Games with a better PC version.

[tetron]

of course it's the game's fault. Darksiders doesn't support non 360 game pads so my controller was fucked till I hacked the game with 3rd party software. That's bad design and a bad port.

That's more of a "sold out" design than a bad one. I'm sure the 360 controller worked fine, and that's what they wanted.

Yep, consoles games ported to PC. And it was the games fault, The drivers for my gamepad fixed the games problems.

If it was the games fault a patch for the game would have fixed it. Since it was your gamepad's drivers that fixed it then it was your gamepad's fault. I know it sounds crazy but it makes sense when you think about it.

 

[Mr.Gompers]

Said a bunch of times, but Bethesda games like Fallout 3 and Elder Scrolls are just amazing on the PC due to the insane amount of mods.

 

[oplinger]

Yep, consoles games ported to PC. And it was the games fault, The drivers for my gamepad fixed the games problems.

If it was the games fault a patch for the game would have fixed it. Since it was your gamepad's drivers that fixed it then it was your gamepad's fault. I know it sounds crazy but it makes sense when you think about it.

Most ports don't get patches. and the drivers did not fix it, they allowed me to map every button where as the game did not.

I know it sounds crazy, but it makes sense when you think about it.

 

[Dommyboy]

Here we go...

Fallout series
Elder Scrolls series
Call of Duty series though maybe not MW2
Command and Conquer series
TF2
Counter Strike

It goes on and on.

 

[ssssuuuullll]

all games with mods

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

most rpg's can be modded pretty well, so any of those i would probably vouch are better on pc, although you might have a problem running some games...i never had a problem with games on console but when i switched to pc there were alot more occurences of freezing and odd patching that i needed so make sure you know about the game before you try and start it up and modding it.

also RTS and MMo's are generally better on pc, so if you want to, maybe check out steam or something (civ5 just came out, check it out perhaps?)

and if you are one person who absolutely loves the mouse + KB combo, then im sure one of thousands of fps's on the computer are for you. they are generated faster than furby's in the 90's so there has gotta be one that is there for you.

 

[Blue Musician]

All of them. Because Mouse and Keyboard will always be superior! Apart from GTAIV because that was the worst port in the world....

Yeah actually the only game I can think of that wasn't better on the PC was Resident Evil 4... [small][sub]No mouse support? WTF!?[/sub][/small]

Wasn't there a patch for that?

Not good enough. The mouse support patch was mainly just emulating the controls of an analog stick. If you move your mouse 2 mm to the left the laser will move the equivalent of 1 in-game meter. And sometimes it just wouldn't turn in the direction you wanted. And it only worked in aiming.
For me the worst port is Omnimusha 3.

 

[daltob]

well mafia 2 gets advanced phys x support metro 2033 does also. Dirt 2 looks really pretty and you can play wth your xbox controller if you want to. most open world games look less eyestabbingly bad and you can map the keys where ever you waqnt

 

[Ldude893]

All Valve games are best played on the PC.

 

[tetron]

Yep, consoles games ported to PC. And it was the games fault, The drivers for my gamepad fixed the games problems.

If it was the games fault a patch for the game would have fixed it. Since it was your gamepad's drivers that fixed it then it was your gamepad's fault. I know it sounds crazy but it makes sense when you think about it.

Most ports don't get patches. and the drivers did not fix it, they allowed me to map every button where as the game did not.

I know it sounds crazy, but it makes sense when you think about it.

Yeah, once I think about it I guess I should have realized sooner that thinking certainly isn't on your list of things to do when conversing. Good day sir.

 

[Raptorianxd]

The Last Remnant. What is the point of giving you 80+ Unique Leaders, if you can only use around 12 of them? Thankfully, the PC allowed you to use a grand total of 25. Much better.

-Raptor, out.

 

[Decagonapus]

It's not Gamepad VS Keyboard+Mouse. Controllers (including Xbox360) work perfectly well with a PC. And playing on a bigger screen isn't a factor either, as any video card in the last 10 years can plug into a Large Format Display (TV). The PC always wins out technically speaking.

The only benefit game consoles have left is the ease of initial setup. Which, in my opinion, isn't that big of a deal anyway.

I've never played a game that I felt was better on a game console. Many that were better with wheels, analog sticks, force feedback, and huge screens from a couch; but those are all possible with a PC.

Some games are just not suitable for lounging with a gamepad. For instance:
- Civilization 4 vs Revolutions
- Age of Empires, Homeworld, Warcraft 3, Command & Conquer (any RTS really)
- First-person games of any kind are better with a mouse.
- Even racing games like Need for Speed are better when you can pick button placement and use a mouse when customizing a vehicle.

 

[migo]

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The implementation is crap. Q is an awful place for it by default, and there isn't really anything better that could be done with it. F might work, but there's nothing as straightforward as the shoulder buttons. It's very obvious that the control scheme was designed with the DualShock in mind.

Ahem, mouse thumb button? That's what I did. It worked fine.

OT: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and The Witcher are unplayable on consoles, literally.

If you have the mouse for it sure.

Have to disagree with Mirror's Edge, quick turn is rather necessary and having it mapped to the shoulder buttons lets you do moves that are otherwise insanely hard with keyboard and mouse

Quick turn exists in the PC version too.

The implementation is crap. Q is an awful place for it by default, and there isn't really anything better that could be done with it. F might work, but there's nothing as straightforward as the shoulder buttons. It's very obvious that the control scheme was designed with the DualShock in mind.

I'd say 'crap' is far too strong a term. I can't remember if I re'mapped it, but I played Mirror's Edge on both console and PC, and found both to be good. Prefer PC generally, but Mirror's Edge was an exceptionally good port.

The analog sensitivity for movement is a big deal as well, you'd need a joystick to be able to do that on a PC.

 

[Yureina]

Fallout 3.

It rocks on PC.

 

[Hateren47]

If you own a gamepad and you have a decent PC almost every multi platform game is better on pc. The games are usually the same but PC has better graphics (in just about all ways) and mod support. Saints Row 2 sucks on PC though. Really really sucks. Even with a gamepad it's just a bad port.

 

[zombiesinc]

I'm not a PC gamer, but as far as I've heard nearly all games are better on the PC. I'm sure that's mostly accurate, as I've read the numerous reasons why in most individual cases, but still... I like to tell myself it's not always so bad (good). Otherwise, I'll be a very sad panda.

 

[Varrdy]

Apart from GTAIV because that was the worst port in the world....

I agree. I still like it but it's a real resource-fucker! Mind you I noted that the default graphics setting would have made a Cray go "Oh for God's sake!" and so lowered it some. This helped a bit but it still suffers terrible lag and draw problems. It's a real pain in the arse when a temporary concrete lane-segregeator appears from nowhere and results in painful (but amusing) face-road interaction via the windscreen.

I love the game but the quality of the port makes it hard sometimes!

Wardy

 

[cerebus23]

games that are better on pcs all of them period.

modifications keep games going long after your unmodded game on xbox or ps will be sitting on a shelf gathering dust. someone said fallout 3 was clearly superior on ps3 vs pc sorry complete and utter fail. the mods for fo3 made that game a hell of alot more fun to explore and play.

sports games yea they are better with a controller but since you can use your xbox 360 or ps3 controllers on your pc and have a 100 other viable options for 3rd party gamepads that are out there. sports games also get modded to hell and back with custom rosters, skins, player models, court overhauls, etc, etc. would be easier if 2k sports would support mod tools but the pc fans of sports games are a fairly hardcore bunch and tech savy a good chunk of them and rip those games to pieces in a matter of weeks to really start modding them.

Graphics if you have a good pc you can run higher resolutions than any console can, you can run more AA and more AF than consoles can even dream of. And once again if players make mods you can update textures to make games look better.

And you know you can get wireless controllers and blutooth etc for pcs? there is no good reason that wo a bit of investment you could play your pc games in your living room 15 feet away on your couch with a controller if it really floated your boat.

Yea there are bad ports out there but even gta4 has a bunch of modifications for it. Most bad ports tho are horrible games to begin with that noone would want to play in the first place. I think the patches and newer video drivers really helped gta4 over the months after it came out.

Only thing consoles have over pcs are their really great exclusives. cause if it is out on both than the pc version will always be better.

 

[Wicky_42]

Have to disagree with Mirror's Edge, quick turn is rather necessary and having it mapped to the shoulder buttons lets you do moves that are otherwise insanely hard with keyboard and mouse

Quick turn exists in the PC version too.

The implementation is crap. Q is an awful place for it by default, and there isn't really anything better that could be done with it. F might work, but there's nothing as straightforward as the shoulder buttons. It's very obvious that the control scheme was designed with the DualShock in mind.

I'd say 'crap' is far too strong a term. I can't remember if I re'mapped it, but I played Mirror's Edge on both console and PC, and found both to be good. Prefer PC generally, but Mirror's Edge was an exceptionally good port.

The analog sensitivity for movement is a big deal as well, you'd need a joystick to be able to do that on a PC.

...? Erm, mouse has always been faster and more accurate than analog stick - that's just one of those fundamentals in arguments between the two systems. Not really sure what that comment was aimed at, but I would think that you've got it backwards :/