QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz to Gaming@beehaw.org · 1 year agoThe NES at 40: Seven ways it changed the gaming world foreverarchive.isexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down10
arrow-up131arrow-down1external-linkThe NES at 40: Seven ways it changed the gaming world foreverarchive.isQuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz to Gaming@beehaw.org · 1 year agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareshnizmuffinAlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoA few years ago I went back to see if I could even put a dent in Legacy of the Wizard. I couldn’t, it’s just brutal.
minus-squarehungry_freaks_daddy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI would say more than half of all NES games are insanely hard to beat. Way harder than modern games honestly.
minus-squareQuexotic@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoIt’s easier to create incredibly difficult games than it is to create games that are only moderately difficult. That’s something that technology and the honing of the craft have brought to modern gaming.
A few years ago I went back to see if I could even put a dent in Legacy of the Wizard. I couldn’t, it’s just brutal.
I would say more than half of all NES games are insanely hard to beat. Way harder than modern games honestly.
It’s easier to create incredibly difficult games than it is to create games that are only moderately difficult. That’s something that technology and the honing of the craft have brought to modern gaming.