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L.C.E.C. on 09 July 2009
moondeep said:
This confusion over "casual" games and "hardcore" games is ridiculous.

The last post mentioned HotD being casual. Pardon me while I puke... Excuse me?!

Casual games are ones that are easily accessible, quick to learn, quick to play, and appeal to large audience. You can't tell me that shooting zombies appeals to a large audience. Also, to be good at it you need to invest serious time, and have quick reflexes, thus meaning it's not very accessible.

Just because a game is simplistic doesn't make it casual!

Hm... Really? I'm only talking about the first 4. Not Overkill, or any others... My dad HATES most games... He is "Casual" as you might say... However, at any family arcade venture (GameWorks, Dave & Buster's)... guess where we go first? HotD 1, 2, 3, or 4... To be honest... The idea of shooting zombies with a shotgun appeals to most males over the age of 8. If that is a hardcore age group, then there is something wrong with the world... About accessibility, The only reason it gets less "acessible" is beacause of the number of quaters you have. After a while, you WILL die. That's how they get more money from you. If you really honestly thing that HotD takes skill, hold the gun with your left hand, put your right finger on the trigger area, and move it back and forth quickly, and just shoot at anything that comes your way... It's pretty damn easy...

In comparison to most hardcore games nowadays, everyone knows house of the dead. It's not really hardcore anymore. It was in the 80's and 90's, but it simply isn't anymore... Sorry to dissapoint...




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moondeep on 13 July 2009

I'm glad your dad likes the games. What does your mom think of them?
I suppose I classify the 'casual' games as ones that at least appeal in some small way to almost every potential gaming demographic. The violence in those games is great for men, but a huge turn-off for women. My point is that you're including some traditionally non-gamers (like your dad) at the expense of other potential non-gamers.



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Arius Dion on 13 July 2009

Listen, only Wii games are "casual" everything else is hardcore.



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Kenryoku_Maxis on 13 July 2009
Arius Dion said:
Listen, only Wii games are "casual" everything else is hardcore.

Listen, only people who think they play 'hardcore' games use the word 'casual'.



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Arius Dion on 14 July 2009
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
Arius Dion said:
Listen, only Wii games are "casual" everything else is hardcore.

Listen, only people who think they play 'hardcore' games use the word 'casual'.


So true.



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woopah on 14 July 2009

@moondeep


shooting zombies is one of the biggest mass appeals ever. why do you think the resident evil and house of the deasd games do so well on wii? because shooting zombies is extremely appelaing to a lot of males



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LordTheNightKnight on 14 July 2009
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
Arius Dion said:
Listen, only Wii games are "casual" everything else is hardcore.

Listen, only people who think they play 'hardcore' games use the word 'casual'.

That was a sarcastic post.



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moondeep on 14 July 2009

woopah,

I agreed with your assessment that killing zombies is appealing to males in my last post. My point is that it's completely unappealing to women. Appealing to young males definitely doesn't constitute a 'casual' game :)



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KungKras on 14 July 2009
moondeep said:
woopah,

I agreed with your assessment that killing zombies is appealing to males in my last post. My point is that it's completely unappealing to women. Appealing to young males definitely doesn't constitute a 'casual' game :)


It's how the games are played, not who is playing them.



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L.C.E.C. on 18 July 2009
KungKras said:
moondeep said:
woopah,

I agreed with your assessment that killing zombies is appealing to males in my last post. My point is that it's completely unappealing to women. Appealing to young males definitely doesn't constitute a 'casual' game :)


It's how the games are played, not who is playing them.

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