[Nosferatu]

http://www.gamesradar.com/f/how-modern-gam...091692920350041

All too true. Also, I'd like to point out how most of these fall under FPS.

[TheEnglishman]

I saw that earlier in the week. It's true. Call of Duty 4? Pah! Paperboy was much harder!

[Aquamarine]

Agreed a hundred times.

I usually enjoy difficult games more than the easy ones. However, people these days don't want a game that's challenging. Or one that's funwhile we're at it, it just needs realistic graphics and good marketing and it's an instant seller...

Before playing Radiant Dawn, I saw that each and every reviewer said that the game is TOO difficult, and kept complaining about it. But actually, it's easy as ****. I was disappointed with the difficulty.

I wish games would always be as hard as F-Zero GX and Echoes. Those were two amazing games, among me very favourites, and their difficulty was one of the reasons I was so drawn into them.

[Caael]

All of these are thanks to the casual market.

Thanks, 8 year olds. Thanks a lot.

[Kuchiyose]

Only games that i would say are difficult in these modern times is Izuna and Izuna 2 for DS, they're solid (and fun) to play but overall most games for wii, 360 and PS3 seems to be waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay easy

[Saturos S.]

I only like the checkpoints out of those.

I hate playing easy bits before hard bits. Just give me the easy ones.

[Caael]

To be fair, would you enjoy playing games where you cant get past the first stage still? Saves/checkpoints have no reason to be on that list; i'm not sure about anybody else, but I dont like having to replay hours of game to get to where I was before.

[Laharl]

Kuchiyose, on Sep 22 2008, 09:44 PM, said:

Only games that i would say are difficult in these modern times is Izuna and Izuna 2 for DS, they're solid (and fun) to play but overall most games for wii, 360 and PS3 seems to be waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay easy

seconded

although the absolute hardest of that style of game is Shiren the Wanderer

1 checkpoint per level and old health bar system plz

[Someone Else]

Quicksaves/autosaves are fine. In a game like Crysis you kind of need them, lest you lose your sanity of doing the SAME DAMN THING over and over until you get it right.

[Nosferatu]

Wind Dude, on Sep 22 2008, 03:14 PM, said:

Quicksaves/autosaves are fine. In a game like Crysis you kind of need them, lest you lose your sanity of doing the SAME DAMN THING over and over until you get it right.

Sounds like Kaizo.

Saves are fine. Everything else is stupid. And they forgot fast travel.

[slomz]

Almost every game needs a quick save. Ever play Oblivion?

[Laharl]

save points and 'save and quit' should be the only ones really. none of this save where you want, whenever you want crap.

[Someone Else]

Laharl, on Sep 22 2008, 03:44 PM, said:

none of this save where you want, whenever you want crap.

Depends on the game. In Crysis you really need quicksaves.

Oblivion too.

Mario, save points and save and quit is best.

[Gio]

Me111, on Sep 22 2008, 02:43 PM, said:

I saw that earlier in the week. It's true. Call of Duty 4? Pah! Paperboy was much harder!

I freaking loved Paperboy

Aquamarine, on Sep 22 2008, 02:44 PM, said:

Agreed a hundred times.

I usually enjoy difficult games more than the easy ones. However, people these days don't want a game that's challenging. Or one that's funwhile we're at it, it just needs realistic graphics and good marketing and it's an instant seller...

Before playing Radiant Dawn, I saw that each and every reviewer said that the game is TOO difficult, and kept complaining about it. But actually, it's easy as ****. I was disappointed with the difficulty.

I wish games would always be as hard as F-Zero GX and Echoes. Those were two amazing games, among me very favourites, and their difficulty was one of the reasons I was so drawn into them.

Neither of them were hard but I thought PoR was harder than Radiant Dawn.

[Split Infinity]

Wind Dude, on Sep 23 2008, 08:14 AM, said:

Quicksaves/autosaves are fine. In a game like Crysis you kind of need them, lest you lose your sanity of doing the SAME DAMN THING over and over until you get it right.

Reminds me of Slippery Climb from Crash Bandicoot. You had to backtrack through the levels just to stockpile enough lives for an attempt. I died like forty times in the space of an hour trying to reach that checkpoint. :/

But at least it was FUN.

[Toasty]

I thought paperboy sucked. =/ But then again, I only spent a few minutes playing the game, so my opinion there is kida null and void.

Easy games are boring, but hard games are frustrating. I like a game where it's difficult, but not impossible. Two or three attmepts to pass a level wouldn't be too much to ask. 40 is overkill though.

I thought RD was harder than PoR (PoR was actually fairly easy, save for a few parts), but it wasn't too hard either. It remains as the only Wii game I own thus far which I think about finishing.

Though some of the first few chapters in RD were brutal for being so early on in the game.


Anyway, the article speaks the truth.

[Split Infinity]

Oh no, the satisfaction of beating that one level and later the game was more than worth it. It's when the difficulty comes down to say, a factor of chance, or an insane amount of grinding, that it loses that satisfaction.

[Toasty]

You mean like the final battle between Ike and the Black Knight in PoR?

[Split Infinity]

I haven't played Fire Emblem, but sure.

[Toasty]

Wut.

Go get it. Now.

[Split Infinity]

I'm trying to preserve what little I have in case there's something I actually want.

[Toasty]

You actually want this.

No lies.

....well, sorta. You might not like it.

[Saturos S.]

Saturos Striker, on Sep 22 2008, 11:05 PM, said:

I only like the checkpoints out of those.

I hate playing easy bits before hard bits. Just give me the easy ones.

I meant just give me the hard ones, but you all knew that.