The newer the Gen... The easier the games?

Ok is it just me or is that with each new generation of gaming systems the games tend to get easier. Remember the game Battletoads double dragon the ultimate team... that game was sooooo hard. You can even go back further than that...the atari games...

Ok here is a good example. Metal Gear for the NES... and MGS4 for PS3... which one is harder?(impo sadly the NES)

I love games that have challenges and are hard to beat...like Ninja Gaiden... or Battletoads... or the first ninja turtles for NES(yes I am a 80's baby...lets go Turtles)

Anyway anybody else think this is a problem?

More and more people from the casual market are getting into video games and so more developers are trying to accomodate them.

Sitting down and playing Mario wasn't exactly seen as a skirt-dropper, if you know what I mean...

...well, it isn't exactly now, but you get the idea.

More and more people from the casual market are getting into video games and so more developers are trying to accomodate them.

Sitting down and playing Mario wasn't exactly seen as a skirt-dropper, if you know what I mean...

...well, it isn't exactly now, but you get the idea.

Scianix-Black

yeah, i have to agree the casual gamers started to play games and since they want the thrill not the difficulty, you get extremely easy games even on the hardest difficulty. I haven't been challenged dating all the way back to the atari, maybe nes (yes early-mid 80's as well).. i saw something about the hardest games in the history of video games, and the games on there were my favorites... i don't remember where i saw it but they said something like you couldn't beat contra without cheats, which brought a tear to my eye because i never cheated in that game and beat it probably a hundred times.

long live marble madness - that game would get you some action... well ... possibly, if they were intoxicated...

yeah, i have to agree the casual gamers started to play games and since they want the thrill not the difficulty, you get extremely easy games even on the hardest difficulty. I haven't been challenged dating all the way back to the atari, maybe nes (yes early-mid 80's as well).. i saw something about the hardest games in the history of video games, and the games on there were my favorites... i don't remember where i saw it but they said something like you couldn't beat contra without cheats, which brought a tear to my eye because i never cheated in that game and beat it probably a hundred times.

long live marble madness - that game would get you some action... well ... possibly, if they were intoxicated...

xX_-X-_Xx

That's another thing^

You have to factor in your intelligence and experience as a gamer. Games may seem easier now, but that could be because of all the games you've been playing up until this point.

There are kids nowadays who think games are hard, and I'm sure some of them will look back a decade from now and wonder why games got so easy.

Kinda like how we're doing.

If you are going to spend millions of dollars developing a game, it'd be pretty silly to waste the money on the later levels if none of your customers ever saw them ...

So it makes sense to make it possible for people to complete the games. You can always pick one of the harder difficulty levels if you want a challenge, or try to get the trophies.

Ok is it just me or is that with each new generation of gaming systems the games tend to get easier. Remember the game Battletoads double dragon the ultimate team... that game was sooooo hard. You can even go back further than that...the atari games...

Ok here is a good example. Metal Gear for the NES... and MGS4 for PS3... which one is harder?(impo sadly the NES)

I love games that have challenges and are hard to beat...like Ninja Gaiden... or Battletoads... or the first ninja turtles for NES(yes I am a 80's baby...lets go Turtles)

Anyway anybody else think this is a problem?

My sisters can play PS3 games easily, but Sonic the Hedgehog from the Genesis days? Impossible. They wonder how I do it. Games, HAVE gotten easier. It's not just Sonic either. Neither of them can beat a single game from the past.Symphonycometh

But surely you don't intend to represent all the old school games with Sonic.

Sonic is only one game.

Ahah.

5:45 in the morning.

Totally missed that other part, sorry about that.

And kudos to your sisters; mine isn't the gamer type.

Try beating Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts :Pagff9

Yeah I thought that to

Does the games get easier or I just get better and better as gamer

Ok is it just me or is that with each new generation of gaming systems the games tend to get easier. Remember the game Battletoads double dragon the ultimate team... that game was sooooo hard.

baller72

im with ya man that game was tough but it was dang good , rumbling as a toad or a human that just made me all kinds of happy when I was younger...

now i wanna bust out my snes, whos trying to co-op that game with me!? :P