i answered the 3rd
the games nowadays are incredibly difficult.
it might just be me since i've only been playing mario and circus (and the likes) for the snes for the 1st 12 years of my life, but trying something "new" and especially 3d killed me.
for 1, i get lost in all these brown buildings. someone please use any other color palette!
secondly, there are waaaaaaay too many buttons!
i received as a gift a copy of vampire the masquerade:bloodlines and the guy showed me how to play it. i had no idea what to do the 1st day, and after checking the manual and playing about 3 hours, i mapped out 3 buttons that were of any use out of the WHOLE DAMN KEYBOARD the guide had mapped for me.
same thing for every game past 2001.
why do i need 2 control sets for the camera?
i just re-set the camera every time i turn,and i automatically nullify 7 buttons i will never remember!
another problem you kids/guys/same thing will find laughable- i hate moving in 3d.i don't use the extra space. if i have to fight a monster i'll just stand next to it, or draw back.sidestepping is useless since it'll still attack me and i'll be defenseless- which brings me to another thing i never ever ever use- THE BLOCK button.
i have this stupid tendency, even IRL, to just use my own body as a wall against attacks and take blows head-on. sure, i lose a lot of life(bruises), but i never stop attacking. i'm a button smasher pro, and defense is not my thing.
new games forces you to defend otherwise you're toast, which is a thing that doesn't agree with me.
and thirdly:
the games are very damn difficult!
not just because they felt the need to turn a "go there, get that" into an interactive harry potter movie,but also all battles are insanely hard. i barely have time to learn the moveset before the 2nd boss presumes i'm already an expert at acrobatics.
and don't get me started on my weak point-shooters..jesus..i don't think i can last there.
tl;dr-i'll just stick to my pre-century change games which i can play and have mastered contra without losing a life in all 8 levels.