... And then you have the prison escape followed by kind of the infiltration of the final ship and then the final ship you have to fight. So it's this long series of really, really difficult levels. ...
... At the very least, I will hop into certain games to just drop 10 to 20 minutes in them as they are only truly fun for about that length of time anyway. For instance, the first few levels of Streets of Rage 2 and Final Fight are both so incredibly satisfying and have the best, most iconic music of classic beat 'em ups, but eventually they just descend into frustratingly cheap difficulty after that. ...
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... And he's writing in about first level fun. Actually this kind of goes along with what we were just talking about. As I've gotten older and modern games are getting longer and more numerous, I've found myself with less and less time to put into revisiting the classics though I try my damnedest. At the very least, I will hop into certain games to just drop 10 to 20 minutes in them as they are only truly fun for about that length of time anyway. For instance, the first few levels of Streets of Rage 2 and Final Fight are both so incredibly satisfying and have the best, most iconic music of classic beat 'em ups, but eventually they just descend into frustratingly cheap difficulty after that. So my question is, what games are you content with this just hopping into for the first few sections for the first few sections before hopping out and then before like the spike of difficulty decline starts. ...