What's the worst videogame you've ever played?

[Eclipsed Moon]

I thought it became soft and mushy.

[Turtlekid1]

I have no beef with casuals.  They're just in it to have fun.  I do have something of a bone to pick with Nintendo, who is just in it to make money, and decided to make games for the easier-to-please casuals than the hardcores who want their games challenging, deep, and/or competitive.

[Rao]

I guess their can be.

No offense, but that should be "there" and not "their."

[MushroomJunkie]

None taken.  I'm suprised Reading didn't correct me for that though....

[Kimimaru]

I do have something of a bone to pick with Nintendo, who is just in it to make money...

I HIGHLY disagree with that. Nintendo continues to provide us with entertaining, fun, addictive, and memorable games. If anything, they are the least interested in making money. They put time and effort to make their games, and don't release 3-5 types of the same series on their console within a year, unlike some other companies.

About the casual and hardcore thing: I don't take any of those words into consideration when playing a game. If you want unnecessary, long and pointless cutscenes just so the creators can show off how good they are at making the graphics, then that's what I would call hardcore. People just want to play a game. This means that not long after they press Start, they will expect to be playing the game. In "casual" games, you don't need a tutorial to play, and you must figure out how to do things on your own. Examples of "casual" games are basically all of Nintendo's games: Mario, Zelda, Metroid, etc. Examples of "hardcore" games are Final Fantasy, Suikoden, etc.

Compare the cutscene times in "casual" games to "hardcore" games. It seems like the creators in some "hardcore" games didn't know how to make the game longer, so they put in a lot of cutscenes. It is true that Nintendo games also have cutscenes. The differences are that there aren't extremely long and boring ones at the beginning of the game, most cutscenes are shorter, and the cutscenes don't include unnecessary information.

Well, that's my wrap-up of the words "casual" and "hardcore." Note that this is all my opinion, and any agreements and disagreements are very welcome.     

 

[PaperLuigi]

Kimimaru, we really need more members like you around here.

[ShadowBrain]

I've decided that, divisive labels be [darn]ed, I'm just going to do what I've always done: Buy a game if I think it looks good. The fact that most of the games I think look sucky are widely denoted as "casual" can therefore be interpreted however you please.

[Glorb]

I am of the opinion that "hardcore" does not describe the games, but how you play them. If you spend hours perfecting your score in Peggle, you're hardcore, at least regarding Peggle. If you play Resident Evil but don't try and replay it over and over in under three hours to unlock the infinite rocket launcher, and simply play it for the game itself when you have spare time, you're casual, or at least a normal person.

That doesn't change my stance on the fact that easier, simpler, smaller games are slowly replacing larger, bigger-budget games.

[Chupperson Weird]

You're still wrong! Even if that is happening, pretty much only Nintendo is doing it.
Also, Kimimaru, I think you just made me your enemy.

[ShadowBrain]

I am of the opinion that "hardcore" does not describe the games, but how you play them. If you spend hours perfecting your score in Peggle, you're hardcore, at least regarding Peggle. If you play Resident Evil but don't try and replay it over and over in under three hours to unlock the infinite rocket launcher, and simply play it for the game itself when you have spare time, you're casual, or at least a normal person.

That doesn't change my stance on the fact that easier, simpler, smaller games are slowly replacing larger, bigger-budget games.

True, very true... of course, there are certain games that it's, shall we say, "easier" to be "hardcore" at, either because of the game's tone/theme, longevity, and/or variety of options.

[BP]

Well, certainly. Games like Super Mario Bros. just have less steep learning curves than games like F-ZERO.

[Kimimaru]

Also, Kimimaru, I think you just made me your enemy.

Really? I don't want to be your enemy :(.

[MushroomJunkie]

Kimimaru, we really need more members like you around here.

I think we need more members like Luigison.

[PaperLuigi]

Really? I don't want to be your enemy :(.

It's too late now. You guys will be forced to battle until the trumpets sound on Judgement Day.

[hydrakiller4000]

The worst videogame I ever played would probably have to be Ecco The Dolphin for Sega Genesis. Good thing I tried it out on the Xbox Live Arcade first.

It's such a bad game, in my opinion. You start out the game with no background or anything, and I couldn't get past the first screen. The other dolphins that you talk to don't help you at all. If you talk to one of them, the dolphin says something like, "Your eyes are like stars in the sky." That's so pointless!

Another dolphin tells you how to dash. Okay, that might be helpful, but dashing is pointless, since if you try it out on a rock blocking your path, it doesn't do anything! I doubt the demo version would give you such a small amount of space to enjoy the game. Plus, you're not usually blocked from anything in a demo version on the Xbox Live Arcade; it just usually stops you at a certain point and offers the full game.

All there is to do in the game is move around through swimming and dashing. Talking to other dolphins doesn't help, and when you talk to them, it has to make a whole new screen with their pointless text.