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PC has almost always been the best place to play a multiplatform game, its just now quite a bit cheaper than it used to be.
Jan 26, 2011 5:09pm PST
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PC has almost always been the best place to play a multiplatform game, its just now quite a bit cheaper t...
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I completely disagree. Playing on my 360 is much less of a hastle.
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OverloadUT
Not that console is
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better, but I find that it is more oftan than not.
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OverloadUT
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Not being able to MyFreeCams from inside my current game is too much hassle to handle. Also buying a new ...
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Crabs Jarrard
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I don't understand this. I CERTAINLY have to upgrade my PC more often than my Xbox 360. Games for the 360...
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OverloadUT
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That bit on PA about porting MNC to the pc indicate that no matter the sensitivity of your thumbstick, th...
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locater16
Here's that post: http://www.penny-arcade.com/2011/1/24/
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LoioshDwaggie
Oddly enough, the superiority of one device over another has very little bearing on how
fun
it is for a l...
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Haxim
The games I would actually play do not range from 1-60. The titles that don't launch at a lower price poi...
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Crabs Jarrard
Hassle free gaming!
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Dschinghis Khan
Playing on my
360
pc is much less of a hassle. Especially since I'm on my pc more. When Jimmylegs wants t...
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locater16
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I'll agree that it is less of a hassle, but it is also less rewarding. It is a trade off like everything ...
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steauengeglase
How do you mean less 'rewarding'?
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Haxim
disagree.
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roushimsx
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Actually its usually the worst. Pc's get shitty ports of multiplatform games all the time.
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JohnnyRey
Yes, control schemes have been suffering with the focus on dual-stick controllers.
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the archvile
I wouldn't say shitty. People are just used to some shit and they don't like it. Say for instance Dead Sp...
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Dschinghis Khan
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yeah, fucking L4D and TF2 sucked on PC.
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watcherxp
Thank god Valve are the company that do all PC ports! My god can you imagine if they weren't!??!!?!?
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SpaecKow
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Yep, you're right. Batman, Call of Juarez, Street Fighter 4, Resident Evil 5, Bad Company 2, Dead Rising,...
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Crabs Jarrard
Hahahaha. Bingo.
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Good job. Those were good ports. There are also 50 billion terrible ones.
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JohnnyRey
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Could you list 5 that came out in 2010 that were terrible?
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Crabs Jarrard
Halo 2
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grandmasterlee
borderlands
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Gapyro
^^ this.... console to pc port are typically so bad, esp with the current trend of console-centric dev...
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Gapyro
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I'd argue the cheaper part. Yes the individual games often are cheaper, especially if you wait for thing...
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SolrFlare
Depends on how many games you buy, the more games you purchase the better the pc's overall "price" is. Ha...
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locater16
when 360 launched, definitely true. Like Garnett mentioned however that balance of cost is quickly conver...
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malloc
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What about all the add-ons for all the different consoles regular controllers $50 each PS3 M...
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sasquatchxing
I've bought 1 wired controller for my 360 5 years ago. Unless you really go crazy, there really is no co...
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TheVietSpecial
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That's a moronic argument.
IF
any of those games (Rock Band, Wii Fit, Kinect games) existed for the PC, y...
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OverloadUT
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Wait, what? Your "IF" is moot since those games DON'T exist for PC and you DON'T buy the peripherals on t...
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thetangent
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I really don't think it is, unless you want to add up all the peripherals you can buy for a computer. I ...
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TheVietSpecial
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When you're talking about the cost of a system, you have to include all of the costs. If you build your o...
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thetangent
I thought you were saying that, whether you purchased it or not, you should include peripherals in the pr...
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TheVietSpecial
Eh, i just always find it funny stuff like that get's ignored for cost of a system. Yeah not everyone...
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sasquatchxing
You could say the same for the PC. Those extra controllers allow others to play. It's rare you can get fo...
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Mmmmmoo
lol
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shirif
I dunno man, I can do a LOT of gaming on my laptop with a Geforce 330M Gt.... building a desktop with a g...
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nukewinter
One of my friend just bought a new pc a few months ago that cost him 800$. He never had a gaming PC befor...
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razlebol
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Eh. Depends on the game and what kind of experience I'm looking for from it. For single player cinematic ...
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BlackCat9
yes I certainly agree and should have put that in my statement. For the types of games I like to play PC ...
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malloc
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Despite being a PC fan who frowns at gamers with opinions like those held by dantastic, I think I am goin...
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Dr_Cube
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True, but Steam has made shit like and patching and now, if you have an AMD card, even updating your driv...
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Dschinghis Khan
PC gaming would be fractured and dead if not for Steam. The easy installation, auto patching and updating...
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Dr_Cube
really? i just remember shitty ports
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dantastic
Rarely. PC versions tend to be rickety, annoying motherfuckers.
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SpaecKow
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The only multiplayer experiences that are better on the pc than, say, a xbox are rts, mmo, and sometimes ...
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TheVietSpecial
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It's just such a hassle to try and get a group together, find a decent server, be able to have everyone c
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SpaecKow
Because games that I play regularly rarely have any kind of party system on the PC. Where you all can jo...
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TheVietSpecial
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I'd pretty much disagree, too. There are rare cases where games like Mass Effect and MNC that are tweake...
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DrWaffles
They could have done a much better job for MNC imo.. The interface is bad and the controls should have to...
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razlebol
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As long as I'm having fun I don't care which platform it's on.
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phate81
^^ this guy knows what's up
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peat
I completely agree.
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reZaun
I'm not going debate the finer points of PC vs. consoles. Sure, they each have their strengths and weakne...
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at0micgarden
maybe when "multiplatform" was a game being on pc and mac
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maulla
Real servers. Mouse+keyboard. Modding and user levels.Optional high end graphics. I can live with tech su...
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thebigbeefsandwich
Cheaper is definitely true $1000 can buy you a state of the art sandy bridge. When I was in high school ...
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llamameat
It's not always the best thanks to some shitty ports but it sure is my favorite when well executed.
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razlebol
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These are always great threads. Play on what you like and stop giving a shit what other people do.
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boredguy
Amen, brudda.
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Dschinghis Khan
But there are people that are WRONG on the INTERNET!!!
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TheVietSpecial
It's disappointing that controller support in PC ports isn't a priority.
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Cliffzorz
I'd play shooters on my ps3 if they let me use a damn keyboard and mouse.
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DM7
i evaluate each game based on genre, developer track record on different platforms, gameplay, and multipl...
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EvilDolemite
im so fucking bored of this. can we have a pc fags vs console twats tag so i never have to see a thread l...
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disembodied potato
I do straight 360 and only do ps3/pc if it's an exclusive. I will buy Bethesda games on sale for pc to s...
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kingdepork
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Wow...you guys just played right into his hands didn't you?
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The Wilhelm Scream
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Continuing this tradition, I'll pose that consoles are basically Macs for PC users. They just work. But y...
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The Wilhelm Scream
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Also, Ipads are huge Iphones without the phone part.
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The Wilhelm Scream
I just don't get The Big Lebowski.
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The Wilhelm Scream
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reelbk
Sure, but it's all relative - a brand new base model 360 can be had for $100. My two recent computers ...
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Milleh