Hardcore Gamer: A person who spends much of their leisure time playing games. As a consequence of the large amount of time spent, these gamers often become very proficient at playing games. There are many subtypes of hardcore gamers based on the style of game, gameplay preference, hardware platform and other preferences.

 

Casual Gamer: The casual gamer is a person who plays games designed for ease of gameplay (such as Tetris) and doesn’t spend much time playing computer or console games. The genres that casual gamers play vary, and they might not own a specific video game console to play their games.

 

Taken from Wikipedia.org

 

I tend to sit towards the Hardcore end of the scale, no I don’t sit at home and get every achievement for Gears of War, and no I don’t need to have every game on release date, but all in all I like a challenge, and a fair amount of my time is dedicated towards playing games. To say I was skeptical about Little Big Planet would be understatement of the year, sure it looked cute, the prospect of sharing levels and the online component excited me, but all in all it just looked like a Casual game, a kids game to me. It’s safe to say after a six hour session with the game last night, I am now a believer…

 

Media Molecule have done more than just create a game, essentially they have created a piece of art. Never, in my 18 years of gaming have I seen, or played anything like Little Big Planet. The thing that is still blowing my mind right this second is it’s so simple, yet so complex, and the scope of it all is ENORMOUS

 

You don’t need a review to tell you to get this game, you don’t need a review to tell you what to expect. If you own a PS3 then you simply need to get this game, end of story. I bought my PS3 exclusively for Metal Gear Solid 4, that was the be all and end all game for me. Little Big Planet is simply amazing, while some things need a bit of refinement, nothing can compare to the limits and bounds of this game. If I didn’t have a PS3 now, I’d go and buy one just for this