Classic gaming difficulty vs. Modern gaming difficulty

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I actually find modern FPSes to be quite difficult. I'm playing Rainbow Six Vegas for PC on medium and keep dying, dying, and dying. Same deal with Chronicles of Riddick on PC. Either that or I just suck...

I just can't figure out why Chronicles of Riddick displays only the top left fourth of the screen on my HTPC. If it would stop that I'd be very happy to play it more.

But yeah, try and re-die is the primary game theory today on difficulty. There used to be a lot more games that were both easy to pick up and play, and challenging/rewarding to master.