>>334744707
super mario world was pretty easy man come on

>>334744707
>Or were they designed to eat quarters?
This was true but for arcade games.
Gen 3 games were hard because they were generally very short. Without the high difficulty, they wouldn't last much.

It should read "Shiggy's Castle"

>>334744707
>Were video games hard because the people who made them played them so much, they got good, and upped the difficulty?
Yes, according to Iwata.

>>334744707
People didn't spend much money for video games, now they make it easy and reduce playtime. Just imagine a call of duty campaign of 30 hours.

>>334745460
I hate this cynical shit. Maybe they were hard because who the fuck would want to play something easy?

>>334746997
Someone who wants to enjoy the experience and not feel frustrated for losing over and over just to get past something.

>>334746917
>Just imagine a call of duty campaign of 30 hours.
That'd be fun if it had something other than pointing and clicking. It's basically just pressing buttons. Borderlands did it better, it's like a Diablo FPS.

>>334746997
Not everybody gets that adrenaline rush of conquering some unfair bullshit. Some of us just feel frustrated that the game isn't fair and that it took us so long to do it because the team wanted to be an asshole.

>>334747032
this attitude is why games are worse now. people like you couldn't just find a new hobby, no you had to ruin video games.