Lycanthrope
Honorary Master
Woohoo! RPG's FTW!
I'm a gamer first, and a PC-afficionado second. I love games a lot. RPGs especially since the backbone of any good game is its storyline. Unfortunately, truly great RPGs are few and far between. Fallout, Planescape, Arcanum, Gothic, Oblivion, Neverwinter and Baldur's Gate have been, arguably, the most phenomenal for years. Again, personal opinion
Perhaps it's merely my experience with consoles that leaves something to be desired, but I fail to see the "wow" in it. There have been some great RPGs for consoles over the years - it's what inspired me to get one on the first place. But to me, a PC just seems more detailed and more innovative. People get to fiddle, add things, take things and manipulate things in games on a computer.
And yeah, perhaps the only way to really get zero framerate issues on a computer is to have some "hardcore" computer, but eh, if it means that much to a person, you work and save towards it. Kinda why a lot of PC-fanboiz are so fundamental about them - they put a farkload of love into it.
The thing I like about using a mouse to "look around" with, is that if you move the mouse rapidly, the perspective moves rapidly. With a controller, it's pretty much either slow or kind-of-fast. Its sensitivity is limited. It's something that personally bugs me, but I understand that it doesn't bug a lot of other people, so hey, no problem.
When I first heard about Mass Effect, I was stunned beyond belief. It was a game made by my favourite company (BioWare) who all come from either Troika or Black Isle or some other company with their own cult-following. For the first time I thought, "Crud, time to save for an XBOX" To me, Mass Effect was the only game to date that could ever have persuaded me to get an XBOX. All because of the wondrous sensationalism reviewers gave that game. I have yet to really play it, and I look forward to it.
I bought my PS2 and PS3 because of Final Fantasy. It was the one series I always wanted to get my hands on and say I own. So, naturally, I eventually went a little nuts and went on a shopping spree. I was incredibly disappointed in the FFX series because it completely destroyed what FF was to me with rubbish voice acting and the most ridiculous excuse for a story-line - again, in my own personal opinion.
I'm glad I bought my consoles, and I'm glad I played the games I always wanted to play, and I'll always buy games for them unless the same games come out for PC simply because, to me, a computer is better at gaming than a console. A console is limited to what its manufacturers put into it. A computer is limited to what you put into it. And if it's important to you, you work towards it. *shrug* Saying "It's too expensive to upgrade" when you're willing to fork R600 out per game and R4000 per console, is sort of contradictory
I'd probably prefer a 360 to my PS3, and might even go ahead and get one if any games come out for it that I know for a fact will never be ported to the PC. After all - Jade Empire was one of the games that I always wanted to play, and it came out in a Special Edition for the PC
It's one of my favourite games to date and will likely remain that way.One thing about a computer though - and this might sound ridiculous, but I consider it true - you never have to worry about backwards compatibility
Someone always finds a way Look at DOSBox My apologies, Optioncarduser, I had assumed that console games are still developed on computers.
Last edited:
