Post by Keith on May 26, 2007 18:38:40 GMT -8
I've been getting more into the console gaming because of the type of games I rather play on consoles than on PCs. However, there are plenty of games I would rather play on a PC rather than a gaming console. Prime examples of gaming genres I would prefer to play are mainly the first person shooters (FPS) and strategy games. With first person shooters, you can set up the controls to make it simplistic for you to use. In my case, I use the simple arrows on the keyboard and the mouse.
I use the up and down arrow keeps to move forward and back away. At the same time, I'll use the mouse to go left and right. The movement is more smooth and fluid with that method. With a console it tends to be a bit more difficult with a gamepad. With the mouse, I can use the left mouse button to fire and the right mouse button to jump. If you want to take your time and pick people off at a distance, you're better off using a PC to play FPS games. I prefer to play games such as Doom, Duke Nukem, Blood, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Unreal Tournament, Battlefield 2, and Half-Life with the simple mouse and keyboard. The fluid movement with the utilization of the PC controls can definitely get me out of a tight spot.
Being able to handle controls in an FPS is extremely important. The use of a mouse and keyboard definitely enables me to handle the controls. For FPS titles there are plenty of things a PC can provide that a console cannot. I would rather prefer to play an FPS on a PC rather than on a game console. Another important thing for me with FPS games is the graphics. If you have the right graphics card in your computer, the graphics are very clean.
At times when I play an FPS on a game console, the controls are too rigid and not fluid enough. If I want to turn slight right and I move the analog stick, I turn a bit too far to the right. It can be a total hassle, especially if I'm in the middle of some online game.
With strategy games, the controls are much easier to use with a mouse and keyboard rather than a gamepad. Sales for strategy games for the console usually generated very poor sales verses strategy games for the PC. With strategy games for the PC, you have a mouse that's basically your main control. It's basically point, click, drag, etc when playing. When you click on a unit or a building, there are actions that pop up on screen that you can initiate. It's more difficult to utlize those controls on a console then with a simple mouse.
Strategy games are another reason that I'm a PC gamer. Before I had gotten into the fighting games, I enjoyed playing FPS and strategy games. Those were mainly for the PC. There are a few titles for the console, but most of the strategy games are for the PC.
Playing a game of Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2, if I want to move a group of units into a building, I just click on them and then click on another part of the map. Voila, the units move without question to the designated area. If I want the units to attack another unit, I do the same thing but instead of clicking an area, I just click on the enemy unit(s). It's as simple as that. The dynamics of the controls and actions for strategy games are complex that you need a mouse.
These are just examples of games that are better played on the PC than game console. For those very reasons, I'm a PC gamer. But I still have just as much love for the game consoles.
However, I'll probably start veering more towards PC gaming again for several reasons:
Arcade Emulators: On my computer, I can play loads of arcade game roms. They're the actual roms that are programmed within the gaming machines. Most of these arcade games are not ported to the various consoles (X-Box, PS2, Dreamcast, etc). I happen to be a fighting game fanatic and with the arcade emulators for the PC, I can play all sorts of fighting games such as Rage of the Dragons, Breakers Revenge, Daraku Tenshi: The Fallen Angels, etc. There are plenty of fighting games not available in the United States, I can play those foreign game titles via an arcade emulator.
Dojin Games: Within the last few years, Japanese dojin games or fan-made game companies have been popping up all around Japan. However, most of these titles are exclusively for the PC. I've watched a few trailers and have played a few games to say that these games do play better than most of the console games I had played. I've downloaded a trial version of this game called "Ele Paper Action" which is a dojin game based off the anime series "Read or Die." I was pretty satisfied with the demo and would like to get the full version which is only for PC. I had also recently obtained another dojin game for my PC called "Melty Blood Re-Act" which is a dojin fighting game based off an anime series called Tsukihime. I was pretty satisfied with Melty Blood's graphics and gameplay.
Emulators have been around for awhile, but once dojin games become more mainstream in the United States, it should get more people playing PC games. I know it's definitely bringing my attention back towards the PC.
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I use the up and down arrow keeps to move forward and back away. At the same time, I'll use the mouse to go left and right. The movement is more smooth and fluid with that method. With a console it tends to be a bit more difficult with a gamepad. With the mouse, I can use the left mouse button to fire and the right mouse button to jump. If you want to take your time and pick people off at a distance, you're better off using a PC to play FPS games. I prefer to play games such as Doom, Duke Nukem, Blood, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Unreal Tournament, Battlefield 2, and Half-Life with the simple mouse and keyboard. The fluid movement with the utilization of the PC controls can definitely get me out of a tight spot.
Being able to handle controls in an FPS is extremely important. The use of a mouse and keyboard definitely enables me to handle the controls. For FPS titles there are plenty of things a PC can provide that a console cannot. I would rather prefer to play an FPS on a PC rather than on a game console. Another important thing for me with FPS games is the graphics. If you have the right graphics card in your computer, the graphics are very clean.
At times when I play an FPS on a game console, the controls are too rigid and not fluid enough. If I want to turn slight right and I move the analog stick, I turn a bit too far to the right. It can be a total hassle, especially if I'm in the middle of some online game.
With strategy games, the controls are much easier to use with a mouse and keyboard rather than a gamepad. Sales for strategy games for the console usually generated very poor sales verses strategy games for the PC. With strategy games for the PC, you have a mouse that's basically your main control. It's basically point, click, drag, etc when playing. When you click on a unit or a building, there are actions that pop up on screen that you can initiate. It's more difficult to utlize those controls on a console then with a simple mouse.
Strategy games are another reason that I'm a PC gamer. Before I had gotten into the fighting games, I enjoyed playing FPS and strategy games. Those were mainly for the PC. There are a few titles for the console, but most of the strategy games are for the PC.
Playing a game of Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2, if I want to move a group of units into a building, I just click on them and then click on another part of the map. Voila, the units move without question to the designated area. If I want the units to attack another unit, I do the same thing but instead of clicking an area, I just click on the enemy unit(s). It's as simple as that. The dynamics of the controls and actions for strategy games are complex that you need a mouse.
These are just examples of games that are better played on the PC than game console. For those very reasons, I'm a PC gamer. But I still have just as much love for the game consoles.
However, I'll probably start veering more towards PC gaming again for several reasons:
Arcade Emulators: On my computer, I can play loads of arcade game roms. They're the actual roms that are programmed within the gaming machines. Most of these arcade games are not ported to the various consoles (X-Box, PS2, Dreamcast, etc). I happen to be a fighting game fanatic and with the arcade emulators for the PC, I can play all sorts of fighting games such as Rage of the Dragons, Breakers Revenge, Daraku Tenshi: The Fallen Angels, etc. There are plenty of fighting games not available in the United States, I can play those foreign game titles via an arcade emulator.
Dojin Games: Within the last few years, Japanese dojin games or fan-made game companies have been popping up all around Japan. However, most of these titles are exclusively for the PC. I've watched a few trailers and have played a few games to say that these games do play better than most of the console games I had played. I've downloaded a trial version of this game called "Ele Paper Action" which is a dojin game based off the anime series "Read or Die." I was pretty satisfied with the demo and would like to get the full version which is only for PC. I had also recently obtained another dojin game for my PC called "Melty Blood Re-Act" which is a dojin fighting game based off an anime series called Tsukihime. I was pretty satisfied with Melty Blood's graphics and gameplay.
Emulators have been around for awhile, but once dojin games become more mainstream in the United States, it should get more people playing PC games. I know it's definitely bringing my attention back towards the PC.
www.helium.com/tm/269183/getting-console-gaming-because