I thought killzone 2 was extremely hard and it wasnt like other shooters where you get over run and destroyed by the enemy it was tactically a hard game

Remember Perfect Dark where you weren't just pushed along an endless sea of baddies? You were given a mission and when you started the level it was all up to you. The actual level was miles beyond today's standards as well, it wasn't one long maze of a hallway, it was a facility with command centers, bathrooms, armories, etc just as it should be. So instead of just increasing bullet damage the difficulty was at a planning stage, or improvisation when things go south. You didn't just have to be good at aiming, you had to figure out what to use and when. And it was tremendous fun.

Too bad everyone is a pussy less than a decade later and wants their games to be as interactive as a fucking SPEAK AND SAY.

I placed this comment on a different article already, today, but I believe it applies here as well:

It's becoming more and more apparent that gamers in America are generally becoming dumber and dumber with regards to choosing high quality games.

Back in the SNES days, Americans missed out on many of the best Japanese games because the Japanese did not think Americans were intelligent enough to appreciate them. I was proud when they changed this line of thought later on and released almost all games on the PS2 worldwide.

It appears that American gamers will retake the throne of playing only games that have been dumbed down to multi-player only or made to easy to ever get a Game Over screen.

Today's games are as hard as my ass. The last challenging game I played was Starcraft 2. Im sick tired of games like Black Ops, where even a 7-year old childie could kill you. Seriously, I miss games like Quake 3... where the learning curve was soo huge.

Difficult games are probably one of the higher reasons why gamers never finish single-player campaigns. Out of mere frustration and loss of patience, gamers would drop their controllers, remove the game, and shelf it to be forgotten for a while. And because many gamers don't finish sing-player mode, that is the reason why game developers are more focused on multiplayer while they shorten the campaign to 5-6 hour range.

I've been playing since the NES and I find the ease of some games more than welcome. Now that I'm older, I just don't have the time to devote to games as I did as a kid. I like to enjoy the story, graphics, sound, and gameplay without having to start over and over. It paces the game more to my tastes.

Great article Dan. I may have not agreed a few years ago but I find myself enjoying more challenging games nowadays. Even something like Super Mario Galaxy 2 which isn't necessarily hard provides a nice challenge with some of those stars you have to collect. The most important thing is that sense of accomplishment you end up feeling; I find that even more satisfying than an achievement. And I'd like to recommend Super Meat Boy to you. I've played and beat both DKC Returns and Super Meat Boy this year. Both are definitely hard but Super Meat Boy easily takes the cake.

Yet another one of these clichéd articles rife with emotional appeals for gamers who think gaming started with the NES. I guess it's as easy a way to generate hits as any.

First off, you do realize that most of us have been playing games for decades now, right? It's only natural that we start to take our own skills for granted.

Secondly, you want harder games? Search the internet for five minutes. There's stuff out there, free stuff, tons of it, that makes I Wanna Be The Guy look like Kirby.

Gamers. Fucking whiners.