PC game sales decline for first time ever, Console sales continue to break records - Page 5

Asher · December 17, 2002, 18:02

And lord knows I'm as left as you can get.

His machine is hardly a high end gaming machine. In fact it's mediocre at best, but he seems to think otherwise. He doesn't even have pixel and vertex shaders.

Skanky Burns · December 17, 2002, 18:10

That just made it into my signature.

Asher · December 17, 2002, 18:12

Saint Marcus · December 17, 2002, 18:16

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Mark, get a clue.

on what?

and why do you call all people who disagree with you leftists? Especcially in a thread about computer games!

Giancarlo · December 17, 2002, 19:53

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Originally posted by Asher
And lord knows I'm as left as you can get.

Why don't you just move to Cuba?

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His machine is hardly a high end gaming machine. In fact it's mediocre at best, but he seems to think otherwise. He doesn't even have pixel and vertex shaders.

No it isn't.

Or go down support Chavez in Venezuela! As we all know your beliefs are similar to his.

Kontiki · December 17, 2002, 20:06

What color is the sky on your planet, Fez?

Giancarlo · December 17, 2002, 20:08

Edit: Oh forget this. If you people wanna continue this little discussion with the wrong Ashboy then go ahead and do so. Count me out. The little boy apparently has nothing better to do. I already know he is a backstabber.

Kontiki · December 17, 2002, 20:10

1) I'd place my money on him knowing a little more than you about computers.

2) What does that have to do with being a leftist, which Asher certainly is not?

Giancarlo · December 17, 2002, 20:11

Read the edit, kontiki.

Kontiki · December 17, 2002, 20:17

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Originally posted by Fez
Read the edit, kontiki.

Read it. Is that supposed to answer my questions?

Giancarlo · December 17, 2002, 20:18

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Originally posted by Kontiki

Read it. Is that supposed to answer my questions?

No and it is not intended to. Infact I am not going to answer your silly questions.

monkspider · December 17, 2002, 20:19

One day I think we will all find out that the person behind Fez has been playing some sort of a joke on us all this time.

Dr Strangelove · December 17, 2002, 20:25

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Originally posted by Trajanus
True Dr strangelove, but most special effects in a game are created by your 3d card (or something) and while your processor and ram make your game run smoothly, the 3d card implements special effects, or leaves them, all depending on how strong the card is..

3d card is actually something you have to spend a lot of money on if you want your games nice and beautiful

Hmm i thought that was the standard now in pc games... Damnit i've just read an article on a new audio card that rocks every and anything, including a new surround set, but i forgot

about it

That's true, and incompatability between games and cards is a problem too. Who wants to plunk down for another video card because one game that you want demands it?

monkspider · December 17, 2002, 20:28

Fez can't be serious. I think he is just pulling all of our chains in this thread.

Giancarlo · December 17, 2002, 21:08

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Originally posted by monkspider
Fez can't be serious. I think he is just pulling all of our chains in this thread.

Be quiet, commie.

Odin · December 17, 2002, 23:33

I think console RPGs have become a bunch of crap. I remember the golden days of console RPGs; Final Fantasy III, Chrono Trigger, etc. Heck, now even PC RPGs suck, look at the Ulitima 9 debacle, the game is rediculously buggy and unstable.

PS: SHUT IT FEZZIE, no politics in this thread. Console vs. PC doesnt equal Right vs. left. Don't get sent to Mingapulco, it's boring without you.

monkspider · December 17, 2002, 23:41

I agree Odin, RPGs have been on a slow downward slope for the most part in recent years.

Kontiki · December 17, 2002, 23:51

I think one of the biggest problems with new games in general is that we seem to have reached a point in technology and "one-upsmanship" (for lack of a better term) that games are actually becoming worse to play. You can only make a game so complex and with so many functions and options before all the little nit-picky things overwhelm the simplistic fun of actually playing. That's why Civ II was so good - a perfect balance between micro-management and game flow. Sure, we all wished for more and different things, but can you imagine how many things you could actually have to worry about if you put all of them in?

Imran Siddiqui · December 18, 2002, 00:02

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I think console RPGs have become a bunch of crap. I remember the golden days of console RPGs; Final Fantasy III, Chrono Trigger, etc. Heck, now even PC RPGs suck, look at the Ulitima 9 debacle, the game is rediculously buggy and unstable.

Morrowind? Arcanum? Neverwinter Nights? PC RPG's are defintely on the upswing, not the downswing.

Console RPGs defintely suck though

Boris Godunov · December 18, 2002, 00:50

Ultima 9 is hardly a stirring example of PC RPGs, but that was 3 years ago. And in the end it wasn't an RPG anyway, it was a linear adventure game with horrendously crappy plot.

Certainly there is a huge string of RPG hits for the PC that one can't deny are superb. The Baldur's Gate series alone can be held up as a good example.

Drake Tungsten · December 18, 2002, 01:00

While I agree that the quality of console RPG's has fallen off in recent years, there are still some great games being released. Eternal Arcadia and Golden Sun are two of the best RPG's I've played and they were both realeased in the past couple years.

Capt Dizle · December 18, 2002, 01:02

The important thing is whether I should use my prestige to buy a Churchill, which is slow and expensive but hard to kill, or buy two Fireflies which are fast and hit hard but are likely to get creamed by any Tigers I run into.

Oh, you can play this game on both PCs and consoles? Fancy that.

monkspider · December 18, 2002, 01:10

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Originally posted by jimmytrick
The important thing is whether I should use my prestige to buy a Churchill, which is slow and expensive but hard to kill, or buy two Fireflies which are fast and hit hard but are likely to get creamed by any Tigers I run into.

Oh, you can play this game on both PCs and consoles? Fancy that.