Do Hardcore Gamers become Casual as they age?

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kingofwale said:

ZenfoldorVGI said:

kingofwale said:
It's likely.

Sometimes I find myself forcing to play casual games in the company of others. Pains me to play for sure, but if it's 'fun' for others, I will try.

It's MUCH easier for hardcore gamer to try casual, than for casual gamer to try hardcore. (imagine getting your mom to play Bioshock? or Halo3? or even FFXIII?)

Frankly, I think through aging, most hardcore gamer simply give up gaming than becoming a casual gamer.

Well, you can't exactly set around and play Fire Emblem while a group of peole watch you "pwn" with Ike and Titania by getting 4 +1's on a level up or soft resetting, now can you?

 

The best game for you would be Smash Brothers, or Wii-wheel Mario Kart. Nintendo is trying to bridge this gap, and the games they're releasing are quite fantastic.

I wouldn't consider "SSSBB" or MK, casual games. as you get your ASS handed to you if you never play it. What I mean by "casual" games is games that are extremely accessible to everyone, whether you played it before or not.

Games like Wiiplay, Wiisport or Carnival the game.

Hehe, see this is where my personal views on what is casual and hardcore differ.

I consider a casual game, one that is easy to pick up and play immediately and has a wide appeal. I consider a hard core game something that has a learning curve, takes a considerable investment of time, is not able to be played in 5 minutes spurts, and you may have to designate some brain capacity to keeping a bunch of game info fresh in your memory. What I mean by that, is like in some older RPGs, that if you take a break for a few months from the game, then when you get back to it, you are all "Oh hell. What was the next thing I'm supposed to do? Where did I collect this type of item? Which Merchant sold this specific item? Where in the entire game world was I supposed to meet this character on this side quest?". Newer RPGs are great about quest logs and such, so I don't think thats such an issue anymore 8).

And I think a casual and hardcore gamer are completely different definitions from casual or hardcore games. I think a casual gamer is one that doesn't keep up with game news at all, doesn't spend a good amount on games, doesn't have a varied taste of game genre's, and spends a small portion of time on playing games. I think a hardcore gamer is someone with a wide variety of tastes, spends a fairly good amount of time on games, keeps up with gaming news, and may try to achieve every goal that may be set for a game.

I very much consider SSBB and MK as casual games. I also consider Halo and Call of Duty casual games. But of course, in these casual games, a casual gamer, or someone new to the game, is going to get their ASS handed to them by someone who's a hardcore gamer, or has spent plenty of time on the game.