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The next generation of video games
airon:
I own a mac so I can't say much about computer games since I only own (World of) Warcraft (III) and The Incredibles(the popcorn of video-games in my opinion). and I cannot say anything on sony because I refuse to buy a PS2 because of all the asshats at my school who only play GTA
anyways, on consoles. I personally hate microsoft and sony, but I own an Xbox. And I have loads of fun on it. I like how I can play games w/ some of the best graphics and I don't have to buy an nVidia 69000 Overclocked super awesome video card w/ PCI Express for $600 (I'm guessing on the prices) and a Athlon 64 processor for about $200 or $300 and a new mobo. Ninja Gaiden kicks ass and i could not imagine it kicking as much ass on a keyboard. Halo 2 is a bit harder lets weigh things out:
$355 (Price of Halo 2 LE and Xbox w/ free Xbox Live card included) VS. $900-$1050 for a full upgraded PC and the PC version of Halo 2 which will come out in about 3 years. I can use a keyboard and mouse!
So I either play Halo 2 now with a nicely tuned controller S or pay $600 more and play it on PC with a keyboard and mouse. The PC version of Halo 2 will look about the same but won't have the analog pad for moving, if you want to slow down you'll have to press "shift"
Gamecube has very good games that are not on the PC but they are few and far between. I'm okay with Nintendo's image (hell, I prefer Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends and old Disney cartoons over any of the "Mature" (and generic) stuff in anime) but they need to make more games.
I know I just attacked 5 sides of a bunch of stuff but I still think PCs are cool but consoles provide a better experience overall.
happybirthdaygelatin:
Even though this would be putting MS torward their dream of world domination, I wish they'd offer Live+broadband service at a fixed rate. Or Live was also a broadband service. I'd feel silly paying for broadband with out a computer.
I'd say Ninja Gaiden is a game that makes the Xbox worth having. It makes you call it daddy and you go back for more.
nihilist:
Note: all prices are CDN. Suck my teets if you can't grasp the exchange rate.
First, a top of the line computer won't run $900-1050. It'll run $2500-3000. However, it's multi-functional: you can do a lot more then just games. (And if it's an actual PC, you can play a LOT of games. Next time, skip the Mac. :p) As well, you can hook an Xbox controller up to a PC. Though you'd better only do that for a racing game.
My Xbox (four controllers, 3 games, DVD remote) cost me close to $1000. It plays games, and only games. And doesn't play FPS games well. At all. Any gamer who plays FPSs and claims to have some skill better do so on a PC, not an Xbox. They'd get smoked by anybody with a keyboard and a mouse. As a living room entertainment box, it's decent value. As a replacement for a PC gaming platform, it's not. Unless it had a keyboard and mouse.
So, my badly worded point: an Xbox (or any console) isn't exactly cheap, nor can you compare it to a PC. (And you are silly if you do.) If you want to tout the benefits of having a few people clustered around a TV, with four controller, a variety of drinks, and a mad game of Burnout 3, go for it. A PC will never compete with that. Ever. But otherwise, there's no real reason to choose a console over a PC.
ESDF + mouse = ownage.
Ask Jeph.
airon:
You are right on FPSs in general. If a game is built for a console then it will work better on the console it was designed for than a PC. Halo 1 on PC didn't feel right Probably Gearbox's fault, wankers). Halo 2 was built for the xbox from the ground up. They had a PC/Mac port in mind but they were trying to make an excellent Xbox game, not a PC game.
But you are right about FPSs being better on PC for the most part. Max Payne, CS, Jedi Knight, and all those other 1st/3rd person games are better on PC... but thats because they were designed for PC.
oh yeah and that comment about the mac, Fuck you.
nihilist:
Heh, I've been pretty snide with my Mac comments lately, my apologies. I'm just a bastard.
I use ESDF for a few reasons: I use W and R for leaning, A for use, T and G for zooming in/out, X to drop things, Z to go prone (when called for), CTRL to duck, space to jump, B and V are for team selection and outfitting. Q and C are randomly assigned to things. MB1 = fire, MB3 = reload, MB2 = alt fire, MWU/MWD = weapon scrolling, MB4/MB5 = primary/secondary weapons.
Yes, I've spent a long time perfecting that. :)
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