- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Captiosus
Posted by: Agamemnon582bc
I believe the OP said he was a serious PC gamer, and yet everyone is suggesting to him different consoles.
That's because, as was stated before, PC gaming has been going through a very dull time. For a very long time.
Other than Half Life 2, Doom 3 and Battlefield, look at the sheer number of games that come out for consoles first and then are half-ass ported to PC. About the only games I have seen get developed predominantly for PC first in recent times have been MMORPGs. I know this is liable to erupt into a flame war, but when I go into any shop selling computer games, I see "new" PC titles that have been around on consoles. Sometimes they're ported around the same time, sometimes ports take months or, as in H2V's case, years.
This has been a complaint of mine for years. PC gaming has taken a backseat to consoles and we end up with crappy ports of popular console games. Every now and then we get a Half-Life 2, Doom 3 or Starcraft 2, but it's rare. Instead, PC gamers get barraged with "new" crap like LOTRO, DDO, WOW, and a billion other MMOs that are nowhere to be found on consoles (thankfully).
Oblivion, FEAR, Battlefield 2, Source mods, HellGate: London, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, and Bioshock? That all sounds like a slow time for PC games for you?