pc vs consoles

[vlad321]

Spankey said:

BenKenobi88 said:

Spankey said:

bRoKeN said:

i PC game because of the mouse and keyboard.... so much better then controller in fps games which are my favorite games. basically anything with a gun and blood. i played cod3 on my ps2 and i was horibble. i played really slow paced which is boring. but i still love my ps2 ^^

i console game because of sports games.... and maybe for my 3 GTA games. but im getting GTA4 on PC since i dont own a 7th gen console yet.

id say i spent 33% of the time on console and the 66% on PC

 

As UT showed, it's perfectly possible to configure a game to run on a mse/kbrd setup on a console. the question is why have they not allowed this again? can you imagine R:fom or GEoW on a PC controller setup?

The tech is there, just the support is lacking for some reason.

I can in fact imagine GeoW with a PC setup.........because it came out on PC.  I played it on a friend's computer, but I used a 360 controller to play it.  Why?  Because the game was designed to be best used with a dual analog controller.

The same way I'll say GeoW is best with a 360 controller I'll say TF2 is best with a keyboard and mouse.  And if you don't understand why, you need to play it with a keyboard and mouse.

 

Dude, I don't doubt you or your opinion. In fact I 100% agree with you.

My argument was that since the PS3 version of UT that I mentioned came with keyboard/mouse support, why don't other games? it's infinately better IMO to play a shooter with that setup. A controller just don't cut the mustard for many games. If the support CAN be added, why don't they add it is all I'm trying to say. As for GEoW beingbetter on a controller, well opinions are meant to differ. Personally i think all shooters - tps or fps - should have keyboard/mouse support. it's just so much better.

 

UT3 is 30% slower on consoles FYI. Yes there are mods and whatnot out there but the out-of-the-box configuratino is set to 30% slower gameplay.

OT: This has been mentioned a lot so I will just parrot and keep it short. I'm an FPS/RTS/RPG fan, those are my main genres that I love and they are best represented on a PC. UT2004 is my favorite multiplayer shooter and I can tell you that it will be impossible to have it on a console without ruining the experience. There's just so much going on and it's so fast that there is no way the limited, awkward, slow inputs of a controller can handle it. There is a VERY good reason why UT3 is 30% slower on consoles and PC version of UT3 is much slower paces than UT2004. I have YET to find an enjoyable FPS that I can consider great on a console and I've given all of them a very fair try.

I really don't have to explain why RTSes are better on PCs.

RPGs. The computer has been home to RPGs ever since the days of Zork, yeah it has got no JRPGs but it has other RPGs that run circles around them. Here is an example, Neverwinter Nights was an epic RPG, it's basically D&D with ruleset 3.5 made easy for the public. It's storyline was massive and very very good, at least imho. On top of that it was a PC D&D game, they allowed you to make your own stories and to play as a game master. There is no way it would be able to be on a console. You can't mod a game worth a damn on consoles, meanwhile PCs have communities around every game making new free content for you, maps, or even full conversions which feel like a brand new game (Alien Swarm for UT2004 is deffinetly worth a look for anyone who has it). It's just that on PCs with an RPG done will there is an limitless amount of content for it. Not so with Consoles.

The graphics issue has been setteled so no point of going into it.

As stated above, any reason why an HD console is better than the Wii directly translates into why the PC is better than the consoles, except that there is also huge mod support for the PC, which is a huge bonus.