PC Gaming. Does anybody here play?

Ah yes the Zerg rush! Its very difficult to stop. Especially when you are the Terrans. For a little while I ok was at the game but I mainly was always crushed online. And my teammates abandoned me for being a noob. Haven't played SC in years.

 

Also the other thing that would happen is I get a protoss probe building its plasma cannons like right nearby to my base, and then in my base, within like two minutes of starting.

 

Yeah its frustrating. A good player is a quick builder and knows what to build and when. I've learned digging in at your base and building up defenses only helps for a short time before the Protoss battleships arrive with their hoards of interceptors devastating your AA guns.

 

What Paradox games would you like to see on Xbox?

 

Along the lines of
Hearts of Iron series
Europa series
Sword of the Stars
Diplomacy
Naval War
Any of the Civil War games

 

I thought as much, but I was hoping you wouldn't say something as silly as this.

Moving Paradox' bread and butter grand strategy games onto consoles is a silly idea. First and most importantly is the problem of strategy games being horribly unoptimized for use with a controller rather than mouse and keyboard, second getting a console port of something like EU or Vicky onto a console is going to require either a dumbing down of the games which would basically destroy their PC fanbase where they get most of their money or developing console specific titles for those games that would be so unlike their PC counterparts as to basically be developing two games which would bottleneck resources. You are never going to see Crusader Kings or Victoria on a console.

 

Mechwarrior Online is awesome. I play it all the time (under the same alias as here). It has hefty hardware requirements, but it is beautiful and fun.

 

I used play a bunch of games. All I play now is Civilization V. Occasionally I'll play Empire or Napoleon Total War. I also like the Mass Effect series by Bioware.

 

The only thing I prefer on consoles are racing games. Even then if there is a good one for the PC I will just use my controller and play it on my 28" monitor. Pretty much everything else I prefer on PC. I have a gaming laptop as well and it is a hell of alot better than the xbox or playstation 3. Its easier to set up, just plug it into the TV just like the console, turn it on (boots up alot faster than the xbox) and click on STEAM and pick which game I want. No disk changing or anything. and the graphics are a hell of alot nicer than the consoles as well. The only thing I can't do is multiplayer games with split screen but I hate those anyways so it isn't a lost for me. If I am playing onlines I want my whole screen to myself......guess I am just selfish like that. Games I am currently or have recently played....

STALKER (best single player FPS games in my opinion,PC only)
Amensia (that and the Penumbra games by the same developer are some of the scariest games I have ever played including the Dead Space ,which I thought was dull, Resident Evil, Silent Hill etc. )
Skyrim (with lots of mods)
Fallout NV (lots of mods)
Dead Island (getting ready for Riptide which is coming out in a few days.)
Fleet Ops (mod for an old Star Trek RTS....PC only)
Deus Ex HR (looks way better on the PC)
Vampire Masquerade Bloodlines (PC only and one of my favorite FPS/RPG games of all time.......tied with Deus Ex)
The Witcher (waaaay better on the PC)
I built my PC for around $2500 3 years ago and it is still top of the line although I recently bought a new graphics card. Everything else is top of the line equipment though. The only thing I plan on upgrading within a year or so is a new mobo and two SSDs now that the prices are more reasonable and the failure rate isn't as high as it used to be.

However, I have built gaming PCs for friends that are several times more powerful than consoles for around $600-700.

 

Red Dead Redemption, Split Second, Brutal Legend, Motor Storm, Fallout, Read Faction Guerrilla, Rage, Bulletstorm, Port Royale 3. I played but then regretted wasting time and money on Max Payne 3, Red Faction Armageddon, Borderlands 2, Shell Shocked, Kill Zone, Unchartered 3.

 

Primarily I play Guild Wars 2, and also Second Life (although that is less a game and more of an interactive chat).

I have also played Civ5, but am taking a break from it at the moment.

 

I played Diablo 2 for many many years and then my brother got me into WoW about three years ago!!

 

I have had Civ 5 since it came out, and just recently purchased the Gods & Kings expansion. Though I haven't played it in over a year....I liked Civ 4 better.

 

LOL........my cousin says the exact same thing. I see Civ 5 pop up on the STEAM announcer thingy and then after an hour I see Civ 4 pop up. I asked him why he bothers with Civ 5 then if he prefers 4 and he said he paid for it so hes gonna force himself to play it at least a little.

 

Will my map loads let me nap while I wait?

 

I just got a new PC and have been having a blast playing some new and old games. Redownloaded Starcraft/Broodwar and Counterstrike for that nostalgia. Been playing a lot of Star Trek Online as well.

Got my Xbox for that BlackOps/COD fix. Darkstalkers has been a fun new time for me, and I really can't wait for GTA5.

 

I used to use the PC just for sims and other little minor games that were meant to be time consuming. Recently I've been playing a lot of the Bioshocks. I got the first 2 on Amazon for $5 and then caught Infinite on sale, so I'm pretty much a happy camper there.

 

Oddly enough, I just couldn't get into the first 2 Bioshocks. Infinite, however, was brilliant.

 

Damn right bro, we should play some Rome II sometime if you've got it. Maybe we could get a PF grand campaign going

 

Sure, I'll go find it and we'll figure something out.

 

Gaming for years. Totally addicted to World of Tanks right now

 

It totally gets you addicted. I had to go on vacation for 2 weeks to get off of it.

 

Europa Universalis IV is fine although a bit too deterministic , you have to remove many French events for maximum pleasure .


Colonial Oman FTW

 

I really like the Final Fantasy 3 remake for the DS

 

Just picked up Heart of the Swarm, the first expansion pack for Starcraft 2. Campaign mode was as good as Wings of Liberty and Blizzard has definitely stepped up their game in the cinematics department. Trying my hand at the swarm multiplayer now. It's basically the same as Liberty but with a few changes and new units.

Also, preordered Battlefield 4.