I didn't like either of the Sonic Adventure games, despite really, really wanting to, as a big fan of all things Sonic. I think they're a good example of how not to convert a successful franchise from 2D to 3D: they lost all the primary gameplay features (speed and intrinsic gameplay) by bowing down to being 3d (they both looked really nice, which is great, but I'd rather they played well too). I agree. You're kind of proving my point. I'm sure you enjoy at least one "casual" game. Why use this terminology? If you asked someone whether they liked "casual" or "hardcore" music you'd probably get a strange look. The fact is that videogames don't fit neatly into categories as concrete as "casual" and "hardcore" any more than music or films do. Your assumption that people who play "casual" games swear a lot again says more about your prejudices than it does about the games themselves. If someone refuses to play games on any platform other than the one they have deemed to be the best then they're being foolish, I think we're both in agreement there. But if someone prefers to play GTA and MGS as opposed to Katamari Damacy and Vib Ripple then that's their decision, and I'm not going to insult their choice.
Yeah, I agree with you on the issue of terminology. It's far too difficult to categorize gamers by what they play. For instance, I don't like KD but I liked Halo and Halo 2. Does that make me casual? I also enjoyed Metal Slug 3, 4, and 5 (XBOX), but don't like GTA. Does that make me Hardcore? It's impossible to determine. As far as the phrase fanboy goes, its got too much of a negative connection to it in recent years (I'm not going to lie, I've used it negatively as well. But I've outgrown that and have moved on). I consider myself a Nintendo "fanboy", and more recently an XBOX "fanboy". I own, play, and enjoy games on other systems as well. It's just that Nintendo and XBOX are my favorite. The way I see it, terminologies (categorization of gamers, not games. After, this is what we are talking about, right?) are useless. Let’s get back to gaming for one thing and one thing only, the love of gaming.
While I appreciate your points, I'd have to point out that I don't consider terminologies to be useless; I think that generally genre identities such as "survival horror" accurately convey meaning. It's terms like "casual" and "hardcore" and "fanboy" that lack purpose for me. I suppose I also don't get how you can call yourself an Xbox/Nintendo fanboy on one hand, and then decry common gaming terminology on the other. I agree with your ideas, I'm just a little confused on your implementation of them.
I never said genres were usless? Tell me, where did you see that in my post? Not once did I mention genres. So, I'm guessing you either read wrong, or what I posted went over your head. I meant to put Fanboy in quotations. What I was trying to say is I like both Nintendo and XBOX a lot.
