Poll: Console RTS >PC RTS

[internetzealot1]

Consoles always feel more organic, though I'm not sure its worth the control trade off in the RTS genre.

 

[Deleric]

RTS' are limited on the console, since you can't really achieve certain strategies and no hotkeys are available.

So no, there's a reason RTS' are usually on the PC.

 

[aww yea]

FUCK

i thought that said fps and i voted console. which is probably the origin of 2/3 of the votes

lets break it down

three main rts things:
clicking
hotkeys
moving the screen around

doing any of those with a controller is a pain and you cant actually hotkey which is a serious drawback if your playing to a higher level

honestly RTS will always be mouse driven games

 

[Woodsey]

PC.

And graphics way better on a console? You sir have most definitely not been playing on a PC for years (or at least not a very good one).

 

[AndyFromMonday]

It just feels better and everything moves faster with a pc rts. I really liked halo wars, but wouldve enjoyed it more on pc.

but those great graphics wouldn't have been possible on the PC

Far Cry 2, Crysis, Bionic Commando, Assassins Creed, Mass Effect, Call of Duty 4, Bioshock, The Sims 3, Unreal Tournament 3 and many more don't exist, right?

"You need to spend a lot of money in order to get a good PC to run games with great graphics on the PC"

Getting a good PC is extremely cheap nowadays. I never upgraded my PC once since I assembled it myself back in 07, and it's almost 2010. It can run most games with everything at High, and managed to get Medium on Crysis.

Controlling units in an RTS on a console is just plain awkward. It's always easier and more simple to select units using the mouse.

And honestly you DO sound like a troll.

 

[Jaranja]

My favorite genre is RTS. For most of my life I've been playing them on my P.C. However just recently I got "Halo Wars" and "Red Alert 3" for my xbox. Believe it or not I liked the console RTS controls better than the PC RTS controls. It felt way more organic to paint over the units to select them, instead of selecting them using click and drag. And the subtraction of the minimap didn't bother me at all. Not to mention that the graphics are waaay better on consoles. What do you think?

All that's happened is you've played 2 good examples of Console RTS games and have jumped the shark and made an outlandish statement. Before you can effectively compare the two platforms, you'll have to play a lot more than that.

OT: PC RTS Games are way better because of the Graphic capability, user-friendly controls and it's easier to micro-manage.

 

[sagonas123]

I disagree massively, the only thing that annoys me about consoles you can't hotkey units as easily and I normally have numbers 0-9 designated to units such as 9 is always my planes/air units for WC3 and RA2

The only console RTS I've played is Halo Wars, and if you count Brutal Legend, because most of the big battles are just RTS, not done very well.
I agree, the keyboard and mouse set up just makes things so much easier for an RTS. Warcraft III FTW

 

[Satin6T]

i love PC RTS
because I can't play my Starcraft on a console

hooray starcraft!

 

[RanD00M]

The genre of the RTS is something that should not go see what lies in the Console Jungle.

 

[Satin6T]

i love PC RTS
because I can't play my Starcraft on a console

hooray starcraft!

Starcraft 64!

FUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
damnit you're right

I think I'm gonna go cry now

...no screenwatching

 

[Flunk]

RTS games are based around the mouse pointer, this is why RTS games on the console frequently fall flat. I personally am not a fan of Halo wars at all but since there is no PC version it would be impossible to compare. Let's take RA3 instead. I've played both PC and 360 versions and I can tell you that the control is much better on the PC. If it were possible to play a network game between the two the console controls would be a big disadvantage as everything just takes longer to do. You can't jump around the screen with anywhere near the speed or accuracy. I suppose they could just let us use the mouse but Microsoft isn't too keen on that.

 

[antibonk]

Sorry, but I disagree. Until the day consoles support a mouse and keyboard in game PC will remain the home of RTS games.

 

[DrDeath3191]

PC RTSs simply work best. I'd like to see what could be done with the Wiimote, though.

 

[Hybridwolf]

Massively conficting issues. RTSes are best played on pc, but I have to say that the controls on a console are actually better then I thought they would be.

Oh, by the by, JESUS. How much hate have you directed at this one person? Yes your $2500 gaming rig may be able to run the best graphics in the world, but bear in mind that not everyone has that sort of money, and even if they do, they may not want to spend it on a PC.

If a person isn't aware of something, dosen't mean their a troll.

 

[Obrien Xp]

Empire Earth 2 is imo the best RTS along with the total war series. They're all on the PC.
OFC the others on my top RTS list include:
Age of Empire series
Rise of Nations
Civilization series (not really rts but strategy galore)

 

[Jupsto]

RTS as a genre is overated. but I have enjoyed the occasional title on both platform and PC and the best platform for RTS games is PC hands down undisputed.

I enjoyed BFME2 on xbox 360 but it would have been twice as good on PC. I played C&C on N64 and re alert on PS1 but the series was much better with a mouse. FACT.

 

[Ridonculous_Ninja]

My favorite genre is RTS. For most of my life I've been playing them on my P.C. However just recently I got "Halo Wars" and "Red Alert 3" for my xbox. Believe it or not I liked the console RTS controls better than the PC RTS controls. It felt way more organic to paint over the units to select them, instead of selecting them using click and drag. And the subtraction of the minimap didn't bother me at all. Not to mention that the graphics are waaay better on consoles. What do you think?

The graphics wouldn't be possible on PC? Really? You really think that?

*facepalm*

PCs can have way better graphics, they just aren't standard.

I'm not saying that Console RTSs aren't good, but imagine playing pro-Starcraft on a console.

200 apm is not possible without a mouse.

I disagree massively, the only thing that annoys me about consoles you can't hotkey units as easily and I normally have numbers 0-9 designated to units such as 9 is always my planes/air units for WC3 and RA2

I always have air units on 3 or 6, main attackers on 1, 2 and 4 (or 3 if I don't have air at that point) and in Starcraft, a scanner on 9 or 0.

 

[TsunamiWombat]

Graphics aside (PC's can get better) the Keyboard and Mouse simply allows for more precision in control, allowing for more actual strategy and less "throwing gobs of units in one direction". Thats why Halo War's and Red Alert 2 bored me, because it was just unit spam- that's a decade old game mechanics, z-z.

Don't get me wrong, your intitled to your opinion, and Consoles do some things better then PC's.

 

[Chipperz]

...Am I the only person that sees the irony in a bunch of PC elitists flaming someone being sincere because they don't agree with him, and them calling him the troll?

So... starting a thread that makes outlandish and downright incorrect statements is not trolling, so long as the person saying them sincerely believes what they're saying? But the evidence given to disprove them is trolling?

I'd say that you are not happy with the "flaming" of your console going on here, but then you're likely to cover your eyes and ears and call me a troll until I stop. So I won't do that.

I don't have a favourite console. I have a gaming PC, a Wii, a 360 AND a PS3. I just play whatever I feel like at the time, 'cos they're all great.

My point is that this guy comes on, gives his opinion and, before anyone even tries to see it from his point of view, we get...

Not to mention that the graphics are waaay better on consoles. What do you think?

ROFL!!!!! How old is your PC to have you convinced a FAILBox can have better graphics?

Spoiler

So.... Apparently you are either a fool or a troll, which is it?

HA! I scrolled up randomly and hit "quote". I could not have got a more perfect one if I tried. Pure trolling at it's finest! Bravo, Darkness62, you have proved my point most expertly!

 

[Lord_Panzer]

If democracy is to be believed, you're wrong many, many times over.