GameDynamo - "Hardcore. If you're a gamer, chances are you've heard this term being thrown around to describe multiple things. A "hardcore" game, a "hardcore" game player, a "hardcore" difficulty level. The word is normally associated with something that's not recommended for a general audience for multiple reasons. But what truly makes a game "hardcore"?"
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Parrying has been creeping into more games, with almost every high-profile title of the last few years featuring it in some way. Why?
i understand the authors frustration i'm not the best at parrying in games. not that i can't complete a game that requires it but it is a definite harder thing for me than other kinds of techniques in games. which might be the main reason it's so heavily added in games nowadays. want to make your game challenging without having to do a lot of work? just add a parry boss. (what i mean by parry boss is a boss you have to beat by parrying such that their attacks will kill you otherwise)
I always think it's fine as long as such games also have the roll/dodge panic button. But I understand the will to parry, it seems so cinematic in a fight when you pull it off.
TheGamer writes, "Some weapons resist the test of time."
There are alot of definitions for a hardcore gamer but imo the true definition of a core gamer is, "Dedicated". Were die hard to the max in everything game related. "Competitive" is another definition but like i said there are many different definitions u can name for being a hardcore gamer.
I really don't like the labeling of 'hardcore' or 'core' vs 'casual'. It's really just a matter of preference as to which games a person plays. Any gamer is free to play games that are typically associated with either category. I just really think this type of labelling is not worth the effort. Just because someone plays a game you might consider 'casual' doesn't make their experience any less valid. There are people that play so called casual games for hundreds of hours and if that's not someone dedicated to video games than I don't know what is. Does a so called hardcore gamer use Kinect? what about Occulus Rift? what about a gamer that plays iphone games on the subway to work, plays Kinect games with his/her children and plays JRPGS on his/her PS3 by him/herself?
These categorizations of gamers is just marketing speak and IMO we gamers should not take on the behaviours of these business groups that seek to label and categorize for their own purposes.