Quote by Hatchet Hero1:
Am I the only one thats realized that games are getting easier to complete.
last month I got Assassins creed revelations, Saints 3, and Halo cea, I already have all the achievements in assassins and saints. I'm only missing 6 in halo. I know I'm not "that" good at games so whats going on with the new ones?
I don't know how old you are, but back in my day, video games were mostly a sit down in a day and work your fingers to exhaustion event. Games were fiercely difficult and took a lot of finger dexterity to beat, but they were short for the most part.
The way video games are made has shifted and so has what a gamer wants out of their gaming experience. These days, epic stories, complete immersion and cinema like presentation are what gamers crave.
With that comes a need for accessibility. That means thumb numbing difficulty is being traded in for more of an interactive experience that allows the gamer to actually get to the end of the story regardless of their skill. Nobody wants to begin watching a movie only to find out that they are not able to see the ending.
The sense of accomplishment of being able to brag to your friends that you are the only person in your town to beat a game like Battletoads has been replaced by the feeling of reaching the end of a story that you have immersed yourself in for 50 hours. It may not have been overly difficult to finish, but you completed the story that was laid out before you.
Don't get me wrong, there will still be games made to be difficult just for the sake of difficulty, but by and large the most challenge you are likely to find in blockbuster titles is online player vs. player.
