Exactly what I was saying.

There are no hardcore games, only hardcore gamers.

AGREED. The only character that comes to mind as being cute is a Pikachu or a Moogle. Mind you, OP, but I also agree with Galaki as they are nothing but voodoo dolls. They don't 'ooze' cuteness, they 'ooze' something horrid.

Being on topic, the game is too complex and cannot be called hardcore. There are a lot of physics glitches in the game, as I remember several people having a hard time trying to get obstacles to stay together, and that there are airy/floating physics where the character cannot drop like a sack of potatos as they are intended to do so.

 I KNOW, RIGHT?

You can make it whatever you want, thats what I love about LBP

Hardcore

or casual

You secretly wanted to play with dolls but never admit it until LBP gives you an excuse. "Hardcore" is just a ruse for cover up.

Admit it, you always wanted to play with dolls.

Who can resist playing with a Raiden sackboy?

The definition of hardcore changed with people could bitch and moan on the internet. While I play significantly less games than I used to, I would probably still be called a "hardcore" gamer by most of the people that know me. However, I don't fit into the "modern" definition becuase I actually play a wide variety of games, including many that are consider causal.

In recent years though, with internet forums to come and complain on, those who feel they aren't being personally pandered to by the companies, come and complain and badmouth anyone who plays any games they don't consider "hardcore". Since most of them are in their teens (not that I'm all that much older) their taste in gaming is what they consider "mature" even though most adults wouldn't consider the games mature at all (not that slaughtering an entire army of people isn't fun).

Although I was born shortly after the spectrum was released, I was gaming since a very early age (my mum, who was gaming before the sepectrum and still does to this day, introduced me to gaming), I agree with your definition. It has only been recently with a vocal minority, that the definition has changed.

Sidenote: My Mum, who plays 30-40 hours of games a week, would not be called hardcore because she has never played a "hardcore" game in her life.

The definition of hardcore was made by fanboys, I will admit it, this stupid "hardcore" crap was never in hell mentioned in the ps2 era, because there werent many fanboys at all.