PC snobbery

Is it PC snobbery, am I a fanyboy? I would hope not! but who knows...

I am sat here dissapointed, I'm an open minded gamer, I have a PC Wii PS3 DS PSP, a PS3 because at the time it was the cheapest set top Blu Ray player, a Wii cos I grew up with nintendo and it looks good fun to be had with my kids and a DS and PSP cos I need somthing to do on the toilet :P I dont have a 360 as I cannot yet find a reason to own one... until recently!

Why am I dissapointed, well.... as Primarily a PC gamer you may be shocked to hear that last year one of my fav games was Gears of War, exceptional peice of action gaming, bringing me onto gears 2, I was truly gutted it wasnt coming to PC, damn greedy b'stard's at epic, surley they are making enough cash of the UE alone to give us a slice, but hey!

Anyho a freind of mine, 360 owner, got it, bigged it up, and cos he is such a good friend he has lent me his 360 with Gears 2 for a week, just so I can get my fill....

PC snobbery! is it? I read all the previews all the post game BS from cliffyB about the enhancements, the souped up graphics etc etc, watched all the hig res (small) videos, which have a tendancy to make a poor game look good.... it was all looking good... until a few hours ago... I plugged the 360 into the component side of my 32" viewsonic and sat back... blured! jaggey! green! washed out! what was going on.... Opps I plugged the blue into the white sound input... corrected it, oh its not so green anymore... and the rest!... the same..... I switch the input back to my PC and loaded up Gears 1.... OK its running 1920x1200....but hey wtf.... Cliffy B said Gears 2 was a revolution....!!!

Not even close... after playing through Gears 1 on PC... Gears 2 looks like Gears 0.2 or somthing... awful... OK the game is nice and through the blur and jag there are some nice touches but wft! OK it maybe PC snobbery but Im off to play Left 4 Dead... Gears 2 is making me nauseous!

Yeah, I wouldn't be too upset about Gears 2 possibly not coming to the PC. It's a rental at best. Very little was changed from the first game. The graphics are only slightly improved, there are a few new weapons (a flame thrower and a machine pistol), and you can duel with chainsaws, which is actually pretty useless and a good way to get yourself killed. The campaign is decent but not great. The cave sections get incredibly repetitive. The storyline doesn't go anywhere. The online is what you would expect from Live (ie full of little kids and jerks). Horde is sort of fun if you can get a decent group together. If it had come out on the PC I think you'd be hard pressed to call it anything other than an expansion pack. You're basically paying $60 for a new campaign and a few minor improvements. I sold it pretty quickly and luckily got most of my money back.

And btw, we have every reason to be snobs. The PC is the best gaming platform. Although I'll admit that the consoles can be fun too from time to time.

yeah i just started playing pc shooters and now i cant stand playing console shooters it just doesnt feel right

This is normal and you are not a snob. When you drive a bmw, you don't want to return to your old dodge caravan :)Franko_3

It makes me laugh when my PS3 loving mate comes round mine trying to tell me that his PS3 delivers better graphics than my PC and this is after I put Crysis on for him and told him it aint on consoles for a reason! The fat idiot just has conjunctivitus or something but to be fair I could have bought 5 PS3s for the money I spent on my PC but a PS3 is just a games and multimedia machine whereas with a PC you can do anything my son.jcoe85

The last console I bought was a PS2.

The last console I ever plan on buying is a replacement for said PS2 (and only if that PS2 breaks).

That is all.

[QUOTE="jcoe85"]It makes me laugh when my PS3 loving mate comes round mine trying to tell me that his PS3 delivers better graphics than my PC and this is after I put Crysis on for him and told him it aint on consoles for a reason! The fat idiot just has conjunctivitus or something but to be fair I could have bought 5 PS3s for the money I spent on my PC but a PS3 is just a games and multimedia machine whereas with a PC you can do anything my son.IMaBIOHAZARD

The guy who wants you to buy his game said it was a revolution? Well I never!

UE3 is a grossly overpopular console engine that needs to die, fast. Hopefully id can muscle in on their engine licensing turf with id Tech 5.

The guy who wants you to buy his game said it was a revolution? Well I never!

UE3 is a grossly overpopular console engine that needs to die, fast. Hopefully id can muscle in on their engine licensing turf with id Tech 5.

I'm a huge PC snob. Not just for graphics, but for gameplay too. I've played all of the 360 "Greats" and I haven't actually found any of them great (except for GTA4, which I'd give a 9/10) - and I don't know why. All the games just seem to be shorter, more shallow, and less fun than they are on the PC.GodLovesDead

Well, consoles are what the average person wants, and better multiplayer is what they want also.

Sadly, this hurts PC gamers like me who like a deep single player that's not boring. 

[QUOTE="GodLovesDead"]I'm a huge PC snob. Not just for graphics, but for gameplay too. I've played all of the 360 "Greats" and I haven't actually found any of them great (except for GTA4, which I'd give a 9/10) - and I don't know why. All the games just seem to be shorter, more shallow, and less fun than they are on the PC.swazidoughman

Well, consoles are what the average person wants, and better multiplayer is what they want also.

Sadly, this hurts PC gamers like me who like a deep single player that's not boring.