has this ever been you? i don't think zoomers care about that

i found a game that filled a massive void in my life but the difficulty of the game was too much form to tolerate
what now, huh?

Video game bosses are a totally exaggeration of what they were initially intended to be. Now it's just about cramming as much difficult at every stage of the encounter. No more is it about using strategy or time spent getting stronger to win, but instead it's just gauntlet of reflex or sanity testing intended to make you find the one or handful specific strategies that let you proceed. Don't get me started on the whole premise that you ought to be interrupted constantly by whatever bullshit the game decided to employ to "keep you on your toes" which is really just code for "expend more energy and patience then you really need to".

I blame Dark Souls, Devil May Cry 3, and Ninja Gaiden on Xbox

Did you like CYOA books as a kid? I usually cheated because I ALWAYS died.