during the retro period? -- CTZ]

In general, are videogames becoming more difficult? Well, it all depends on who you ask, because after all, difficulty is a matter of opinion. In my opinion, videogames are becoming progressively easier over time. In this article I'll tackle the issue of videogame difficulty in its many forms and how this affects the gaming community.

When I think about the difficulty of videogames today, my gut reaction would be, yes, they are becoming more difficult. Many other gamers agree with me. However, that's just looking at the surface of the situation – the gaming controller. Gaming controllers have become much more complex since the days of the Atari. Comparatively speaking there is much more advanced technology housed within present controllers, and many more buttons. A non-gamer will always choose the less complicated looking controller. The more buttons and the more complicated the device looks, the more daunting the task becomes. "You hand somebody a game controller and it's like you've handed them a live gun or a hand grenade with the pin taken out," said former Sony Executive Phil Harrison at GDC 2008 (Martin, 2008).

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yes they are

, imo

HeartOfAHydra · 07-13-08

I think theyre becoming more noobified & easy honestly.
Even the Aladdin game for super nintendo used to be tough. I think games should always have the 'easy' mode but i think as far as 'normal/medium' goes they should be very challenging even for the seasoned gamer. Since they have save games nowawdays, then dieng isnt really all that bad like it used to be. I miss the days of playing a game all day in hopes of one day beating it. How good it used to feel to be on the LAST level of a video game. Nowadays its just obvious that if you want to beat a game, you can. Most of the time in one night.

binormalkilla · 07-13-08

No WAY they're becoming more difficult. NES games were brutal compared to games nowadays. You couldn't save your game....but sometimes they would let you track progress by using a really long alphanumeric key.

zorpnic · 07-13-08

I'd have to say they're right where they should be. Some have an ease of use interface, and others have a learn to love it interface. While considering that, you also want to look at what type of game it is, what you need to do, and whether or not the devs developed it in such a fashion that almost everyone but them could play it, too. So, considering all that, I'd say that the great games all came from a solid concept of you do what you interpret, which makes the game as difficult as it is perceived. A lot of that depends on the user, and the bias is set by people who would make remarks upon the games themselves. It's all in the eye of the beholder, but there have been exceptions to the rule.

TwIsTeDbOi · 07-13-08

Games, harder... lol. They obviously completely forgot about the old days where save was non-existent.

SZayat · 07-13-08

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Originally Posted by TwIsTeDbOi

Games, harder... lol. They obviously completely forgot about the old days where save was non-existent.

I agree with you on that. But compare oldschool NFS with todays GRID. GRID is way harder.

Ecchi-BANZAII!!! · 07-13-08

games are to easy now a days. it's the new gen gamers that can't play

Dark-Asylum · 07-13-08

i don't think the ability to save or not has anything to do with a game's actual difficult in regards to AI and how the tasks were presented...all it did was make it tedious.

Unknownm · 07-13-08

They are becoming way to easy..Need for speed Pro street has Auto breaking.

You can disable it but why is it enabled by default. Its easier. YAY we got it. Srsly though, Drifting has be to easy in games. I like the good old days where you actually have to drift not just turn and hey m drifting

Unstoppable · 07-13-08

To be honest, I think that newer games are way to easy.
Lately I play every game on hard, and even that is most of the time not challenging

I just got Devil May Cry 4, playing on highest difficulty and beating that fire***** Berial in 1 try without trouble ^^
Also CoD4 and Crysis where too easy (in my opinion)

I used to enjoy my old SEGA games though! Those games where tough to beat.

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