It's mostly about the complexity of the game and the puzzles you have to solve.. Something like Earthbound might be more challenging than say F.E.A.R. today, but overall games have mostly stayed the same. There's always going to be your challenging games and than the games you breeze right through
Are new games harder than old games?
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Posted 18 July 2007 - 07:22 PM
old games all the way
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Posted 18 July 2007 - 07:59 PM
Hmm old games were harder but then again there were some old games that were very easy as well.
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Posted 18 July 2007 - 08:18 PM
Old games are definitely harder. Nowadays they just make really long, easy games.
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Posted 18 July 2007 - 08:23 PM
I believe it varies, because games like Pokemon , even with the updates and improvements, the game itself has gotten easier. I've played some newer rpgs and they seem easier than the old versions on the games themselves.
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Posted 18 July 2007 - 08:38 PM
The older games were certainly harder. Megaman games aren't a problem for me, but think about games like Ninja Gaiden. Games like that took days and days of practice.
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Posted 18 July 2007 - 09:12 PM
it all just depends on what game it is
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Posted 18 July 2007 - 11:14 PM
Old games are pretty hard dude, for some reason.
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Posted 19 July 2007 - 11:29 AM
New Games are harder but with the use of guides, walkthroughs, cheats which makes them easier compare that of the old games which you dont have to rely too much for a guide to help you...
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Posted 19 July 2007 - 12:26 PM
I think it depends on the gamers. For those who've played tons throughout their lives, they're probably more experienced with erevy problem & know how to assess the situation in front of them, so it probably gets easier for them to play. For the rookies who started playing or those don't play very often, they won't know the difference, they'll probably just think games are all the same...
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Posted 19 July 2007 - 11:15 PM
older games definitely require harder work i think... some of them you can't save on at all and w/e. like final fantasy and w/e... just because theres more to think about like in FFTA doesnt mean its harder.
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Posted 19 July 2007 - 11:24 PM
Older games are FAR harder than new games. Having the player spend hours running around the world is not hard. Having the player spend hours trying to beat the first boss because he button mashed through the entire level is hard. (Most of us are guilty of that in Ninja Gaiden/Black/Sigma)
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Posted 19 July 2007 - 11:35 PM
I think that the old games are much harder than now. This topic remember me my old NES console! 
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Posted 19 July 2007 - 11:37 PM
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Posted 20 July 2007 - 01:00 AM
one of the key things that makes any old game harder is the lack of good technology regarding the controls, some of the controls r just awkward and have a slippery feel to them, making the game barely playable.
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Posted 20 July 2007 - 01:33 AM
old games were a lot harder.. they had to do that cuz they had terrible graphics
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Posted 20 July 2007 - 02:05 AM
New games are much esiaer than old games. No offense but anyone who can sussesfuly beat the whole original pac man game is a nerd. i could never beat any NES game. but some newer games are harder but most games were arder back then.
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Posted 20 July 2007 - 07:33 AM
I really think the entire reason older games are harder than the newer ones just because of the simplicity of the older games. Think, you only had two buttons on the older controllers, which were more than likely attack and jump.Newer games tend to have Double Jump Abilities, strafing, guarding, dashing, back flips, teleporting, inventory space, demon charge, life bars, regeneration, shields, food, and all kinds of stuff to keep our puny pathetic lives living just a little bit longer. That, and you remember those old text based games, with no graphics to help you? Jesus, you wonder where they went.
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Posted 20 July 2007 - 07:45 AM
I think what makes the new games harder is they consume more time to play, at the same time the old games may be shorter but they lack the ability to save data making it frustrating for players to repeat playing through those games.
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Posted 20 July 2007 - 07:46 AM
That just reminds me of Kid Chameleon... Jesus. >.> who ever made that game without a save function is crazy.
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Posted 20 July 2007 - 08:17 AM
Well i think they are a bit of both really as the new games are getting more complicated.
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Posted 20 July 2007 - 09:12 AM
definitely mate, exceptions though the new ninja gaidens are hard
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Posted 20 July 2007 - 10:43 AM
I agree...old games are definitely harder.. i mean just look at the way super mario was played on the SNES!, i mean one hit and you're OUTTA THERE!nowadays, you can get hit like 4 or 5 times, and then you croak. Especially agree with the fact that there were no guides for legendary games such as Megaman III, Final Fantasy I and II and Super Mario, making life a bit harder for the gamer.Nowadays, all you have to do is spend around £5 or $5 extra (depending on where you are in the world!) and you'll have a book that tells you where everything is to give you that 100% completion feeling...which is kinda cheap, when you didnt really achieve it yourself.
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Posted 20 July 2007 - 10:52 AM
A lot of older games are harder. But there are some newer games that are tons harder! Yugioh is a good exapmle
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Posted 20 July 2007 - 01:38 PM
Seems like everyone is going for older games being harder. I'm not so sure. I remember with an old game you'd often get to a certain level and just get stuck until you got sick of it and stopped playing the game. At least with newer games there is often more than one way of solving a problem. Also they make a lot of games easier these days just so they can sell them to young kidsold games are def a lot harder.... games these days are sort of easy but i still think most games are challenging
