Thaurin
"Lowest common denominator?"
I thought it was common knowledge that consoles were weaker PCs, of course if you have an old PC a console could be stronger.
The most important weakness come from lack of RAM, which has casused the worst problems so far, in this adventure of m$'s.
I think DX2 would be a good example, of the problem, what happens is there is such small zones that you are constantly have to load new areas, which effect RPG style games the most, due to the quests.
"Microsoft is evil!" Well, a big company is run by thousands of people and do not work like humans do."
Actually we are talking about policies, not the quality of employees or whether they follow good or evil gods.
" So you subscribe to the crowd that always wants the latest and greatest and have a recent $2000 gaming rig, do you?"
No, if however there are nice graphics in a game sure I do very much notice and visual advances in technology.
Just because I appreciate beauty doesn't mean story or gameplay are not just as important if not more.
I still remember the first time I saw things in games, just like first time I experienced a great quest or story.
Are you suggesting you don't appreciate beauty?
Could you say, watch the Akira Kurosawa movie Dreams
( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100998/ ) and see the scence in the cherry blossom orchid with out weeping at the beauty?
If so, too bad.
Additionally can you think of a RPG as in depth as say PT, is there an equlivant on the console?
Maybe consoles can handle heavy text branching, I am not sure since I don't own one, but I tend to think that this is another area of weakness and limitations.
Obviously the weakness of aiming and targeting, which since you seem experienced with PC and console should be blatantly obvious.
"Final Fantasy?"
We must be talking about two different things, as I don't see how Sony's exclusives have tried to undermine the PC industry.
They didn't take PC developers to make FF, that is a long lived series and has nothing to do with the PC industry, afaik.
Dhruin
"I think you're contradicting yourself."
Nah, not really, see above.
I am not talking about anything in perticular, but all things, yes graphics and visual splender do matter but not to the point of sacrficing overall game quality.
I don't think those words or thought have escaped my brain before, it's possible but I sure don't remember.
"Which RPG on the PC demonstrates gameplay improvements (*not* graphical improvements) that would not be possible on a console?"
Seriously?
Well almost anything that is related to aiming, targeting, strafing, physics, sound quality and visual quality.
I should be asking you to name something that can be done better on consoles.
"Lowest common denominator?"
I thought it was common knowledge that consoles were weaker PCs, of course if you have an old PC a console could be stronger.
The most important weakness come from lack of RAM, which has casused the worst problems so far, in this adventure of m$'s.
I think DX2 would be a good example, of the problem, what happens is there is such small zones that you are constantly have to load new areas, which effect RPG style games the most, due to the quests.
"Microsoft is evil!" Well, a big company is run by thousands of people and do not work like humans do."
Actually we are talking about policies, not the quality of employees or whether they follow good or evil gods.
" So you subscribe to the crowd that always wants the latest and greatest and have a recent $2000 gaming rig, do you?"
No, if however there are nice graphics in a game sure I do very much notice and visual advances in technology.
Just because I appreciate beauty doesn't mean story or gameplay are not just as important if not more.
I still remember the first time I saw things in games, just like first time I experienced a great quest or story.
Are you suggesting you don't appreciate beauty?
Could you say, watch the Akira Kurosawa movie Dreams
( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100998/ ) and see the scence in the cherry blossom orchid with out weeping at the beauty?
If so, too bad.
Additionally can you think of a RPG as in depth as say PT, is there an equlivant on the console?
Maybe consoles can handle heavy text branching, I am not sure since I don't own one, but I tend to think that this is another area of weakness and limitations.
Obviously the weakness of aiming and targeting, which since you seem experienced with PC and console should be blatantly obvious.
"Final Fantasy?"
We must be talking about two different things, as I don't see how Sony's exclusives have tried to undermine the PC industry.
They didn't take PC developers to make FF, that is a long lived series and has nothing to do with the PC industry, afaik.
Dhruin
"I think you're contradicting yourself."
Nah, not really, see above.
I am not talking about anything in perticular, but all things, yes graphics and visual splender do matter but not to the point of sacrficing overall game quality.
I don't think those words or thought have escaped my brain before, it's possible but I sure don't remember.
"Which RPG on the PC demonstrates gameplay improvements (*not* graphical improvements) that would not be possible on a console?"
Seriously?
Well almost anything that is related to aiming, targeting, strafing, physics, sound quality and visual quality.
I should be asking you to name something that can be done better on consoles.
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