Casual bad? No! Tetris is casual to after all. Yup Tetris really how hardcore is Tetris? Sure you can get a high score but that is it!
But I agree sometimes it is to much there is enjoyable casual and oversimplified casual, aka barney the dinosaur nes game casual [in that game you can't die, and you are told precisely what you are supposed to do next]
So a casual game that teaches me once how to play it and then just lets me play it sure. There is still a market for games that take more time.
I do see a change in how games are played. Games we're in ye old past more pointed to children. These children grew up and now they got jobs, children, a life..
So a game that takes hours to get into and learn everything and then needs many hours of gameplay without a decent gamesave system. I mean yes isn't it the staple of JPRG to have hour long areas without many save points. There is a reason why only a few of them really do well. The old gamers grew up and now have less time.
They want to be able to play for 1-2 hours and put the game away. Some games are not really supportive of that. Games like Western RPG's for instance yes have big quests. BUT with enough save point moments. Take ME2, Dragon Age... you can play that for 2 hours and walk away. Sure it really is nicer if you put 8 hours into it at a time but. You can play it while being a father and having a family and a job.. and a life.
I am not young any more very few times do I have enough time/energy to put 8 hours in a game. Yes somewhere in the weekend if I free such a moment up!
I don't have much of that ..
So shorter but rich quests are easier to play.
Now I know this isn't that casual you talk about Flash games, putting colored balls next to eachother. A bit like a modern tetris. I see a use for that a game I can play for well 10 minutes..or 2 hours..and yet there is no "Oh no I have to go in 15 minutes and the next savepoint is 2 hours away"
I think with online ranks and multiplayer there is allot of HARDCORE still possible. We just have to adapt games aren't only any more for kids!
This also means there will be games for people without the twitch reflex, that through age have moved from simple methods to wanting well.. to be kept mentally busy.
Hell I play many games, simple games, mind games, Roleplaying games, GTA"s. I don't discriminate against any type of game some just are way to requiring for me. 5 Hour dungeons without a rich enough savegame system/spread forget it! I know some people love that stuff you better then me. I know what games I like what I like in those games and why!
So yeah I am pulling more to the casual but trust me I am not only playing casual. I like a decent RPG! I love good stories! Many games that are weak on some points have drawn me with their story!
So the big question will I play a JRPG right now? Probably not again 80 hours ..with usually a limited save system that means you really gotta plan ahead what do to the next few hours. Sorry no! Western RPG's with their quest times of maybe a hour or 1-2? Love it!
But I agree sometimes it is to much there is enjoyable casual and oversimplified casual, aka barney the dinosaur nes game casual [in that game you can't die, and you are told precisely what you are supposed to do next]
So a casual game that teaches me once how to play it and then just lets me play it sure. There is still a market for games that take more time.
I do see a change in how games are played. Games we're in ye old past more pointed to children. These children grew up and now they got jobs, children, a life..
So a game that takes hours to get into and learn everything and then needs many hours of gameplay without a decent gamesave system. I mean yes isn't it the staple of JPRG to have hour long areas without many save points. There is a reason why only a few of them really do well. The old gamers grew up and now have less time.
They want to be able to play for 1-2 hours and put the game away. Some games are not really supportive of that. Games like Western RPG's for instance yes have big quests. BUT with enough save point moments. Take ME2, Dragon Age... you can play that for 2 hours and walk away. Sure it really is nicer if you put 8 hours into it at a time but. You can play it while being a father and having a family and a job.. and a life.
I am not young any more very few times do I have enough time/energy to put 8 hours in a game. Yes somewhere in the weekend if I free such a moment up!
I don't have much of that ..
So shorter but rich quests are easier to play.
Now I know this isn't that casual you talk about Flash games, putting colored balls next to eachother. A bit like a modern tetris. I see a use for that a game I can play for well 10 minutes..or 2 hours..and yet there is no "Oh no I have to go in 15 minutes and the next savepoint is 2 hours away"
I think with online ranks and multiplayer there is allot of HARDCORE still possible. We just have to adapt games aren't only any more for kids!
This also means there will be games for people without the twitch reflex, that through age have moved from simple methods to wanting well.. to be kept mentally busy.
Hell I play many games, simple games, mind games, Roleplaying games, GTA"s. I don't discriminate against any type of game some just are way to requiring for me. 5 Hour dungeons without a rich enough savegame system/spread forget it! I know some people love that stuff you better then me. I know what games I like what I like in those games and why!
So yeah I am pulling more to the casual but trust me I am not only playing casual. I like a decent RPG! I love good stories! Many games that are weak on some points have drawn me with their story!
So the big question will I play a JRPG right now? Probably not again 80 hours ..with usually a limited save system that means you really gotta plan ahead what do to the next few hours. Sorry no! Western RPG's with their quest times of maybe a hour or 1-2? Love it!