[QUOTE="Raiko101"]Or just think "This is too hard, I don't want to play it anymore", and thus stops buying games, and thus Nintendo doesn't make as much money from the casuals. Personally I think games have been too easy for the past 10 years anyway. Games these days seem to bel based around so-called "immersive experiences" for the gamer, and the challenges that video games presented through the entire 2D era, up until the 32/64-bit consoles have long gone.Huell_Howser
I'm not too sure games have been becoming less difficult. Rather I just think people are getting better at games. Just think back to your first time playing through classics like SMB3 or super mario world. Back then, I remember those games being crazy hard. Nowadays I'll blow through them in a couple hours as I have so much experience with them. And take FPS's. The controls and basic way of playing is very similar from game to game so your skills carry over to each new game, making them seem easier as your skills progress. Heck, I never played zelda a link to the past during the snes era and played it for the first time a couple years ago and thought it was an easy game. I'm sure if I would've played it back then I would remember it as being a hard game because I wouldn't have been as experienced with gaming as I am now.
And as for games that are meant to be "immersive experiences", I'm glad these types of games are around now. Sometimes I'd rather relax when I play a game rather than throw my controller through the tv when I lose 5000 times in a row.
Haha, I don't really have a response for what you've written. I can only say that you wrote a great response yourself! Anyways, anyone who ever heard of Sega in the 80's knows who Alex Kidd is! He was Sega's mascott until Sonic came about, and was even inside your Master System (litteraly!).
It's not very difficult to research games online anyway. Many of us grew up in a time before you had the internet and millions of gaming magazines to tell you what to buy and what not to buy. You went to the store, read the box, paid your $50, and hoped for the best. Be happy you have the luxuries you do.Rocky32189
But renting was also an option.
Sometimes the internet does steer people in the wrong direction. I did research on Mario Kart 64 and Gradius. They both got good reviews, but they turned out to be duds.
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