Um, sorry, but I don't mean to be a dick or anything (I dunno what it is about this forum that just makes us all raging savages...) but I don't recall him saying anything about constant upgrades other than the fact that he is upgrading THIS YEAR for battlefield 3.s69-5 said:WTF?
So you start the video by naming multiplat titles (Torchlight, Portal 2), mention PC's second biggest flaw (constant upgrades) and downplay that by syaing that you can play old games on it like as if only PC offers that ability - forgetting PSN and Virtual Console much?
This video is nothing more than highly biased BS. The biggest flaw that PC gaming has is the elitist fanboys who are fed by this kind of misinformed gobbledygook. Guess what, PC is no better and no worse than consoles in all reality. Both have moments of greatness, due to some very creative titles (minecraft, LBP, etc) ; and moments that are not so great due to reliance on stagnant genres (*cough*FPS*cough*); and everything in between. I myself prefer to be able to experience this by not having to place a small fortune in upgrading every other year (money saved that I can put into more games), but hey, whatever floats your boat.
That's only because of the bane of the gaming industry - exclusivity. I would love to see Armored Core on PC. We need a good mech sim game on PC since Microsoft bought rights to the Mechwarrior series, turned it into an arcade style shitfest, and made it console-only.EverythingIncredible said:On the other side of the coin, I find plenty of games on consoles that would never be adequately told on PCs. Particularly games by From Software like Armored Core and Demon's Souls.
Sure, you could emulate it. But you will never have the true experience of playing those kinds of games when at your desk.
if you are statisfied with playing it on a graphical level identical to an xbox360, you can get a very, VERY cheap pc, for less or about the same as you would have to invest in a console. of course, if you want everything cranked up to the max, you'll have to pay for it. but don't forget: an xbox is just a small, pretty outdated pc itself. how many years is that thing old now? 4? you can get a 4 year old pc with similar power for next to nothing. this age old argument for consoles is nothing but fabrication and/or misinformed drivel.Danzavare said:But it's not misinformation. If I want to play something like Dues EX I do need a really good and really expensive computer. A lot of the big mainstream games are graphics intensive and you can't get past the fact that you need a computer than can cope with that. You don't /need/ to put lots of money into a good computer, it's just if you don't do so you miss most of the mainstream releases...?Matthew94 said:Great video, but I hated eye. It was a buggy piece of shit and infinite respawning really pisses me off when a fucking attack chopper comes at you every minute along with rocket launcher wielding goons.
Now if only console players would listen to this video...
You don't need to upgrade a PC every year and it doesn't cost thousands for a PC. Also the games are cheaper.
The mis-information annoys me.
Armies and tables cost a s*** tonweirdguy said:Damn. I saw that chainsword in the gamestop rewards program (lol people who hate gamestop) for like, 80000 points, and it was in limited quantities....and it ran out within a couple hours.
If there's one thing that warhammer fans are known for it's a disposable income.
Erm, who was this aimed at? i.e. who is 'You Graphics Whore'? I'm pretty sure the consoles pushed the industry towards the 'pretty but shallow' end of the market. Smaller game worlds, smaller maps, smaller player counts in multiplayer. Not trying to dump on the consoles, I own a few, but yeah...Sgt. Sykes said:The biggest problem with graphics is that good graphics is insanely expensive to make. Furthermore, the scale is more logarithmic than linear. 10% increase in 'graphics quality' can cost 50% more. So yes, you graphics whore, shut up. We can chose between stupid short simple linear games with 'gooooood' graphics every year or two, or complex, huge games with poorer graphics which take longer to make. Oh wait, we don't have the choice anymore. The short retarded games for graphics whores have won. Well, thanks.
Agreed.But no, I don't think the 'best' PC games have shit graphics. Don't even start with Minecraft or WOW. Let's be realistic here. Crysis was great and graphics was a good part of that. Graphics is important. Portal wouldn't be Portal without it's style. Yes, it's about STYLE, not about the number of polygons, thousands of motion captures and whatever. Developers, just make the graphic appropriate for the given game. No need to upscale all the time.
I'm actually a Tzeentch man, myself. Gotta keep it spicy!lax4life said:Soooooooo, Jim worships Slaanesh right?
Anyway good vid, haters gonna hate etc. etc.
Oh, I see what you mean now. Although I'll still disagree with it somewhat. I prefer to play games at my desk, gaming on the couch doesn't feel comfortable to me. Other people prefer the couch, of course. And with most modern video cards that can output through HDMI to your TV, plus a wireless controller, you can play anything you like from your couch, whether it's on PC or console.EverythingIncredible said:I probably should have worded that differently.
It has nothing to do with exclusivity. I'm saying that there are games out there are that are better off played on a couch with a controller in hand rather than on your desk.