F*** yea

[Archem]

Download Steam. You don't even need to go to a store (although you can if you are stupid and want to pay extra).

Not necessarily true. Some products that are available through Steam can be found for less than standard Steam prices (retailers occasionally have reduced prices to move inventory. Valve's titles in particular see these kind of price drops, since a large amount of their sales are through Steam, not through retail), but Steam has just about the best prices if the product you want is on sale.

Seriously. I got Bioshock for $5 from Steam. Their prices during sales are ridiculously low.

[Razor]

How the hell does this relate to the first page, I must ask
I skipped pages 2-6 so I have no idea what's going on.


But yeah, TF2 is much, much, MUCH better on the PC than it is on consoles. My two cents, although I suspect the currency is all wrong.
I mean about the using the 360 on the PC, how often do games come along where it is better to use the 360 controller over mouse and keyboard? The only games I can think of are, well, console games that are ported or emulated. Not FPS, that's for sure.

[Archem]

Halo.

No, really, I can't stand playing Halo (or Halo 2) with mouse and keyboard. I suppose it's because the games were built around the Xbox controller, but with mouse and keyboard, it just feels wrong. Unnatural even. Third-person shooters don't feel right, either. Or driving game, or platformer, or... Well, there are some other things, but they're not really because of their genre so much as their controls.

But yeah, some things just feel wrong without a controller. When accuracy and precision are important, it can't be beat. When more than four/eight-way movements are important, mouse and keyboard kind of fall flat.



Oh, wait, how we got here... Uh... Felix did it.

[Razor]

controller. When accuracy and precision are important, it can't be beat.

See I don't think I could possibly disagree more regarding accuracy and precision while using a controller for FPSes. That's mouse territory. Excluding the aforementioned Halo, which I have not played on the PC.

[Darkfox]

See I don't think I could possibly disagree more regarding accuracy and precision while using a controller for FPSes. That's mouse territory. Excluding the aforementioned Halo, which I have not played on the PC.

Music I do hear to my ear, a voice of reason? (well okay, it is text but you get the idea) Ah yes, the mouse is my tool of choice for precision shooting as well!

[HackersTotalMassLaser]

And speed. That said, I don't like playing on PC much. I played SH, RE4 and FEAR and it's counter parts, and i liked consoling better.

Console=comfort.

[Felix-0]

I didn't do it, it was *scroll back pages*

Its okay, people rarely do. ;__;''
Then again, I never know half the bands you guys talk about.
And on a side note, I got the orange box today. So I'm pretty happy.

F*** IT was me. damn.

[Archem]

See I don't think I could possibly disagree more regarding accuracy and precision while using a controller for FPSes. That's mouse territory. Excluding the aforementioned Halo, which I have not played on the PC.

Sorry, I seem to have made my post a bit difficult to understand right there at the end. That last paragraph had a few edits and revisions, so the original intent was kind of marred. I meant to say that pinpoint accuracy was mouse and keyboard territory, while full-range movement was controller's grounds. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

[Razor]

Well in that case, internet high five

[Archem]

*follows through*

[Drace]

Halo plays fine on both in my opinion. But then again, I adapt easily so it's not really fair to count my vote.

Also, I agree that The Orange Box should be bought for the PC. I myself bought it for the 360, which is fun, but lacking extremely. Especially when it comes to Team Fortress 2. We've only gotten minor updates to fix bugs and errors, but the big ones are still hidden away. No extra maps, no character updates. At least time I checked, which was about a month ago.

And I do like getting some FPS games for the PC mainly when it comes to multiplayer. Making custom maps has always been that much easier when it comes to the PC, if it even is possible on the consoles.

[Rahl]

I prefer the controller with any FPS, but when it comes to accuracy and things like that when dealing with RTS's theres theres just no beating the mouse and keyboard. Halo Wars was ok, alot of people put it down but I think it was huge leap for console RTS's.

[Felix-0]

No...I couldn't handle Halo wars. It lacked variation, I mean every battle played out just about the exact same manner. Because there was no base customization and no free building placement, and your resources constantly replenished.

[Rahl]

These factors did bother me a little. I guess its suppose to be more action oriented than other RTS's.

[Darkfox]

No...I couldn't handle Halo wars. It lacked variation, I mean every battle played out just about the exact same manner. Because there was no base customization and no free building placement, and your resources constantly replenished.

Whaaaaaaat!? And this is a RTS? Blasphemy!