Videogames aren't hard and challenging anymore. - Games

I have only beat Sonic the Hedgehog 2 once in my life.

Super Meat Boy creators had a bit to say about this: [url]http://supermeatboy.com/13/Why_am_i_so____hard_/[/url] They make very interesting points, and it's worth the read. Also, funny diagrams.

[QUOTE=doommarine23;21520406]Games back than were artifically inflated to be hard because that is how they either A lasted B made money Arcade games needed to kill you off so you kept on playing, kept on putting money inside Regular games as I said were short and had increased difficulty so that you played it longer, it's basically an artificial preservative.[/QUOTE] You calling XCOM short?

[QUOTE=Zezibesh;21531005]You calling XCOM short?[/QUOTE] Technicaly X-com has an infinite SP.

Well, until every nation is under alien control. It'll happen eventually.

[QUOTE=Achilles123;21528286]1. More than just "lol he wants it more difficult. MAKE EVERYTHING THE SAME EXCEPT EVERYONE'S HEALTH AND THE ENEMY BOOLETS." 2. "Adaptive difficulty based around the player's skill". Could you give an example please, I'm not too sure what you mean. 3. Of course that's what it should do, that's common sense. Assuming for a moment however that I have a brain larger than that of a rodent, why would I post something that's common sense? Oh wait, because developers fail to realize what's difficult and what isn't, so their hardest difficulty can still be easy. Talking to run&gun with this post, not bud.[/QUOTE] 1. Well, isn't that making the game harder? It's hard(no pun intended) to make a game more difficult than to raise its difficulty standards. What more do you want out of the game? 2. Adaptive difficulty is when the game gauges the player's skill and sets the difficulty of the game based on those "measurements". Take Madden 09 for example, your "Madden IQ" was a system that scored how well you lpayed against the AI. If you beat the other team easily, the game kicks it up a notch. If the player just can't win, it eases up a bit. 3. Why such a hard outlook in videogame developers? If they weren't doing there job right, then they'd be out of a job. I don't know how you find hard difficulties to be "easy", maybe you're just really good at games, but I'm pretty sure from my standpoint that on most games I play, the hard setting is quite hard.

Try some roguelikes and download mods if you are looking for hard stuff. Here are some challenges I will assign you: Win a game on Deity in Civilization. Build a fortress and last 10 years in Dwarf Fortress. Beat I Want To Be The Guy. Beat I Want To Be The Fangame. BEAT A KOREAN AT STARCRAFT!

You need to play online multiplayer.

[QUOTE=Zezibesh;21531456]Well, until every nation is under alien control. It'll happen eventually.[/QUOTE] I was dissappointed you weren't allowed to use nukes in X-com. [editline]08:20PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Raneman;21553653]Try some roguelikes and download mods if you are looking for hard stuff. Here are some challenges I will assign you: Win a game on Deity in Civilization. Build a fortress and last 10 years in Dwarf Fortress. Beat I Want To Be The Guy. Beat I Want To Be The Fangame. [B]BEAT A KOREAN AT STARCRAFT[/B]![/QUOTE] Spawn rush + zerg = insta win. Not that hard.

[QUOTE=Master of Tetra;21530113]Little Big Planet The Bunker Oh god, the nightmares. STOP SPINNING YOU FUCKING WHEEL![/QUOTE] That was really easy. I got 100% in LBP in a few days.