So are games these days easy or hard?

[Ryujin]

It all depends on the game and the difficulty you play it on. There is no point in playing every game on easy and then complaining that they are not hard enough, and vice versa. But I think in general games have become less buggy and more "fair" overall, so thats why some people might think they are easier. But they are just more advanced I'd say. I mean falling of an edge, one hit kills, beginning from the start of a level, that was all fine years ago, but games are so big and long now that these cannot apply to them, I mean imagine being near the end of a level on HALO2 or something and then you die and have to go ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE START!!.

If that were to happen in this day and age I would just stop playing the game, and probably never play it again. But anyway, as I said it depends on the game, its genre and difficulty you play it on (as well as your skill level and determination).