Zero Punctuation: Exclusives Showdown
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
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This new gen has had the most lackluster launch ever. At least last gen we had Blue Ray to get excited over, and visuals that weren't on the PC for 3 months before they caught up. Now we have re-hashes, sequels with less content, pay walls, and unimaginative tech-demo crap.
The graphics aren't even that stellar, with sub 1080p visuals, and if they are in 1080p, its just a subtle lighting enhancement or some extra tessellation that PC's have enjoyed for a few years now.
And game play? It's basically the same crap we have had for the past 7 years or so. I'll just save my money till something interesting comes out, or when they figure out all the launch issues with the PS4/X-One.
The graphics aren't even that stellar, with sub 1080p visuals, and if they are in 1080p, its just a subtle lighting enhancement or some extra tessellation that PC's have enjoyed for a few years now.
And game play? It's basically the same crap we have had for the past 7 years or so. I'll just save my money till something interesting comes out, or when they figure out all the launch issues with the PS4/X-One.
Personally I think "Glorious PC Gaming Master Race" is a joke with a bit of truth. It's always annoying when someone goes full arrogant fanboy mode, but the PC does generally offer a lot more features variety, games and raw horsepower, at the cost of difficult optimization and debugging because of all the possible rig combinations, and convenience since you need to download a lot of third party software (that may or may not conflict what you've already installed or require infrastructure you need to install beforehand) before your full feature suite is complete. And then you can worry about maintaining and updating everything.
Fundamentally I don't think there's much of a difference between console gamers and PC gamers tho.
Fundamentally I don't think there's much of a difference between console gamers and PC gamers tho.
Declining? Please do link me to your quote, because last I checked it was a multi-billion dollar platform with Steam alone reporting more concurrent users than consoles as well as an online userbase only surpassed by Sony, but please. Do show.Aardvaarkman said:
The games industry is healthy all around, interest just migrates.
I have to say I'm impressed with Yahtzee, with the singing here and his GTA5 ludonarrative-blah-dee-blah poem, he's really pushing himself outside his comfort zone. It takes quite a bit of effort for introverted people to act in a showy manner.
I enjoyed this and I respect the effort that went into it.
I enjoyed this and I respect the effort that went into it.
Most? really, I self identify as a PC gamer, because that's were I primarily play games. I also own a PSP, PS3, and DS, and I plan to get a WiiU(for monster hunter) and a Vita. I assure you your comment is as ignorant and bashful as the very people you proclaim to be againstUlquiorra4sama said:
'most', I don't understand how statements like these get made so often.
I want Yahtzee to sing more, overlaying your own harmonies must be tricky. Loved this episode!
(would be PC master race but with my machine it's more like PC can occasionally run it if it's optimised well and has options I can reduce to the bottom)
(would be PC master race but with my machine it's more like PC can occasionally run it if it's optimised well and has options I can reduce to the bottom)
That's how my first 'gaming' PC was, a hand'me'down from a friend. Lets just say I got familiar with the "classics" real quick haha.WhitbyDragon said:
Most of them aren't was what i said. Negative. Meaning i am of the impression that the majority of people on PC are actually decent human beings. If you want to call that ignorant then by all means go ahead.Crimsonmonkeywar said:
For some reason, I feel weirdly satisfied that the first Christmas game season to finally get the next generation truly started is also the worst Christmas game season in years. None of the 3 consoles yet have a big "must buy" game on them yet. Just look at the Metascores of the exclusives on each one. The X1 was banking on Dead Rising 3 (78), Killer Instinct (73) and Ryse (60) while the PS4 was going to give Killzone Shadow Fall (74) and Knack (56). Maybe this means the critics are starting to take their scores a little more seriously rather than handing out token 9s and 10s periodically. The Wii U has a little more going for it right now but Wind Waker is still just a re-release that I already own and Mario 3D Land looks like it's most of its value is in local multiplayer.
At this point, the only reason I want a next-gen console is so I can play Destiny. And I'm getting really worried that Destiny isn't worth $460.
Well it was implied I meant out of the three consoles, that is what the video was about.klaynexas3 said:
I love my 3DSXL, but I still prefer playing on my giant TV with surround-sound in my 'comfy as hell' waffle chair next to my minifridge.
Given that PCs are used for far more than gaming, your comparison there is hogwash. PC sales have declined because many people who used pcs for light apps like social networking can now do so much more readily on mobile devices. People are buying more PCs than ever, it's just that many of those "PCs" are in the form of a "phone" or "tablet". With the massive boom in PC game sales, which is the actual metric we would use to track pc gaming growth or decline, it can hardly be said that pc gaming is declining.Aardvaarkman said:
