EdHieron said:
Well, we're talking about consoles and not portables here and obviously if Nintendo hadn't been so concerned with catering to the casuals with Wii, then they would have made more than 8 decent games this gen, rather than 8 decent games and the rest of their console output being crap aimed at the blue ocean market. And, Ninteno's made it pretty clear at their recent E3 that they're still interested to a large extent in making crap to attract the blue ocean market. Gaming should be about more than making five or six games for the casuals and five or six Mario games and no new core titles since the Super Nintendo days and pretending that's balanced. Sony doesn't waste their time on crap. They just try to make excellent games for the core. |
You are one of the many many people that doesnt understand what hardcore games REALLY are.
Example COD or Uncharted = Mainstream. Media hyped average games. That rely on OMG effects rather than smart gameplay. They are to easy and are made for well lets say less smart people.
They are full of scripted events and quick time events and whatnot. They are basically interactive movies. You move a few steps something blows up you move another few steps another scripted explosion (just look at the crappy train crash scene at the beginning of uncharted 2? Whats the purpose? Other than showing of how good it looks? Then there was a long empty wagon and i thought it looks like the floor will break and what happened it did. Totally predictable)
Mario is a hardcore game it requires thought, skill and time to beat.
Graphics have nothing to do with hardcore or not.
Cods multiplayer is not hardcore because the challenge comes from other players. Therefore Wii sports Tennis in competitive gamemode is also either hardcore as CODs MP is or both are not Hardcore you decide. The only difference between CODs mp and Wii Tennis is that Wii Sports Tennis doesnt require a LOOK MY D*CK IS BIGGER THAN YOURS leveling system and ranking system. And shovelware exists but its not always casual if it has competitive and smart gameplay its not less hardcore than COD or uncharted are supposed to be.
Either every game that offers competitive gameplay is hardcore or no game is.
Angry birds is exactly like all the hardcore games were back in the days. You fail alot. You have to think. The only difference is it came out this decade and is therfore labeled CASUAL. The correct term here would be its a accessible hardcore title. whereas uncharted is a nonaccessible interactive mainstream movie.
You are talking about the media controlled words like hardcore and casual. I am talking about REAL hardcore games. Which most of todays HARDCORE wannabe crap is far away from being a part of.
and thats why i would want to drop the core/hardcore casual crap because people clearly lost track and have no idea what those words mean anymore.
