Hardcore games defined by myrecent post^^

You're so right it hurts.

It's actually been said again and again in different articles after polling several gamers that the primary reason anybody plays games is for escape.  So maybe for you the primary reason is fun, but that's because having fun is your way of escape.  I'm not saying escape is a bad thing.  For some it's a way to relax.  For some it's a way to delve into a stimulating fantasy world or a stimulating puzzle that they don't face in real life.  It's a way to escape work and develop a new skill set that you can use to gain rewards and acceptance in a fantasy world, all while sitting on your ass.

The 2nd most popular reason people play games is for the sense of reward/accomplishment when you win.

Hell I'll even go so far as to say that the goal of all art is to escape and experience something new/different/fantastic.  That's why some artists dislike realism and even refuse to call it an art form.

Also, you should work on doing multiple quotes per post so you don't have to post 5 times in a row to respond to everything at once.

@The Ghost of RubangB
Polls IMO are shit. They can never give you accurate information mainly because the people polled are such a small majority its just shouldnt count.

I get what youre saying especially the sense of a accomplishment part since thats what alot of the people who call themselves "hardcore" like.

And never thought of the double quoting I didnt even know you could do that. thanks.

by the way......is your avatar really you?

I agree. The thing im trying to say is some people will never consider a Mario Galaxy "hardcore" because its not difficult which doesnt make sense to me.

@bouzane said:
Many hardcore gamers do not find games to be of the same difficulty that you do. I find that many modern games are too simple and easy to be interesting while I find "difficult" games such as Ikaruga to be perfect in terms of difficulty.

 But Im saying games should not be defined as hardcore because of how difficult they are or arent. Like I said Normal games that give you a hard challenge every now and then arent considered hardcore because theyre not hard all throughout doesnt make sense. A game doesnt have to be incredibly difficult to be considered a "harcore" game.

A game should be considered hardcore by the depth of it.

"A game should be considered hardcore by the depth of it."

That makes sense to me