Poll: How do you like to game?

[Collins254]

So how do you like to game?
do you use a console, or a pc? do you use both? do you use hand held consoles? maybe you like tabletop games, warhammer maybe? or more Role playing like D&D?
I personally like ma XBOX, my laptop for RTS games, a bit of warhammer fantasy and 40k on tabletop, aswel as bloodbowl, inquisitor and mordheim, which are fantasy sports, and Tabletop RPG's respectivly.

 

[Archangel768]

More than one above.

PC (laptop, soon to be desktop due to just getting a job, yay!)
PS3
PS2
PSP
Nintendo 64

Soon to be Xbox 360 and Wii

Whether I play one of those consoles or not entirely depends on the game I'm playing at the time and what platform it's on.

 

[LookingGlass]

PC:
- Anything that's played from the first person perspective
- RPGs
- Strategy games
- Anything older than this generation
- Indie games

PS3:
- Sports games
- Exclusive strategy games or RPGs (Valkyria Chronicles, Demon's Souls)
- Racing games (though I only own NFS)
- Third person action/adventure games like say Batman: Arkham Asylum, Uncharted or GTA (because driving sucks with keyboard and mouse)

Wii:
- Not much. But there are a few good games that I can't get elsewhere: Zelda, Resident Evil 4, the Mario games.

 

[Collins254]

More than one above.


Whether I play one of those consoles or not entirely depends on the game I'm playing at the time and what platform it's on.

Obviously lol, i wouldnt expect you to play all at the same time, however if you managed to do so, i would very much like to see that as a video lol

what i meant is there are some people who may own other consoles but pretty much soley game on 1 or may only own 1 type

 

[Archangel768]

More than one above.


Whether I play one of those consoles or not entirely depends on the game I'm playing at the time and what platform it's on.

Obviously lol, i wouldnt expect you to play all at the same time, however if you managed to do so, i would very much like to see that as a video lol

what i meant is there are some people who may own other consoles but pretty much soley game on 1 or may only own 1 type

Yea, what I meant by that is that I don't really play one specific console more than any other due any sort of preference and it really just comes down to the game I'm playing through at the time. Like, I don't go out of my way to just play games one on system especially at the moment where I couldn't usually be bothered setting up my laptop at a desk to play a game when I could just go play something on a console that's always set up and is more comfortable to play (couch = more comfortable than sitting up at a desk)

Although when I get a proper desktop computer to play games, I'll be specifically buying games which are better on the mouse and keyboard for PC like FPS, RTS, etc.

 

[DJDarque]

PS3, 360, PC (not very often), and various handhelds.

 

[Collins254]

More than one above.


Whether I play one of those consoles or not entirely depends on the game I'm playing at the time and what platform it's on.

Obviously lol, i wouldnt expect you to play all at the same time, however if you managed to do so, i would very much like to see that as a video lol

what i meant is there are some people who may own other consoles but pretty much soley game on 1 or may only own 1 type

Yea, what I meant by that is that I don't really play one specific console more than any other due any sort of preference and it really just comes down to the game I'm playing through at the time. Like, I don't go out of my way to just play games one on system especially at the moment where I couldn't usually be bothered setting up my laptop at a desk to play a game when I could just go play something on a console that's always set up and is more comfortable to play (couch = more comfortable than sitting up at a desk)

Although when I get a proper desktop computer to play games, I'll be specifically buying games which are better on the mouse and keyboard for PC like FPS, RTS, etc.

I stil dont get how an FPS is easier with a keyboard and mouse, admittedly i have only played 2 FPS games for pc but i much prefer my xbox pad to keyboard and mouse, though thats just me probably, though with RTS not so much the controls i prefer on the pc, but i dislike the limitations of the consoles for them. IE RTS games for pc you can assign up to 10 custom groups and usually dont have a population cap, where as on console games, most i have seen is 8 though 4 is the norm, and your pop cap is usually around 50 units.

 

[Archangel768]

I stil dont get how an FPS is easier with a keyboard and mouse, admittedly i have only played 2 FPS games for pc but i much prefer my xbox pad to keyboard and mouse, though thats just me probably, though with RTS not so much the controls i prefer on the pc, but i dislike the limitations of the consoles for them. IE RTS games for pc you can assign up to 10 custom groups and usually dont have a population cap, where as on console games, most i have seen is 8 though 4 is the norm, and your pop cap is usually around 50 units.

Yea well I grew up gaming on the PC mainly so that's where I probably got my skill with the mouse and keyboard as opposed to the controller. I find that I'm much faster and accurate when aiming using it. I also find that I can work a lot faster with the mouse in an RTS compared to a controller and yes, I agree the limitation on them is really annoying.

 

[Collins254]

I stil dont get how an FPS is easier with a keyboard and mouse, admittedly i have only played 2 FPS games for pc but i much prefer my xbox pad to keyboard and mouse, though thats just me probably, though with RTS not so much the controls i prefer on the pc, but i dislike the limitations of the consoles for them. IE RTS games for pc you can assign up to 10 custom groups and usually dont have a population cap, where as on console games, most i have seen is 8 though 4 is the norm, and your pop cap is usually around 50 units.

Yea well I grew up gaming on the PC mainly so that's where I probably got my skill with the mouse and keyboard as opposed to the controller. I find that I'm much faster and accurate when aiming using it. I also find that I can work a lot faster with the mouse in an RTS compared to a controller and yes, I agree the limitation on them is really annoying.

Yes well im rather the opposite lol, i had only comsoles to game on until 2 years ago when i had my first laptop good enough to play games on, and oddly now due to me using a laptop and touchscreen pc in work all the time i cant use a mouse either i am quicker with my touchpad rather than a mouse :/ im an odd one indeed lol

 

[Archangel768]

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lol. A similar thing has happened to me where I prefer using my laptop touchpad for most things because I've been using a laptop primarily for the last 3 years. The only real thing I use a proper mouse for is games still. Well games that require it. Games like Plants vs Zombies, I just use the touchpad.

 

[Zantos]

I've got a PS3, a PC and an Xbox 360, and I love them in reverse order to the one listed. The only real way it's split is that I play MMOs on PC, apart from that there's no real pattern to which types of games I use on which system.

 

[Collins254]

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lol. A similar thing has happened to me where I prefer using my laptop touchpad for most things because I've been using a laptop primarily for the last 3 years. The only real thing I use a proper mouse for is games still. Well games that require it. Games like Plants vs Zombies, I just use the touchpad.

Ye i tried using my touchpad for the FPS games too, and i can play it ok, i just feel more comfortable with a good old pad in ma hands, with a mouse im all over the place lol.
Some people are still amazed when playing DOW2 that im using a touchpad on a laptop, and some people suprised im not using a tower pc to play games lol, ah how little some people know about what you need for games

 

[blankedboy]

PC and occasionally PS2, but well over 99% of it is on PC. I only really use the PS2 for 2-player Timesplitters 3 now.

I need more multiplayer PS2 games. And a multitap.

 

[ruben6f]

Right now I use the 360 and the PC, when I play 360 I play with my friends, we are usually screaming at the game because of "That stupid camper won't leave that corner, when I play PC I play alone and I like to be in a silent room because I mostly play S.T.A.L.K.E.R and if you listen closely that game has amazing sound.

 

[Meestor Pickle]

I play almost exclusively on the PC but I often play 40k tabletop (Go the Guard!) and am trying to get into D&D with some uni friends

 

[Collins254]

I play almost exclusively on the PC but I often play 40k tabletop (Go the Guard!) and am trying to get into D&D with some uni friends

Yay, drive forth the masses into the meat grinder, how do you prefer to play your guard? lots of squads, elite squads, or mechanised?

i prefer a few veteran squads and a couple of lemun russ to do my dirty work for me, but i can never stop myself from taking my 400 point hq every time

also i like tau

 

[Stako]

Handhelds... In this I include laptops as well. I got a gaming laptop and when I go on a long trip I always take it with me. If not - either my PSP or my DS are always with me.

 

[Archangel768]

Ye i tried using my touchpad for the FPS games too, and i can play it ok, i just feel more comfortable with a good old pad in ma hands, with a mouse im all over the place lol.
Some people are still amazed when playing DOW2 that im using a touchpad on a laptop, and some people suprised im not using a tower pc to play games lol, ah how little some people know about what you need for games

lol. That's so true. Once I was versing a friend in Half Life 2 Deathmatch and while he was using a proper gaming desktop with mouse and all I managed to beat him with a trackpad lol. Must have felt humiliating. that being said though, I don't know how determined he was to kill me. We were playing around a bit but still.

 

[dimensional]

I generally move around a lot on what system I play over the last 5 months I have played on the PS2,PS3,360,Xbox,DS,PSP,PC (a little),SNES and most recently the Wii it really just depends on what game I want to play.
Generally I prefer consoles to handhelds also I play card games a fair bit with friends (usually while drinking) and can play quite a number of games workshop tabletop war games, board games are also fun I used to play chess and checkers a lot but got burned out on them.
Come to think of it I actually play a lot of games even some sport occasionally but generally I am more of a single player person unless I know the others or at least my team (if there is one).
I have never tried roleplay always seemed a bit strange to me even if it looked interesting plus im not sure I could suspend my disbelief to actually play correctly.

 

[GenericAmerican]

I own a PC, 360, and Wii. But I only play the pc because...well lets face it, it's superior in every way. /smugness