Anyone else sick of Casual and social games?

Discussion in 'General Game Discussion and Questions' started by PogoTank, Apr 16, 2011.

  1. PogoTank

    PogoTank Member

    Hey,
    I am working on my new platform game and I was really targeting hardcore gamers, I am sick of hearing buzzwords like Casual games and social games. If another game asks me to spam my friends...:mad:!!!

    The game I am making is really gonna be tough, its going to challenge hardcore gamers and hpefully keep people hooked for a while as I make more hardcore action content!

    Am I the only one that feels this? Anyone else just want to play games and forget about the rest of the buzzwords that infecting every platform at the moment?
     
  2. Zevious Zoquis

    Zevious Zoquis Well-Known Member

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    yeah, buzzwords suck...including "hardcore"
     
  3. del

    del Well-Known Member

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    Okay, I'll bite. Yeah, I think the focus on social networking, especially as a substitute for gameplay, is pretty unfortunate. But I don't see how a buzzword like "casual" is any worse than one like "hardcore." I guess it comes down to what you're interested in. There's nothing wrong with a casual game - especially on a phone. You might say it was made for casual rather than hardcore gaming. It always comes down to gameplay. Give me a hardcore puzzle game that I can play "casually" on the subway with one hand - I'll be a happy gamer.
     
  4. Gravity Jim

    Gravity Jim Well-Known Member

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    Descriptors aren't "buzzwords" when they actually describe something.
     
  5. OpticCrash

    OpticCrash Well-Known Member

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    I just let casual gamers have their fun, nothing wrong with people liking different games.
     
  6. MidianGTX

    MidianGTX Well-Known Member

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    The only buzzwords I'm sick of are "Insanely addictive!". They should be classed as descriptors, but in reality the majority are just bold-faced lies.
     
  7. Paradiso

    Paradiso Well-Known Member

    I've found the words that are used most often are true least often.
     
  8. OpticCrash

    OpticCrash Well-Known Member

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    So true. When a developer has to tell you lies about the game.. Don't buy it.
     
  9. bzizizi

    bzizizi Member

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    I totally feel your pain. But only one solution for this - show that there is a "hardcore" market out there.
     
  10. TiltMyTouch

    TiltMyTouch Well-Known Member

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    Make a hardcore game that will actually attract the masses or quit whining.
     
  11. bzizizi

    bzizizi Member

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    Trying real hard. Hope other's are too.
     
  12. del

    del Well-Known Member

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    I'll tell you one thing you'll never do: make a hardcore platformer on the iPhone. Unless you invent the first ever non-frustrating touch screen control scheme. Here's what I'm sick of - developers who are designing for a console, not an iphone.
     
  13. Xyo

    Xyo Well-Known Member

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    Agreed. You have to THINK about these things before you go on trying to make a FPS etc.
     
  14. foxmulderino

    foxmulderino Well-Known Member

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    And you have not the 'chance' to see if the dev lies from some body movements of him, cause u can't see him...for more information see the TV serie "LIE TO ME"
     

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