Casual or Hardcore?

[JKTrix]

I don't think I'm hardcore in the sense that I play games obsessively, but I am hardcore in the sense that I must try/buy every game worth playing.

Heck, I have Steel Battallion. That should be a Hardcore Pass for life.

[Laddy]

Come on, I have Unlimited Saga, The Wizadry Series, and Metal Saga, and I completed all of them. Hardcore, I even stump the EB Games employees.

[The Fat Bioware Nerd]

Come on, I have Unlimited Saga, The Wizadry Series, and Metal Saga, and I completed all of them. Hardcore, I even stump the EB Games employees.

I didn't know that...by the way I think I'm hardcore when it comes to the Paper Mario series, because when I get a new Paper Mario game I won't stop playing it until I beat it.

[Cz]

I'm pretty casual. I play games quite a lot, but I'd rather play the latest incarnation of GTA than spend all my money importing obscure JRPGs.

[tidus_rox]

I can't really honeslty answer this question... I mean... When I get a new RPG (or good game for that matter) I can't stop playing it. My best friend just borrowed FFX and when I got it back I immediatly started playing it again (for like the hundreth time). I just got Oblivion for my sweet PS3... I heard the amount of time that you can spend playing that game is virtaully endless. Some might never see me emerge from my room again.

I could be considered casual because most of my video game playing is spent on the DDR mat. I play that for at least an hour a day. So really, I can't answer this question however, if I had to, I would say this is me:


Casual | | | | | 0 | | | | Hardcore

Thehe... Like my diagram?

[The Fat Bioware Nerd]

I'm pretty casual. I play games quite a lot, but I'd rather play the latest incarnation of GTA than spend all my money importing obscure JRPGs.

I just wait until the Japanese RPGs come to America, that's why I never bothered importing Final Fantasy III because I knew it would come to the U.S. eventually.

[Wolf Kanno]

I'm hardcore. Though I do have "breathing" periods where I turn to other activities and let my money pile up... I have tons of games that most casual players would be like "but it's too hard" or "that game was supposedly rated bad in this review..." but I love them and I prefer some older niche titles and my beloved 2D fighting.

It's especially fun with fighting games cause I can easily hold my own in Soul Calibur and DOA against casual gamers who obsess over them but then I throw in some GGXX or SFIII and I beat them into the ground.

I'm not a "uber hardcore gamer" though, just because a game has certain challenges doesn't make me feel I need to finish them. It depends on whether I like the game or not. I may never fight Penace in FFX but I'm going to deal with Yiazmet in XII.

[Araciel]

it's easy to stump people who work at EB...for the most part, they're morons.

also, i'm not hardcore...i hate when people use the term hardcore...i have trouble trying to define what people think ofthemselves when they SAY they're hardcore.

[Rase]

I'm totally a casual gamer. Sure there are times where I get sucked into a game (see: Pokemon Pearl, Oblivion) but I'm still a casual one.

[Shoeberto]

Fairly casual, because time constraints prevent me from doing much in-depth playing.

[Spammerman]

Depends.

If Im messin aroud with my friends, i take things easy, unless I want to scare them. If I et a new game, I play until I get dizzy. Then I walk around, let it sit there for an hour maybe if I dont go to sleep, beat it and go to sleep. If its online, Ill be the one shouting Die muthaf###### die!

[Madame Adequate]

Heck, I have Steel Battallion. That should be a Hardcore Pass for life.

That transcends mere hardcore gaming and qualifies you for M.I. right off the bat.

[The Fat Bioware Nerd]

I hate when people use the term hardcore I have trouble trying to define what people think of themselves when they SAY they're hardcore.

I think a hardcore gamer is someone who hates the Wii just because of the outdated graphics and the lack of a DVD player. Have any of you Wii haters actually played a boxing match with a friend on Wii Sports? It's really fun IMHO.

[Wolf Kanno]

I hate when people use the term hardcore I have trouble trying to define what people think of themselves when they SAY they're hardcore.

I think a hardcore gamer is someone who hates the Wii just because of the outdated graphics and the lack of a DVD player. Have any of you Wii haters actually played a boxing match with a friend on Wii Sports? It's really fun IMHO.

Actually, I feel the Wii would be an obvious choice for a hardcore gamer. If for nothing but the sheer innovation of the system. I feel a hardcore gamer is the type of person who seeks challenge and fun gameplay as opposed to glitzy graphics and 5.1 dolby digital surround sound.

[NeoCracker]

Hardcore. Very hardcore. I went through a casual phase a little while ago, but I'm back in the saddle now and, yeah, I like it more than whatever I thought meatspace held for me.

Not hardcore enough yet, because there are plenty of games I've not finished!

Preach it brutha!