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MrT-Tar said:

Where I live, we have really shit taste in games IMO and almost no knowledge whatsoever of gaming. These are views/assumptions concerning gaming which are wipespread at my school/6th form college/local area. Obviously I contest every single one of these and have got into numerous arguments:

1. 'True' gaming didn't start until the launch of the PSX. Previous generations as well as the Saturn are not 'true' gaming consoles

2. A game's age rating helps determine it's quality, if a game has a PEGI rating of 16 or 18+ it is almost without certain a better game than if it was rated 3, 7 or to a lesser degree 12 +.

3. A game can only be described as 'hardcore' if it features all or many of the following: guns, bloody violence, half naked women, sex, drug use or swearing. The only exceptions to this rule are Gran Turismo and some sports games.

4. Linking with the previous point, the word 'hardcore' cannot be under any circumstances be extended to include any game on Nintendo platforms. 'Hardcore' is essentially a blanket term to describe 'not Nintendo'.

5. The only decent games that Japan produces are Gran Turismo, PES and Metal Gear Solid. Everything else is kiddy/shit/weird/borderline child pornography.

6. All games should appeal to the so called 'adult audience'. However a better description for this audience would be 'Western Teenage Male' as it is predominately FPS games and FIFA, as anyone over the age of 30 is not considered part of the 'adult audience'. Games like Brain Training, which saw most appeal from adults, are actually part of the kiddy/casual/Nintendo/weird Japanese shit mega-audience.

7. IGN are the only source of gaming news. There reviews are easily the most trustworthy, but despite this their reviews for any game one doesn't like are quite clearly 'biased'. Therefore, in gaming debates and arguments, IGN can only be used on the side advancing these points. A clear example is when someone claims to me that the Wii has no good games, and uses IGN to illustrate the quality of 360/PS3 games, I cannot counter by bringing up the score of certain Wii games (such as the 2 galaxies). In this situation, IGN are 'biased' in favour of the Wii and therefore cannot be used to defend my viewpoint.

8.  The only good graphical style in photorealism.  Any cell shading or anything deviating from photorealism automatically relegates a game's appeal strictly to 'babies only'.  Even the 2008 Prince of Persia (IMO the best PoP game), was automatically crap due to it's art style.  'Real men and gamers' only play games with a photorealistic art style.

9. 'Mature' games are the pinnacle of the gaming medium.  However, what determines a game as 'mature' is strictly limited to age rating.  You should've seen the shitstorm when I proposed that Final Fantasy Tactics was a far more 'mature' game than any CoD, due to its' story and in particular it's themes.

10. Graphics are one of if not the most important thing in a game.  The 360 is instantly superior to the likes of the DS, SNES and PSX due to it's graphical capabilities.  However, this logic cannot be used to imply that the PC and to a lesser degree PS3 is superior to the 360.

11. Nintendo has no new IPs.  Games like Wii Sports, Disaster DoC, Nintendogs, Brain Training, Steel Diver, etc do not count for some reason.  This is despite the likes of Red Dead Redemption and Guitar Hero being called New IPs.  When I ask for their reasoning, I get 'You know what I mean...'.  I actually don't understand what they mean.

You know, I believe without a doubt that I can handle these people, by using mind games and perseverance and making them look stupid by using solid reasoning and making myself sound believable. Honestly I read so much blasphemy!