Are there shady
mechanics out there?Trust me I know quite a few
simply because they do not
update themselves and probably because they let the customer psychology get to them, and will do anything for a six pack of beer.
Which is why the Ninja Gaiden trilogy, which notoriously got harder with each installment, and like Castlevania the devs
simply did not really
update the jump
mechanics much at all from entry to entry, is generally regarded as some of the toughest gaming in history.