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RE: The Nostalgia and the Bugs – Gaming was so much harder back then
Great article! I agree that gaming in those days wasn't necessarily better or worse, but different. And although developers in back then absolutely designed around difficulty is wasn't always quite as curated as it is today.
I think what absolutely made games of that era so difficult was the lack of upfront information and of course the occasional "undocumented" bug. Devs like FromSoftware try to mimic this with games like Dark Souls but with the advent of the internet, even the dark and mysterious depths of Lordran have been cracked open and exposed to the world. Making playing the game from start to finish much easier.
Keep up the great work!!
I agree, the lack of info on a game (despite the massive manuals that I loved to have in the games' huge boxes) was one of the key elements. Nowadays, even the hardest games like Dark Souls can be completed without taking a single hit, which says a lot about the mechanical design and the inherent flaws.
It was every man for himself, now we have guides and exploits for every game.