MrT-Tar on 03 November 2010
'hardcore' is a description of how one plays a game, rather than of a game itself. An example is my Mum with Tetris (what many would call a 'casual' game), she played it on my GBC for about 45mins each day, for 9 years (until I got her Tetris DS). I've only played about 40 hours in total and don't regularly play. She is a 'hardcore' Tetris player, while I am not. My Mum hasn't completed the pokedex, finished Super Metroid in under 3 hours or found minus world, but at Tetris she truly is 'hardcore'. That's not to say some games lend themselves more to 'harcore' and 'casual' playing habits, but gamer's habits change with each game.
