Weenie Games
Ever since the release of Ninja Gaiden on the Xbox there has been a swirling debate about whether games have gotten progressively easier since the golden days of Atari, nes, and sega. I came across an excellent article on this at tomshardware.com today and it really got me thinking about this. This generation of gamers are definitely spoiled by the idea of game saves and checkpoints. This is proven by the fact that when we do get a classic game as an unlockable or as part of a collection we now have the option to save. I'm just as bad about this as the next guy because I threw, broke, and exploded many controllers in my day, so I'm gonna save dammit. Frankly, I NEED it to get through many games. But ya know what, that just proves to me that I too have gotten caught up in this generations lack of difficulty. Just go ahead and go back and play some old faves from the nes or genesis. Good luck. You'll see how much satisfaction you get from beating just one level, let alone the entire game. I remember when I finally finished the original Legend of Zelda after like 2 years of frustration, I was so excited I told every person I talked to. Now look, I'm not saying let's up the difficulty and games this generation are too easy, I'm just purely saying I agree games have gotten easier and that saves and checkpoints have spoiled the once cancerous phrase "game over." Link
posted by Chris Reeves @ 12:16 PM
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