We all know PC’s are superior than Consoles in terms of specs and technology. Even with Next-Gen Consoles coming in with updated specs, there are happy PC owners that can truly brag about their powerhouse systems having one up on these new Consoles. Even then Personal Computers can’t help but lag behind the competition. We can praise gaming PC’s on their hardware but what does it really do in terms of Gaming?
The answer is simple. It does exactly what the Competition is doing. I say this because Consoles influence PC Gaming and in a big way. Lets say you had a monster PC, and when I say monster I mean fill your PC with Specs you really do not need. The reason why I say you don’t need it is because there isn’t a single game in the world I’ve seen that uses more than 3 gigs of ram and then you see folks building PC’s they use “strictly” for Gaming and fill it with 32 gigs of ram. Even if you spend 1,500 bucks on a new PC built for Gaming, that system won’t do more to games that isn’t already happening on 400 dollar consoles. The reason is this, aside from having better Anti-Aliasing, Shading, Processing, ETC. PC’s when it comes to gaming, even right now are doing the exact same things Consoles are. What Developers do with their Games on PC is allow those Games to have better Anti-Aliasing, and Shading. Aside from that you are getting the exact same game you are on Console.
Even with a 1,500 dollar PC, you just are not seeing the kinds of graphics they are displaying on these new Consoles because Developers will not make a game for PS3, and XBOX 360 and then go off and completely BLOW the lid off of PC Gaming with the MOST amazing Next-Gen graphics. They wait till the Next-Generation of consoles come out and then slightly alter the graphics on PC, simply because it is easier that way. The truth is PC Gaming is not getting Genre Defining Exclusives on it’s Platform. If us PC gamers did get those kinds of Developers that TRULY wanted to take advantage of our Platform in a way that could potentially make Consoles lag behind, then we could go off and spend 1,500 dollars on a Gaming PC because only then would the Extra Specs make a difference. The Technology is there to create Titles with Mind-Blowing Graphics, with Mind-Blowing Scale, and with Mind-Blowing Physics but we don’t have a Developer that want’s to take advantage of that Technology. It’s not happening now but someday a group of people will do just that, and that is when the Tides will turn and PC Gaming will be influencing Console Gaming and not the other way around.
It seems it was long time ago. A bunch of friends spending hours on end playing RPG games, sitting around the table with the box of cold pizza. Excited about the story, listening to the Game Master, they were completely engaged in the worlds only visible to them and their imaginations.
The GM is the programmer, and in MMOs and co-ops, you can play with others. If you want to ONLY use your imagination for the visuals, read a book.
Scrawl: "Looks like we know how that new Compile Heart countdown is going to end. The latest issue of Famitsu has confirmed that Agarest Senki 2, known as Record of Agarest War 2 in the US, is Compile Heart’s newest title."
1) Hope they put it on disc this time.
2) Hope this is a positive for Neptune coming over as well.
If so, that's being developed & published by Idea Factory. Compile Heart has nothing to do with it (Thank God for that).
Thought Compile Heart was one of the companies lending characters.
Was also speaking in general as in regards to a US of Neptune. If these guys are offing a second game, NIS or Atlus, both of whom offer quirkier titles, will put that one out.
@kagon01:
My issue isn't - wholly - with the DL-only option, but the price. The first game should be $30. Maybe $40, and by that I mean $39.99. The only reason its $45 is the 360 disc version which has extras. Nevermind that by all rights its a PS2 game. Something that proabbly could have been done if the devs had the GOW2 engine or tools.
I approve of this god damn message.
Could have gotten my 60 bucks if they just put it on a disc.
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Is this a half decent SRPG, porn aside, cause if it is, i might just decide to go and buy it for the 360.
There's no porn just some sexual innuendos but that's it.
Also it is a great game by itself, maybe not graphically but everything else is top tier.
Yup, it's a decent game. I just hate that a move has to go first before any attack options.
This is not the first time that Bless Online receives a server merge in Korea. An announcement was made on the official Korean site.
Bless must be an amazing game to be on all these platforms (according to the tags): iPad iPhone Nintendo DS PC PS Vita PS2 PS3 PS4 PSP Wii Wii U Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox One
Never seen a game use more than 3gb of ram? Well most games use the ram available on the graphics cards to start with.. if you don't have 64bit OS then ofc you wont either, i seen games use 4-5gb of VRAM on PC.
RAM doesnt = Graphics.. RAM = Multitasking on your PC.
This is why graphics cards have their own memory.. One its better for graphics and two it free's up your bog standard ram for other programs and processes..
ARMA 3 can use up to 5gb of video memory alone for HD textures.. BF3 iive seen use up to 3-4gb of VRAM so saying you never seen a game use more than 3gb of ram is abit misleading.. When obviously you havent taken in to account VRAM.
I find it funny when people talk about pcs not having genre defining exclusives, because it has plenty, and there are genres on pc that aren't on console at all.
X3:The Reunion - There isn't a game like it on console.
The Stalker series - There are no games like them on console.
Company of Heroes - You will not find an RTS as good on console.
The Dawn of War series - Same as Company of Heroes, there's nothing on console even remotely as good.
Amnesia - There's some games coming that take their inspiration from it, but at the moment there's nothing like it.
The Arma series - The only game on console that is close in any sort of way is the Operation Flashpoint series, but the Arma series stomps all over it for quality and scale.
There are loads more, if I listed them all I'd be here all day.
Console exclusives are great but they are mostly 3rd person affairs. If I didn't have a gaming pc I'd miss out on the genres that don't appear on console, and I like a very wide range of games. Limiting yourself isn't a good thing when you're a gamer.
If you're just playing the average FPS, your yearly rinse and repeat Call of Duty or Battlefield game then yes PC's are limited by consoles to a certain extent though the PC versions always look better. If you're going to buy a gaming PC just to play those year on year titles then then you are ignoring the titles where the PC shines, titles like ARMA 2 which is a well matured product and looks every bit as good as the current Battlefield game but on a scale Battlefield players could only dream of and includes paid for expansions and a whole slew of mods like Dayz, Wasteland, Invasion 1944 as well as spin off titles like Iron Front Liberation. We now have alpha access to Arma 3 which soon goes into beta yet is very playable even in this early version and will provide an amazing platform for the future, again on a scale Battlefield players would have wet dreams about.
The most realistic racing games on the consoles pale in comparison in terms of realism when compared to PC exclusives like iRacing, rFactor 2, or the forthcoming Assetto Corsa which has a very playable tech demo released that bodes very well for a fantastic looking, highly realistic racing simulation. Project CARS will release on consoles but it started life on the PC and looks fantastic in DX11 mode. Nothing comes close to the online organisation of iRacing and its scheduled races, matchmaking, laser scanned tracks and cars for absolute realism and the ability to host your own leagues, fully automated through their website portal. If you don't like that then host your own dedicated servers in rFactor 2 or Assetto Corsa and load in your own mods.
Don't like racing but still need a challenge? Fine choose from a long list of realistic flight sims never seen or ever likely to be seen on the consoles - Rise of Flight, X-Plane, DCS World, Lock On, IL-2 - just a few of the titles you can play online or offline, if you want to go MMO then play Aces High against hundreds of players in a strategic based persistent world.
I have a PS3 and 360, I'm planning on getting the PS4 and Xbox One but soon I hope to spend around a £1000 on a new CPU, graphics card, motherboard and memory just for some of those games I mentioned above and for that reason I believe the article is a little shortsighted.
legend of zelda created lock on
devil may cry was the first 3d hack and slash game
resident evil set a new standard for survival horror
halo combat evolved was the first game to have independent A.I. reactions based on how their allies died, was the first game to have a separate button dedicated to grenades and multiple layers of health
resident evil 4 was the first game with an over the shoulder perspective
mario revolutionized platforming in its time
-etc.etc.etc.
nuff said, console games have contributed to gaming much more then pc has, graphics=/=innovation, there's a reason why crysis 3 failed while halo 4 broke a new record and won a huge load of awards
The lowest common denominator sets the standard , unless your too low then you get left behind ..*cough cough WiiU