This is something I think about constantly. I absolutely think not all video games should be "fun" in the traditional sense. These games usually fall into the survival/survival horror category. Resident Evil for gamecube is my favorite RE game and one of my favorite horror games of all time, but it's not fun at all to me. It's stressful, brooding, and tense. That's brilliant to me. That's how a game like that SHOULD be. I don't WANT games like that to be "fun," I want to be pulling my hair out. We're at a point now where video games can offer a plethora of different and exciting experiences. I don't find games like Silent Hill, old school Resident Evil, The Last of Us, or Amnesia fun and I'm glad they aren't. Hell, even the Souls games should be extremely frustrating half the time and they've certainly succeeded at that.
So what do you guys think?
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