Zucas wrote:
Well all of us here are hardcore gamers. That’s based on gaming habits. I mean you can buy the most casual game in the world, but if you play it for 5 hrs a day everyday, then man you are a hardcore gamer.
Well ya thats about all I do all day on the weekends.
OMEGA 088 wrote:
Well i’m more casual only because I play only one system, but i’ll be hardcore in March!!!!!!!!! ( I’m getting a 360!!! Yessss..........)
Well if you look at the first of the post, I list 4 things that are false pretenses on the difference. And one of them is, owning multiple systems is not a requirement of being a hardcore gamer. That is false and a bunch of bull. Its all about playing habits.
--- It’s not about money. It’s about sending a message. Everything burns.
Zucas wrote: Hardcore Genre with exceptions
RPG’s- FF, Mass Effect, DQ, ES, ect
RTS’s- Civ, LOTRFME, ect
Action Adventures- Zelda, Uncharted, All survival horrors
A Few Shooters- ones like Metroid Prime and Bioshock and tactical shooters such as Ghost Recon break the mold
A Few Platformers- Banjo Kazooie broke this mold
Some Fighters- some of the controls in the game make it to difficult for casuals
Casual Genre with exceptions
Sports Titles- Madden, FIFA, MLB Games, NHL games, ect
Party Games- Mario Party, Wii Sports/Play/Fit, ect
Most Shooters- Halo, Call of Duty, any run and gun shooter, or any shooter where online component is the main attraction. ALL CASUAL GAMES.
Racers- Gran Turismo, Forza, and even action racers such as Burnout, but they are more in the middle
Did you mean exceptions or examples?
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Zucas wrote: Hardcore Genre with exceptions
RPG’s- FF, Mass Effect, DQ, ES, ect
RTS’s- Civ, LOTRFME, ect
Action Adventures- Zelda, Uncharted, All survival horrors
A Few Shooters- ones like Metroid Prime and Bioshock and tactical shooters such as Ghost Recon break the mold
A Few Platformers- Banjo Kazooie broke this mold
Some Fighters- some of the controls in the game make it to difficult for casuals
Casual Genre with exceptions
Sports Titles- Madden, FIFA, MLB Games, NHL games, ect
Party Games- Mario Party, Wii Sports/Play/Fit, ect
Most Shooters- Halo, Call of Duty, any run and gun shooter, or any shooter where online component is the main attraction. ALL CASUAL GAMES.
Racers- Gran Turismo, Forza, and even action racers such as Burnout, but they are more in the middle
Did you mean exceptions or examples?
Damn I meant examples haha. Let me change that.
--- It’s not about money. It’s about sending a message. Everything burns.
Chykka Killer wrote:
Civilization is turn-based although it is still a hardcore strategy game.
Well I don’t know the differences in them, but when I say RTS, i mean pretty much any strategy game.
In games like Civilization, chess, and Fire Emblem, players take turns. In RTS, everything moves and works at the same time. no turns. But both still reqiure strategy.
OMEGA 088 wrote:
Well i’m more casual only because I play only one system, but i’ll be hardcore in March!!!!!!!!! ( I’m getting a 360!!! Yessss..........)
Well if you look at the first of the post, I list 4 things that are false pretenses on the difference. And one of them is, owning multiple systems is not a requirement of being a hardcore gamer. That is false and a bunch of bull. Its all about playing habits.
Maggot Face wrote:
Would you say most old-school gamers qualify as hardcore gamers?
Well if ya think about it, all things, especially in entertainment, start with a hardcore following, meaning these are the ones taht are going to get the most attention. Now due to the numerous changes in gameplay due to the switch of game controllers and 2d to 3d, its a thin line. But I would say most old school gamers are probably RPG, Strategy, and action adventure fans. At least the ones that were hardcore of that time, as I’d think they’d more be like the games that are old school than the new age stuff.
--- It’s not about money. It’s about sending a message. Everything burns.
We all are hardcore gamers or close to it if we are online talking about video games
Nice write up Zucas. Basically my outlook is a hardcore gamer is someone who buy’s games and beats games himself steadily or plays online enough to be good at it. Casual gamers usual rent games and never beat the games and this only happens once in a while with them. A hardcore game is any game challenging enough to test hardcore gamers and keep them interested in the replay value. I don’t necessarily think a challenging game is automatically a hardcore game or a game with good graphics is or a game with bad graphics isn’t, it has to have the right mix.
Hardcore games = Half Life, Halo, Zelda, Metal Gear, Oblivion, Metroid, God Of War.
Casual Games = fighting games, sports games, racing games — All games that you’d see rented alot for a quick gaming fix.
Hiroshama Nakasaki Is Back wrote:
We all are hardcore gamers or close to it if we are online talking about video games
Nice write up Zucas. Basically my outlook is a hardcore gamer is someone who buy’s games and beats games himself steadily or plays online enough to be good at it. Casual gamers usual rent games and never beat the games and this only happens once in a while with them. A hardcore game is any game challenging enough to test hardcore gamers and keep them interested in the replay value. I don’t necessarily think a challenging game is automatically a hardcore game or a game with good graphics is or a game with bad graphics isn’t, it has to have the right mix.
Hardcore games = Half Life, Halo, Zelda, Metal Gear, Oblivion, Metroid, God Of War.
Casual Games = fighting games, sports games, racing games — All games that you’d see rented alot for a quick gaming fix.
In all honesty, Halo (the game) is actually a casual game found popular by hardcore gamers.
--- Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me.
(Psalm 23:4)
For most of my life, I was a uber hardcore gamer, but for the last 5 years I have been a casual gamer, despite buying around 60 games a year if not more:/
Yes everyone of us here are hardcore gamers. Remember thats defined by gaming habits. Question is do you play hardcore games.
I think you do. You play RTS’s, and that’s a huge hardcore gaming genre.
Basically if you don’t play RPG’s, RTS’s, or action adventures, then you pretty much don’t play hardcore games, as those are the heart of the hardcore games and define a hardcore gamer’s gaming habits the strongest.
Many people think multiplayer is something for the hardcore gamer, but really that’s more inept by the casual gamer. It’s jsut with the invention of online gaming, the competitive strive in most hardcore gamers is what attracts them to these mostly casual games.
But, the guy at gamestop said that nintendogs was hardcore! That fucking liar
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although it is still a hardcore strategy game.
FME, ect
