• 27Jul 08

  Casual gamers...

  NOTE: Being the rant of all rants I will not be checking for typos or spelling mistakes.
  
  Wii, wii, wii, wii... thats all I'm hearing. Theres nothing wrong with the Wii, it has great games and will have more to come, but the problem is along with the Wii comes the casual gaming. Now let there be casual gamers, let them play by all means, but don't think you can forget about ACTUAL GAMERS! Seriously, a hardcore gamer is NOT someone who plays for freakishly long periods, because a casual gamer can do that to as a cocky Nintendo guy once said, no a hardcore gamer is someone who plays games... regardless of console, regardless of genre, regardless of critics opinion... that is a hardcore gamer, that is a real gamer. Games are so close to becoming an established and respected art form... casual gaming will not do this. It might bring respect to gaming but not the respect it wants. Casual will be like how you respect sports as an activity. No, we want art status, casual won't help that. Making more and more and more casual games for casual audiences will not make more money either. Think about it, a casual gamer is someone who will buy a game due to an advert yelling "WII FIT WII FIT!" while a hardcore gamer will sell his own organs to get so and so IV because he spent all his money and A, B and C last week. There are only so many people, many will buy once and never again. Yes the casual gaming audience is MUCH LARGER but will only make the most money in the SHORT TERM. People ate up Zelda, Galaxy and Brawl for the Wii and will do so next time... will others eat up Wii Fit plus even if they're healthy? And of course the casual gamer will kill the best of the best. Beyond Good or Evil 2 is being made casual... enough has been said on that one. More money, more sh*t... so, casual games. AND THE MEDIA IS TOTALLY FOR IT AND DEGRADES ACTUAL GAMING FOR BEING HARDCORE DESPITE THE FACT THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT MEANS!!! My main reason for all this hate is due to Nintendo, all they cared about was expanding the market and not console warring but now they're sudden'y doing well and the smug cloud suffercates the conferences... that all it is, smug developers and CEOs... given I'm not arsed to spell his name even slightly, the Mario inventor (you know who) is losing his touch to, to busy waving his arms aroud for the public, even though we know the best game require only the slighest twitch of the wrist... its sad really because while its great that games like GTA IV and MGS4 will win many awards, the mainstream non-gaming press will suck Wii Fit's cock dry as if the later two weren't even slightly good...
  
  Dan Houser and Yahtzee were right!
  
  NOTE: Now that I've calmed down, due to the profanity and hate, I'll apologise if it caused offense or is against GameSpots rules...
  • Posted Jul 27, 2008 4:03 pm GMT
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• 28Mar 08

  Viking: Battle for Asgard

  I'll do a review much later when I've nearly or have completed it but after 4 hours in I can already say that this game has got to be one of the most underrated games ever. So far barely anyone has heard of it and reviewers like IGN and Xbox Mag call it average. Don't listen to them however! This game is full of action, stealth, tactics and gore gore GORE! Lots of it. Granted its not perfect and I can see others finding it repetitive eventually however that shouldn't stop any action and/or hack and slash fan stall in AT LEAST checking it out.
  • Posted Mar 28, 2008 8:35 am GMT
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• 15Feb 08

  All 3 Consoles so far...

  I hate the concept of a "console war". Its all Sony and Microsoft fanboys care about and the big heads at Nintendo say they don't care about that but bringing in new gamers but when they do well sales wise they THEN START to gloat about it... and in turn so do Nintendo fanboys. Well screw them, and screw you if you care so much about which console is winning, I care about gaming!
  
  Xbox 360 - Amazing so far, been over a year and I haven't got the red ring yet but other who have got it sorted out rather fast so I'm not worrying. Games line up if great with BioShock, Call of Duty 4, Mass Effect etc... Now theres alot of people out there who say you can get these games on a PC (or soon to be at least) however one must remember the following, the best PCs cost alot more than a 360... nearly 4 times as much so to be fair, anyone who bashes the 360 because of this is most likely a Sony or Nintendo fanboy.
  
  Wii - Not as amazing but soon to be, we already have Zelda: TP and Super Mario Galaxy and of course theres Super Smash Bros. Brawl to look forward to... but it should be noted that despite what is advertised, not many of these games have that much activity involved on the scale of Wii Sports for example. So all those non gamers who Nintendo like to brag about aren't going to be the lasting buyers. You've got your massive audience now pay up with more REAL gamers for your REAL audience!
  
  PS3 - Its not a bad console, its powerful and realiable but in terms of games its really really lacking. But hopefully 2008 can be its time to shine.
  • Posted Feb 15, 2008 6:47 am GMT
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