I've always been a Playstation man. Even when I was not a man. When I was but an infant, I rejoiced in having days of fun, running through the jungle as the little orange Bandicoot known as Crash. Memories of shedding actual tears as the evil Sephiroth took away one of my beloved Final Fantasy party members, while the most heartbreaking music played in the background.
Then I witnessed the triumph that was the PS2, playing Tekken Tag Tournament with my older (and admittedly more skilled) brother, trying not to lose too bad. I hated it at the time, but looking back, that was time well-spent. I remember playing my first ever FPS, which was the original Red Faction, blowing the levels to pieces with my rocket launcher.
Currently, I'm enjoying an incredible selection of games on the PS3, which has not disappointed me in the slightest, with games the likes of the Uncharted series, batman and Demon's/Dark souls. Now, at this point you're probably looking at the title of this blog post again and wondering "just where is this going?". As I've said, I've always been content with the selection of games and memories that Sony have given me and have never considered myself anything but a "Playstation Gamer" in the past. I know nothing else, other than my brief forays into the SEGA megadrive and the NES as well as a few nintendo handheld games. Now, the switch that I am talking about is actually more of an expansion. The grass isn't getting any greener or duller on my side of the fence, I'm just "Pushing the fence further", so to speak because I want more grass. (If you understand what I mean)
In the next few weeks, I am going to buy a gaming PC and start to play games on it (who would've thought it?). Now, I'll still have my PS3 to play exclusives on, but I'm hoping that this PC will become my primary gaming system from now on. This will mean pretty much all multiplat games I get will be bought for the PC. Now, I have a few reasons for doing this.
1) I've noticed the selection of games on PC are much more RPG-orientated than on console which suits the type of gamer I am, as that is my favourite genre of game.
2) Also, I've noticed an increasing number of games that are "better" on PC, very recently (for example: Skyrim (because of the community made mods), Portal 2 (Because of the custom test chambers) and a few others which I cannot think of at the moment).
3) The other reason is that the games are cheaper thanks to steam, which does awesome deals on games all the time, to save us money in the long run. Sure, I may be spending almost £600 to get a good gaming rig, but for someone who plays a lot of games, that's a tiny investment considering you could be saving a few £100 per year because the games are cheaper on PC.
And the best part is that with most games I can plug in a gamepad and configure the controls to my liking, so it wouldn't even be that different from playing it with my PS3 controller. Hell, if I wanted to go to the extra effort, I could even plug that in and use it. Or if the game is more suited, I can use mouse and keyboard. Options, I guess would be another reason why. There are so many options.
Now, I'm not writing this to convince anyone of anything, and I've already made up my mind, so I'm not looking for anyone to reassure me that I'm making the right choice. I guess what I'm doing is explaining why I'm expanding my horizons and wondering if anyone else is in the same sort of position I am.
Another reason I am doing this is because I want to find out what you think about this and what games you guys would suggest I experience first as a PC gamer.
If anyone is wondering what kind of PC I'll be getting, it has an intel i5 processor with a GTX550 Ti in it.
So, I'll open it up to you guys. What do you think about the subject? Would you say now is a good time to get into PC gaming? Can you think of any other reasons why one might do so? Or are you happy with your console(s)? I want to hear what you think, let me know in the comments below, and thank you for reading my user blog!
In a poignant announcement, Dutch indie developer Paladin Studios bid farewell after an impressive run spanning “almost 19 years.”
Despite No Man Sky's rocky launch, Hello Games managed to turn it into one of the best space exploration RPGs out there.
I hate the whole concept of "comeback story" because at the end of the day it doesn't remove the core issue we had in the first place, that we were lied to, it was disappointing and it launched with bare content to what was promised for years.
Any bad game can have a comeback story if it's supported enough after launch but for me if you launch in a terrible state then you had your chance. I can applaud you for what you've done after but at the end of the day there's not much of a choice since most gamers would blank your next product if you ditched your last game so fast, it's not about repairing the game but spending your time repairing gamers trust before you launch your next product otherwise it would be dead on arrival.
With these stories and the games being updated, the only way is up most of the time so of course it's going to improve the game and feel better over all, getting better and better as time passes. No Mans Sky, Sea of Thieves, Fallout 76 etc but then you have games like Anthem, Suicide Squad, Redfall and The Avengers where the devs just clearly moved on, now if they have another product people won't be as exited for it, I mean hell Guardians of the Galaxy was a great game but because of the Avengers it didn't help its sales since people were obviously still sour at that point.
I still think despite the improvements to games like No Mans Sky and Cyberpunk along with being better now overall the games are still not up there to what was promised and hyped as for years.
If we keep celebrating these “comeback stories” then unfortunately it only strongly supports the concept that these studios / publishers can continue to push half arsed broken products out for the sake of quick sales instead of waiting until they are fully finished. We need to condemn this awful behaviour or sadly we lose all voice and power as consumers.
I feel the same way about Cyberpunk 2077. I'm glad you mentioned that. I'm not a fan of comeback stories as well. But No man sky developer was a small indie team compared to CDPR. It's worse when it's coming from a AAA developer
"Any bad game can have a comeback story if it's supported enough after launch"
You make it sound so simple and easy. It's not. After release Hello Games poured countless hours into getting their game closer to what they originally wanted, without charging a penny to anyone. That's not normal.
The reason NMS and HG are held in such high esteem and calling them liars is a weak stance is the amount of work they've put into it, for free. They're not chasing a quick buck, they've dedicated their lives over the last few years to giving their fans the game everyone wanted.
They are liars though...
We are not revising history here, I'm sorry but we're not
They built this game up for years and they launched it knowing full well it wasn't up to scratch to what they originally showed off or hyped it up to be.
"They're not chasing a quick buck, they've dedicated their lives over the last few years to giving their fans the game everyone wanted"
And like I said above most of that comes from the fact that if they had just moved on straight away nobody would have supported their next game. They've washed most of that sour taste away after supporting No Mans Sky so now they are doing a new game which more people feel like they can support and get excited for.
Anyway how can you say "You make it sound so simple and easy. It's not" and then make the point that "Hello Games poured countless hours into getting their game closer to what they originally wanted, without charging a penny to anyone"
This means that if a small team like this can turn a game around then big AAA games like Suicide Squad, Redfall, Anthem and the like should have been able to do it no problem, oh but that's right they didn't want to put the time or effort into it. They can do it but some people just decide not to.
I really enjoyed it at launch and had every trophy by August 2016.
The experience I had is no longer in the game: It was just me and my ship. It was a survival game and the feeling of loneliness in the universe was pervasive. There was no way to ruin too far from your ship and, in an emergency, you grenaded a hole in the ground to survive.
I miss that aspect, but since then, I love what they've done.
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I've had a PS3 for a long time, then one day I got a gaming PC. I play my games on my PC a little more, but it's because I have more games on my Steam account from winter and summer sales, etc, so I try to finish as many as I can. I get exclusives on my PS3 that my PC obviously can't run, so it's a nice balance. Sometimes I get two versions of the same game so I can play with buddies on both systems, watch out for that, that'll drain your wallet fast.
oh weird, thought you were changing consoles :O anyways, pc plus ps3 is a pretty good combination and even more so if you had an xbox360. in any case, enjoy your pc gaming time dude >:D
Welcome, I would highly suggest you give the KB/M a good try. I switched from PS3 and just forced myself to use it for a week. It took a while to get used to it but now I can't go back unless the Genre is obviously better with a controller such as racing or platforming. Take a look at some of our upcoming releases. Planetside 2, CS:GO, Guild Wars 2, End of Nations, Firefall, Natural Selection 2 (The ones I am looking forward to, there are a hell of a lot more).
You've made an excellent choice, sir, in giving yourself more choices!
I've been a PC gamer for about 14 years, and it's definitely my favourite platform to play with. And if RPGs are your bag, you'll find no shortage here(unless you were hoping for more Japanese styled games).
I must recommend Baldurs Gate I&II and Planescape: Torment (dat story!) to begin with, especially to get to grips with the D&D rules that a lot of PC RPGs like to employ. But it's all up to you, of course. You have over 2 decades worth of backlog to dip into, after all.
I also must recommend Half-Life 2, Deus Ex, System Shock 2, Tribes: Ascend, Guild Wars 2, The Witcher 2, Skyrim (WHOLE different bag on PC), all the old-school FPS games (Doom, Quake, Unreal, Duke etc.). Plus, get into mods and source mods for old games. You'll be amazed at how well some games have been overhauled by their fans.
But most of all, welcome to the wild and wacky world of PC Gaming!