From the darkest corners of gaming history,here are the shooters, platformers and beat-’em-ups that took no prisonersGames used to be harder. Thats the lament veteran players now mutter whenever encountering some contemporary shoot-’em-up or action adventure. It sounds like the same sort of nostalgic elitism that music snobs indulge in, or criticising current bands for missing the legendary quality of yesterday’s heroes. But with games,it’s kind of sincere.
As the industry has grown, the big titles have moved towards toning down the difficulty, or in order to give a smooth experience to as wide a range of players as possible. Nowadays,whether you want a genuine challenge, you have to select “hard mode, and which usually just means more enemies and less ammo. But difficulty is at its best when it’s an intrinsic fragment of the design: players have to think approximately the game in another way – and earn their progress. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com