[QUOTE="dxy592"][QUOTE="mohfrontline"] I agree, I think Halo 3 is a good example:
One reason is because they added a bunch of new medals (wheelman, killjoy, etc.) that just didn't need to be there. I personally think gaming is getting easier in general.
diablobasher
I have a bad habit of choosing lengthy and/or difficult games. I've bought Oblivion, Gears, COD4, and GTAIV and I've had my Xbox for 2 years. I'm fine with casual gaming but "hardcore" games still exist out there and they won't be disappearing any time soon.
Gears CoD4 and GTA IV are all short casual games. Easy as pie, little replayability, very short. Oblivion is also mass marketed dross, soulless, shallow and boring. GTA IV is bordering on hardcore by length alone, everything else about it has equal mass market and hardcore market appeal, and it's not really all that long. Then again, maybe 24 hours length is a lot, but for the kinds of people who play things like WoW, JRPGs or older RPGs, it's really not that long at all.
I'm babbling, my point being those 4 games are great examples of casual mass market games, NOT hardcore games. Call of Duty 2 is a good example however, it was punishingly difficult, reasonable length for an FPS (partly due to its difficulty) and it's easy mode was great for the casual, everyones happy. Sure, CoD4 has Vet as well, but it's not particularly hard other than the epilogue.
As for everyone going "Zomg Hardcore games are still here, Ninja Gaiden 2!!!" one game does not excuse an entire industries failings.
Waaa?????
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