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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] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

These people should be locked in a room and forces to play nothing but 50 turn Mario Party rounds for the rest of time

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Remain convinced the only good community in games is the fighting game community. But, alas, they engage in the bad shit too from time to time.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Souls fans when you use anything other than level 1 naked wretch with club the way miyazaki intended

Sorry but the ds1 taught me that running away to do a cheese attack that deals half of the boss hp is the way souls is meant to be played (never fight fair)

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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 (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.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

"Hardcore gamers" = the people who had enough money and free time to have a console (or two) and buy and play all the big releases. This group is mostly white, male, decently wealthy, and reactionary (in the same way any given white petit bourg is). The people shaping the game industry range from sicko libertarian dipshits (Carmack) to sicko capitalist [redacted] (Bobby Kotick). It hasn't ever been "good" tbh.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It hasn't ever been "good" tbh.

Maybe not, but it's sometimes been not as bad. Contemporary monetization/habit-forming trickery in the game industry is refined from decades of deliberate research to make it as ruthless as possible.

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