FPS's better on PC or Console

LurkerPatrol · June 13th, 2008, 04:03 PM

Vote and explain yourself young man/woman!

I always feel that FPS's (First Person Shooters) were built for PC and work better on a PC (meaning that it's more intuitive). I think they're also not limited by the PC hardware and we've come out with more varieties for the PC than for the console.

TBH I don't play on consoles that much (because I'm a big PC guy and the only console I've ever really had is the Genesis). I did have friends in the dorms and whatnot that were big Xbox/PS2 fans to the brink of setting up a shrine for their console and praying to it before they took their final exams. So occasionally I'd hit up some GTA: San Andreas or of course... halo. This was where my dislike of FPS's for the console really sprung up.

I found the controls to be really silly and the hitboxes to be gigantically huge because aiming with the controller is more difficult and backwards than a horse race where the horses mount the jockeys and then run around the track. It's almost as if the game had to compensate for the lack of precision and intuitiveness of the controller. The aiming especially is given all these aids from the game to the point where even the stupidest, most down-syndromed 8 year old could flaunt his immense talents when in reality it was just auto-aiming. It took me a while to get the hang of it, by which time we were in the next level and things got a bit hotter and I get yelled at for sucking.

I know it's stupid to walk around saying "I'm the greatest at headshotting and you should all carry me on a golden carriage thing and worship me", but at the same time when you invite your friends to play it's stupid to be "that guy, that's so much better at games than everyone else because he's sat through the 11 hours and actually learned how to use the controller" (paraphrased from Zero Punctuation). I'm not having fun when the person I'm playing with has taken summer courses in the theory of controller usage and has surgically had his fingers widened or had extra fingers attached.

Anyways I've been rambling on too much. What are your thoughts?

Viper007Bond · June 13th, 2008, 04:11 PM

Is this a joke? I think it's pretty much a general consensus that FPS'es are better on PCs. images/smilies/tongue.gif

the Interceptor · June 13th, 2008, 04:14 PM

A FPS clearly is a PC genre for me. Just the mouse alone makes up for perfect movement and quick aiming, playing such a game with a controller is borderline impossible for me.

BlaRo · June 13th, 2008, 04:17 PM

PC here too, I could never get used to my inept thumbs handling two joysticks and overcompensating for movements.

Granted, it's so much easier to plop down in front of an XBox and play some Halo instead of finding a room and tables big enough to hold your and your friends' L337 gaming rigs, especially at my school where nobody knows what a LAN Party is (and don't even know what "pwned" means).

LurkerPatrol · June 13th, 2008, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

Is this a joke? I think it's pretty much a general consensus that FPS'es are better on PCs. images/smilies/tongue.gif

Hahaha, you may be surprised, there are a lot of people that defend console FPS's to the death. They're mostly 8 year olds... but.. images/smilies/tongue.gif

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlaRo

Granted, it's so much easier to plop down in front of an XBox and play some Halo instead of finding a room and tables big enough to hold your and your friends' L337 gaming rigs, especially at my school where nobody knows what a LAN Party is (and don't even know what "pwned" means).

It's easy enough to just plop down in front of the comp and play over the internet instead of LAN, but yeah that's far less fun than spending hours upon hours lanning and then realizing you've skipped a whole week's worth of lectures. Good times. I loved lanning on Serious Sam (1 and 2) with my dorm buddies.

LETS GET SERIOUS! *holds up his machine gun*

bafranksbro · June 13th, 2008, 05:54 PM

I thought this was about Frames Per Second before I can in this thread. images/smilies/lol.gif

Any way FPS's are way better on the PC and mostly it's because of the controls. I think there is a way to get a mouse and keyboard on the PS3 but I don't know how that all works.

Viper007Bond · June 13th, 2008, 05:55 PM

Just compare Mass Effect on the PC to the 360 for example.

cvrefugee · June 13th, 2008, 06:24 PM

I started out on the PC, but when my computer gets old and I am reluctant to spend hundreds of dollars to upgrade it, I move back to console gaming. Yeah, the controls aren't optimal, but they work once you get used to it. Plus I can play games like Orange Box, Bioshock, and Call of Duty 4 on my big 50" HDTV with surround sound while relaxing on my comfortable couch. But, now that I'm done with college I will be building a monster PC gaming rig images/smilies/smile.gif

Crazyjeeper · June 13th, 2008, 06:25 PM

^You can play PC games on your couch with surround sound and a big HD TV as well.

essentialatom · June 13th, 2008, 06:37 PM

The only time a console can be better for an FPS is in multiplayer. Yes, I know that you can play on a LAN, or online, on a PC - but there's no better multiplayer FPS experience than sitting on a sofa with a bunch of mates, drinking beer, eating pizza and playing some four-way split screen. The shouting, the arguing, the ganging up, the getting pissed off because someone's looking at your bit of the screen... it can't be beat.

For the majority of the time, FPSs are far better suited to the PC. But Timesplitters wouldn't work on anything but a console. When it comes to multiplayer, a console's pretty much always the better bet.

cvrefugee · June 13th, 2008, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Crazyjeeper

^You can play PC games on your couch with surround sound and a big HD TV as well.

Except my HDTV is about 4.5 years old, so it doesn't accept PC input. I've already tried.

m_weinerich · June 14th, 2008, 04:28 PM

Mouse FTMFW.

I play TDU, GRID,GTR2, Rainbow Six Vegas2 and more all on my parents 55inch HD tv. I use a dvi-hdmi cable. I just love the mix between a big-screen and a mouse. Could not stand playing any sort of FPS with a controller. P.S. the racing games are played on a DFP.

The_Finn · June 14th, 2008, 04:31 PM

Mouse + Keyboard = perfection

jeffy777 · June 14th, 2008, 04:36 PM

Just look at the poll results. No explanation needed images/smilies/lol.gif

Karoug · June 14th, 2008, 11:10 PM

PC ftw!

Quadrax · June 14th, 2008, 11:24 PM

New poll:

Is the colour of the sky...

A. Blue
B. Pink

Oh, voted pc btw. images/smilies/tongue.gif

The aiming accuracy and speed you can get with a mouse is absolute win.

Crazyjeeper · June 15th, 2008, 03:21 AM

And, PC wins by a landslide images/smilies/tongue.gif

Buba · June 15th, 2008, 08:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

Just compare Mass Effect on the PC to the 360 for example.

It has been redesigned a bit to work better if you wanna play it like a shooter...

Still. I played CoD4 on the 360 first and then on the PC... Same goes for GoW, both have been better on the PC, although games with a cover system are a closer finish as old school shooters...

LurkerPatrol · June 15th, 2008, 07:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quadrax

New poll:

Is the colour of the sky...

A. Blue
B. Pink

Oh, voted pc btw. images/smilies/tongue.gif

The aiming accuracy and speed you can get with a mouse is absolute win.

Color of the sky depends on what position the sun is in, so it's both blue and pink (well...orange red-ish at sunset/sunrise) images/smilies/tongue.gif

\Sorry I'm too pedantic since I'm in astronomy

I'm just surprised someone voted for console! SEIZE HIM!!!

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June 13th, 2008, 04:03 PM	#1
LurkerPatrol Joined: Apr 24th, 2006 Last Online: 09:33 PM Location: Berkeley & San Diego, California Age: 21 Posts: 1,371 Car: Invisible boatmobile Rep Power: 52	FPS's better on PC or Console Vote and explain yourself young man/woman! I always feel that FPS's (First Person Shooters) were built for PC and work better on a PC (meaning that it's more intuitive). I think they're also not limited by the PC hardware and we've come out with more varieties for the PC than for the console. TBH I don't play on consoles that much (because I'm a big PC guy and the only console I've ever really had is the Genesis). I did have friends in the dorms and whatnot that were big Xbox/PS2 fans to the brink of setting up a shrine for their console and praying to it before they took their final exams. So occasionally I'd hit up some GTA: San Andreas or of course... halo. This was where my dislike of FPS's for the console really sprung up. I found the controls to be really silly and the hitboxes to be gigantically huge because aiming with the controller is more difficult and backwards than a horse race where the horses mount the jockeys and then run around the track. It's almost as if the game had to compensate for the lack of precision and intuitiveness of the controller. The aiming especially is given all these aids from the game to the point where even the stupidest, most down-syndromed 8 year old could flaunt his immense talents when in reality it was just auto-aiming. It took me a while to get the hang of it, by which time we were in the next level and things got a bit hotter and I get yelled at for sucking. I know it's stupid to walk around saying "I'm the greatest at headshotting and you should all carry me on a golden carriage thing and worship me", but at the same time when you invite your friends to play it's stupid to be "that guy, that's so much better at games than everyone else because he's sat through the 11 hours and actually learned how to use the controller" (paraphrased from Zero Punctuation). I'm not having fun when the person I'm playing with has taken summer courses in the theory of controller usage and has surgically had his fingers widened or had extra fingers attached. Anyways I've been rambling on too much. What are your thoughts? __________________ <-Pandamonium

June 13th, 2008, 04:11 PM	#2
Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: 11:02 PM Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 24 Posts: 20,756 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 231	Is this a joke? I think it's pretty much a general consensus that FPS'es are better on PCs. __________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

June 13th, 2008, 04:14 PM	#3
the Interceptor Joined: Feb 22nd, 2005 Last Online: 09:25 PM Location: Germany Posts: 1,755 Car: BMW E36 323i superleggera Rep Power: 43	A FPS clearly is a PC genre for me. Just the mouse alone makes up for perfect movement and quick aiming, playing such a game with a controller is borderline impossible for me. Last edited by the Interceptor; June 13th, 2008 at 04:19 PM.

June 13th, 2008, 05:54 PM	#6
bafranksbro Joined: Dec 1st, 2007 Last Online: July 18th, 2008 Location: New Hampshire Age: 24 Posts: 598 Car: 98 VW Jetta Rep Power: 11	I thought this was about Frames Per Second before I can in this thread. Any way FPS's are way better on the PC and mostly it's because of the controls. I think there is a way to get a mouse and keyboard on the PS3 but I don't know how that all works. __________________ "He can spot your beaver from about a mile away..." -Clarkson

June 13th, 2008, 05:55 PM	#7
Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: 11:02 PM Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 24 Posts: 20,756 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 231	Just compare Mass Effect on the PC to the 360 for example. __________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

June 13th, 2008, 06:24 PM	#8
cvrefugee Joined: Aug 16th, 2004 Last Online: 10:53 PM Location: Corona, CA Age: 28 Posts: 3,307 Car: 2005 Scion xB Rep Power: 53	I started out on the PC, but when my computer gets old and I am reluctant to spend hundreds of dollars to upgrade it, I move back to console gaming. Yeah, the controls aren't optimal, but they work once you get used to it. Plus I can play games like Orange Box, Bioshock, and Call of Duty 4 on my big 50" HDTV with surround sound while relaxing on my comfortable couch. But, now that I'm done with college I will be building a monster PC gaming rig

June 13th, 2008, 06:25 PM	#9
Crazyjeeper Joined: Nov 29th, 2006 Last Online: 11:03 PM Location: Texas Age: 19 Posts: 2,139 Car: 1985 Jeep CJ7, 1997 Ford F150 Rep Power: 41	^You can play PC games on your couch with surround sound and a big HD TV as well. __________________ Toy: 1985 Jeep CJ7 Lifted and Locked Daily Driver: 1997 Ford F150 4.6L with a massive 220hp MSI P6N Diamond 680i, E8400 @ 3.0ghz, CM Hyper 212 Cooler, XFX 8800GT 512mb Extreme, MSI 8400GS, Creative X-FI, 2x1gb Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800, PC Power & Cooling 610w EPS12v, 1.6tb of HDD, CM Centurion 690.

June 13th, 2008, 06:37 PM	#10
essentialatom Joined: Jun 29th, 2005 Last Online: 05:17 AM Location: Solihull / Warwick University Age: 20 Posts: 537 Car: None any more, my brother pranged it a bit... Rep Power: 17	The only time a console can be better for an FPS is in multiplayer. Yes, I know that you can play on a LAN, or online, on a PC - but there's no better multiplayer FPS experience than sitting on a sofa with a bunch of mates, drinking beer, eating pizza and playing some four-way split screen. The shouting, the arguing, the ganging up, the getting pissed off because someone's looking at your bit of the screen... it can't be beat. For the majority of the time, FPSs are far better suited to the PC. But Timesplitters wouldn't work on anything but a console. When it comes to multiplayer, a console's pretty much always the better bet. __________________ Your Opinion Is Worthless - check it out! And to a lesser extent - A Payne in the Glass

June 14th, 2008, 04:28 PM	#12
m_weinerich Joined: Jan 12th, 2005 Last Online: 04:08 PM Location: Toronto Ontario Age: 18 Posts: 116 Car: 07 Max VQ35de Rep Power: 16	Mouse FTMFW. I play TDU, GRID,GTR2, Rainbow Six Vegas2 and more all on my parents 55inch HD tv. I use a dvi-hdmi cable. I just love the mix between a big-screen and a mouse. Could not stand playing any sort of FPS with a controller. P.S. the racing games are played on a DFP.

June 14th, 2008, 04:31 PM	#13
The_Finn Joined: Feb 7th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Worcestersheshershire MA Age: 27 Posts: 2,229 Car: 1988 Mazda 323 GTX / 1997 Saab 900s Rep Power: 27	Mouse + Keyboard = perfection __________________ Proud owner of a 1988 mazda 323 GTX: The ~~poor~~ rich mans evo... “Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports ... all others are games.” ~Ernest Hemingway~ Basically i go accurately and on special lines

June 14th, 2008, 04:36 PM	#14
jeffy777 Joined: Feb 8th, 2005 Last Online: 07:13 PM Location: US Age: 27 Posts: 5,539 Car: '04 Toyota Sienna, crippled people like vans.... Rep Power: 47	Just look at the poll results. No explanation needed __________________ A man named Jeffy once said, "If laziness is craziness, then I've lost my marbles...and I don't feel like trying to find them."

June 14th, 2008, 11:10 PM	#15
Karoug Joined: Apr 5th, 2006 Last Online: 03:53 PM Location: Sweden Age: 30 Posts: 1,614 Car: Volvo 745GLT! 3 bikes Rep Power: 21	PC ftw! __________________

June 14th, 2008, 11:24 PM	#16
Quadrax Joined: Jan 1st, 2008 Last Online: August 7th, 2008 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 535 Car: Jap crap Rep Power: 20	New poll: Is the colour of the sky... A. Blue B. Pink Oh, voted pc btw. The aiming accuracy and speed you can get with a mouse is absolute win. __________________

June 15th, 2008, 03:21 AM	#17
Crazyjeeper Joined: Nov 29th, 2006 Last Online: 11:03 PM Location: Texas Age: 19 Posts: 2,139 Car: 1985 Jeep CJ7, 1997 Ford F150 Rep Power: 41	And, PC wins by a landslide __________________ Toy: 1985 Jeep CJ7 Lifted and Locked Daily Driver: 1997 Ford F150 4.6L with a massive 220hp MSI P6N Diamond 680i, E8400 @ 3.0ghz, CM Hyper 212 Cooler, XFX 8800GT 512mb Extreme, MSI 8400GS, Creative X-FI, 2x1gb Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800, PC Power & Cooling 610w EPS12v, 1.6tb of HDD, CM Centurion 690.