"Games should be difficult like they were in the old days." Which old days? The days where games were difficult so you'd have to pump in another quarter every 15 seconds, or the days where games were difficult so you couldn't beat them in a rental period? That wasn't good design. It was greed. - ThreadSky

stealthmantis.bsky.social • 4 days ago

"Games should be difficult like they were in the old days."

Which old days? The days where games were difficult so you'd have to pump in another quarter every 15 seconds, or the days where games were difficult so you couldn't beat them in a rental period?

That wasn't good design. It was greed.

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retromonster.bsky.social•4 days ago

Games are still Difficult, they are also Medium and Easy. These people always ignore that like 90% of games these days have difficulty settings.

stealthmantis.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yep. And a lot of games from back in the day, if they DID have a difficulty, they'd only let you get so far in the game if you played on a lower difficulty. It was brutal lol

tinashemtapera.bsky.social•3 days ago

I call this inherited suffering. When your childhood/adolescence had hardship and you now mistakenly believe you had to “earn it,” when in reality you were just taken advantage of… but today we don’t have to endure hardship anymore. Yet you still want young people to suffer—for what?

stealthmantis.bsky.social•3 days ago

*cough* student loans *cough*

epicredhot.bsky.social•4 days ago

oh boy, here we go again
https://bsky.app/profile/boghogstg.bsky.social/post/3lniieuhyt22e

boghogstg.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's ironic considering there's a common design pattern in arcade games where the devs would make early stages easy to make sure that even if the player's horrible they could usually get a few minutes of playtime per coin and not feel like their money was wasted.Which IMO is 1 thing that aged poorly

boghogstg.bsky.social•3 days ago

So if anything it's the exact opposite, the games were not difficult enough - they took their time and made sure you NEVER died in 15 seconds. And that's a problem nowadays

Also a lot of content and low difficulty is better for getting that rental/refund period anyway, which devs do now :)

stealthmantis.bsky.social•3 days ago

I disagree that old arcade games made sure you never died in 15 seconds. There were PLENTY of old arcade games that, until you mastered them, it wasn't at all unusual to die that often. Robotron, Defender, Asteroids, that era. You could be killed almost immediately. There was no breathing room.

boghogstg.bsky.social•3 days ago

1. They still gave u lots of breathing room. Take Robotron- at first it just spawns really slow easy enemies, takes time to escalate + gives lives per credit + becomes easier if you die to give you a break
2. "Some VERY early arcade games were sometimes like this" is a lot tamer than your op

stealthmantis.bsky.social•3 days ago

Oh, did I oversimplify something on a social media platform designed for short, pithy posts and interactions? Sue me lol. This isn't a blog post or a YouTube video or a magazine article. That's just the nature of social media. It's not really intended for long, complex, nuanced points. 🤷‍♂️

jeffzillapcp.bsky.social•4 days ago

Not to argue, but there was rarely a game, outside of rpgs, that couldn't be beaten in a weekend. Silver Surfer, TMNT(Nes),Battletoads I am looking at you 🧐

cowboytantan.bsky.social•4 days ago

And people act like greed in the gaming industry is a new thing. 🥴

stealthmantis.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yep. All this complaining about developers double dipping on remasters and rereleases, these people obviously weren't around for Street Fighter II, then Street Fighter II: Champion Edition, then Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting, then Super Street Fighter II, then Super Street Fighter II Turbo lol

cowboytantan.bsky.social•4 days ago

The main difference between then and now is modern technology has just given companies more creative and blatant ways to be greedy.

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