I love how all these "hardcore" gamers just dismiss every game that is out that isnt "T3h Mature" and "T3h Bl0OdB@th". The fact that Gears of War1 and 2 has gotten the sales it has just boggles the mind. At first it is fun i admit. but after only a few short days you begin to realise that behind the gore splatterd screen.....there really isnt much to it

Is it me or does 1 guy or a small team in power armor/mutated (halo, gears, Resistance, KZ, ect) equal tuns of sales/high ratings? Ever sense Doom it seems like if it has power armored people fighting monsters it gets a good score (there are exceptions for truely aweful games sure, but for the most part...) But much like GTAIV, after the inital hype wares off you are left wodering 'is this game really as good as i thought?" this has happend to me time and time again with games, Gears, AC, CoD4, CoDW@W, ect.

The one place this hasent happend to me. is the Casual game market. Audiosurf, Sims (1-3), Spore, Plants Vs Zombies, simcity, *insert object here* tycoon(except prison tycoon 4) you name it. There are tuns of casual games, and if you take the time to look for one that interests you you shall see, quite quikley. that games are more than pretty graphics and online deathmatches.

I miss the old days where it wasn't about graphics and being hardcore/brutal, but it was about Fun. It seems to me that outside a few PC devs. only Nintendo remembers why people game in the first place. its not about having the best looking game. Its about having the most enjoyable expireance possible. and with each gen more and more non-gamers and 'Casual' gamers become 'core' and 'hardcore' gamers. and maybe they still like the casual, family friendly, party games more than the hardcore GoWs and Halos. but does that really make them not gamers?