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Originally posted by mezah
why are u waiting for those games??
do u really own 3 consoles??:eek:
cause they are totally badass games that blow away all the over-rated trash thats been released on the PC lately (ie Doom3)...
yup, i own 3 consoles... i dont see whats so :eek: about that ... i spent less $$$ on all 3 of my consoles than I did on just my video card :o
dont think Ill be getting these but thought Id mention them...
Black and white 2 and Liesure Suit Larry new effort..
Definitely looking forward to Halo 2 and GTA: San Andreas.
I think that Half-Life 2 and STALKER both have kick-*** potential, but I'm not as sure about their greatness as I am with Halo and GTA.
What about:
Knights of Honor (RTS)
and
*drumroll*
KOTOR II (twotwotwotwo *echo*)
(coming to you this december)
Halo 2.
HL2 (hopefully this year).
kpxgq: - Did you really have to trash Doom3? After all the question was about upcoming games.
Don't like Doom3, just let it go. What now, all Doom3 fans shuold post in every other thread about Zelda being overrated cartoonish trash for 12 year olds? Wouldn't be reasonable, or would it?
Good point :DQuote:
Originally posted by Skywize
What about:
KOTOR II (twotwotwotwo *echo*)
(coming to you this december)
kpxgq: Naruto: Narutimett Hero 2 is on PS2, not Gamecube (the Gamecube Naruto game is different), and it just came out last week!!
Well IMHO most console games are overrated cartoonish trash for 12 year olds :P Soooo in your attempt at being sarcastic I'd say you were right on ;)Quote:
Originally posted by Zvi
Halo 2.
HL2 (hopefully this year).
kpxgq: - Did you really have to trash Doom3? After all the question was about upcoming games.
Don't like Doom3, just let it go. What now, all Doom3 fans shuold post in every other thread about Zelda being overrated cartoonish trash for 12 year olds? Wouldn't be reasonable, or would it?
And just for the record: I too think Doom 3 was way overhyped
(and so is HL2, after all the wait i betcha there won't be any visual 'WOW-factor' anymore, better be all it can be in the gameplay area)
KOTOR II is going to be sick :o
PC: Myst IV, Half-Life 2
Console: Mortal Kombat Deception & Halo 2
I have a PS2 and am going to wait until Deception hits Greatest Hits status, I think, since I still have Deadly Alliance and dig playing it.
Myst IV is going to be only $39 at intro, I think, so when it hits $29, I'm all over it. Half-Life 2 - I am going to wait for the reviews and the patches and a price drop to maybe $39 or $29.
UT2004 is still keeping me very busy, after all these months. :)
I have 2 PCs, a PS2 and an xBOX.....I'd hardly touch my consoles for a few months now.....last game I played on my PS2 was Van Helsing and DOA:XBV for my xBOX. U bought 'em coz it seemed like the right thing to do at the time.:o After playing PC games, consoles don't do anything for me right now...:)
Well, to put things in perspective, anything less would unacceptable.Quote:
Originally posted by mikeysg
I have 2 PCs, a PS2 and an xBOX.....I'd hardly touch my consoles for a few months now.....last game I played on my PS2 was Van Helsing and DOA:XBV for my xBOX. U bought 'em coz it seemed like the right thing to do at the time.:o After playing PC games, consoles don't do anything for me right now...:)
I mean, you could buy all 3 consoles easily for less than the price of that video card in your sig. Think about that for a second.
So yeah...if you've got the money to invest in PC gaming (which no matter how you slice it is infinetly more expensive than console gaming), it had damn well BETTER be more entertaining.
You wouldn't pay $40,000 for a new BMW, and expect it to be no better than a $15000 Honda, right?
yet the fact that PC and console games (overall) ARE so close in many ways, is what makes console games so damn popular. For the price of a flat, average, barebones PC, one can buy their favorite 2 consoles with a few games each.
Talking strictly about gaming: point made.Quote:
Originally posted by Spaceman Spiff
Well, to put things in perspective, anything less would unacceptable.
I mean, you could buy all 3 consoles easily for less than the price of that video card in your sig. Think about that for a second.
So yeah...if you've got the money to invest in PC gaming (which no matter how you slice it is infinetly more expensive than console gaming), it had damn well BETTER be more entertaining.
You wouldn't pay $40,000 for a new BMW, and expect it to be no better than a $15000 Honda, right?
yet the fact that PC and console games (overall) ARE so close in many ways, is what makes console games so damn popular. For the price of a flat, average, barebones PC, one can buy their favorite 2 consoles with a few games each.
But most people use their PC for more than just games.
Local News, nationwide news, worldnews, weather, email, stock quotes, word proccessing, video capture, video/audio editing, sharkyforums, 3dmark ( ;) ), SETI, folding, and porn.
Just to list a few uses :)
BTW how do you aim in HALO on XBOX?
Can't possibly beat aiming with a mouse can ya?
Actually, I prefer playing FPSs on Xbox now. When I first got it, I avoided shooters like the plague. I liked the whole mouse/keyboard thing and (more importantly) I sucked balls aiming with a controller. Then I slowly eased into it and now I'm much more comfortable on the 'box than I am with mouse and keyboard.Quote:
Originally posted by Skywize
BTW how do you aim in HALO on XBOX?
Can't possibly beat aiming with a mouse can ya?
Nobody can dispute that mouse/keyboard is the more precise control scheme, but I personally enjoy the Controller S more.
But the controller could not possibly be as fast and responsive in aiming as a mouse, could it? I'm used to fast fraggin' in UT2004, for instance. Would not want to slow down and have to have the paced aiming thing. Unless you went auto-aim, how could you get a fast reaction time and keep the pace going?
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Originally posted by Skywize
BTW how do you aim in HALO on XBOX?
Can't possibly beat aiming with a mouse can ya?
most of the people who prefer PC games over console games are also usually people who play FPS or realtime strategy games 80% of the time... in those types of games... a mouse/keyboard is infinitely better...
howver... in just about every other genre (racing, fighting, rpg, platform, puzzle) a gamepad is superior... thats why just about every sharky who plays madden on their PC also uses a PS2 dualshock pad and USB adapter.
Mikey himself said that he prefers eye-candy filled FPS games.... well then of course he will prefer PC gaming which is played using mouse/kb and with a $500 video card... however for people like me who prefer games with actual gaming substance (gameplay, storyline, characterization, skills)... a $200 console is more than enough
I haven't played on a console (not counting emulators) since the 80s. My last console gaming was on a friends nintendo (those plain grey boxes way back before half of you guys were born ;) ), and before that was frogger and pac man on the atari 2600.Quote:
Originally posted by kpxgq
however for people like me who prefer games with actual gaming substance (gameplay, storyline, characterization, skills)... a $200 console is more than enough
Pac Man has to be the oldest still surviving game.
Ahhh the good old days when games were simple ;)
BTW IMHO you forgot one of the main attraction of consoles today:
you don't need a college degree to get games working ;)
True.Quote:
Originally posted by Skywize
Talking strictly about gaming: point made.
But most people use their PC for more than just games.
Local News, nationwide news, worldnews, weather, email, stock quotes, word proccessing, video capture, video/audio editing, sharkyforums, 3dmark ( ;) ), SETI, folding, and porn.
Just to list a few uses :)
BTW how do you aim in HALO on XBOX?
Can't possibly beat aiming with a mouse can ya?
But if you look at it from another angle again, while you can do other things with a PC, what makes computers cost so much IS the gaming stuff: Video card, Sound card, memory, super fast CPU, etc. If you just want to do the stuff you mentioned with a PC, it won't be too expensive really. But when you throw in the stuff to make it a half decent system for games, it really adds up.
Yea but will this still be the case with the next gen consoles?Quote:
Originally posted by Spaceman Spiff
True.
But if you look at it from another angle again, while you can do other things with a PC, what makes computers cost so much IS the gaming stuff: Video card, Sound card, memory, super fast CPU, etc. If you just want to do the stuff you mentioned with a PC, it won't be too expensive really. But when you throw in the stuff to make it a half decent system for games, it really adds up.
Why wouldnt it be?Quote:
Originally posted by Boneycat
Yea but will this still be the case with the next gen consoles?
Those new consoles will most likely premiere at $300, whereas that new video card costs $500+.
also Nintendo has always been pretty good about pricing their systems... look at the GamecubeQuote:
Originally posted by Kamakazie
Why wouldnt it be?
Those new consoles will most likely premiere at $300, whereas that new video card costs $500+.
Didn't Xbox, Gamecube, and PS2 ALL premiere at $200 when they were released? I seem to remember that was the case.Quote:
Originally posted by Kamakazie
Why wouldnt it be?
Those new consoles will most likely premiere at $300, whereas that new video card costs $500+.
200 for cube, 300 for xbox and ps2.
I wonder how long it will take these console makers to realize that the money is in software and not hardware.
M$ took the first step by selling their XBOX under production cost.
But just look at satellite TV.
10 years ago I paid 700$ for a direcTV receiver and dish, these days they throw those things after you and include a month free programming.
console makers already know that... they have professional finance strategists working for themQuote:
Originally posted by Skywize
I wonder how long it will take these console makers to realize that the money is in software and not hardware.
M$ took the first step by selling their XBOX under production cost.