Why Are Retro Games Hard? Entry posted by Kohaku February 27, 2013 1,242 views Share More sharing options... Followers 1 Oh... that's why. Thanks Iwata!
Blessed Blade Posted February 27, 2013 It makes a ton of sense. But, does that mean that half the people making games nowadays are not expert gamers? That would make a ton of sense too. =P Quote Link to comment
Black Six Posted February 27, 2013 No, it means there's more process involved in making the games, including bringing in external testers who are not super-familiar with each nuance to see how they do when playing. Also they realized gamers are lazy and want to win easily. Quote Link to comment
Makaru Posted February 27, 2013 "See the thing you gotta realize about games in the NES days is that lastability was even then a big issue. Games were anywhere from $30 to $60, and that ... is steep. You can’t pay for that ... with your ... lunch money. The NES cartridge didn't have a lot of space so developers had to mind their limits, but also try to make a game that lasts a long time so people felt like they got their fortune’s worth. The easy out at the time was to making a game frustratingly hard. [WOAH ...] Most of the time it was in cheap ways. [hrNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGG] But Castlevania took a step in the right direction." -Arin "Egoraptor" Hansen, Sequelitis ep. 1 Quote Link to comment
Aanchir Posted February 27, 2013 That's one reason, but there are lots of reasons he doesn't mention. One I know of is the legacy of arcade cabinets. At an arcade, there was a quite justifiable emphasis on making it easy to lose a game fairly quickly: the arcade gets more quarters, and everyone who visits the arcade gets a chance to play. Because of this, even after home consoles became trendy, the expectation was for games to be easy to lose; a game that was difficult to lose might have been considered sub-par. Quote Link to comment
Athmos Posted February 27, 2013 Also they realized gamers are lazy and want to win easily. The amount of truth in this statement... Quote Link to comment
Kohaku Posted February 28, 2013 Man this makes me miss some of those Nintendo hard games. Most games are too easy these days. Quote Link to comment
Xaeraz Posted February 28, 2013 Man this makes me miss some of those Nintendo hard games. Most games are too easy these days.Ever played Dark Souls, mi amigo? Quote Link to comment
Hahli Husky Posted February 28, 2013 "See the thing you gotta realize about games in the NES days is that lastability was even then a big issue. Games were anywhere from $30 to $60, and that ... is steep. You can’t pay for that ... with your ... lunch money. The NES cartridge didn't have a lot of space so developers had to mind their limits, but also try to make a game that lasts a long time so people felt like they got their fortune’s worth. The easy out at the time was to making a game frustratingly hard. [WOAH ...] Most of the time it was in cheap ways. [hrNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGG] But Castlevania took a step in the right direction." -Arin "Egoraptor" Hansen, Sequelitis ep. 1Bryan let's be best friends okay. Quote Link to comment
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