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Gamers and the 'hardcore' gaming mindeset that started in the 2000s' ruined the video game community (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hardcore gamer = someone who plays only cinematic grizzed white dude games and/or military fetishizing FPS

Casual gamer = anyone that is not a 15-25 yo male, and/or plays anything outside of the previously mentioned games, especially if those games are colorful.

So basically the gaming community is full of gatekeeping, misogyny, toxic masculinity and general chuddery. They make sure they're the loudest voice heard when anything about games is talked about, and won't be happy until all games a homogenous stream of bland, hyper-realistic but with a grey filter slog of mindless action with no heart or soul. And don't you dare force them to read any dialogue or story.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't really think this took off until Dark Souls though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

oooooh no, this was the dominant culture in video games since the 90s at least

e: it's more accurate to say it formed properly in the early 2000s but the shit aspects that would go on to form that culture were there already in the 90s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was weird seeing the reaction to Demon Souls release compared to Dark Souls. The same people that were complaining Demon Souls was too difficult were all suddenly like "git gud casual" to people that felt the same way about Dark Souls.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

To be really fair a lot of demon souls difficulty is straight up punishing like halving your hp, where as in dark souls your potions refill after you die (i know theres that bs frogs that literally reduce your hp but still they were proven to be unpopular was removed)