Reasons To Buy Next Gen

Post by **bionicnacho** » August 31st, 2013, 4:55 pm

StreetLights wrote:Not to discourage buying a gaming PC or anything (They're awesome)
But they go out-dated much faster than consoles. Buy a £500 gaming PC and it will be worth £480 the next day.

You could still just upgrade the hardware. You can't do something like that with consoles.

Post by **ThatOneFox** » August 31st, 2013, 4:58 pm

True.

ElectroYoshi · Post by **ElectroYoshi** » August 31st, 2013, 8:45 pm

I would be more active as a PC gamer, but the truth is, I find that a lot of games control more practically on console controllers.

Post by **Sebastian Lawe** » August 31st, 2013, 8:48 pm

ElectroYoshi wrote:I would be more active as a PC gamer, but the truth is, I find that a lot of games control more practically on console controllers.

You can map any controller to a PC gaming experience.

ElectroYoshi · Post by **ElectroYoshi** » August 31st, 2013, 8:52 pm

Sebastian Lawe wrote:You can map any controller to a PC gaming experience.

True, but if a game is optimized for an analog stick that can go in any direction, I'd rather not be restricted to eight directions. This is why a lot of people didn't like the DS version of Super Mario 64.

Post by **Sebastian Lawe** » August 31st, 2013, 8:57 pm

ElectroYoshi wrote:True, but if a game is optimized for an analog stick that can go in any direction, I'd rather not be restricted to eight directions. This is why a lot of people didn't like the DS version of Super Mario 64.

Can you rephrase that? I don't understand what you mean by eight directions.

Post by **bionicnacho** » August 31st, 2013, 9:18 pm

Sebastian Lawe wrote:Can you rephrase that? I don't understand what you mean by eight directions.

What I think he means is that most joysticks on modern controllers are limited to 8 directions since the cut out is like this:

And analog sticks can go any direction, meaning the cut out for where the joystick is, is circular.

ElectroYoshi · Post by **ElectroYoshi** » August 31st, 2013, 9:23 pm

Sebastian Lawe wrote:Can you rephrase that? I don't understand what you mean by eight directions.

Well, arrow keys only allow you to move in the eight directions that are specifically pinpointed on a compass. Y'know, north, northeast, east, southeast, etc.. An analog stick gives you more middle ground.

Hopefully that was understandable enough. :3

Post by **Sebastian Lawe** » August 31st, 2013, 9:45 pm

ElectroYoshi wrote:Well, arrow keys only allow you to move in the eight directions that are specifically pinpointed on a compass. Y'know, north, northeast, east, southeast, etc.. An analog stick gives you more middle ground.

Hopefully that was understandable enough. :3

However, as an alternative, most PC games only need "W" to move forward, and the mouse to look around.

ElectroYoshi · Post by **ElectroYoshi** » August 31st, 2013, 9:46 pm

Sebastian Lawe wrote:Most PC games require "W" to move forward, and the mouse to look around.

Oh...really? Most PC games I've played required me to use the arrow keys...

Post by **bionicnacho** » August 31st, 2013, 9:47 pm

ElectroYoshi wrote:Oh...really? Most PC games I've played required me to use the arrow keys...

To look around!?!?!??

ElectroYoshi · Post by **ElectroYoshi** » August 31st, 2013, 9:49 pm

bionicnacho wrote:To look around!?!?!??

I must have misinterpreted Sebane's post...I thought he meant that that was how you moved in a PC game.

Post by **ThatOneFox** » September 1st, 2013, 6:21 am

Plus, there are a ton more actions you can map to buttons on a keyboard.