I do somewhat agree, and the trends in modern gaming (generally speaking, making games easier or hold the player's hand more) make older games a tough ask for today's generation.
I'm susceptible to this myself, I played through the Resident Evil 1 remake on the Gamecube when I was probably 12-13 and managed to beat it a couple of times. I tried to pick it up again recently with the newest remaster and found it brutally difficult (as I suspect it always was, but I feel sensitive to it in an age where CoD regenerating heath and cover systems make games very easy)
When the Ducktales Remaster came out there were so many younger reviewers that were giving the game low scores because it was hard. And it is hard.
But then, let's see these kids play the NES version of the Ninja Turtles game. You know, the one with the dam level where you have to diffuse the bombs.
Oh god. I bought an NES to play Final Fantasy, and it came with Ninja Gaiden. I never managed to beat it, and always got stuck on something like the third-to-last level. Rarely have I played so frustrating a game.
I remember playing the Terminator game on the Master System when I was about 8, getting so frustrated by it that I rolled off the couch and put my back out for several weeks.
I got hold of it recently to see if it was really as hard as I remembered.
I'm susceptible to this myself, I played through the Resident Evil 1 remake on the Gamecube when I was probably 12-13 and managed to beat it a couple of times. I tried to pick it up again recently with the newest remaster and found it brutally difficult (as I suspect it always was, but I feel sensitive to it in an age where CoD regenerating heath and cover systems make games very easy)