Law,
Good meeting you as well. Sounds like we stomped the same parties in Miami back in the day
good times, good times !!
- But back to the platform war, I can't argue with your stance, graphics on console games are top notch. But here in lies the problem. I feel the manufacturers put so much time in trying to extract all these great graphics, they have forgotten how to make games fun. I could care less about the graphics, unless of course the game is amazingly fun and then great graphics are a bonus to me, but definately not a reason to play. Graphics are the "gravy", not the "meat and potatoes"..
I could sit in front of my cpu all day long and play some crappy looking game that stimulates me before I will play some mindless boring shooter that looks great on a console.
Just look at Grand Theft Auto as an example. the graphics suck, but no one cares because the fun factor is through the roof. If graphics made is slower and "clunkier" i say, to hell with the graphics.
Now imagine playing Grand Theft on a PC. Imagine not having to fart around trying to cycle through to the weapon of choice, you can just press "6" for example and get your uzi. Or "4" and get your bazooka. And you can use your mouse to aim while your cycling weapons... Now that's gaming.
The worst translation of games for example is Rainbow 6. Those games used to be FREAKING SICK !! On the PC.. They were just awesome. And playing them online was a freaking war zone...
- Then when they came out for PS2 and Xbox, it was impossible to target the enemy, hard to find your weapons. We lost function...
I just can't understand why the game companies do not give us the "option" of a keyboard and mouse. It just doesn't make sense. It's SOOOO much better.
SO, to rap up my thought, and I know I am in the minority on this.. Keep the graphics, keep the joystick, and just give me some damn fun games. I don't need the razzle and dazzle, just well thought out games.
Of course Gran Tourismo and Grand Theft Auto are still the two best console games and those belong to PlayStation <mostly>...
B