There's a system for describing that - the "Game Cruelty Scale": https://www.ifwiki.org/Cruelty_scale https://www.ifwiki.org/Cruelty_scale A lot of early adven

There's a system for describing that - the "Game Cruelty Scale": https://www.ifwiki.org/Cruelty_scale https://www.ifwiki.org/Cruelty_scale A lot of early adventure games were Cruel - requiring the user to replay the game over and over because they got something wrong was a cheap way to extend play time without having to add more content. Thankfully, most modern developers have realized that players hate having to do that.