Author Topic: Poor little General Gaming... (Read 13259 times)

ShyGuy · « **on:** February 14, 2008, 09:27:08 AM »

I guess Nintendo really has dominated this gen. Throw your 360s and PSTripples in the landfill people!

Kairon · « **Reply #1 on:** February 14, 2008, 12:16:14 PM »

The PSP still has a shot... oh who are we kidding! T_T

Rhoq · « **Reply #2 on:** February 14, 2008, 09:30:57 PM »

Quote from: ShyGuy on February 14, 2008, 09:27:08 AM

I guess Nintendo really has dominated this gen. Throw your 360s and PSTripples in the landfill people!

E.T. shall have his revenge!!!

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #3 on:** February 15, 2008, 01:52:52 AM »

If we ever get any info on the following games, I will make a topic on it...

~ Infinite Undiscovery
~ Resident Evil 5
~ Alan Wake

Because that's all I really have on my 360 outlook... >_>

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #4 on:** February 15, 2008, 03:17:50 AM »

The announcement that Mass Effect is coming to the PC (Aspyr or TransGaming, get on the Mac version now) has severely weakened the chances of me getting a 360. EA announcing an NHL game for the Wii in addition to the NCAA Football announced today would roll the chances back to about zero.

Kairon · « **Reply #5 on:** February 15, 2008, 06:56:53 AM »

Quote from: Urkel on February 15, 2008, 03:35:40 AM

The fact that so many next gen "exclusives" end up getting ported to PC is making it hard for me to even care about owning another console.

Truth... though my PC is so out of date that I really can't keep up with PC gaming anymore... oh well!

DAaaMan64 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 15, 2008, 07:00:46 AM »

Quote from: Kairon on February 15, 2008, 06:56:53 AM

Quote from: Urkel on February 15, 2008, 03:35:40 AM
The fact that so many next gen "exclusives" end up getting ported to PC is making it hard for me to even care about owning another console.

Truth... though my PC is so out of date that I really can't keep up with PC gaming anymore... oh well!

Quote from: Kairon on February 15, 2008, 06:56:53 AM

Quote from: Urkel on February 15, 2008, 03:35:40 AM
The fact that so many next gen "exclusives" end up getting ported to PC is making it hard for me to even care about owning another console.

Truth... though my PC is so out of date that I really can't keep up with PC gaming anymore... oh well!

I hate PC gaming compared to console :/ But I CAN see it's advantages.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #7 on:** February 15, 2008, 07:18:11 AM »

My problem with the PC as a gaming device is that controlling a person with a mouse and keyboard feels so unnatural to me, and that prevents me from really getting into it. It doesn't stop me from enjoying and loving 4X strategy (Civilization, Alpha Centauri), simulation games (SimCity, Railroad Tycoon), and Escape Velocity.

darknight06 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 27, 2008, 04:05:45 PM »

Yet using dual analogs is somehow more natural? You hardly get any decent level of control out of that compared to mouse and keyboard.

Ceric · « **Reply #9 on:** February 27, 2008, 04:35:54 PM »

There are definetally genre's that natural play better on PC than Console and Vice-Versa. I thought about picking up a 360 when Too Human comes out.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #10 on:** February 27, 2008, 08:24:40 PM »

Quote from: darknight06 on February 27, 2008, 04:05:45 PM

Yet using dual analogs is somehow more natural? You hardly get any decent level of control out of that compared to mouse and keyboard.

For movement an analog stick is definitely more natural for me than a keyboard. For aiming I don't particularly like either, which is why I wasn't a big fan of first-person shooters until the Wii.

NWR_pap64 · « **Reply #11 on:** February 27, 2008, 11:13:07 PM »

Its like I said in the RE 0 port thread, this generation is lacking exclusives. Now, if you want to play a big game you are likely to find it on another console or PC.

While ports have been happening since the dawn of gaming developers are very happy doing it nowadays. Even a game that is hailed as the system's unique killer app gets ported.

I'm afraid this is because development costs are higher thanks to the HD demands as well as fans wanting more out of their games.

animecyberrat · « **Reply #12 on:** March 14, 2008, 03:07:05 PM »

I liked Crackdown on the 360, so far that is the only game. PS3, ha, I hate Playstation so no chance I'll ever own another one again as long as I live. PC, well I'm not a PC gamer, I play certain games on my PC but not the main stream stuff. So that just leaves Wii and DS, which to tell you the truth I don't even have that many games for both. Man I must be slipping, I had over 30 games for GC by the end of my first year invovled with the system and I've had my Wii since launch and still only have 6 games.

Kairon · « **Reply #13 on:** March 14, 2008, 08:08:35 PM »

Well, the way I look at it, maybe buying more games than you can play is a phase.

*looks at own games collection*

God I hope so.

animecyberrat · « **Reply #14 on:** March 14, 2008, 10:33:37 PM »

It's not like I don't have that same problem, I only have 6 Wii games for the Wii, I have 30 VC games and counting.

ReverendNoahWhateley · « **Reply #15 on:** March 15, 2008, 03:59:59 AM »

Quote from: insanolord on February 15, 2008, 07:18:11 AM

My problem with the PC as a gaming device is that controlling a person with a mouse and keyboard feels so unnatural to me, and that prevents me from really getting into it. It doesn't stop me from enjoying and loving 4X strategy (Civilization, Alpha Centauri), simulation games (SimCity, Railroad Tycoon), and Escape Velocity.

The main, and only, reason I prefer console games to PC games is that I generally get to flop down on the couch like a rotting Jack O' Lantern when I play on a console.

DAaaMan64 · « **Reply #16 on:** March 15, 2008, 04:02:19 AM »

Quote from: ReverendNoahWhateley on March 15, 2008, 03:59:59 AM

Quote from: insanolord on February 15, 2008, 07:18:11 AM
My problem with the PC as a gaming device is that controlling a person with a mouse and keyboard feels so unnatural to me, and that prevents me from really getting into it. It doesn't stop me from enjoying and loving 4X strategy (Civilization, Alpha Centauri), simulation games (SimCity, Railroad Tycoon), and Escape Velocity.

The main, and only, reason I prefer console games to PC games is that I generally get to flop down on the couch like a rotting Jack O' Lantern when I play on a console.

These are both truths for me. I also hate:

- Installing
- Configuring
- Calibrating
- Loading
- Patching

Screw all of that stuff, I sat down to PLAY not work.

But I do have to give credit to Steam for fixing a lot of those problems.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #17 on:** March 15, 2008, 08:07:27 AM »

Configuring is usually a few minutes per game, once. Calibrating hasn't been important since around 1997, if you do it at all you do it in the OS (like you do with the DS touchscreen). Loading happens on consoles too and depending on the game can be much faster on the PC. Installing and patching remain issues though (and it looks like they're going to get more popular on the consoles soon).

DAaaMan64 · « **Reply #18 on:** March 15, 2008, 12:21:37 PM »

Quote from: KDR_11k on March 15, 2008, 08:07:27 AM

Configuring is usually a few minutes per game, once. Calibrating hasn't been important since around 1997, if you do it at all you do it in the OS (like you do with the DS touchscreen). Loading happens on consoles too and depending on the game can be much faster on the PC. Installing and patching remain issues though (and it looks like they're going to get more popular on the consoles soon).

That still leaves Installing, insanolord's, and the reverend's reasons too. The other thing is the frame-rate has always seemed to fluctuate more for me. And it is the total package that annoys me, so in otherwords, Installing AND patching AND configuring for example annoy me. Oh and having to reinstall if you bork your OS. Oh and drivers and ever changing compatibility.

animecyberrat · « **Reply #19 on:** March 15, 2008, 01:10:39 PM »

Not to mention a game like Doom is supposed to be 100% Windows Compatible but I have encountered more systems that won't run the game than will, and it's a pretty old game. Unless your PC is set up to play games it's not always a good idea to play games on it. I mostly use mine for video and audio production and making crappy websites that sink into the bottomless pit, so I don't have the best hardware for running most games.

I like a lot of the Pc games that are out there, I just don't like guessing weather or not a certain game will run on my system properly or if it will screw something up. Like my consoles, I mostly play older games anyways, and I still run into issues of incompatibility.

Kairon · « **Reply #20 on:** March 15, 2008, 09:35:08 PM »

Gaming computers cost too much. Period.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #21 on:** March 15, 2008, 09:43:27 PM »

Quote from: Kairon on March 15, 2008, 09:35:08 PM

Gaming computers cost too much. Period.

That's another thing, for the price of a good gaming PC you could buy all three consoles and both handhelds and still have some money left over for games.

ReverendNoahWhateley · « **Reply #22 on:** March 16, 2008, 02:53:53 AM »

While the topic's still fresh, I'd like to say that I hope more computer RTS games will make the leap to console. After playing games like Battle For Middle-Earth II and Comand & Conquer 3 on the 360, the lack of a mouse doesn't seem like too much of a hurdle anymore. And if a game like Command & Conquer works great on the 360, just imagine how well it'd work on the Wii.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #23 on:** March 16, 2008, 01:09:10 PM »

Doom is Windows compatible? That's a DOS game.

animecyberrat · « **Reply #24 on:** March 16, 2008, 09:34:16 PM »

BUt you can run DOS programs in Windows, or at least I thought you could.

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