PC gamers, what makes PC gaming better for you?

[HoloDust]

I always considered myself computer gamer primarily, but back in days computers were pretty much fixed hardware (bar ocassional disk drive (C64) or memory (Amiga) expansion), so, more or less, they were like consoles...so it came down to genres.

My first graphic adventure was Hobbit, back around '83 (IIRC) on ZX Spectrum, my first war strategy was either Blitzkrieg or Tobruk on C64 (not sure about which one really), around '87/'88, and not sure what was my first simulation, but I've played a lot of both air and sub sims back then ...computers were always home to these genres, and they still are, and first two still happen to be one of my favourite genres.

Without going further into other genres on those computers, I have to admit I hated PCs at first - due to their ever changing hardware - but I eventually bought one in '95 (or was it '94, not sure)...there were just too many games I was salivating over that I could skip them entirely...well actually, I guess Comanche: Maximum Overkill and Panzer General were last two drops in already full glass, playing it on friends 486 I knew I just had to have one of those.

After that it was genres again - RPG, RTS, FPS and still, of course, P&C adventures and war strategies - oh, and KB/M - Amiga had mouse, so I was quite used to it, and playing with it felt very natural.

These days, it is still genres, but I guess lot of other things as well - mods primarily, relatively easy upgrade path and of course being able to fiddle with settings in order to make it how you like it (which means motion blur, DoF and chromatic abomination are turned off instantly).