| BoleroOfFire said: What do you mean by 'core' games? |
He probably doesn't know. People have a miscontrued idea of what core games actually are. Sometimes they even use it differently than hardcore, although it probably is different. I mean if we are differentiating between hardcore, core, and casual gamer then we are going to get confused so its best just to use hardcore and casual which is obviously depending on amount of time played. Play a lot and your a hardcore gamer and play every now and then and you are a casual gamer.
However hardcore, core, and casual games is something harder to differentiate. Any game can be a hardcore game if we use in the same sense as we do for classifying the gamers. Meaning if ya play it a lot its a hardcore gamer. But I disagree with Sean Malstrom on that. I believer there are certain hardcore games. Those games take a long time, difficult, and have constantly changing and progressive gameplay. Meaning RPGs, some action adventures, RTS, MMOs, ect are all hardcore genres. Casual genres would be ones that feature easier gameplay that don't change as you progress and generally easier to grasp concepts. Those would include party games, some puzzlers, platformers, shooters, racers, and action titles. But most don't like calling those casual so I call them more appropriately mainstream genres.
When I think of core games, though, I think of games that are mant for a certain userbase. When I think of a core gamer I think of a fanboy per se. A core gamer for Nintendo would want core games such as Mario, Zelda, and Metroid. Basically the first part offerenings. Essentially core games are your first party games because your core is your loyal fanbase.
Hopefully that helps explain some things.
