RE: Hard Games: Is The Game Difficult or Unfair? How to make a Videogame more fair to players
I never played Dark Souls.. but from what I know about it... It does every point I said in my post. If you're skilled enough you can win. if you're not skilled you can grind until you get a gear that helps you to win.
some of old games were hard simply because of bugs. Personally I don't remember last game that was difficult.
yeah... maybe you don't find the games difficult anymore because of your accumulated skill from playing many games? But you know? most of the AAA titles are made to sell to as many people as possible... so if it wasn't marketed as a Hard Game then %70 of time the game will be fairly easy.. at least the main parts of it (optional content and challenges are made for those who invest their time in playing so a lot of time it'll be very hard).
That was my point games aren't difficult now. Problem with unfair difficulty mostly presents at free to play games.
I don't think easy games are bad (actually I like easy far more than hard if you want my taste)... but I know this can be very disappointing for people who like harder challenges. I wish game companies make games with more varied difficulty.
about Companies, there's a post I wrote few days it needs
somea lot of editing and I'll publish it