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More fun on consoles?

It is just you. Gaming on a console is hella frustrating, can't get anything to work right / play smooth.
 
I find it slightly more fun on consoles. Mainly because I'm more comfortable on my recliner playing a game on my HDTV and surround sound.

Other then FPS and MMO games I find everything else more enjoyable on a console. But lately I've gotten the PC version of the console games and play them on my HTPC with a wireless xbox 360 controller. I've found this has given me the best of both worlds.
 
topherwise said:
Is it just me or is gaming on a console more fun?
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yep that makes since they love to talk about playing with their friends

4= circle
3= one in the middle
2= reach around

yep console gaming is fun LOL
 
qbanb8582 said:
I find it slightly more fun on consoles. Mainly because I'm more comfortable on my recliner playing a game on my HDTV and surround sound.
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I HATEEEEEEE when people say that.

want to sit on your recliner? play a game on an HDTV? surround sound?

hook up your PC to it. its not hard.:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
 
DF-1 said:
I HATEEEEEEE when people say that.

want to sit on your recliner? play a game on an HDTV? surround sound?

hook up your PC to it. its not hard.:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
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Helps to read the whole post. its not hard.:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
 
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By the time the console turns on, the game loads, and unskippable game engine advertisements - 20 mins have past and I don't feel like playing anymore :p
 
Depends on the game, depends on the player. That sums up the entire argument, I would think.
 
In the past, I enjoy different games on the consoles as well as PC.

These days it feels like there's little distinction between consoles and PC, with most games being cross platform, and we have good controllers like the xbox controller working on PC. Hence I haven't been playing any consoles since PS2.
 
Atari _ FUN
NES_ Lots of FUN
Arcade Really Fun =)
SNES_ Really Fun
Genesis_ Pretty Fun
N64_Not that Fun
PS1_OK fun with blocking graphics jumping flash was fun
PS2_Didn't use it that much
Game Cube_RE 4 and Metroid Prime fun
PS3_ Demon Souls fun
X-box 360 R-rod fun
PS4_ Not out...

PC fun fun fun


I mean if you sit in front of a console for years or play PC games for years it's all user experience based
 
I have more fun playing PC games from the couch than I do playing them from my desk. I'll agree to that much. :cool:
 
I was formally a 50/50 console and PC player back in highschool when I would buy Madden and NBA games and play fantasy leagues with friends. I haven't touched either of those two games in quite awhile, simply because EA can suck my nutsack. Now my XBox is strictly a DVD player.
 
Pringle said:
I was formally a 50/50 console and PC player back in highschool when I would buy Madden and NBA games and play fantasy leagues with friends. I haven't touched either of those two games in quite awhile, simply because EA can suck my nutsack. Now my XBox is strictly a DVD player.
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DVD's are still around?

Having played through GTA 5 singleplayer and a bit of online I can say without a doubt that console gaming is terrible. The frame rate, the graphics, the input device. Those three things combine to make a fat turd.
 
Threads like this totally serve a purpose in the world, because they ALWAYS have different responses in them than the last time someone made this same thread (Or the alternative "PC gaming is the best!" thread). And people who post in them TOTALLY change their minds based on what people say, nobody comes in here already solidly set on an answer and screw everyone else's response!

I have no real opinion other than threads like this truly serve no purpose because of how often they come up, how little actual posts and discussion take place in them, and how useless it is to pick a favorite and then feel the need to state it.
 
PC development has stagated and experienced a death hibernation since WOW and Crysis.

My PS3 with an SSD gets me in my games and on Youtube faster than my PC and both have an SSD. I think the difference is Windows OS is a laggy turd. Hopefully AMDs Mantle API flips the script for PC gaming. I'll try PC again when Mantles been out a few months. Until then PS3 and laptop :)
 
teletran8 said:
PC development has stagated and experienced a death hibernation since WOW and Crysis.

My PS3 with an SSD gets me in my games and on Youtube faster than my PC and both have an SSD. I think the difference is Windows OS is a laggy turd. Hopefully AMDs Mantle API flips the script for PC gaming. I'll try PC again when Mantles been out a few months. Until then PS3 and laptop :)
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You need to broaden your horizon a tad if you think that WoW and Crysis are the best the PC has to offer ;)

For certain types of games the closed nature of the console (stability, consistent performance, physical media, etc) make for a better gaming experience ... for other types the flexibility of the PC and wider range of user controls makes for a better experience (flight sims, RPGs, TBS, RTS, MMOs, etc) ... I think the PC still offers plenty of strong gaming for anyone who likes the full range of game types ... for FPS, Racing, and Sports genre fans the console still offers a pretty compelling game play experience
 
There's some games that you either can't be brought over to consoles in a satisfactory way, or just haven't been brought over in a satisfactory way. Heavy tactical/strategy/sim games are almost always better on PC. A friend told me he didn't like Civilization much, because he played the Xbox 360 game. I urged him to buy Civ 5 during a Steam sale, and now he's put 100 hours or more into it.

I don't think I've seen an RTS game on consoles that have matched a well crafted PC RTS. And some simulation games run into the same issue. Some games just scream for a mouse.
 
ballistic90 said:
There's some games that you either can't be brought over to consoles in a satisfactory way, or just haven't been brought over in a satisfactory way. Heavy tactical/strategy/sim games are almost always better on PC. A friend told me he didn't like Civilization much, because he played the Xbox 360 game. I urged him to buy Civ 5 during a Steam sale, and now he's put 100 hours or more into it.

I don't think I've seen an RTS game on consoles that have matched a well crafted PC RTS. And some simulation games run into the same issue. Some games just scream for a mouse.
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Which is weird how successful FPS games are in general on console. Aiming a gun with a joystick is weird. Only if someone reinvented the wheel in that department for FPS... Wii?
 
Inu said:
Which is weird how successful FPS games are in general on console. Aiming a gun with a joystick is weird. Only if someone reinvented the wheel in that department for FPS... Wii?
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The Wii has tremendous problems with accuracy of detecting where you're pointing, and no developer has come up with a good turning radius speed.

I got pretty used to FPS on analog sticks. Just takes time.
 
Back when they first came out...maybe. I definitely have more console friends, and the integrated social structure of XBL is still pretty well done.
However now playing on a console is borderline torture. Everything runs so slow, load times take forever, and the resolution is too low. I keep trying to "fix" the games in the options menu to no avail.
Once you play the newer multi-platform games on a PC (especially one hooked up to a TV), there's no going back to the 360 and PS3.
 
Domingo said:
Back when they first came out...maybe. I definitely have more console friends, and the integrated social structure of XBL is still pretty well done.
However now playing on a console is borderline torture. Everything runs so slow, load times take forever, and the resolution is too low. I keep trying to "fix" the games in the options menu to no avail.
Once you play the newer multi-platform games on a PC (especially one hooked up to a TV), there's no going back to the 360 and PS3.
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I'm still undecided if I'll upgrade my PC or get a new console sometime next year. It all depends on which games come out, and where my friends will be playing them.
 
Personally, I prefer playing singleplayer games on the PC (on a monitor in my 'office'). I can become more absorbed into the game, due to the sharper graphics, less space between my face and the monitor, and a more accurate input method - it feels much more like sitting down with a good book to me.

With that said, playing co-op Gears of War with the wife was a lot of fun too.
 
ballistic90 said:
There's some games that you either can't be brought over to consoles in a satisfactory way, or just haven't been brought over in a satisfactory way. Heavy tactical/strategy/sim games are almost always better on PC. A friend told me he didn't like Civilization much, because he played the Xbox 360 game. I urged him to buy Civ 5 during a Steam sale, and now he's put 100 hours or more into it.

I don't think I've seen an RTS game on consoles that have matched a well crafted PC RTS. And some simulation games run into the same issue. Some games just scream for a mouse.
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The fallacy is thinking that some games were successfully brought to consoles. Success is a very opinionated term, IMO success is when you bring the complete experience but that is not what happened to FPS games and others on consoles. Consoles are the reason FPS lost almost all their capabilities. There was no such thing as games being successfully moved to the controller scheme, there was only the fact they dumbed down the games to the point it was playable. The same exact thing can easily be done to RTS games. Dumb it way the hell down, take star craft for example. The single player and arcade modes have gas mines that are automated and require no workers. The console version would just get rid of workers all together. A nexus automatically sends out or controls workers and you don't have any option to control them. They would just remove most of the micro and stick only to macro. If blizzard does this it would be a smash hit and everyone would be talking about how amazing the game is on consoles, then they would start dumbing down the PC versions to match. I will even say that if blizzard does not get in on this soon someone will and they will be the next "halo"
 
I wouldn't call consoles more fun. The ONLY thing I'd ever prefer about a console is it's simplicity. Put a game in and it just works. You don't have to worry about drivers, OS compatibility, draconian DRM, punkbuster, etc. On a well done PC port that runs without hiccups, playing a PC is a lot more fun simply because it looks a lot better and plays a lot smoother.

That said, gaming from my couch, with a controller, is preferred for basically everything I play that's single player. I've got a fairly powerful HTPC and I'd say I do 75% of my gaming there. My desktop is for Battlefield 3/4, Planetside 2, and occasional rounds of Civ 5 or Total War. In fact, I really look forward to Valve's new controller so that I can play the later two from my big comfy recliner. Once that happens, my desktop will pretty much be reserved for online FPS only.
 
You can emulate the console experience on pc if you so choose to do so (shitty frame rates and all). So no playing a on console doesn't it make any more "fun"
 
DF-1 said:
I HATEEEEEEE when people say that.

want to sit on your recliner? play a game on an HDTV? surround sound?

hook up your PC to it. its not hard.:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
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Oh please, you know damn well not all PC titles have proper gamepad support (Witcher comes to mind). Anyway having a blast with Diablo 3 (local co-op;offline) and if you have to fuck with every other game to make the gamepad work that's not my idea of fun.
 
I prefer gaming at my desk, even if I'm using a 360 controller. If I spend too much time on my couch gaming I end up with a stiff lower back. I think it has something to do with having a $700 office chair. I can sit in that thing all day. Might be the best $700 I ever spent. Its only real competition is hiring movers.
 
I prefer PC gaming all the way. I did pick up a PS3 to play GTAV, and fuck me the load times are crazy. I remember playing Vice City off of a 15k SCSI 360 drive and it would be almost seamless loading. Skyrim loads so fast between areas, you cannot even read the things they put on the load screen.

Once GTAV comes out on PC, I will pop for it, just to play around with the mods and have a mouse.
 
Wireless KB+M and some tray tables along with a 360 pad and a PC is pretty easily made into another console. Plus, now that video cards all do HDMI audio, it's easier than ever to hook a PC up to a TV and/or home theater. Once I went that route, I couldn't go back to PC gaming at a desk even when I tried.

While consoles sometimes "dumb down" PC control schemes, sometimes they also force game makers to re-think having 50 buttons with no overlap and needless functions altogether. It's a double edged sword. Back in the day PC games weren't exactly known for supporting a good UX and I'd say the consoles have actually improved on that a bit.
 
Sonic the Hedgehog is more fun on Sega Genesis than on PC. So yes - console gaming is more fun.
 
Domingo said:
While consoles sometimes "dumb down" PC control schemes, sometimes they also force game makers to re-think having 50 buttons with no overlap and needless functions altogether. It's a double edged sword. Back in the day PC games weren't exactly known for supporting a good UX and I'd say the consoles have actually improved on that a bit.
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In some cases. In others, it's become worse. Having Spacebar do 15 different things, like in Mass Effect, makes no sense.
 
There are scenarios where consoles are more fun than computers, like sports games and fighting games. And also having relations while playing Super Mario World......:D
 
jbltecnicspro said:
Sonic the Hedgehog is more fun on Sega Genesis than on PC. So yes - console gaming is more fun.
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I wished the console games maker would focus more on those games that are meant to play with a game pad.

Games like FPS are just retarded on a gamepad, and yet we get many of them on the consoles.
 
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