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Originally Posted by McSwiggins

I find myself getting disgruntled and wanting to throw it against the wall more often than I do newer games.

That would be the quality-of-life improvements in modern games. Frustrating isn't the same thing as difficult. Frustrating means that the game has flaws that interfere with completing the game's challenges. (This includes game over screens that send you back to the beginning of the game; game over is not a way to make games harder, just more frustrating.) Difficult means that the challenge can be completed using mastery of the intended game mechanics, but it takes practice and experience.