Originally Posted By: tanstaafl.
Perhaps if I spent more time at it I would enjoy the modern games more, but to me (with my limited gaming skillset) the modern games are just too difficult, the learning curve too steep. I don't want to work that hard in order to have fun.

I find the worst part of modern games the control layouts and shear number of inputs you need. The keyboard/mouse combination isn't bad for FPS games, but some MMOs have up to 5 or 6 levels of hotkeys for your skills. That is just insane. On consoles, the key combinations are obscure and needlessly complex. It got to the point where if I don't finish a game without any significant breaks (like if I don't play for more than 4 or so days in a row), I can't remember the key combinations and just won't play it again. It drives me crazy.