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I'm Not Having Fun Anymore: Difficulty and Accessibility in Modern Games

Monster in Your Veins looks at the way in which difficulty scales in some modern titles and how it may help or hamper accessibility with larger audiences.

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netherbound6285d ago (Edited 6285d ago )

I'm getting so sick of gamers these days complaining about how hard games are.
Grow a set!

Ninja Gaiden I and II (Xbox 3D remakes) were the best two games I played in years.
SFIV is also a fraking godsend (I never thought I would see the day) as is HD remix.
This just goes to show how weak this gen of gamers are if they can't hang with these kind of games.

If you can't hang with the big kids then don't buy the game, and if you do buy it don't dedicate a website blog post or review to let us all know how weak you are.

Sangria6285d ago (Edited 6285d ago )

I agree both Ninja Gaiden are really good, i like their difficulty, but sometimes it's just too much, like for example those 8-shots-bazooka-spammers in the snowy levels of NG2, was it necessary?

Difficulty is not a problem as long as it's not exagerated. Games can increase in difficulty but not exponentially. I remember how painful was the last boss of Marvel vs Capcom 2, which have several transformations, or Baby Vegeta in Dragonball Final Bout, or the Underworld King and Judgment in Guilty Gear Judgment.

Sometimes, it's a bit too much to totally enjoy a game.
(and i don't talk about those japanese-oriented games like Taiko No Tatsujin or Ikaruga)

thereapersson6285d ago

People these days complain about how hard games are? What about the games that we freakin' grew up with? Games like Contra and R-Type were hard as f*ck! How old is this guy? Did he just start gaming yesterday?

CBaoth6285d ago

the OG Castlevania or Mega Man. It's gotten so bad it's to the point whenever I read a review approximating the game's length I immediately add a couple hours to it cause I know the baboon played it on easy.

Superduper096285d ago

SF4 is definitely not as accessible to casual gamers as say Soul Calibur IV.

Foxgod6285d ago (Edited 6285d ago )

Damnit, Seth isnt that hard, i beat him with all characters on normal difficulty, i am ready to move on to hard using my favorite characters.

If i can beat seth on normal with El Fuerte and Dhalsim, then surely a noob should be able to beat seth with guys like Ryu on easy.

Statix6285d ago

Accessibility to a wider audience? If you want that, then set all your games to "Easy" difficulty. See, problem solved. For me, I like my games to have a challenge--that is what get's my blood pumping, and that is what I personally enjoy as a gamer.

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15 Years Ago, Mortal Kombat (2011) Saved Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise

A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.

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italiangamer36d ago

"Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise"

Press X to (seriously) doubt.

DarXyde34d ago

Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.

Soy34d ago

And then MK1 killed it again.

DivineHand12534d ago (Edited 34d ago )

15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.

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Fallout 3 Remaster Is Allegedly Planned For Release At Some Point In The Future

A remaster of Bethesda Game Studios' 2008 action role-playing game, Fallout 3, is planned for release at some point in the future.

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LucasRuinedChildhood138d ago

Would be nice if they had New Vegas ready as well, especially because of the show.

Hopefully this doesn't have the same performance issues as Oblivion Remastered.

cloganart137d ago

I haven't seen anything on these performance issues? What's been going on?

walken7137d ago

Probably the Unreal Engine issues, I skipped it for that reason.

Snookies12138d ago (Edited 138d ago )

Throw in all the DLC as well, like Oblivion and I'll definitely bite. I recall having one trophy left to unlock on the PS3 version with 100+ hours in my save. When my save file got corrupted, lol. Very sad day.

To be fair though, Bethesda was trash at Playstation ports anyway.

Michiel1989137d ago

all devs sucked at porting to ps3 for the first like 3 years because no one had experience with the cell architecture. Even 1st party took a long while to get proficient with it, the difference between uncharted 1 and 3 is massive for example.

Extermin8or3_137d ago

Oh oh oh I can do this too. GTA 7 will be made at some point in the future. Fallout 5 will enter development in the future too

jznrpg137d ago

Everyone there should know most gamers want New Vegas and Morrowind more than anything.

Christopher137d ago

Which is why we won't get them. Gotta keep floating "support this one and it might happen".

BlaqMagiq1137d ago

Can't wait. Won't have to go back to my PS3 to play this when it comes out.

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Fallout 3 remastered on the Nintendo Switch 2 is what we deserve, not the worst Fallout game

Fallout Day's disappointing news that Fallout 4 is coming to Switch 2 is a shame, as this 17-year-old entry is more deserving of a new port.

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jambola209d ago

Why exactly do you think you deserve it??

Phoenix76209d ago

Fallout 4 isn't the worst game in the franchise. It's either Fallout 76 or Fallout BOS that's the worst.

gigoran8209d ago

PC and all other modern consoles never got a remaster of 3, but obviously the switch 2 was the tipping point to make it a reality... ahuh

1nsomniac209d ago

Meh, I thought 3 was garbage. I'm not a great fan of the franchise to be fair. They're like B-Movie films, really shallow and janky. 4 was definitely one of the better ones though.

UltimateOwnage209d ago

So the article makes a snippy entitled statement and acts like that is going to encourage a publisher to give them what they want. Okay.

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