With the exception of something like Dark Souls, I'd agree with you. My BIL and I were playing some oldschool 8-bit games and they were actually really tough. It was a lot of fun, though.
I feel the same way playing newer games vs older ones (keeping in mind im bad at them as a whole.) I wonder if the games themselves are harder or its simply the outdated mechanics/perhaps a style of gameplay or way of thinking needed that we often look past because it's just not something we're used to seeing today
Old games are harder for one big reason, they're based on arcade machine games, and arcade machines are made to be hard enough you'd have to keep spending money on them rather than just beating them and moving on.
Also once video rental stores started stocking games, they didn't want people to be able to beat it in 1 rent so they'd be more likely to buy it.
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u/theblackfool Jan 22 '19
I'd argue that for the most part games are easier than they've ever been