[quote]Mavric wrote:
The PC games I am playing at the moment:
Call of duty 4
Bioshock
Condemned
Crysis
Oblivion (Shivering Isles)
I am dying to get my hands on a copy of Assassins Creed and Hellgate London over the weekend.
Any suggestions of new PC titles available worth checking out? [/quote]
Hellgate isn’t getting rave reviews from what I’ve read (and heard from my sister).
That’s disappointing! There was so much noise in the production stage I thought it will be the next best thing!
Dark Sector for the PS3/360 is awesome.
Why do some of you still feel motivated to play PC games when the consoles have improved like they have?
I really want to know. If I’m missing out on something, let me know.
They have solid graphics, great handling, large gaming community, etc.
But for me, its just cuz I can’t scrap together $500+ for a 360, hoping for my birthday to provide me with one though.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Why do some of you still feel motivated to play PC games when the consoles have improved like they have?
I really want to know. If I’m missing out on something, let me know.[/quote]
Money. Games cost as much (console vs PC) but I already have my computer. Of course, I don’t play the newest titles. I still play UT2004.
My friends have a Wii, 360, so I don’t have to buy one. I just use their system.
I haven’t kept up with the scene for a little while, but when I was building performance machines games were a way, actually THE way to test them. That probably doesn’t count because the games themselves were secondary to the hardware. In other words I doubt I would ever buy a console because PLAYING the games isn’t really my thing unless they’re running an a machine I built.
That’s not to say that I didn’t have a blast with some of the games. HL2 was the last SP game I finished. Lotsa online UT, MOHAA, Black Hawk Down and of course Q3A. Even a little Serious Sam and Pain Killer.
I got to be friends with Handyman who hosted the Giant Map Clan server for UT and UT 2004. Those guys and The Balls Out Clan led by Natalie regularly reminded me of how much room for improvement I had though I credit them for making me a 100 times better than I was. Nothing like having your ass handed to you on an ongoing basis for forcing you to improve. B, who was the captain of the GMC actually spent some one on one time teaching me. That guy was an unstoppable monster.
I would’ve loved to see a deathmatch between him and Balls Out Natalie on a fast medium arena map with low grav and instagib. Ahh, memories.
GTA IV Grand Theft Auto IV Official Trailer 4 - GameSpot and Grand Theft Auto IV Official Movie 7 - GameSpot cant wait!
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Why do some of you still feel motivated to play PC games when the consoles have improved like they have?
I really want to know. If I’m missing out on something, let me know.[/quote]
PC games usually have a stronger online community and are (IMO) more competitive. For the types of games that I play (FPS and RTS), keyboard and mouse is far superior to analog. I’ve never seen a decent console RTS – you just need those extra buttons to keep the game on pace with the thought process behind the moves.
The only thing I prefer consoles for is fighting games. I’ve broke a lot of controllers playing Tekken Tag for PS2.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Why do some of you still feel motivated to play PC games when the consoles have improved like they have?
I really want to know. If I’m missing out on something, let me know.[/quote]
From what I have seen it seems that you are not missing out on much these days. The reason why I’m not in the market for any console is mainly because of the cost. An average South African earns +/- R7000pm.
Rent = R5000
Car + Insurance = R1800
Food = ?
Petrol = ?
In my country the average cost of consoles:
PS3 = R6000 - R7000
Microsoft Xbox 360 Premium System - PAL = R3500 - R4300
Wii = R4000 - R5300
The average cost for Console and PC games are more or less the same ranging between R300-R700. At this point a PC is more cost effective and I use it for everything else (business, MP3’s, photos, internet). The bottom line is everything in SA is just tooooo expensive!!! The drawback is you need to spend some coin to build a proper system to get the same graphics quality and smooth game play normally provided by the high end market consoles.
So, I have to input some of my own here as I pretty much fit into the mentally geeky category. I finally bought The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for the 360 tonight… soon it will take over my non-studying and non-working out life, I’m pretty excited to get started.
On a side note… I haven’t read too much of this thread yet (but will very soon) does anyone here take an interest in anime? I very well may be risking my status on this website by even mentioning that and becoming “super-geek” but I don’t care. Anime is the greatest. Example: Death Note. In Japanese.
Also, if you have a sense of humor, check out this webcomic.
http://ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php
P.S. Its MUCH funnier if you are a gamer.
[quote]rekojuno wrote:
Also, if you have a sense of humor, check out this webcomic.
http://ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php
P.S. Its MUCH funnier if you are a gamer.[/quote]
That reminds me, I need to check out Order of the Stick.
I forgot about it when my computer crashed a couple of months ago.
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0001.html
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[quote]rekojuno wrote:
So, I have to input some of my own here as I pretty much fit into the mentally geeky category. I finally bought The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for the 360 tonight… soon it will take over my non-studying and non-working out life, I’m pretty excited to get started.
On a side note… I haven’t read too much of this thread yet (but will very soon) does anyone here take an interest in anime? I very well may be risking my status on this website by even mentioning that and becoming “super-geek” but I don’t care. Anime is the greatest. Example: Death Note. In Japanese.
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Good anime is better than most American movies. I started an Anime thread about a year ago.
[quote]rekojuno wrote:
So, I have to input some of my own here as I pretty much fit into the mentally geeky category. I finally bought The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for the 360 tonight… soon it will take over my non-studying and non-working out life, I’m pretty excited to get started.
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It seems you will be joining the support group soon, Oblivion is very addictive. Shivering Isles is an excellent “expansion”, expect no early evenings in bed!!
In case you need some help UESPWiki - The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages
Dude, I used to be so into UT2K4 it was ridiculous. Me + Manta = death for opposing team. I cut my teeth on Doom II and spent most the years between 17 and 19 playing CS in net cafes. Don’t play so much anymore, but I still love it.
The movie was based off a superfamous manga by Masamune Shirow, who also did Ghost in the Shell (another great film and series). Imagine if Tom Clancy were Japanese and obsessed with robots, and instead of writing novels he drew comic books with tons of action.
Listen, if you plan on getting some anime flicks, don’t forget some of the cheeseball stuff that came out in the 80’s. It’s usually pretty cheap on DVD and it’s got some incredibly violent, off the wall action that has to be seen to be believed. Fist of the North Star (pic), MD Geist (GOD I love MD Geist) Demon City Shinjuku, Cyber City Oedo, The Hakkenden, Golgo 13, etc.
Me and my brother used to make clandestine trips down to a video store that used to rent and sell them. If our parents knew we had been watching stuff like that (I was 11, he was 14) they would have died of shock.
I’ll never forget watching Fist of the North Star for the first time, and watching the hero (1) punch a skyscraper and break it (2) walk THROUGH the skyscraper after it falls on his head and (3) hitting bad guys hard enough to make their heads explode.
One of the surpassing disappointments of my young life was when I had to hock my ENTIRE anime collection at age 18 to help pay the bills after my dad had a bad car accident and lost his job.
I’d had some of those tapes since I was eight years old. It was around 800-900 tapes. The entire series of Ranma 1/2, Neon Genesis Evangelion, the Hakkenden, Lodoss War, Slayers and others, tons of movies and too many one-shot OAVs to count. Everything from Kiki’s Delivery service to Violence Jack.
No geek topic would be complete without that greatest of webcomics, the Perry Bible Fellowship;
[quote]kevinm1 wrote:
My latest geek thing I ordered. Don’t tug on my cape[/quote]
Shit, I may get one. I don’t know what the hell I would do with it though. I do believe they lock you up if you actually wear it outside of Halloween.
Biggest FOR in using PC over console: Torrents…
While I am really a console type myself, since I like sports games a lot and controllers are often better for that, my PC is invaluable for nice looking, free games, especially FPS/strategy.
