My personnal answer is comfort. My computer desk + chair can't rival my living room couch and TV.Quote:
Originally Posted by fastitocalon
I do agree though. That's why after finishing Dragon Age on console twice I bought it for PC because it is better to play it on PC. However the game wouldn't even install (the install itself bugged) which bummed me to no end as I first redeemed all the add-on codes.
I just beat Bayonetta. Pretty good game. The amound of combos you can do is overwhelming for me. Really wierd story too.
Workin on AC:Brotherhood now, fantastic game. Big fan of all of them so no suprise there (and yes, even the first one).
Workin on my fps console skills as well! I dont suck as bad on Halo:Reach anymore lol.
After Brotherhood, ill be starting tales of vesperia. anyone ever played it? am i in for a treat? please say yes.
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Originally Posted by fastitocalon
*tear*
I miss my computer. Sold most of it, just have enough to make it a media server and basic internet for the girlfriend.
I switched to console....feel like a traitor haha. I know computers have higher resolution with eye candy and k+b superiority but honestly, all the games are the same. All we get is console ports with slightly higher textures and some AA, AF. Even options like those are starting to get stripped away and require you to force it manually through the V drivers.
My main reason is because computers are the ultimate form of entertainment....when your by yourself. My gf hated it when she would stay at my place for a couple of days and I would sit in the corner by myself and stare at my command center (3 screens lol). I couldnt do anything with her. Her son cant do anything me and neither can my own son. It sucked. Now we live together and I bought a nice tv, a xbox, surround sound and a media box. now we can all play games together and now I can play with all of me friends because apparently i only have 2 friends who play pc games besides me and my best friend just switched to xbox for alot of the same reasons as me.
I hope later I can afford and have a place to do another pc build. but for now, its one or the other. and this is the logical choice. plus, being lazy as hell, lounging on my couch is the most epic way to enjoy games.
the most annoying thing to me about consoles is there is no option for vsync....and it kills me.
sorry for thread jacking, had to through that out there ;)
Just beat Costume Quest. Fun game but kinda repetitive.
Just finished Gothic 4
Risen > Gothic 4 just saying...
Bastion
Awesome.
Witcher 2. It was a great game. I loved the story and the deep plot line with multiple outcomes. The dialog was great and the graphics/art design were incredible. The combat was good for the most part, but it felt clunky toward the end when guy got really fast. It needed action canceling. Overall, it was a great experience that I would highly recommend. I played the last half of the game on my 50in 1080p plasma with a 360 controller and it was sublime. Definitely use the controller with this game.
Dead Space 2
Superb game. Absolutely loved it from start to finish. I'm a big fan of horror, and more specifically, survival horror games, and the DS franchises is one of the last great ones left.
Of course, it's not much different from the first game, but that's fine by me. It still has one of the best settings, storylines, and atmospheres in horror games today, and I'm glad they picked up literally right where the first game ended.
The only downsides for me were it can get a bit repetitive and sometimes predictable as far as the necromorph attacks go, and it isn't quite as fresh feeling this time around (obviously), so some of the freak out factor and scares are down a touch.
Still, I had a total blast with it. Best $15 I've spent in awhile. It also was a good length too, took me ~15 hours to complete on Hard, and haven't touched the multiplayer yet.
Two thumbs waaaay up and definitely looking forward to part three!
Now that school has started I can finally get back to playing the Xbox. I started Act III in Dragon Age 2 2 weeks ago and haven't been able to play because my son out of school staying up late. I bought Assassins Creed II off ebay to fire up as soon as I'm finished.
[QUOTE=Lee_T;2747800]My personnal answer is comfort. My computer desk + chair can't rival my living room couch and TV
I have the best of both worlds. I game on my PC from my couch on my TV. I just finished Oblivion. Probably going to go to one of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R games but not sure next. I bought a pile of used games on Amazon a while ago and been playing them so all of the games I have played are old. Farcry, Mechcommander 2, Doom 3(I think I finished about 1/2 of it have to go back and finish it), about 90% finished with F.E.A.R, Sacred on my laptop.
[QUOTE=drdoom;2748549]I'm thinking about trying this out. Plugging my ASUS G73 into my 42" and using my wife's wireless keyboard/mouse. I'll report back my results ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lee_T
PC use is the main reason I'm thinking of upgrading my current 42" plasma. It's just 720p, and all the computers in my house outside of my netbook now run at 1080p, so using a computer on that TV jacks up the resolution and the desktop.
I can't recommend a plasma TV more. It completely changes PC gaming as far as I am concerned. There is a huge difference between gaming on a 23 or 24" monitor and a 50 or 60" TV now that you can get 1080p. I have a Samsung 850 and it looks great. I am thinking about getting a Panasonic GT series. If you can afford it then you won't regret it.
Yeah, plasma rocks. Still very satisfied with my Panny S1, and that's not even an upper-tier set.
Anyway, the demo for Space Marine is parked on my PS3 and waiting for my attention. The kids have finally gone to bed (no way am I playing this in front of them, the trailer was unspeakably bloody) and now my wife has commandeered the tv already. :/
So I wait my turn, and hope it psykes me up to buy the full game.
I just bought a 60" Panasonic ST30 plasma and I love it. Haven't played any games on it yet, but I'll be getting to that this weekend.
Plasma is by far the best way to go these days. With all the improvements made to reduce burn in, energy consumption, and noise there really isn't a reason to get a LCD anymore unless you want a small set. The viewing angles, contrast ratio, refresh rate, and color gamut are all way better than LCD. The only downside is that text can not look as sharp as it does on an LCD, but an LCD looks too "sterile" when compared to a plasma, which has a more natural picture.
Anyway, I just beat Dead Space 1 on PC and it was great. I had some frustrating issues such as random crashes and various glitches (scripting locked up) that ruined a few of the chapters. The narrative was painfully predictable as well as the fighting. I ran up to a character I had been talking to for quite some time on the radio and I said to myself "I bet he gets shot and or killed before I get there and then I get bum rushed by necros" and sure enough that happened. I even started calling how many waves would come from a room or what would set off a necro attack. The scripting was far too transparent, but the game is 3 years old.
Overall, I would highly recommend it! Another problem was that I had it set on medium and it automatically went to hard out of no where with no option to set it back. It made the last few levels a little hectic especially since it crashed to desktop on the last boss.
It was still worth the play through, solid game!
Last game I beat was Catherine and I thought it was pretty awesome. Currently playing Xenoblade.
I just beat Dead Space 2. It was much more polished than the first and the environments were more varied. However, it was shorter. I beat it in 6 hours 30mins keeping a decent pace through the end, but still checking every log, audio file, and video as well as all the extra routes and rooms. DS2 did away with some of the tediousness that was found in DS1, but at the cost of length. The game is much more cinematic. It is a hell of a lot more stable and it looks much better as well. The shaders and lighting seemed like a major step forward which helped the atmosphere. There were only 4 suits in the game during the first play through. So few, in fact, that I thought I missed several when I beat the game. I checked the FAQs and I found them all, there just aren't many.
Overall, I would have been disappointed with a 60 dollar price point due to the length (I beat it in 2 sittings), but the experience was not one to pass up at today's price!
The game did not glitch or crash at all, unlike the glitch riddled DS1.
My only argument against plasma is that they still aren't warrantied or rated for use at over 5000 ft. elevation. Coming from a town that was at 7200 ft in elevation has permanently burned me on the idea of a Plasma television.Quote:
Originally Posted by Timman_24
Most recently "beat" Terraria. I've found/crafted all the items in the game. Kind of burnt out on it somewhere through yesterday. I'm sure I'll go back to it, but I won't be playing it as obsessively as I was previously.
DS1 never crashed on me once... YMMV.
Just finished FEAR 3. Loved it. I was playing it over a friends house so I'll be buying it for myself in the near future since the co-op looks like a blast.
You may want to relook at plasmas. Some of the newer models are rated for higher elevation.Quote:
Originally Posted by James
Finished Dragon Age Origins the other night. Solid game. I'm not going to play Awakening or any of the DLC as I've already got it ready for trade-in to Amazon. Next up is Alpha Protocol and whatever the hell else I feel like playing.
Too bad, Awakening was better than Origins IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by PowerCreep
Yeah, I heard Awakening was good It appears if you buy the retail Awakening disc you don't need an Origins disc provided you have an Origins save game on your drive. Conversely, if you download it through the marketplace you must have the Origins disc. Anyone confirm?
I do not support this message lol. Everything about awakening was inferior to Origins imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Timman_24