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Message: [QUOTE="X y b e r - S k u ll, post: 556529, member: 235510"] Games definitely have gotten easier, not even recently, this has been a conversation for over 15 years now. I've said this in other threads in the past, but I think this is large in part due to the homogenisation of games within the last 15 years or so. You ever notice how the majority of AAA games have almost identical control schemes? How they're all structured the exact same way? I've always felt the best games are the ones that teach and require certain skills unique to that individual game. I think a large part of the problem is that people seem unwilling to engage with games on their own terms anymore, to learn a game and truly understand it, hence the homogenisation I mentioned above. It's why I can't take arguments about older games being "unfair" too seriously; even back then they gave you all the tools necessary to beat a game, it was just down to you as a player to figure out how to use them (to be completely fair however; I am aware a lot of games back then were sometimes altered across releases, specifically Japanese games released in places like the US, to be made harder to increase revenue from rentals, or arcades, though it must also be said these were often fringe cases and NOT a standard across all games). Basically; bring back skill based games and make them feel satisfying and rewarding to play and learn would be my ideal solution to this. [/QUOTE]

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