I'm not able to play for long periods of time, so I choose mainly games that are gratifying at the moment I turn on the console. That's why fighting games work great for me. No grinding, no RPGs, no stress ... So it's casual for me.
Xeon said, April 09, 2011, 06:13:23 pmDMK said, April 09, 2011, 11:40:46 amIf its fun I'll be playing it.
I think the two labels are quite silly. When I hear Hardcore I think of some 500 pound dude eating Hot Pockets and playing an MMO non-stop while screaming on a headset. When I hear Casual I think of a couple of little kids playing Wii Sports with their parents.Either way, yeah if it's fun I play, as everyone else is saying.
MDI said, April 10, 2011, 12:46:11 amWhen I hear Hardcore I think of some 500 pound dude eating Hot Pockets and playing an MMO non-stop while screaming on a headset. When I hear Casual I think of a couple of little kids playing Wii Sports with their parents.Well, that's just your prejudice Dio is a "completionist", I have a friend who never stops playing until he's got all the achievements that don't require a 3rd playthrough - To me that's hardcore, and I think they consider it the same.I know I only play games once until I finish the story mode and that's it, to me that's casual.
MDI said, April 10, 2011, 12:46:11 amI think the two labels are quite silly. When I hear Hardcore I think of some 500 pound dude eating Hot Pockets and playing an MMO non-stop while screaming on a headset. When I hear Casual I think of a couple of little kids playing Wii Sports with their parents.Either way, yeah if it's fun I play, as everyone else is saying.When i hear hardcore i think to people ragequitting and throwing themselves to the ground in spasms because they arent being able to win at some game. When I think of casual I think of those persons that try a game and end up running against a wall for five minutes.
Philosoraptor said, April 10, 2011, 02:03:36 amMDI said, April 10, 2011, 12:46:11 amWhen I hear Hardcore I think of some 500 pound dude eating Hot Pockets and playing an MMO non-stop while screaming on a headset. When I hear Casual I think of a couple of little kids playing Wii Sports with their parents.Well, that's just your prejudice Dio is a "completionist", I have a friend who never stops playing until he's got all the achievements that don't require a 3rd playthrough - To me that's hardcore, and I think they consider it the same.I know I only play games once until I finish the story mode and that's it, to me that's casual.I guess Im a hardcore player then because I like to get every single item in Castlevania games. But I never got all the souls in CV: DoS so Im not that much of a completionist (I have to do stuff IRL damnit ).
Im not an achievement whore but I voted hardcore anyway. Achievements are such a halfassed way to push you to play a game without getting anything on it Also third option is winning, and by alot
I don't lean that much towards either, but more in favor of Hardcore. I'll go with in the middle. Being an extremist in either area is definitely not up my alley.
Used to play a lot of video games back in High School, and considered myself hardcore.Now, I don't have as much free time as I did back then and now consider myself as a casual.
Shocksconstant said, April 09, 2011, 05:45:46 pmAs long as I can get some enjoyment out of it I'll play it.yeah same here
[V]yn said, April 12, 2011, 03:53:39 amboth labels make me think losers pretending they are badass Do you have a preferred "Gamer-Label" aside from Hardcore or Casual for yourself or do you simply play as you please as most of us here seem to be saying?
[V]yn said, April 12, 2011, 03:53:39 amboth labels make me think losers pretending they are badassCasual makes you look badass?
When I think of hardcore games, I think of the non-shovelware/ crappy mini-game compilation games. As such I consider myself to be a "hardcore gamer" in that sense. I don't, however, concern myself with getting everything possible in a game, unless it's unlocking characters. Empty slots on my select screen irk me.
Being either hardcore or casual would limit youDon't be eitherJust be a gamer and play for shits, giggles, fun, and kicking your non-gamer friends' asses.
Iced said, April 10, 2011, 02:08:02 amMDI said, April 10, 2011, 12:46:11 amI think the two labels are quite silly. When I hear Hardcore I think of some 500 pound dude eating Hot Pockets and playing an MMO non-stop while screaming on a headset. When I hear Casual I think of a couple of little kids playing Wii Sports with their parents.Either way, yeah if it's fun I play, as everyone else is saying.When i hear hardcore i think to people ragequitting and throwing themselves to the ground in spasms because they arent being able to win at some game. When I think of casual I think of those persons that try a game and end up running against a wall for five minutes.when I hear hardcore, I think of games that make people get constant hardcock. when I hear casual , I think of games that simulate the same effect but fail to keep the consistency, instead they go back and forth into hard and softcock limbo endlessly.
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