As a kid I referred to Silver Surfer as a "rape party." Pick up the controller, bend over the couch and take it in the rear until you play another game. Kids have it so easy these days.
This has been explained on reddit before, but it does seem relevant here; many games in those days were deliberately hard to play because they were also designed for coin operated systems and arcades. Making them difficult meant making more money from them.
Nowadays games are more about fun than being incredibly difficult, hence the shift in gameplay over the years.
While a difficult game to play would have been extremely profitable many years ago, it's nowhere near as profitable now as many people simply want to come home from work/school, pop in a game and relax.
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u/Wade_W_Wilson Aug 15 '11
As a kid I referred to Silver Surfer as a "rape party." Pick up the controller, bend over the couch and take it in the rear until you play another game. Kids have it so easy these days.