Anderson-GB;144561
oook…i know the definition of a casual and TYPICALLY casual players dont play THAT much time online if not any. They are more content with just playing story mode.

My statement doesnt not mean you cant be a hardcore gamer if your just playing story.. BUT ive seen reports on people who put large amount of time into gaming or “hardcore gamers”, play more online….

DOnt get me wrong theres always exceptions…

I know i said if you play story mode your most likely a casual gamer but im saying that based of the majority…again always exceptions

You're just being too general in the words you use.

A majority of ‘casual gamers’ also play MMOs online. During my time when I played City of Heroes, almost all the people in my team only played CoH, nothing else. They were hardcore CoHers, but casual gamers by my definition since being a gamer in my book means you go out of your way to play as much as you can because you love gaming in general.

My mom also plays games online, but she's a casual gamer.

The people that play online with Second Life are not hardcore gamers.

What mode they play or playing online or offline has nothing to do with it. It all has to do with how much time they actually spend playing games and how much of a part games take in their lives.

I see where you're coming from, but I disagree with the story mode comment you made.

I buy so many games that I don't really need the online component to keep me playing games because I always have a new game to play. The last shooter I played online with strangers was Quake 3. Even Left 4 Dead I only play with my friends over xbl. Same with TF2.

My friends are some of the most hardcore gamers I've ever seen. We play games all day. When we go to the store, they pull out their DS games on the trip there. They play DS when we watch movies. They play board games. They play card games. They play every type of game. But…. they don't play online vs, only story modes.

Games are their life. That's what makes them hardcore.

whateva im drunk

Anderson-GB;144566
whateva im drunk

Wow, even online drunk people can be outragously funny…


Wonder what text looks like when it passes out 3 feet from the bar.

JamesCGamora;144565
lol…Brad, I am definitely going to save that image for later use.

Well said Skanker….Well Said.

For myself, if the game doesn't have a good story, or story mode..but the multiplayer is the best thing since sliced bread…I won't waste my time or money on it. Don't care about the graphics, don't care about anything other than the story. Hell, if it has a great story I may be willing to over look game glitches and play mechanical problems…but it has to be one hell of a ride for me to want to do that. I can count on one hand the games like that

I would classify you as a ‘gamer’. Not hardcore and not casual. You play games, plain and simple. You know what you like and you play it.

I buy games for small reasons.
I've bought plenty just on graphics alone because I want to see how they did certain things.
I collect old games and have paid in the triple digits for older games just so I can have the physical game in box.
I own every popular system and some of the more obscure ones. I buy games from companies I respect even if I know nothing about the game.
I buy games and never even play them sometimes. I import games and mod my systems.
I collect game soundtracks.
I have game memorabilia all over my house.

Live, breathe, and eat it. Yet, I'm actually the one out of my friends that doesn't play video games as much.

Dakera;144567
Wonder what text looks like when it passes out 3 feet from the bar.

huh…???….

skankerzero;144568
I would classify you as a ‘gamer’. Not hardcore and not casual. You play games, plain and simple. You know what you like and you play it.

I buy games for small reasons.
I've bought plenty just on graphics alone because I want to see how they did certain things.
I collect old games and have paid in the triple digits for older games just so I can have the physical game in box.
I own every popular system and some of the more obscure ones. I buy games from companies I respect even if I know nothing about the game.
I buy games and never even play them sometimes. I import games and mod my systems.
I collect game soundtracks.
I have game memorabilia all over my house.

Live, breathe, and eat it. Yet, I'm actually the one out of my friends that doesn't play video games as much.

i love games but damn…

Anderson-GB;144550
We all know Ghostbusters or at least we all SHOULD know that Ghostbusters is gonna be a very linear story driven game. Any time a game has that type of setup, multiplayer plays a HUGE part in replay value…

And once again I strongly disagree. There's only really one way the story could go for Alone in the Dark but I replayed the bits I did because I loved them (collapsing building facade, car chase in collapsing New York Streets etc.)

You don't have to play Multiplayer to be a true gamer. Multiplayer is an added extra.

Someone else mention that they played many games with even touching multiplayer, well then ur just an EXCEPTION because you obviously are just a casual gamer if your just always playing story mode.

I am no casual gamer, I'm no hardcore one, I like to think I'm in the middle ground between the two. I've played a little bit of offline multiplayer and if that's representative of online multiplayer (which'd probably just have more explosions) it was fun at first but did get boring over time. Give me a story campaign any day over running around blowing people up with no plot.

skankerzero;144568
I buy games for small reasons.
I've bought plenty just on graphics alone because I want to see how they did certain things.
I collect old games and have paid in the triple digits for older games just so I can have the physical game in box.
I own every popular system and some of the more obscure ones. I buy games from companies I respect even if I know nothing about the game.
I buy games and never even play them sometimes. I import games and mod my systems.
I collect game soundtracks.
I have game memorabilia all over my house.

Live, breathe, and eat it. Yet, I'm actually the one out of my friends that doesn't play video games as much.

That's possibly called overachieving.

I'm curious to know why you removed one of your past posts, the delete option really shouldn't be used just because people are disagreeing with you. Because a legitimate reason wasn't given, I've restored them and restore the flow of that part of the topic.

skankerzero;144568
I would classify you as a ‘gamer’. Not hardcore and not casual. You play games, plain and simple. You know what you like and you play it.

I buy games for small reasons.
I've bought plenty just on graphics alone because I want to see how they did certain things.
I collect old games and have paid in the triple digits for older games just so I can have the physical game in box.
I own every popular system and some of the more obscure ones. I buy games from companies I respect even if I know nothing about the game.
I buy games and never even play them sometimes. I import games and mod my systems.
I collect game soundtracks.
I have game memorabilia all over my house.

Live, breathe, and eat it. Yet, I'm actually the one out of my friends that doesn't play video games as much.

Skanks…if I had the disposable income I would be doing the same thing as far as the memorabilia and collecting the physical games goes, though the collecting of the soundtracks I already do. Depending on the game and the composer, I love the music of games as well. I personally love the music from Square / Square-Enix…specifically that pertaining to the Final Fantasy meta series

This forum is highly watched over a little too much…

That is a good thing.