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TitaniumAlloy
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posted July 14, 2009 01:08 PM |
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Play one of the Ninja Gaiden games 
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antipaladin
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posted July 14, 2009 02:08 PM |
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best ever way to compare: Quake 2 and Quake 4. Quake 4 is easier. hence the answer. the reason was given by death in page one. hard games don't sell. also since tech improves IA can be made more advanced in being idiot.
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posted July 14, 2009 02:54 PM |
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Now that you mention sequels, you might have a point. The first Commandos was practically unpassable, the second - still hard, but doable, the third was a joke. So yeah, I guess companies put more emphasize on casual gaming because it sells better. Which brings me to another point: if it sells better then that must mean that its what most people want.
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posted July 14, 2009 04:09 PM |
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sims 3 is out to prove that...
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baklava
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posted July 14, 2009 04:22 PM |
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Hey, that's the joy of capitalism. It gives people what they want. They want crap, they get crap.
That's the lovely thing about authoritarian systems. They refuse to give people a chance to prove their idiocy.
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posted July 14, 2009 04:25 PM |
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That's the lovely thing about authoritarian systems. They refuse to give people a chance to prove their idiocy.
No, it disallows everyone except the leader to prove their idiocy 
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baklava
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posted July 14, 2009 04:42 PM |
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Right, my bad 
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posted July 14, 2009 04:48 PM |
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Play one of the Ninja Gaiden games
Have to agree with that. I've played Ninja Gaiden Sigma and it was insane. If you have nerves of steel and somehow manage to beat it on normal difficulty, you can unlock a higher diffuculty and after you beat that, you unlock even higher diffuculty so there surely is no lack of challenge.
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posted July 27, 2009 09:48 PM |
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First Legacy of Kain games were intense and hard. That made them enjoyable. Though Defiance was easier, except in some places, but those were easy to crack. The series rock because of the plot. Seriously. One of the best I saw.
Half-Life 2 was easier then the prequel. No matter that they let you carry two full reloads for the better weapons, it was still pretty easy.
C&C Tiberian Sun was great because of it's rising difficulty.
X-Com and X-Com: Terror from the Deep. Now thats a true brain melter. You kick alien arse for good 5 hours and then they bring a big -beep-ed up cannon and blast you to smithereens, and take over your base. This game is a tough one, even today.
Yeah, the games get much easier today. A usual RTS can be beaten in a few days, if you're a quick thinker.
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posted July 27, 2009 10:05 PM |
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I am playing right now the BDJ mode to M&M VII. Man, I was close to break both my monitor and keyboard every 5 minutes in those new dungeons. I played Oblivion, Morrowind, and so many "recent" RPG but they aren't even close to the difficulties of past games.
I have to go turns based in every fight, check resistances, check what spells were dispelled every turn, apply them again, check monsters resistances, click, click and again click, and every monster I defeat is replaced by 25 others.
A nightmare, but so fun in the end.
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posted September 18, 2009 06:48 PM |
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(most) games have become easier, why?
longer version:
In the old days, it took a long time to make a game, so the game needed to be hard, so it took a long time to beat the game.
Now, it takes much less time to create a game(exceptions are possible), so the game needs to be easy, so it takes a short time to beat it, get bored and buy a new game
short version:
  money
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posted September 18, 2009 07:01 PM |
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Actually it makes much more effort these days to make a game...
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posted September 19, 2009 09:23 AM |
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indeed, to create a good game
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posted September 19, 2009 09:31 AM |
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To answer the topic question directly:
Yes, they have gotten easier. 
One of the few series that has NOT is Dragon Quest. Go play any of those games and cry when you get wiped.
Not to mention bosses get double attack and even triple attack as the game progresses, so your party numerical advantage isn't much of one.
I miss the old days a lot, I do.
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posted September 19, 2009 06:53 PM |
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Yes. WoW for instance has become so much easier. Back in 2004-2005, there was a huge barrier between a raider and a casual player. Now everybody can raid and the game is open for everyone.
You used to be required to walk 40 levels. Now you get your horse or wolf at level 20 instead and your epic mount at level 40 and your flying mount at level 60.
It used to take a lot of time to get some gold. Now its really easy to get gold. 1000g was a huge amount of gold back in vanilla and now we think that 20,000g is A LOT instead.
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posted September 19, 2009 07:49 PM |
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The first Commandos was practically unpassable
My god... I played that when I was a kid and it was a fricking nightmare!
So much fun when everything worked perfectly though. Argh, dunno if I can survive hearing the Green Beret saying "I am coming" one more time though.
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posted September 19, 2009 09:16 PM |
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xerox
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posted September 19, 2009 09:19 PM |
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WoW was released 2004 in the US and 2005 in Europe.
I started playing on the 31st of October 2005.
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Geny
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posted September 19, 2009 09:28 PM |
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It's just then 2004 is not what comes to mind when I think of "back then". Especially since by that time games have gotten very easy already.
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posted September 19, 2009 09:45 PM |
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Are games easier? That's easy to answer - just check out those games and see how many of them are new titles
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