When you get a chance to learn about new games and new ways to play like how to mod some games on PC, it's one hell of pool of resources gaming community offers.
Kids gets introduced to gaming more easily and earlier than they do back in our days. It was my friends that introduced me to gaming at the age of 8. But my kids have been introduced to games at the age of 2 years.
North Point Mall in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is one those supermarkets you could have easily sworn that you have visited in real life based on how it's presented in the game.
I don't feel depressed with games that I play be it open world game or otherwise. I might feel sad for some just like with what happened in Spec Ops : The Line.
I have no reason to believe yhgs games difficulty have anything to do with its accessibility issue. It's something that the gamer can easily fix by adjusting the difficulty level to his best play mode.