So, i was playing through Deus Ex: Human Revolution for the first time today on my xbox. While i am certainly having fun with it, i'm having a nagging feeling in the back of my head that i should've got it for PC. There were a couple of reasons why i didn't - being an achievement nut, i wanted DE 1k'd on my card, and my graphics cards (295GTX in SLI) aren't capable of Direct X 11, which is something a lot of PC games are moving towards now and i figured i'd get a less than optimal experience anyway.
I stopped playing and i got to thinking; what if i simply purchased the game again over steam to play on the PC? Partly because i'm sure the graphics and overall performance would be significantly enhanced, partly because i prefer aiming with a mouse, but also because on my current run through on the xbox i'm having to go for this borderline perfect pacifist no alarm hard mode run, which is really restricting my experience in some places. The copy on PC would be the "dick around" copy, if you know what i mean. Use whatever gear i want, let myself suffer consequences as they come (if plot specific characters die for example, just carry on instead of reloading)
I've actually bought multiple copies before. I've done it for Arkham Asylum, Call of Duty, Fallout, Oblivion and a few others. While i do enjoy playing them on either the PC or xbox / ps3 respectively and feel they offer comparatively different experiences, i do get a niggling feeling in the back of my head that i'm sort of squandering money by being indecisive about what platform i want to play on. Generally, i only purchase multiple copies for games i'm truly impressed by or enjoy enough to play through again without giving it a month or so.
I was just wondering the escapist's opinion on this weird little habit of mine. Do you think it's wasteful? Also, do any of you also purchase the same game on multiple platforms like me?
I stopped playing and i got to thinking; what if i simply purchased the game again over steam to play on the PC? Partly because i'm sure the graphics and overall performance would be significantly enhanced, partly because i prefer aiming with a mouse, but also because on my current run through on the xbox i'm having to go for this borderline perfect pacifist no alarm hard mode run, which is really restricting my experience in some places. The copy on PC would be the "dick around" copy, if you know what i mean. Use whatever gear i want, let myself suffer consequences as they come (if plot specific characters die for example, just carry on instead of reloading)
I've actually bought multiple copies before. I've done it for Arkham Asylum, Call of Duty, Fallout, Oblivion and a few others. While i do enjoy playing them on either the PC or xbox / ps3 respectively and feel they offer comparatively different experiences, i do get a niggling feeling in the back of my head that i'm sort of squandering money by being indecisive about what platform i want to play on. Generally, i only purchase multiple copies for games i'm truly impressed by or enjoy enough to play through again without giving it a month or so.
I was just wondering the escapist's opinion on this weird little habit of mine. Do you think it's wasteful? Also, do any of you also purchase the same game on multiple platforms like me?
