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ok lesson learnt, never smack talk a PC, or PC game.........ever

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Posted by: kool guy yeah
wow who the hell did this thread that was porbaly my little ugly sis.
That is probably one of the oldest bull-blam!- excuses I've ever seen on the Internet. Don't you dare give us that crap, seriously. Can't admit your ignorance and your losing argument, and so you had to say that? Did you or your "little ugly sis" post that? Actually, nevermind, I'm quite sure they're the same person.
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Posted by: kool guy yeah
now to answer kim

1. i know that gow no crysis and halo are all going to converted to pc by a using the compiler code!


I don't think GOW is going to be ported from console to PC, I have heard it has massive improvements over the console including major graphic updates, not to mention that the developers said that it WOULD eventually be on PC (Unlike what they said about BOTH Halo 1-2) so I think its going to be made for the PC not ported.
Epic Games announced that Gears of War would be ported to the PC a while ago.

Agamemnon got into this thread, yay.

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Posted by: inowereulive10
exept for modding............wooo
Are you jealous or something?, wow, you can play on your console, and play like 20 maps a thousand times, wow real fun isn't it. Or you can jump onto your PC and play hundreds and/or thousands of different maps and never get bored of having to do the same map all the time.


lol, its called halo 2 for xbox. played 20 maps thousands of times and its one of the funnest games iv ever played, and still is after how many years now?
I feal sry for people who have only played halo 2 vista and not halo 2 xbox because its just no where near as good.

so if you want to play halo 2, get it on xbox. Hence Thread Title



I feal sry for people who cant spell and have no sense of grammer about their funnest games. :O
Wow. Coming from the idiot who didn't bother typing sorry out, forgot the apostrophe in can't, misspelled grammar, and worst of all, said "funnest," which isn't a real word.

Think before you type, while you type, and after you type.

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Posted by: Master Kim
Think before you type, while you type, and after you type.

Do it for him.

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Posted by: inowereulive10


plus about the cost thing it is more cost effective to buy a console because £280 is alot better than £1000 no matter how you look at it, if gaming is your first priority.

if people want to experience new HD games and such then its so much cheaper to get a xbox 360,


Cost wise, everyone seems to miss the difference between a normal computer and a gaming computer. You buy a high end computer, for around a grand. You can do a lot of stuff with it, but you want to game also. You can buy a $400 console with worse graphics, no upgradability, $60 games, a GAMEPAD and swearing litle 10 yearolds and no integrated clan support.
OR
you can buy a $400 graphics card, pop it in, never have to switch seats between working, gaming, browsing, viewing media, and making your experience in each game just as you like it. Remember guys, relative costs only apply to the GAMING components of the PC, not the whole deal becuase the rest of it is for "other" uses.

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Posted by: inowereulive10


plus about the cost thing it is more cost effective to buy a console because £280 is alot better than £1000 no matter how you look at it, if gaming is your first priority.

if people want to experience new HD games and such then its so much cheaper to get a xbox 360,


Cost wise, everyone seems to miss the difference between a normal computer and a gaming computer. You buy a high end computer, for around a grand. You can do a lot of stuff with it, but you want to game also. You can buy a $400 console with worse graphics, no upgradability, $60 games, a GAMEPAD and swearing litle 10 yearolds and no integrated clan support.
OR
you can buy a $400 graphics card, pop it in, never have to switch seats between working, gaming, browsing, viewing media, and making your experience in each game just as you like it. Remember guys, relative costs only apply to the GAMING components of the PC, not the whole deal becuase the rest of it is for "other" uses.
Also don't forget that to enjoy the best console gaming experience you need to buy an expensive HD tv and a good surround sound system, which can be more expensive than a maxed out PC, where we can enjoy higher resolutions than practically any expensive tv on our cheap monitors, and use our cheap headphones that still get awesome 3d sound (well mine do lol)

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Posted by: inowereulive10
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exept for modding............wooo
Are you jealous or something?, wow, you can play on your console, and play like 20 maps a thousand times, wow real fun isn't it. Or you can jump onto your PC and play hundreds and/or thousands of different maps and never get bored of having to do the same map all the time.


lol, its called halo 2 for xbox. played 20 maps thousands of times and its one of the funnest games iv ever played, and still is after how many years now?
I feal sry for people who have only played halo 2 vista and not halo 2 xbox because its just no where near as good.

so if you want to play halo 2, get it on xbox. Hence Thread Title


You're going to sit there and tell me that the same weapons/charcters/gametypes that we've been playing the past almost 3 years have not become the slightest boring? Sure, we'd get new maps every so many months, but once you get the map down slayer or ctf is the same as it is on any other map. I personally have become bored with the content we have with Halo 2. I was so excited that I was able to get the Halo 3 Beta and play something "new" for a change. Go and play one of the Halo 2 Killtrocity Map Packs that are up on Halomods, that is some crazy stuff and you will never be bored of that ever.

I have Windows Vista and bought Halo 2 Vista partly because I am a huge Halo fan, but what mostly drew me to purchasing Halo 2 Vista was that it gives users to create Custom Maps without getting banned (Halo 2 Xbox mods FTL). You can freely go and play competitive games on maps that are completely custom. Playing the same stuff over and over again is extremely boring...there is obviously a reason they are adding Forge to H3, although I won't use Forge for sometime being as everything in H3 will just about be new to me.

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i like playing with the mouse but he is right with the xbox 360 halo 3 is right on the way and you can do all the junk on xbox live on an xbox so why do extra to get halo 2 for pc when u can get a 360 and soon get halo 3

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Posted by: halochimp1990
Posted by: inowereulive10
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Posted by: inowereulive10
exept for modding............wooo
Are you jealous or something?, wow, you can play on your console, and play like 20 maps a thousand times, wow real fun isn't it. Or you can jump onto your PC and play hundreds and/or thousands of different maps and never get bored of having to do the same map all the time.


lol, its called halo 2 for xbox. played 20 maps thousands of times and its one of the funnest games iv ever played, and still is after how many years now?
I feal sry for people who have only played halo 2 vista and not halo 2 xbox because its just no where near as good.

so if you want to play halo 2, get it on xbox. Hence Thread Title


You're going to sit there and tell me that the same weapons/charcters/gametypes that we've been playing the past almost 3 years have not become the slightest boring? Sure, we'd get new maps every so many months, but once you get the map down slayer or ctf is the same as it is on any other map. I personally have become bored with the content we have with Halo 2. I was so excited that I was able to get the Halo 3 Beta and play something "new" for a change. Go and play one of the Halo 2 Killtrocity Map Packs that are up on Halomods, that is some crazy stuff and you will never be bored of that ever.

I have Windows Vista and bought Halo 2 Vista partly because I am a huge Halo fan, but what mostly drew me to purchasing Halo 2 Vista was that it gives users to create Custom Maps without getting banned (Halo 2 Xbox mods FTL). You can freely go and play competitive games on maps that are completely custom. Playing the same stuff over and over again is extremely boring...there is obviously a reason they are adding Forge to H3, although I won't use Forge for sometime being as everything in H3 will just about be new to me.
Although I do admit that you have a point, halochimp, your argument is flawed. A map editor for a game isn't going to be the only thing needed to breathe new life into an extensively played game. Look at Chess; last time I checked, you only played on one arena, on one board. And how long has it lasted with its near-infinite replay value? Centuries. A map creator feature isn't going to save Halo 2.

Posted by: xxspartan617xx
i like playing with the mouse but he is right with the xbox 360 halo 3 is right on the way and you can do all the junk on xbox live on an xbox so why do extra to get halo 2 for pc when u can get a 360 and soon get halo 3
Yeah, but what if we didn't want to get Vista in order to play Halo 2 in the first place?

Guess what? PC gamers never had to pay fifty bucks a year just so they can play multiplayer online, MMORPGs and other games that require a paid subscription excluded. Whoa! Online chat? You get to see what your friends are doing while you play this game? Hey, we have something like that! It's called Xfire. Do I need to go deeper?

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Wish Xfire had stat-tracking for something other than call of duty though... It's really it's only fault.
Then again when you consider what they have to do with the game updates it's impossible. I don't wanna have to deal with Games for Windows crap to see if I stack up to anyone.

  • 08.01.2007 2:11 AM PDT

No one likes a smart ass.....especially another smart ass!

Why buy vista when you can buy a 360 in stead?

Why not get a good job so you can afford to buy both. It's nice to be able to have a high end computer and a 360 with HD and surround sound. Then I can play whatever I want, on which ever system I want.

Both have their positive and negative points. If you prefer one system over the other that's great for you. Just realize it's your opinion, and others' opinions may differ. It's all about preference.

  • 08.01.2007 4:10 AM PDT

A lot of blinkered and ignorant opinions on both sides, in this thread. Although as a console gamer I cringe harder at the idiocy displayed from my camp by a couple of posters.

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Posted by: Nomaderwho
Why buy vista when you can buy a 360 in stead?

Why not get a good job so you can afford to buy both. It's nice to be able to have a high end computer and a 360 with HD and surround sound. Then I can play whatever I want, on which ever system I want.
People always mention that as if it's exclusive to the console, but it's not like you can't hook up your PC to a big ass monitor or to a 5.1 surround sound system.

Posted by: RhythmKiller
A lot of blinkered and ignorant opinions on both sides
Guilty.

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Posted by: Master Kim
Posted by: kool guy yeah
wow who the hell did this thread that was porbaly my little ugly sis.
That is probably one of the oldest bull-blam!- excuses I've ever seen on the Internet. Don't you dare give us that crap, seriously. Can't admit your ignorance and your losing argument, and so you had to say that? Did you or your "little ugly sis" post that? Actually, nevermind, I'm quite sure they're the same person.
Posted by: Fake
Posted by: kool guy yeah
now to answer kim

1. i know that gow no crysis and halo are all going to converted to pc by a using the compiler code!


I don't think GOW is going to be ported from console to PC, I have heard it has massive improvements over the console including major graphic updates, not to mention that the developers said that it WOULD eventually be on PC (Unlike what they said about BOTH Halo 1-2) so I think its going to be made for the PC not ported.
Epic Games announced that Gears of War would be ported to the PC a while ago.

Agamemnon got into this thread, yay.

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Posted by: Fake

Posted by: inowereulive10
exept for modding............wooo
Are you jealous or something?, wow, you can play on your console, and play like 20 maps a thousand times, wow real fun isn't it. Or you can jump onto your PC and play hundreds and/or thousands of different maps and never get bored of having to do the same map all the time.


lol, its called halo 2 for xbox. played 20 maps thousands of times and its one of the funnest games iv ever played, and still is after how many years now?
I feal sry for people who have only played halo 2 vista and not halo 2 xbox because its just no where near as good.

so if you want to play halo 2, get it on xbox. Hence Thread Title



I feal sry for people who cant spell and have no sense of grammer about their funnest games. :O
Wow. Coming from the idiot who didn't bother typing sorry out, forgot the apostrophe in can't, misspelled grammar, and worst of all, said "funnest," which isn't a real word.

Think before you type, while you type, and after you type.

just to let you know, i wrote sry, 'cause that's what he wrote, same with funnest, and my bad on the apostrophe and the other spell.

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look i have pc games like hl2 and bf2 but even i hate the pc the xbox 360 dosen't crash much and you welll always get the best graphics with no upgrades or updates and xbox live is very good to boot pluc you can download free demos right off the dashboard

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Sorry kid, but my 360 has crashed more times in the last 3 weeks than my PC has in the last 3 years. In fact, my PC has NEVER crashed. And the Xbox 360 graphics are "Meh" at best compared to PC. Oh, guess what else, PC's can download demos as well. And game modifications, and we can surf the web, and about half a million other things that the 360 can't do.

I just can't take anyone seriously when they can't even spell a four letter word like "plus".

There must be a way to keep the console kiddies out of here...

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Posted by: xxspartan617xx
look i have pc games like hl2 and bf2 but even i hate the pc the xbox 360 dosen't crash much and you welll always get the best graphics with no upgrades or updates and xbox live is very good to boot pluc you can download free demos right off the dashboard
Is that because your PC is a piece of crap that shouldn't be running games on its integrated chipset, or you don't know how to utilize your PC in an optimal way?

What Obi Wan said.

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you guys can say w/e you want but console's are better for games ok that is what they are made for oh and paying 200$ more you can make your graphics a little better then the 360 WOW pc is only good for some games that you can't play anywhere else but now everything is made for the pc and 360 or even the ps3




oh and yea i can't spell don't remind me

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Posted by: xxspartan617xx
you guys can say w/e you want but console's are better for games ok that is what they are made for oh and paying 200$ more you can make your graphics a little better then the 360 WOW pc is only good for some games that you can't play anywhere else but now everything is made for the pc and 360 or even the ps3




oh and yea i can't spell don't remind me

You also can't read, apparently, nor contrive proper statements with factual evidence.

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Posted by: xxspartan617xx
you guys can say w/e you want but console's are better for games ok that is what they are made for
No crap, Sherlock, but that doesn't mean anything--PCs still out perform consoles by a long shot.

Posted by: xxspartan617xx
oh and paying 200$ more you can make your graphics a little better then the 360 WOW
No, you can make the graphics a whole lot better with $200, thank you.

Posted by: xxspartan617xx
pc is only good for some games that you can't play anywhere else but now everything is made for the pc and 360 or even the ps3
Copied and pasted from Agamemnon's post:

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Posted by: inowereulive10
games consoles are better for gaming than PC.

Wrong. Just because the majority of the market is in consoles does not equate better quality. The majority of s*** titles come out onto the console; refined console games are usually ported and, most of the time, only quality games are developed for the PC...

Posted by:inowereulive10
with a console i get 3 - 5 years of kickass games withought have to worry about upgrading anything, with a top spec PC you will mabye get about 2 or 3 before i have to worry about getting a new graphics card ect

All it is is trade off. There is only so much a console game can offer. In the end its not like you can mod the hell out of it to maximize potential. Take, for instance, Oblivion PC vs. Oblivion Xbox (and soon Oblivion PS3). For the Xbox version, you're limited to only being able to download the mods Bethseda has to offer, and even then you have to pay for them. On the PC, we have a data base that houses over 7,850 mods for Oblivion. I currently have over 100 mods installed for Oblivion, and all of them were for free. Also, not only were they free, but the game is completely different. It's actually good now. The playing experience is completely different.

So, as I said, trade off. With the PC you are bound to have endless options when it comes to the end game of a game. On a console though? You just go out and buy another, beat it in a week or two, and repeat the process. I'm still getting my fill from Half-Life 2, Doom 3, Oblivion, and Neverwinter Nights due to the custom ability offered not only in mods, but in their toolsets as well. The console has what, Tony Hawk Pro Skater for custom ability? There's innovation for you.

Posted by:inowereulive10
the only good thing about PC gaming is that if your video card gets fried then i can buy a new part, not wait 3 mounts for it to be repaired

Read my previous points. The PC platform thrives with FPS, MMO, and RTS. We have everything else as well, though people would like to tell you Adventure, Racing, and Fighters work better on consoles. Adventure games are long since dead and have been an added element in FPS games and Racing and Fighters still truly thrive in the arcade. You can still do plenty of Racing games on the PC as well; not to mention you can just go out and simply buy a steering wheel/peddle controller to plug-n-play.

Let's not forget how our online play is also FREE and is not subjugated to go through corporate greed.

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you know just foget it there is no talking to you pc fanboys just saying pc's are better by a longshot dose not make you right i will say this to make some peace the pc is better in some ways and the 360 is better in some ways
i still say buy a 360 you get everything with great graphics and no stupid video card and btw haveing a ton of quotes dose not make you look right

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Whats the deal with console fanboys coming into the PC section and TRYING to argue their point? I could have sworn that Bungie had a section for you guys.

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Posted by: xxspartan617xx
you know just foget it there is no talking to you pc fanboys just saying pc's are better by a longshot dose not make you right i will say this to make some peace the pc is better in some ways and the 360 is better in some ways
i still say buy a 360 you get everything with great graphics and no stupid video card and btw haveing a ton of quotes dose not make you look right


I am a PC fanboy, and I won't deny it. I can't see why I can't be a fanboy when the competition is limited. The only competition a PC has is against a console, which the PC GREATLY surpasses in practically every way. There is not one single thing that a console can do that a PC cannot do better (excluding some console only games). And to get the BEST gaming experience for a console, you have to spend more than $1000 (well you do here in Australia at least) on buying not only a $400 console, but a $1000 HD tv and a $1000 surround sound system (Australian pricing), and not to forget that PC games a quite cheaper. And that will only last you about 3-4 years. Where as you can spend half that much for a PC that will get you better results for the same amount of years.

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aka lino4

Most of the PC issues posted here are the result of PEBKAC.

Even though Iike PC gaming, I'm buying a 360 at the end of the year. Gotta catch Halo 3 and Guitar Hero 3 when they come out.

Being a gamer means you have to like lots of different games, not just one game or one platform. They're all different.

Though I would like 60fps straight in H2V.

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Posted by: xxspartan617xx
you know just foget it there is no talking to you pc fanboys
Especially when you give the Xbox 360 way more credit than it deserves.
Posted by: xxspartan617xx
just saying pc's are better by a longshot dose not make you right
You're absolutely right! That's why I backed it up with information and supporting details.
Posted by: xxspartan617xx
i will say this to make some peace the pc is better in some ways and the 360 is better in some ways
Agreed.
Posted by: xxspartan617xx
i still say buy a 360 you get everything with great graphics
Yeah, or you could get even more with a PC with better graphics. :)
Posted by: xxspartan617xx
and no stupid video card
If you can't appreciate or understand the versatility and the significance of modular components in a computer system, that doesn't mean you have to bash it. Upgradability and flexibility is a good thing. Consoles, perhaps, are easier for the mainstream gamer to operate, but in the end they don't last as long as PCs do.
Posted by: xxspartan617xx
and btw haveing a ton of quotes dose not make you look right
I don't think it does; I just use it to specify my points and to help make them clearer.
Posted by: vincent5
Even though Iike PC gaming, I'm buying a 360 at the end of the year. Gotta catch Halo 3 and Guitar Hero 3 when they come out.

Being a gamer means you have to like lots of different games, not just one game or one platform. They're all different.

Though I would like 60fps straight in H2V.
Agreed.

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i won't fight any more i am not a 360 fan boy not at all i have a bunch of pc games but the point is u get a 400 dollor 360 and a 60 dollor game that is it getting hd video or sound is an extra on the pc and the 360 the whole case any console trys to make is why every few months get a new video card when you get one thing for 3-5 years some of the points you are makeing are oppisite video cards do not last longer they are always makeing new and more coastly ones and to say it coasts 2000 for a 360 how much a comp video card very good screen and speekers coast look that is the big knock on a pc is it costs more that is why i feel a 360 and or ps3 is better plus many pc games are also on ps3/360

this is my last post pick it apart as you want

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