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    sinthetic_tip posted on Mar 10, 2010 1:10:43 PM - Report post
     
    Replayability or should i say the lack of in many games and value for money. If i'm having to upgrade my system to get the best out of a game then i want value for money which is both graphics and content. And more game demo's..let me try before i buy!


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    HonestGamer posted on Mar 10, 2010 1:12:50 PM - Report post
     
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    You know what the problem is that PC gaming is sort of going toward a downslope? Well I have the answer.

    Graphics.

    No, I don't mean exactly that, I mean that every developer looks at the game and says 'realism'. Now I know this is not the case with EVERY game. But most mainstream games end up having 90% of the budget and time spent on the graphics for making them realistic, and not 'well we should have it like this.'

    I like games with a unique and aesthetic art style (Mass Effect has a certain feel to it.), and does everything correctly that it advertises it does, not SupCom saying 'Look! This is the next best RTS story EVEEEEEEEEEER!!!!!!!!111'

    I agree.

    Even the best graphic card cannot help the PC win over the PS3 in graphics?

    Reason, the PS3 is packed with a much much better processor, and the PC will see it in the next 5-6 years to come, or maybe more.

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    shianova posted on Mar 10, 2010 1:17:07 PM - Report post
     
    This discussion shouldn't be about games on PC, it should be about games for every platforms cause they all suck lately except for bad company 2 that is.
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    Paradox posted on Mar 10, 2010 2:05:12 PM - Report post
     
    quote:
    originally posted by sinthetic_tip

    Replayability or should i say the lack of in many games and value for money. If i'm having to upgrade my system to get the best out of a game then i want value for money which is both graphics and content. And more game demo's..let me try before i buy!


    If the graphics and content aren't very advanced, you won't have to upgrade. As for demos, I'd like more, but a lot of the time they're nothing like the actual game.

    [Edited by Paradox, 3/10/2010 2:05:39 PM]

     
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    Foxxie-kun posted on Mar 10, 2010 6:30:01 PM - Report post
     
    quote:
    originally posted by HonestGamer

    quote:
    originally posted by alimarin

    You know what the problem is that PC gaming is sort of going toward a downslope? Well I have the answer.

    Graphics.

    No, I don't mean exactly that, I mean that every developer looks at the game and says 'realism'. Now I know this is not the case with EVERY game. But most mainstream games end up having 90% of the budget and time spent on the graphics for making them realistic, and not 'well we should have it like this.'

    I like games with a unique and aesthetic art style (Mass Effect has a certain feel to it.), and does everything correctly that it advertises it does, not SupCom saying 'Look! This is the next best RTS story EVEEEEEEEEEER!!!!!!!!111'

    I agree.

    Even the best graphic card cannot help the PC win over the PS3 in graphics?

    Reason, the PS3 is packed with a much much better processor, and the PC will see it in the next 5-6 years to come, or maybe more.

    Yeah, because we all know that a single-core that goes zoom zoom is faster than the latest quad-core or I7 core CPUs...

    /sarcasm.

    The long and short of it is, consoles are well over 2 years behind again. The PC can EASILY beat the PS3 at this rate due to the PS3 being locked to DX9, while PC is already at DX11.

    Also, some games on PC support a much farther draw distance and level of detail than the PS3 or 360 versions. Fallout 3 is a great example of this.

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    sinthetic_tip posted on Mar 11, 2010 3:04:48 AM - Report post
     
    I don't think comparing console gaming to PC gaming is fair. Every PS3 or Xbox 360 produced is the same so every game will run exactly the same on their respective console.
    Not everyone's PC is the same, not everyones computer is a dedicated games machine like PS or Xbox is.
    With gaming it's catering for the masses. It's looking for the next Modern Warfare 2 were a company can shift millions of units of the game. It wasn't the story in MW2 that sold the game, it was the graphical presentation and for the consoles the multiyplayer as well.
    I think as games progress wether on PC or console they are going to be graphics and multiplayer led. A well scripted story in a game will not matter if it's replayability is the online multiyplayer part. Which is a shame.
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    lucebuce posted on Mar 11, 2010 3:37:57 AM - Report post
     
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    Yeah, but high memory graphic cards can be found!

    its not about high-end graphic cards or graphics. its about substance. a low tech game can be more fun than a high-end mega release. i think that's what 'alimarin' is trying to say.

    And this is the problem with the children who play consoles. All they are about is how the game looks. And this is why a ****ty game like MW2 can be so insanely popular--because it's pretty. Even though the gameplay is ****e and the story is horrendous and the general quality is shockingly poor.

    very true. people seem to focus more on looks than actual content. for me substance always takes precedence over looks.

    I think saurabhfzd said it best

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