At an E3 where there was so much emphasis on casual gaming, and opening up the industry to traditionally non-gamer types, there was one game that stood as the absolute antithesis to this movement, and instead utterly embraced the concept of hardcore gaming, and it came from a pure game-driven company, Valve.
Portal 2 was our pick of the show for its complexity, its humour, its visual flair and its pure gaming heart. This is not a casual affair, by any measure, and anyone who saw it resonated the same sort of response we did: "ouch, that hurt my head".
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Anyway looks a billion times better than the original.
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Each to their own, just made me laugh from my experience with it.
Like I said this game is looking much better than the first, looking forward to it.
Posted 11:19pm 22/6/10
I played it "casual" just once through, never tried the time attacks, but theres an argument for it being hardcore with people going for best times.
A game doesn't have to be unplayable by the majority to be hardcore.
Posted 12:46am 23/6/10
Your argument about getting best times can be applied to anything, so does that mean that every game is hardcore??
Meh whatever, tired of arguing lol
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Pong.
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I dont believe I have ever played pong, due to it being made in the ancient, ancient days.
just to name a few games I consider hardcore ..since your all so interested.
Half life 2, Dead space, Silent hill 2, Ninja gaiden, Deus ex,The witcher,Crysis,Dawn of war 2.....and thats where I stop. I think you can get the picture of what a hardcore game is to me.
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