ssj12 said:
greenmedic88 said:
Reasonable said:
frybread said:
@reasonable
Exactly. If gamepad was good, professional UT / Quake / CS players would be plugging gamepads into their USB ports.
I remember my first FPS (Wolf 3D) - I played it with a joystick. Most FPS gamers in the early days used joysticks. Then Doom came out, we went online (modem to modem or BBS) and faced "mousers" who utterly destroyed us. |
There's a reason all us PC based FPS player would love to go toe-to-toe with console players using gamepads... and it's not a pretty one!
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"PC gamers" can already play console gamers, ironically only on a console that supports mouse and keyboard controls, specifically on a game that supports mouse and keyboard controls, which by my count is exactly one (UTIII).
Of course, everyone one else playing through PSN can also play with M/kb controls which is why there's an option to exclude playing with those using them.
The only way to "cheat" is to use something like the FragFX online, which works with most console FPS games and gives you the all important advantage of mouse aiming.
Of course any real PC gamer shouldn't be looking for the best way to find ways to gain an unfair advantage (cheat) but instead polish their skills so they can hang with the best PC players on equal ground, assuming they highly take pride in their game skills.
It's like PC gamers who frequent console sites like this one so they can feel smug about being able to build or own a PC that has more graphics processing power than a console, whereas if they really cared that much about the technicalities of the hardware, they would be posting on an overclockers' site instead where everyone is striving to gain the most performance out of any hardware set up they have available.
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1. Who says PC gamers cant play a console game with a controller? there are many PC gamers on this site like me, Naz, Ben, and many others that have a console too and play games on them that are of genres that are best suited for PC like FPSs. You comment just shows blantant ignorance.
2. isnt this what most gamers PC and console do???
3. Yes we act smug because we understand the complete interworkings of our PCs and the consoles but there is no reason for us to not show our knowledge and post on a console website if we own a console or work for this site like me, Naz, Ben, DKII, and a few others. Just because some console gamers dont want to take the time out to learn about the hardware in their consoles and gets annoyed when PC owners compare console hardware and PC hardware in details some dont understand it is not us PC users fault that some are to ignorant to read up on or ask for a more general explansion on something.
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Ignorant of what?
I use an Xbox 360 wireless controller to play various Games for Windows.
Unfortunately, there are plenty of old games that don't work with it. Even big release games that predate the Xbox 360.
I have a two page list of old games on Steam and most of them aren't compatible.
And FYI, building PCs is not rocket science. It's no exclusive "club." I just built a Q9400 (OC 400x8@3.2ghz, air cooled scythe ninja copper, 1.256v), HD4870x2, asus p5q3 deluxe, 1x2GB DDR3 1600mhz, 1TB seagate HDD, antec tpq 1000w PSU in an antec 900.
What was your last build?
Sounds like someone was ignorant of the guy they were arguing with.
Regardless, plenty of console games just don't port well to the PC, no matter how great your build is or what controller you're using.
