| Kyros said: COD4, GTA4 and Gran Turismo as examples, some of the most casual titles on PS3/360. LOL the definition of casual gets weirder every minute. If you mean played by many people with casual then you are correct. FPS like Call of duty are definitely not casual. That's as "core" as it gets. |
The difference between core and casual as defined by a player, is that of how much you play. Someone that plays it as a hobby is a core gamer. Someone that plays it every now and then or on the weekends is a casual gamer.
Casual and core games are defined by ease to play. Shooters, racers, simulation, party, and sports games all have very easy control schemes with simplistic gameplay ideas. Shoot enemy, go around course, be a person, mini games, and play a sport. All are very easy in concept and control and are thus casual games. Hardcore gamers have very unsimplistic concept ideas and difficult gameplay ideals. RPG, RTS, adventure titles, ect.
Though I wouldn't expect you to know that. People are still used to old stereotypes. As hard as it is for people to understand, shooters is a casual genre, and one of the most casual out there. It's why they sell so well. There easy to pickup and play games.
