Article: Hating on the casuals

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RolStoppable said:

exindguy said:

Lastly, let me just throw my two cents in on what I think, classicly, a hardcore gamer is:

You're open to playing games regardless of:

*Graphical or aural presentation.

*Apparent age suitability.

*Lack or thinness of storyline.

*Difficulty level.

*Platform the game is on, be it portable, console, or PC (and drilling down to, say, Wii, 360 or PS3).

*Territory in which it originated.

There's more, but I think that's a reasonable start to what it actually means to be "hardcore" (at least in my eyes) and why a snobcore gamer can't possibly be hardcore, at least in regards to the screed featured in the OP.

Note: I also want to stress that what a lot of these people consider "awesome" in games would be laughed out of the building in literature, movies, etc.

Yup, that's pretty much what hardcore used to mean back in the day, but the snobcore claimed that term to be theirs. Ever since I realized that I don't call myself a hardcore gamer anymore.

 

You want irrefutable proof that destructoid is just full of shit?

http://www.destructoid.com/difficult-games-my-miserable-little-pile-of-failure-52688.phtml

http://www.destructoid.com/destructoid-review-fire-emblem-radiant-dawn-56004.phtml

How can a hardcore gamer neglet Fire Emblem (it seems like she didn`t make it past the chapter 1). Even worse how can they fail to kill the werewolf boss in Castlevania for PSP. The game is harder than the average game but not that hard.