Doesn't it fell like PC gamers are getting the shaft?
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There's a veryhigh.ini file (might not be the exact name) with a bunch of stuff that's not selectable in the game menus. Don't know if you've tried that already, might want to look into it though.xXxJessicaxXx said:
OT: Eh, not really.
Although I have a particular beef at the moment: mouse smoothing/acceleration and FOV. Stop fucking forcing the former and not providing an option to turn it off (it should be off by default anyway, I've never known anyone to actively want the fucking thing), and stop leaving the latter at widths that are only suitable when you're sitting away from a big screen.
The PC's coming back to the forefront, problem is that some devs are too stupid/lazy to just include all the options in the menus and realise that PC gamers aren't console gamers. But there are plenty that focus on it.
Blizzard and DICE would like to have a word with you.
Blizzard has only ever created games for the PC, with the surprising exception that I read about with SC1 being ported to the N64 by some other company... WTF?
DICE just released Battlefield 3, a PC flagship game. Whilst some of our titles have gone or are going to the consoles - The Elder Scrolls, CoD, Crysis, ect. - we do still have our exclusives. Luckily for me, the exclusives are some of the main games I play. Yay!
Blizzard has only ever created games for the PC, with the surprising exception that I read about with SC1 being ported to the N64 by some other company... WTF?
DICE just released Battlefield 3, a PC flagship game. Whilst some of our titles have gone or are going to the consoles - The Elder Scrolls, CoD, Crysis, ect. - we do still have our exclusives. Luckily for me, the exclusives are some of the main games I play. Yay!
As someone who games exclusively on PC, I find it to be more alive and thriving than ever. We get almost all the (good) games that consoles get, plus our own exclusives (but who gives a shit if something is exclusive or not anyway?). Some ports aren't very good or optimized, but with a 360 controller and a decent enough setup it almost completely ceases to be an issue, apart from the rare cases when a game is so unoptimized it becomes unplayable such as Saints Row 2, or RAGE (before it was patched), but i've come across very few games that were actually better on consoles in all ways.
While if feel that developers are still interested in PC gaming, I feel that the big problem is the retailers. I live in the UK and apart from video game shops, places like HMV and the supermarkets (which is a boom area at the moment) just don't stock PC games. While I don't know about the USA but I'm certain this will hurt the PC gaming scene eventually as the number of new gamers decline.
yeah SR2 got a TERRIBLE PC port I recently played SR3 at a friends house (PC version) and it played great on the PC! for some reason SR2 never expected a person to have more then one monitor and to play it with a 360 controller.
Skyrim on the other hand was made for consoles but plays great on the PC!
Skyrim on the other hand was made for consoles but plays great on the PC!
PC isn't getting as many good AAA releases as it's used to. Instead, it's receiving a plethora if ingenious, brilliant indie titles, niche strategy games, with the occasional exclusive like The Witcher 2 designed to grind hardware into the ground.
PC isn't going anywhere. It's just changed its scope. It gets a much broader range of titles now, at the cost of a few blockbusters. That's fair enough, I'd say!
PC isn't going anywhere. It's just changed its scope. It gets a much broader range of titles now, at the cost of a few blockbusters. That's fair enough, I'd say!
All I hear in this thread is a bunch of whining and entitlement. Oh my gosh! Consoles made gaming a huge activity and thanks to them we've just experienced the best release year ever?!
Nah, screw that. Cater to us because The PC Daleks are only 1/100th the size of the console crowd. Seriously. The market has spoken in favor of consoles. PC is niche.
Nah, screw that. Cater to us because The PC Daleks are only 1/100th the size of the console crowd. Seriously. The market has spoken in favor of consoles. PC is niche.
Played both PC and PS3 versions. The PC version was more stable and looked better. Over the course of my playthrough on the PS3 I had to hard-reset the console at least five times, which is one of my biggest pet peeves. The only issue with Skyrim on the PC are the extremely console-oriented menus. Tell everyone that, as bad as they think they have it, they'd be worse off with the console versions.Radelaide said:
There seems to be better PC support compared to, say, two years ago, but it still has some way to go.
But, rejoice! For if we get a new console generation, which will have undoubtedly nothing remarkable to offer from a technological standpoint, you can always upgrade your PC for 1/4 of the price and just be done with this business scheme.
If you can afford an up to date PC which plays the newest games well, you or your parents earn enough for you to afford both a PC and a console.
Side note: If you live with your parents and rely on them for funding and have such a PC, please shut up now. You're already being spoiled and just be happy that they either love you so much to dish out for something they'll have to fix every couple of months because of porn viruses or alternatively, are happy to push you away with monetary values in the hundreds or thousands so that they can focus on maintaining a failing marriage after they hired a pool boy and female tennis coach. Ha, I kid. You're probably not that rich, but please, you made your choice. Live with it. Or wait until they divorce and play them against each other for ALL the consoles. *fist in the air*
My PC days consisted of games like Populous and Total War. I wouldn't really consider playing a PC game now unless it was the Sims... I will never play the Sims. But I admit I am a very casual gamer. I play with friends or I play to enjoy myself and I haven't stressed myself out over a game since I was 15. I have nothing against PCs and definitely nothing against PC gamers - I admit as a medium, it's superior to consoles but it's also much cheaper to invest in the odd console every half a decade or so if you're that desperate not to miss out on that all essential DLC. I don't want to have to dish out so much money to play the blue moon PC game that tickles my fancy.
Side note: If you live with your parents and rely on them for funding and have such a PC, please shut up now. You're already being spoiled and just be happy that they either love you so much to dish out for something they'll have to fix every couple of months because of porn viruses or alternatively, are happy to push you away with monetary values in the hundreds or thousands so that they can focus on maintaining a failing marriage after they hired a pool boy and female tennis coach. Ha, I kid. You're probably not that rich, but please, you made your choice. Live with it. Or wait until they divorce and play them against each other for ALL the consoles. *fist in the air*
My PC days consisted of games like Populous and Total War. I wouldn't really consider playing a PC game now unless it was the Sims... I will never play the Sims. But I admit I am a very casual gamer. I play with friends or I play to enjoy myself and I haven't stressed myself out over a game since I was 15. I have nothing against PCs and definitely nothing against PC gamers - I admit as a medium, it's superior to consoles but it's also much cheaper to invest in the odd console every half a decade or so if you're that desperate not to miss out on that all essential DLC. I don't want to have to dish out so much money to play the blue moon PC game that tickles my fancy.
I'd like to point out here that, while this is the consensus, I'm not sure it holds up anymore. My 250 bucks PC runs pretty much everything (albeit with the settings dropped considerably). They don't look great, but they play fine. With 50 extra bucks spent on the graphics card, I'd be pretty much set on the visual department as well.
The biggest progress that hardware has seen in the last few years is efficiency, rather than raw power. Low and mid-range cards have better output and do so while consuming less power as well. I would really recommend people gauging the alternatives in their future purchases.
This is unfortunately true. Once again the market holds back technological progress..Chrishu said:
PC gaming fine but I prefer console since the only things I value on PC are RTS games. Literally everygame apart from classic FPS, RTS and early RPG's is better on console. Dragon Age: Origins is my favourite game of all time and I happily play it on my xbox 360.
I probably would get into PC gaming if it wasn't so expensive, intrusive and from the looks of the internet the majority of PC gamers feel like they're getting "shafted" by game devs.
I probably would get into PC gaming if it wasn't so expensive, intrusive and from the looks of the internet the majority of PC gamers feel like they're getting "shafted" by game devs.
Sadly I think it comes down to the bottom line - shops sell far more more console games than PC so it stands to reason that that developers (especially publishers) would think in that direction.
As a PC gamer it bothers me when we get a crappy port chucked at us almost as an afterthought, but then when we get a game made for PC first, I must admit, it gives me a 'special feeling'.
PC's have a more dedicated MOD-ing community too. GO PC!
As a PC gamer it bothers me when we get a crappy port chucked at us almost as an afterthought, but then when we get a game made for PC first, I must admit, it gives me a 'special feeling'.
PC's have a more dedicated MOD-ing community too. GO PC!