The exact same thing happened to me with fallout 3. Except i got it on PC because my xbox kept chewing the game-disk. It's amazing how angry constant freezing can get you.
Fallout 3 WAS behaving for me until recently, but then it started locking up. I have no idea why, but apparently it suddeny decided running some things on a quad-core was something it couldn't do. I fixed it though. Thanks, Google!Scrumpmonkey said:Fallout 3 is INFURATING i will give you that, it's the game i have had most lock-ups on (And i own ALL the stalker games) but it's an exception of mine of late. Overal since my last re-build i have have very few problems with my games, even buggy monsters like ARMA II have behaved themselves better than i was led to beleive
chuckwendig said:I'm running a system that I built myself, cost me around $900 wholesale 2 and a half years ago, the only new part being a GPU (the original 8800GT that was in it died about 4 months ago) I've had no problems with Crysis, Fallout 3 or any GFWindows' Games. Maybe it might just be your Hardware Chuck.Treblaine said:Snip]
You'd think that with all that pent-up agita, you'd actually read the article.
Clearly, I am playing PC games. How do I end the article? Fuck PC games. Except for, y'know, other PC games. Yes, I am going to come back to this poisoned teat again and again because it offers games I can't get elsewhere. (Ahem cough cough Civ 5.)
But newsflash: I don't have time to build a PC. I don't have time to build a television, a blender, a fridge, a car. I don't sew my own clothes. I do not slaughter my own cattle. I buy something, I personally would like it to work with minimum frustration.
You don't have these problems? I'm not suggesting you do. I wrote an article. It's full of True Things. People seem hell-bent to dispute my experiences, as if my experiences must be also indicative of their experiences.
They're not.
You love PC gaming?
Keep playing those games. No harm, no foul.
As I said, I'll keep going back to them, too. And I'll probably ***** about it and put my foot through my monitor, but that's my bag, not yours.
And for the record, my mic is not a cheapy mic. Works great for Skype. Further, my microphone on the 360 works just fine, too.
-- Chuck
You said that you don't have time to build your own PC, to scout for parts need only take 20 minutes a day, buying aforementioned parts and installing them need only take a day.
You need a wombat. Just as cute and you can pummel them all day and they just walk it off. Hell, you can hit them with your car and most of the time the wombat will walk it off while your car will be buggered.chuckwendig said:Hey! Baby seals have had it *too good* for *too long.*RhombusHatesYou said:Admit it, Chuck, you're just looking for excuses to punch baby seals.
I left another comment of mine in page 1 about this, just check it out if you must.MaxPowers666 said:I looked at the min specs, and went on whatever website it is that tells if your computer can run a game. They all said it was above the min specs. Even the installer said the game could run on the comp. Next time you call somebody a retard actually read their post first.Edzor said:Excuse me, I just cannot read that perfect example of IDIOCY and NOT flame you for it...
There is something called "minimum specs", look into it before buying a game, RETARD.
See I rarely ever encounter problems on my ps3. Sure when playing fallout 3 it used to freeze fairly often but I fixed that problem and nothing else has ever frozen or crashed on it. Infact iv never had a single problem with it besides the fallout 3 one. Oh and my ps3 has been banged up pretty bad, the case is full of scratches and its been kicked several times during fallout 3 play.Khaiseri said:For me, installation doesn't takes so bloody long, and I normally do not troubleshoot.
So it's either your PC, or you are a console fanboy.
PC has it's strengthens over the console, that if If you know how to configure it, how to maintain it and to use it.
Consoles can have the same problems than PC as well, you know.
PS3 froze on me quite some times, some friends X360 got burned soon after he bought it, and another friend PS3 got burned after 1 year an a half of use.
And yet my PC still was running even after 8 years of service. Sure, it got burned, but that was it was running at 49ºC to 68ºC and I couldn't cool it down enough, all what I could do was to leave a block of ice (literally) next to the PC. But it worked for 2 years with those temperatures, and I managed to max it out all what I could, and it did what It could.
For me PC is clearly the superior platform, and if for you it's any console, well good for you, but that's no reason to go on ranting about it's flaws, even while consoles have some worse problems.
My 360 actually red ringed last year but that was a launch console and got many many hours of use before it finally crapped out. So I spend the $50 to fix it and its as good as new.
Consoles do have problems, or atleast thats what those pc gamers keep telling me but I havnt encountered them yet. Now the PC the list of problems iv run into is far far to long. I gave it a chance and it failed, then it failed again, then I left it. I agree though for you PC may be better and for me consoles are better. But I have no clue what these worse problems are other then the red ring.
It's just funny to me, because this attitude is almost entirely unique to PC gaming enthusiasts.dochmbi said:You shouldn't even be playing PC games if you don't want to put work into it. You have to make sure you are clean of viruses and adware and bloatware which often comes with pre-installed computers. You have to check your temperatures and update your drivers, occasionally clean-up the insides of your PC, maybe additional fans are needed if the manufacturer didn't build the system with 100% load stability.
I build my PC myself with custom cooling, I picked out all the best components for price-performance-ratio and quality, I install my operating system myself and as a result of my work I have a PC which runs every game perfectly and without any problems.
Oh, that's a whole other "seal-punching" issue.t_rexaur said:Also Mr Wendig, console gaming is only good up to the point your 360 red rings on you