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Gamerace on 23 December 2007
APolitical said:
leo-j said:
@Neos

My pc cant run The orange box, and its windows vista.

Stop talking $hit, because I know you like attacking the ps3 and X360.

That's because your mom and dad bought a dell which ships with Vista but doesn't have the architecture to appropriately support it. Tons of machines loaded with vista run like absolute shit, so what he's saying is actually quite accurate. Pretty much any windows XP machine can run Orange Box just fine, as long as they aren't sporting an integrated video card like some cheap laptops.

The game looks nice but the graphics are nothing revolutionary, and that's on purpose. Most of Valve's profits come from the PC, and they obviously want the game to be playable on as many machines as possible. As a result, it's going to be able to play on most any reasonable system.

Of course Vista throws a wrench into things, but the vast majority of people playing this game are on XP. Maybe you should ask mom for some ram for Christmas.


 He's right Vista may be the problem.  I've had to create a partition and install XP in it to get some games to run on mine.  Including Fable which is a @#% MS game!!   



 

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Kasz216 on 23 December 2007
DMeisterJ said:
@ Gamerace

I've nothing against the Wii's online. It's just that it doesn't seem that good in the wake of XBL and even PSN.

@ Carlos710

Ok. So now everything reviewers say is law?

@ Kirby007

I wasn't trying to be funny, just trying to get my point across.

@ Kasz216

I have high hopes for the Wii's online. I'm just wondering how TF2 would play on that.

Just like everywhere else? At worst it could always use the approach Smash Bros is supposed to use. One mode for friends only and another for completely random teams. Even then I doubt it'd have to be that restricting as Valve wouldn't care as much as Nintendo apparently does to try and make it less competitive.

DMeisterJ on 23 December 2007

@ Kasz216

No, I said that because of Nintendo not allowing people to play with non-friends. Plus voice chat and integrated friends lists. How would that work? Sixteen digit friend codes anyone?



Gamerace on 23 December 2007
DMeisterJ said:
@ Gamerace

I've nothing against the Wii's online. It's just that it doesn't seem that good in the wake of XBL and even PSN.


 It's not as full featured, granted.  But again, Valve could host and pretty much make something comparable to what you'd get on 360 or PS3... but without voice, natch.   But you are right, if a person owns a 360 / PS3 or PC than can run Orange Box, they'd likely buy it for that instead of a Wii version, dispite IR being better than dual analog.  



 

d21lewis on 23 December 2007

Wouldn't it be great if I went to Burger King to buy some fried chicken? It's technically possible- I mean, they've got grills, and grease, and stuff. I say we start a petition!

As for a Wii version of the Orange Box- no. No thanks.

I support the Wii, and what Nintendo is doing, but the Wii version of any game is going to look like crap compared to the PS3/360 version. When it comes down to buying a graphically awesome version of a game with proven controls (ie: analog) and a graphically inferior version with controls that may or may not improve the experience, I'm going with the former, not the latter, ten times out of ten.

The Wii excels at being different from the other two. That's why I bought it. That's why I love it. It doesn't need ports. It needs games designed from the ground up for the Wii. PS2/Gamecube ports are fine. Buying any game desingned for the other two 7th generation systems may be enjoyable, but still dissapointing.



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hunter_alien on 23 December 2007

It could be done ... if it was possible on the Xbox ... but still , even afther a few missing frames , fans are yeling ( PS3 version anyone ) so dumbing it down to Wii level would be pretty outrageous for people whom played the others ...



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Kasz216 on 23 December 2007

I can't see how you could argue Dual analog is better then the Wiimote for Aiming. The Wiimote is basically a slightly gimped mouse in that regard.



Kasz216 on 23 December 2007
DMeisterJ said:
@ Kasz216

No, I said that because of Nintendo not allowing people to play with non-friends. Plus voice chat and integrated friends lists. How would that work? Sixteen digit friend codes anyone?

It's weird thats Smash Bros allows playing with Non-friends then. (Or will anyway.) Medal of Honor Heroes 2 I assume lets you play with strangers. Otherwise why have 32 person multiplayer. As for graphics wise... isn't one of the reasons PC reigns supreme is because you can make your game look like crap to get a performance edge?

Gamerace on 23 December 2007
DMeisterJ said:
@ Kasz216

No, I said that because of Nintendo not allowing people to play with non-friends. Plus voice chat and integrated friends lists. How would that work? Sixteen digit friend codes anyone?

 Nintendo doesn't allow non-friends (well it does in limited ways) but 3rd parties can.  Unfortunately that means each coming up with their own solution for friend lists etc., instead of an integrated one like 360 has.  Irregardless, it could be done on Wii, it just wouldn't be as good.



 

DMeisterJ on 23 December 2007

@ Kasz216

Well, when playing with the Wii, your pulse affects your aim ever so slightly, and with analog sticks, they aren't as sensetive as the Wii-mote. So I could see that argument. Also, Why play the 'gimped' way, and not with a real mouse/keyboard?