Duffy00 wrote:
- Whats your budget? A small, poor mans budget would
- buy you a console. What console do I summon upon
- thee to Duffy's wishing of truth and oh-so-goodness?
- XBOX, I say! Why? These reasons:
-
- 1) Xbox has some of the most "mature" games out
- there. Halo, Splinter Cell..it rules all. GameCube
- on the other hand..mario, mario, some luigi..just a
- bunch of fat plumbers and cute pikachues. And if
- your 32 yr. old friends really want that, let them
- be kids. PS2 is a mix, and you might like that, but
- I'll give you further reasons to get one
- 2) XBOX Live. Well, actually, its not as big a deal
- as you want. All these XBOX owners yap about "Play
- against OTHER people and test your skills!" and act
- like its a big deal. Its not. For PC gamers anyways.
- PC gamers have had this for years..but not console
- owners. And currently, Microsoft has the most
- organized online supporting system out there. No
- crashes, no lock-ups. Just play. But be warned..a
- lot of kiddies also own Xboxes. And trust me, you'll
- want to keep the volume down, since I dont think the
- neighbors want to hear a 9 year old screaming out
- "YOU SUCK MUNKEE BLASS, BEEOTCH!". But you'll like
- online support
- 3) For big-handed gamers, like me, you'll want a big
- controller. And the Xbox has one..but not anymore. I
- found the old Xbox controllerquite comfortable,
- until they replaced it with the Controller S. Im not
- saying the controller S is bad, but is awfully
- cramped for large handed gamers. But the contoller
- for the Xbox, is by far the best, controller in my
- opinion.
- 4) Power. Yeah, you want power, dontcha? Xbox has
- it. Equipped with PC like equipment, the Xbox has a
- Geforce 3 and a Pentium 4 something. I dont know
- much, since I dont own one. But these components are
- FAST and POWERFUL, so if you want to be totally
- immersed in your games, you'll want an Xbox..
-
- ..but on the other hand, I also forgot something.
- The almighty powerful PERSONAL COMPUTER! BWAHAHAHAH!
- If your not working in McDonals, or working
- underpaid, you'd probably want to stick with a PC.
- Heres why:
-
- 1) Dont listen to console owners. The PC can
- outperform the Xbox, PS2 and GameCube at any game.
- But thats only if you have good hardware.
- 2) Video card standards are above and beyond the
- Xboxes. The Xbox has a Geforce 3. If you have a
- decent PC, you can get a video card thats BETTER.
- They have Geforce 4 and GeForce FX's already out,
- for christs sake. But if you want some really
- powerful sh*t, you could get a Radeon 9800. Those
- are POWERFUL..
- 3) Laziness. Yeah..dont you just hate using your
- computer, then going to you console, then back to
- your computer? Well, the PC has fixed this problem.
- Simpy get out of (or let it stay) application your
- using, and launch a game on your PC. It's simple. No
- getting up, walking 3 steps, and sitting on the hard
- ground anymore. Ooohhh..the pain. But its solved.
- And most console gamers sit on the floor anyway, so
- stop complaining that sitting in a desk chair while
- playing Splinter Cell is not comfortable. It is..
- 4) Customizations. Paint your PC, get the latest and
- greatest parts, install cool glowing neon lights.
- Whatever you want. Wanna paint your console? Well,
- go ahead. But the material contained in a console is
- unsuitable for painting, just so you know. The paint
- will chip off, even if it is glossy car paint.
- 5) Controls. The PC is by far, the best way to play
- first person shooters. While you can still play
- games like Halo on your Xbox and such, aiming and
- moving at the same time with just your thumbs is
- actually kind of hard. You'll never score a head
- shot, unless you take 2 minutes to do it. A joystick
- is just like a lap-tops sensor pad..you can control,
- but you dont have much control. And plus, you can
- buy a simple joystick, or steering wheel for $25
- bucks, and feel like your really flying an
- air-plane, not just moving a stick around with your
- thumb.
-
- Here, check these links out:
-
- www.alienware.com (http://www.alienware.com) --Some of the best PC's around.
- Fast, powerful, and cool looking
- www.voodoocomputers.com (http://www.voodoocomputers.com) --Fast, poweful, and the
- modding is superb. You can have a window installed
- in the side of your case, have awesome parts, play
- games at their full potential, and look cool while
- doing it. High glossy Ferrari like paint make this a
- good pc to buy..if you have the money ($3,000 and
- up)
-
- Oh, and check these babies out: www.playbo..oh (http://www.playbo..oh) wait,
- wrong site! <a
- href="http://us.thrustmaster.com/products/hotas.ph
- p3?skin=Hotas"
- target=_blank>http://us.thrustmaster.com/products/
- hotas.php3?skin=Hotas</a>
-
- Copy and paste that into your browser, and check out
- those chicks. Made of die-cast metal, and the ultime
- joystick for games like IL2 Sturmovik. And
- exclusively for the PC.
-
Indeed. We all know the pc is more advanced, of course it is. Look when the xbox was made, and look at the price comparison. It's sad the way a Xbox with three to four games and two controllers is cheaper than a single video card. Oh well.
Anyway, I like consoles the best. That is simply because I love having friends over and I really don't want to spend thousands of dollars buying computers and hooking them all up (not to mention having to build extra rooms in my house to put them in). So the consoles are the best way to go for in house multiplayer gaming. /i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.gif
2003: The Year of the Big Black Box