Comments on: My Love/Hate Relationship With PC Gaming http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2005/my-lovehate-relationship-with-pc-gaming/ Freelance Web Design, Premium WordPress Themes, and Video Game Reviews Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:47:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Chris http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2005/my-lovehate-relationship-with-pc-gaming/#comment-5847 Chris Fri, 30 Jun 2006 03:10:05 +0000 http://www.mattbrett.com/?p=157#comment-5847 I totally agree with you man, this is why I prefer consoles over computers when it comes to gaming. I just spent 30 min running tests on Quake 4 to see what settings would run best on my computer. Why can't just pop the fucking DVD (or CD), install and just run the damn game without having to go through hell before playing the damn thing? I totally agree with you man, this is why I prefer consoles over computers when it comes to gaming. I just spent 30 min running tests on Quake 4 to see what settings would run best on my computer.

Why can't just pop the fucking DVD (or CD), install and just run the damn game without having to go through hell before playing the damn thing?

]]> By: NooB http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2005/my-lovehate-relationship-with-pc-gaming/#comment-1464 NooB Sat, 11 Mar 2006 11:37:16 +0000 http://www.mattbrett.com/?p=157#comment-1464 Hey guys, im Noob, but wow was i ever blown away by the comments posted, i thought i was the only one who believed console games will never compare to PC, all my friends...PS2 this, XBOX that, they never understood why i would never get near a console, finally i realized im not the only one! =-D As for all the other comments, well theres not much i can say, i dont play many PC games, i stick to the ones that my PC can handle, Counter-Strike, Warcraft3 TFT, (i bought half life 2, but my PC runs it choppy, anywayz its been great! Hey guys, im Noob, but wow was i ever blown away by the comments posted, i thought i was the only one who believed console games will never compare to PC, all my friends…PS2 this, XBOX that, they never understood why i would never get near a console, finally i realized im not the only one! =-D As for all the other comments, well theres not much i can say, i dont play many PC games, i stick to the ones that my PC can handle, Counter-Strike, Warcraft3 TFT, (i bought half life 2, but my PC runs it choppy, anywayz its been great!

]]> By: Laci http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2005/my-lovehate-relationship-with-pc-gaming/#comment-1110 Laci Wed, 25 Jan 2006 23:43:29 +0000 http://www.mattbrett.com/?p=157#comment-1110 Hi Guys, Well, come on for a sec.. You couldn't be that annoyed, think about the fact that consoles are sh*t compared to let's say an alianware PC. And by hte way does it really hurt you to take the timeand remap? Otherwise, the console games can't even reach the LOD and fun of a pc game, because they don't evolve, only once in two to three years. I might sound like a PC fan which I am, and trust me, I'm pretty old and have tried even namco old coin ups at my time (now I'm an active game developer), but consoles are way down the drain when it comes to face the pc. Not to mention, that a pc is much more usable. For standars, I don't think that while you played HL2 you experienced frustration because the key mapping. Had to tweak it? Well take the time and get to know your gfx card, then immediately you'll know that the game won't run smooth with 4x antialiashing but with only 2x. My advice, play big titles which are tested correctly, because game testing irons out the problems from above. Cd's well, you'd be astonished that most of our world uses floppy disquettes instead of CDs, but there will come a time, when you'll be frustrated with a game because it came out on DVD and not a holo-disk. Regards, PC fan Hi Guys,

Well, come on for a sec.. You couldn't be that annoyed, think about the fact that consoles are sh*t compared to let's say an alianware PC. And by hte way does it really hurt you to take the timeand remap? Otherwise, the console games can't even reach the LOD and fun of a pc game, because they don't evolve, only once in two to three years. I might sound like a PC fan which I am, and trust me, I'm pretty old and have tried even namco old coin ups at my time (now I'm an active game developer), but consoles are way down the drain when it comes to face the pc. Not to mention, that a pc is much more usable.

For standars, I don't think that while you played HL2 you experienced frustration because the key mapping. Had to tweak it? Well take the time and get to know your gfx card, then immediately you'll know that the game won't run smooth with 4x antialiashing but with only 2x.

My advice, play big titles which are tested correctly, because game testing irons out the problems from above.

Cd's well, you'd be astonished that most of our world uses floppy disquettes instead of CDs, but there will come a time, when you'll be frustrated with a game because it came out on DVD and not a holo-disk.

Regards,

PC fan

]]> By: Joshua Kendall http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2005/my-lovehate-relationship-with-pc-gaming/#comment-511 Joshua Kendall Fri, 18 Nov 2005 00:05:57 +0000 http://www.mattbrett.com/?p=157#comment-511 I'm with you Matt. Luckily most of the games I play (when they work with my laptop) have the move keys setup correctly, or they at least show you the controls before the level loads. As far as the media type you kind of have to way it out. $10-$20 for the DVD or Hanging on to 5 CDs (the DVD always wins out when possible) Oh, thanks to your post about Call of Duty 2 (and your video of it) I will be picking up a copy tomorrow. Luckly the demo I downloaded worked on my Laptop. Then in a week I'll be enjoying it on my new desktop. Also Anthony, good luck with the 360. I personally will not be getting one anytime soon, I will stick with my PS2's and my PC's. I'm with you Matt. Luckily most of the games I play (when they work with my laptop) have the move keys setup correctly, or they at least show you the controls before the level loads.

As far as the media type you kind of have to way it out. $10-$20 for the DVD or Hanging on to 5 CDs (the DVD always wins out when possible)

Oh, thanks to your post about Call of Duty 2 (and your video of it) I will be picking up a copy tomorrow. Luckly the demo I downloaded worked on my Laptop. Then in a week I'll be enjoying it on my new desktop.

Also Anthony, good luck with the 360. I personally will not be getting one anytime soon, I will stick with my PS2's and my PC's.

]]> By: Matt http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2005/my-lovehate-relationship-with-pc-gaming/#comment-509 Matt Thu, 17 Nov 2005 20:52:36 +0000 http://www.mattbrett.com/?p=157#comment-509 Anthony: It'd be great if Vista had better games support. I do remember hearing vague things mentioned about it, but no solid details. Here's hoping! Good luck with scoring a 360 on launch day! Ryan: You're lucky you get DVD format for most games. If a game does ship on DVD, it usually costs $10-$20 more and is labelled "collector's edition". I usually get nocd patches from gamecopyworld - I can't stand Mega Games. No search - are you kidding me? Anyway, same deal, though. A lot of the newer games require you to mount a mini disk image, run 10 apps to hide your virtual drives, unhook your optical drives, stand on one foot and fart 3 times. BPAndrew: Yeah, F.E.A.R. had a couple wonky key configs too. But F is pretty common for use/open. That is, if you're able to lean - E is taken for lean right. Anthony: It'd be great if Vista had better games support. I do remember hearing vague things mentioned about it, but no solid details. Here's hoping!

Good luck with scoring a 360 on launch day!

Ryan: You're lucky you get DVD format for most games. If a game does ship on DVD, it usually costs $10-$20 more and is labelled "collector's edition".

I usually get nocd patches from gamecopyworld – I can't stand Mega Games. No search – are you kidding me? Anyway, same deal, though. A lot of the newer games require you to mount a mini disk image, run 10 apps to hide your virtual drives, unhook your optical drives, stand on one foot and fart 3 times.

BPAndrew: Yeah, F.E.A.R. had a couple wonky key configs too. But F is pretty common for use/open. That is, if you're able to lean – E is taken for lean right.

]]> By: BPAndrew http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2005/my-lovehate-relationship-with-pc-gaming/#comment-508 BPAndrew Thu, 17 Nov 2005 18:40:29 +0000 http://www.mattbrett.com/?p=157#comment-508 hallelujah!!! you say it brother Crouching in F.E.A.R insulted me, I think it was Z or X or something like supid like that.. and wasn't opening doors F? I hate having to remap every single game, every game should be like Battlefield 2/Tribes. Your right Copy protection is getting to be too much, people are pissed as it is right now with sonys latest escapades <a href="http://www.cnet.com/4520-6033_1-6376177-1.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnet.com/4520-6033_1-6376177-1.html</a> On the hardware side, I think its moving way too fast. Developers arn't hitting the potential of the stuff out now. Think about the super nintendo, by the end they were doing incredible things with that tired old machine. I think developers are just starting to get the feel for XBOX and now bang, new hardware, start alll over again. We should all band together and say "Were not buying anymore new crap, build games that uses todays stuff" hallelujah!!! you say it brother

Crouching in F.E.A.R insulted me, I think it was Z or X or something like supid like that.. and wasn't opening doors F? I hate having to remap every single game, every game should be like Battlefield 2/Tribes.

Your right Copy protection is getting to be too much, people are pissed as it is right now with sonys latest escapades http://www.cnet.com/4520-6033_1-6376177-1.html

On the hardware side, I think its moving way too fast. Developers arn't hitting the potential of the stuff out now. Think about the super nintendo, by the end they were doing incredible things with that tired old machine. I think developers are just starting to get the feel for XBOX and now bang, new hardware, start alll over again.

We should all band together and say "Were not buying anymore new crap, build games that uses todays stuff"

]]> By: Ryan http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2005/my-lovehate-relationship-with-pc-gaming/#comment-507 Ryan Thu, 17 Nov 2005 18:21:21 +0000 http://www.mattbrett.com/?p=157#comment-507 Hardware - Looks like you want a console :P ** Media Types - Come to Europe, almost all games come in DVD format :P ÃÆ'¢â‚¬Åâ€Å"Please insert the disc labeled ÃÆ'¢â‚¬Ãâ€ÂÂÂ&sup1;Å“CD 1ÃÆ'¢â‚¬ÂÂÂÂÂÂ&sup2; to playÃÆ'¢â‚¬Â? - I've never had a problem with this thanks to <a href="http://www.megagames.com/gcracks.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.megagames.com/gcracks.html</a> Nice Site by the way! I found you listed on CSS Beauty. **(only joking) Hardware – Looks like you want a console :P **

Media Types – Come to Europe, almost all games come in DVD format :P

ÃÆ'¢â‚¬Åâ€Å"Please insert the disc labeled ÃÆ'¢â‚¬Ãâ€ÂÂÂ&sup1;Å“CD 1ÃÆ'¢â‚¬ÂÂÂÂÂÂ&sup2; to playÃÆ'¢â‚¬Â? – I've never had a problem with this thanks to http://www.megagames.com/gcracks.html

Nice Site by the way! I found you listed on CSS Beauty.

**(only joking)

]]> By: Anthony http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2005/my-lovehate-relationship-with-pc-gaming/#comment-506 Anthony Thu, 17 Nov 2005 12:05:19 +0000 http://www.mattbrett.com/?p=157#comment-506 I think Vista is supposed to be doing some pretty funky things with the games/hardware/tweaking issue. I can't remember what exactly, but I think developers have been positive about it. I go through cycles with gaming. I bought a PS2, played that for a few years and neglected my PC. Upgraded my PC, and apart from very occasionally I haven't touched my PS2 in about 18 months. Now my softmodded Radeon 9800se and overclocked XP2500+ don't really cut it any more, and I'm hopefully picking me up a 360 on launch day (Dec 2 in the UK) - so the cycle continues! I've never been able to buy a console on launch before, but I couldn't resist. I think Vista is supposed to be doing some pretty funky things with the games/hardware/tweaking issue. I can't remember what exactly, but I think developers have been positive about it.

I go through cycles with gaming. I bought a PS2, played that for a few years and neglected my PC.

Upgraded my PC, and apart from very occasionally I haven't touched my PS2 in about 18 months.

Now my softmodded Radeon 9800se and overclocked XP2500+ don't really cut it any more, and I'm hopefully picking me up a 360 on launch day (Dec 2 in the UK) – so the cycle continues!

I've never been able to buy a console on launch before, but I couldn't resist.

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