PC vs. Console Gaming

by: QUIK

Hey yourgamesux fans! Not a lot going on gaming-wise for me. Fated, myself and our friend Pat pretty much play nothing but Rift. Well Fated is really enjoying some Shogun II and his review should be up here really soon.

I have finished Dead Space last night. I enjoyed the game greatly (even though I got pulled away from it by … yes, you guessed it, Rift), and I chose for my next single player game – Assassin’s Creed 2. If you remember my review of the original game for Xbox I enjoyed it very much. In fact I enjoyed it so much I am looking at an awesome Altair figurine standing on my desk right now.

I got Assassin’s Creed 2 for the PC. I have a really powerful computer and it puts consoles to shame. Yes, if I got a Blu-Ray drive for it (which I do intend to get to enjoy HD content on my beautiful monitor) it will put all your PS3s to shame. I had a friend come over and showed him Dead Space (which I believe I mentioned in my review of that game) and he commented how much better it looks on my PC then when he played it on the Xbox. This said, the controls for the PC version of Dead Space were very well thought out. You can tell the game wasn’t simply a console port to a PC but a lot of love was put into a PC version. I am very disappointed to say that is not the case with Assassin’s Creed 2. Although the game looks very beautiful the controls leave much to be desired (to put it lightly). They are complete poop. This is a game clearly intended for a console, hastily ported over to a PC. I could be completely wrong about this but I’m sorry, it’s just how it seems to me and how the gameplay on a keyboard and mouse feels. So what should I do to remedy this situation?

As soon as I get a chance I will purchase a gamepad for my PC, one that will work with my 360 as well. I love how my games look on my PC and I love the fact that I can play all my new games in 1920x1080 screen resolution which you console maniacs can’t say about a lot of games. The visual effects are better and better with each new game coming out while games on consoles look crappier and crappier taking shortcuts for rapidly aging hardware. As I mentioned before, as soon as I get a decent gamepad and a Blu-Ray drive, I will have a far superior gaming machine then all you PS3 / 360 owners.

You may argue: “But Quik, you are missing out on a lot of fun games like Uncharted and little indie games like pixel junk shooter or Limbo”. Well dear reader, you got me with Uncharted. It’s one of those games I would love to play, however considering I have been out of the gaming scene for a loong time I still have tons of games to catch up on, so I will not lose sleep over a single title. As for indie games, seriously, have you non-PC gaming people been living under a rock? Steam turned the PC into the ULTIMATE gaming console. 1. I can purchase any game and have it downloaded in a flash anytime I want. 2. You haven’t seen an indie game selection until you’ve seen one on Steam. 3. My games are much cheaper then their console counter-parts. 4. Cloud saving, enough said. 5. I can be on any PC and in a flash install Steam and have all my games available to me. I don’t have to carry around lame cases with hardware and discs. 6. Best – multiplayer – existance – possible, unmatches by any console (including the fact that I can set up my own server to host a game). Also, as I miss out on Uncharted, all you console players will miss out on most TBS games. How is that Shogun 2 Fated? Better then Civilization 5? How about some Dawn of War II this weekend before we jump into the incredible experience that is MMORPG, in this case – Rift.

I am a PC gamer. I turned to the dark side for a long time but I have seen the light and it’s neon blue (on two fans gently cooling my powerful friend next to me). Now to decide which gamepad to choose because I really want to play my Assassin’s Creed 2 (which looks absolutely amazing by the way). I’m probably going to go with the Microsoft 360 wireless controller with a PC adapter included. Any recommendations from you PC gamers?

Anyway, these were just some thoughts that popped into my head after trying A.C. 2 tonight. Visit us soon for Shogun 2 review by Fated (which based on his e-mails to me descibing various battles and sieges and scenarios will be quite epic) and a review of Plants vs. Zombies by me followed by  Borderlands, NFS: Undercover, Saint’s Row and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (not necessarily in that particular order).

Stay cool kids. =)