When I was younger I could play the same parts of games many times until I got them right but now if I fail more than 5 times I can happily throw the controller down and walk away is this due to games being harder than they were? No I don't think so as it's not a fact that they can't be done just that very stupid things happen while playing. I'll start by looking at some of these frustrating things.
Randomness
It seems no matter how hard developers try they will never eliminate randomness from their games, for instance Mirrors Edge. You can play this game fine until long jumps appear then the randomness begins, you will run up jump and think yes I've made it only to see the main character drop like a stone without even reaching out, when if she had would have caught the ledge, so you reload do the same again and she time she reaches out it seems completely random as to weather she will save herself or let herself drop to her death like a stone. Fallout 3 was another when it came to reloading, your probably thinking yes we all know reloading is frustrating right? Well the reloading isn't the frustrating part its the randomness that occurs just after, the main character will sometimes tap the gun or open the clip and put it back in, this
lasts a few seconds and isn't to bad if no ones around but when he/she starts doing it in the middle of a fight and you die as a result it gets frustrating as hell as their is no way to stop it and no reason why it happens, it doesn't happen everytime it's just random!
AI-Friendly
Computer AI in videogames has always lead to frustration with gamers and as the time has gone on more powerful AI has been introduced that can think logically and therefore avoid all those stupid running infront of machine gunner moments, however this is not the case AI has just found more cleverer ways to be stupid such as getting stuck in impossible to reach places just when you need them most, at that pivotal moment in a game where you require your partner for survival only to see him stuck behind a rock in a place you can't even reach as you see the game over screen fast approaching.
AI-Enemies
As your partners have got smarter so have your enemies the only problem is game developers seem to have given all of the intelligence to them. I'm going to fall onto Mirrors Edge again here and the SWAT team enemies these guys are super human and can rip you apart in seconds thy have amazing accuracy so even if you run away you will have bullet holes in seconds. The game developers give you a 2 second window to disarm them get it wrong and you will have more holes in you than a grater. Another AI annoying game is Midnight Club Los Angeles, mainly due to the AI in this again being not of this world, they always beat you off the start line and always have superior acceleration. However if you manager to catch them up and pass them even pull out a lead guaranteed they will catch you up no matter what you do and then one quick press
of the NOS and you see them taking you on the last corner. Thankfully a patch was released to address the AI issue in this game as even the developers released that they had created a monster.
Anyway these can all add up to an incredibly frustrating time that can have you flinging your controller across the room and accusing the game of cheating you within minutes. I say bring back Crash Bandicoot 3 and lets go back to a simpler lower blood pressure time.
