I haven't used a computer for gaming since the Spectrum.
I wouldn't want to, either. I haven't got the patience for it. I prefer to be safe in the knowledge that any game I buy for a specific console will run on it with no fuss. Most people feel that way I think, both Nintendo & Sega have tried to release 'memory upgrades' for their respective consoles (Sega with the 32X, Nintendo with the Expansion Pak) but neither have sold very well.
I use consoles for gaming....like Toxie I like the fact it's probably going to work without any bother or faffing about..
The exception is emulation..I play all my old games on the PC to save time...and I have to admit to being a bit jealous when someone plays game-mods on a PC, like one of my mates being able to play GTA New Zealand...(San Andreas)
Computer's for gaming... Simply because of emulators like Mame and all the lovely Spectrum emulators out there, which is all I'm interested in as far as gaming goes. I'm a big retro junkie :-)
I have to go for the console option as I've always found PC gaming to be very unstable. It's very rare for me to find a game that runs properly without randomly crashing or needing the old ctrl, alt, del to get the PC running again. I've got quite a few PC games, but I rarely stick with them as I find them too much hard work. I use my PC for emulators really.
At least with console games, you just stick the disk in the console and off you go. No mucking about with patches (OK, so my PS3 will download updates for games every once in a while, but nothing major) and I don't need to spend ages messing about with graphics settings and optimizing visuals etc.
I think the reason I prefer consoles over computers for gaming these days is pretty much for the same reason computer gaming was better in the 80s. You go into a shop, see a game that looks good for the system you own, buy it and go home and be sure you're getting the same experience the developers intended.
PC gaming is a whole world of reading minimum specs, buying something, then finding out you have to go fiddle around with all manner of stuff to get it to play right. You can't even go by reviews, as the system they try it on will invariably not play exatly the same as on your machine. Just so not worth the hassle.
Computer, The games I like are not really available on Consoles, Flight Sims, RTS (although there are a few more available now..the controller sucks though), Used to play a lot of Everquest type stuff which isn't on consoles, Battlefield 2142....the Xbox battlefield sucked.
Keyboard/Mouse > Console controller.
Also even though I have a big screen...sitting near a monitor is much better for the eyes and comfortable I think.
I have a 360 gathering dust...only ever played Oblivion on it and when I got 'bored' with that haven't touched it since....I do have a moded xbox1 that I use a lot for emu stuff and a PS1 I am currently messing around with. Some nice surprises in the PS1..(command and conquer, Descent, Wing Commander etc).
While that may be true for many games, it isn't the case for all, IMO.
Games like Oblivion, for example, where you can walk and run. With a controller you just push the stick slightly to walk and further to run, whereas on the PC you have separate keys for walking and running. Much easier and intuitive with a controller.
Plus, when I'm sat in the armchair I don't want a keyboard/mouse on my lap, when a controller does the job fine.
Also even though I have a big screen...sitting near a monitor is much better for the eyes and comfortable I think.
I disagree (about the eyes). The closer you are to a screen, the more your eye muscles have to work to focus the image, making your eyes tired more easily and increasing the chance of needing specs over time. In the UK, people who work with computers regularly are entitled to free eye tests: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/HealthAndSafetyAtWork/DG_10026668
I agree, sitting close to the monitor isnt good for your eyes at all ! Must admit the old type of monitors used to make my eye flicker badly, then I got a glare screen and that solved the problem eventually.
TFT monitors are much better, havent had a problem for years now staring at a screen all day but i tend not to get that close to it
C&C, Hitman, GTA series...all much easier to play using the keyboard/mouse combo IMO.
I tried playing Call of Duty on the Wii and to be honest found it unplayable. It's much easier to use the WASD config to move whilst using the mouse to look around/fire/snipe than to use the Wiimote/nunchuk combo.
I played "Evil Under the Sun" recently on Wii though (it's a P&C style adventure). Not only would I reccomend the game, but I found the Wiimote leant itself very nicely to the control method of this type of game. I'd certainly play more P&C on the Wii.
C&C, Hitman, GTA series...all much easier to play using the keyboard/mouse combo IMO.
i thought GTA4 was a cunt to get working on a pc?
honestly how do you control things? i presume the mouse if for the camera, so are the keys used for every thing else? how can you control accelaration properly with a key? i can see the keyboard mouse thing working with fps, but for games like gta i can see it being a nightmare.
Given the choice of the same game on either PC or console, I will choose PC every time...
...but then again, I do have a very nice PC gaming setup, so no game is a real problem for me to run!
generally, what TSg said - especially since i bought myself the nVidia 3D Vision system.
For racing, football, music and driving games though it's consoles (have them hooked up to HD projector). However got Burnout Paradise: Ultimate Box for PC recently as it's ace in 3D :)
honestly how do you control things? i presume the mouse if for the camera, so are the keys used for every thing else? how can you control accelaration properly with a key? i can see the keyboard mouse thing working with fps, but for games like gta i can see it being a nightmare.
I had GTA III on the PC, and I personally found it a lot trickier to control than the PS2 version... and GTA III doesn't even allow you to control the camera (if I remember rightly), so I imagine the newer ones are even more fiddly. Then again, could just be me though!!
honestly how do you control things? i presume the mouse if for the camera, so are the keys used for every thing else? how can you control accelaration properly with a key? i can see the keyboard mouse thing working with fps, but for games like gta i can see it being a nightmare.
I haven't played GTA4 tbh...
The basics between the combo control is WASD moves the character and the mouse is used for the viewpoint. LMB is for fire and RMB is to aim down the sights/barrel.
To run, the common way is to hold left-shift whilst pressing one of the WASD keys.
Q/E are usually used for peering around corners...
The basics between the combo control is WASD moves the character and the mouse is used for the viewpoint. LMB is for fire and RMB is to aim down the sights/barrel.
To run, the common way is to hold left-shift whilst pressing one of the WASD keys.
Q/E are usually used for peering around corners...
lol, i thought so, wasn't trying to catch you out tho.
it doesn't seem good enough, it would just be too fiddly and your speed would't be as easy to control with an key. and in the game your character has more than two speeds.
its kinda liek when goldeneye came out and the pc brigade at college slated it cos there wasn't a run button. but the point was the analogue stick. you got more that two speeds with it.
lol, i thought so, wasn't trying to catch you out tho.
its kinda liek when goldeneye came out and the pc brigade at college slated it cos there wasn't a run button. but the point was the analogue stick. you got more that two speeds with it.
I think it boils down to which method you have used the most as well as which games you have enjoyed playing on a certain platform. I always find, including in the past when I was a whipper-snapper, console control pads to be fiddly...never managed to work them out and get used to them...considering I've played guitar for 20 years, you'd have thought I could use my fingers a bit more nimbly, but not on console control pads.
CoD is a good example for me as I played it first and enjoyed it, and built my strategy, using the PC keyboard/mouse combo. To try it on Wii, the controls felt so alien to me...because controls for GTA, Hitman and others are so similar, I automatically feel at home using them on PC.
it doesn't seem good enough, it would just be too fiddly and your speed would't be as easy to control with an key. and in the game your character has more than two speeds.
to be honest i wouldn't waste than on a bird. i'd just take it myself and have a good time. (tip: lie on the arm until the hand goes asleep - then it feels like someone else is doing it)
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I wouldn't want to, either. I haven't got the patience for it. I prefer to be safe in the knowledge that any game I buy for a specific console will run on it with no fuss. Most people feel that way I think, both Nintendo & Sega have tried to release 'memory upgrades' for their respective consoles (Sega with the 32X, Nintendo with the Expansion Pak) but neither have sold very well.
The exception is emulation..I play all my old games on the PC to save time...and I have to admit to being a bit jealous when someone plays game-mods on a PC, like one of my mates being able to play GTA New Zealand...(San Andreas)
pc for strategy
At least with console games, you just stick the disk in the console and off you go. No mucking about with patches (OK, so my PS3 will download updates for games every once in a while, but nothing major) and I don't need to spend ages messing about with graphics settings and optimizing visuals etc.
My wife has a nintendo wii which is ok i mean it different from the crap Sony and M$ have done but i am and alway will be a computer person.
PC gaming is a whole world of reading minimum specs, buying something, then finding out you have to go fiddle around with all manner of stuff to get it to play right. You can't even go by reviews, as the system they try it on will invariably not play exatly the same as on your machine. Just so not worth the hassle.
Plus I like to play games stretched out on the couch with a comfortable controller, and to view the game on my telly. P*** easy to do with a console.
Keyboard/Mouse > Console controller.
Also even though I have a big screen...sitting near a monitor is much better for the eyes and comfortable I think.
I have a 360 gathering dust...only ever played Oblivion on it and when I got 'bored' with that haven't touched it since....I do have a moded xbox1 that I use a lot for emu stuff and a PS1 I am currently messing around with. Some nice surprises in the PS1..(command and conquer, Descent, Wing Commander etc).
While that may be true for many games, it isn't the case for all, IMO.
Games like Oblivion, for example, where you can walk and run. With a controller you just push the stick slightly to walk and further to run, whereas on the PC you have separate keys for walking and running. Much easier and intuitive with a controller.
Plus, when I'm sat in the armchair I don't want a keyboard/mouse on my lap, when a controller does the job fine.
I disagree (about the eyes). The closer you are to a screen, the more your eye muscles have to work to focus the image, making your eyes tired more easily and increasing the chance of needing specs over time. In the UK, people who work with computers regularly are entitled to free eye tests: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/HealthAndSafetyAtWork/DG_10026668
TFT monitors are much better, havent had a problem for years now staring at a screen all day but i tend not to get that close to it
C&C, Hitman, GTA series...all much easier to play using the keyboard/mouse combo IMO.
I tried playing Call of Duty on the Wii and to be honest found it unplayable. It's much easier to use the WASD config to move whilst using the mouse to look around/fire/snipe than to use the Wiimote/nunchuk combo.
I played "Evil Under the Sun" recently on Wii though (it's a P&C style adventure). Not only would I reccomend the game, but I found the Wiimote leant itself very nicely to the control method of this type of game. I'd certainly play more P&C on the Wii.
i thought GTA4 was a cunt to get working on a pc?
honestly how do you control things? i presume the mouse if for the camera, so are the keys used for every thing else? how can you control accelaration properly with a key? i can see the keyboard mouse thing working with fps, but for games like gta i can see it being a nightmare.
generally, what TSg said - especially since i bought myself the nVidia 3D Vision system.
For racing, football, music and driving games though it's consoles (have them hooked up to HD projector). However got Burnout Paradise: Ultimate Box for PC recently as it's ace in 3D :)
I had GTA III on the PC, and I personally found it a lot trickier to control than the PS2 version... and GTA III doesn't even allow you to control the camera (if I remember rightly), so I imagine the newer ones are even more fiddly. Then again, could just be me though!!
I haven't played GTA4 tbh...
The basics between the combo control is WASD moves the character and the mouse is used for the viewpoint. LMB is for fire and RMB is to aim down the sights/barrel.
To run, the common way is to hold left-shift whilst pressing one of the WASD keys.
Q/E are usually used for peering around corners...
lol, i thought so, wasn't trying to catch you out tho.
it doesn't seem good enough, it would just be too fiddly and your speed would't be as easy to control with an key. and in the game your character has more than two speeds.
its kinda liek when goldeneye came out and the pc brigade at college slated it cos there wasn't a run button. but the point was the analogue stick. you got more that two speeds with it.
I think it boils down to which method you have used the most as well as which games you have enjoyed playing on a certain platform. I always find, including in the past when I was a whipper-snapper, console control pads to be fiddly...never managed to work them out and get used to them...considering I've played guitar for 20 years, you'd have thought I could use my fingers a bit more nimbly, but not on console control pads.
CoD is a good example for me as I played it first and enjoyed it, and built my strategy, using the PC keyboard/mouse combo. To try it on Wii, the controls felt so alien to me...because controls for GTA, Hitman and others are so similar, I automatically feel at home using them on PC.
More than 2 speeds? Walk, mince and run?? :lol:
quicker, easier, more seductive : acquired skill, knowledge, enlightenment
fits in your pocket, easy to use, gets the job done.
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