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oniyide on 16 March 2015
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Skullwaker said:
Mummelmann said:
There is a lot of stigma in gaming for sure; every sunday I take the kids at work to an internet cafe where we play games together for a few hours. The place is almost always at least half full and there are many kids there, the youngest ones play Call of Duty while the ones from ages 16 and up usually play Counterstrike, Battlefield, League of Legends, Heroes of the Storm or Starcraft, almost all games that require actual thought and tactics, I find this very interesting. The average CoD player is probably in the 12-20 age group, so I agree that many would be opposed to the idea of a "cartoony" game.

Which is a shame for them, many great games are cartoony or goofy in their visual style, Timesplitters series, Team Fortress 2 and Borderlands series, as mentioned, all qualify for this. I think the main problem for a game like Splatoon is that it doesn't have that immediate and obvious hook that games like CoD does; they have grand displays of epic explosions, hardcore music and fast-paced action gameplay and so it is made to be showcased and forever remain shallow.

Exactly. This is all that I am saying. Stigmas have plagued the gaming culture, and while I think it's getting better over time, this isn't the way it used to be. Cartoony games used to be the norm and people weren't judged for playing them, but now they've lost their appeal in many ways. Mostly due to the younger generation gravitating towards "hardcore" and "mature" experiences. 

While those games are cartoony in their own right, I wouldn't say they're full cartoon. They're like a mix of realism and cartoony features, sort of like Zelda U's style. And yeah, I agree. Splatoon isn't as obvious as CoD is, so I feel that it's not really something that appeals to casual players, but rather its own niche. 

the younnger generation has always gravitated towards "mature" games, the only difference is now they have a MUCH wider variety of said games. Look how popular Mortal Kombat was when it first came out. Cartoony games ruled the market casue thats pretty much all that was being made for the most part, alot of me too Mario mascot games and i dont know where you are from but people were definately judged for playing those games, past a certain age the words geek and nerd were thrown around for anyone who played video games past a certain age. Stuff like GTA changed all that.