DigiManiac
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Didn't they say the same thing about Diablo III ??? lol the console version turned out better than PC... As for RDR, OK ?? lol
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Are there any PC franchises that console players would like to see on their platform?
- Thread starter PastorOfMuppets
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Dear Blizz, please bring WoW to the PS4. Thanks!
1st Course
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We're talking about PC franchises/exclusives here though. Lots if not most of PC exclusives don't have controller support. And then there is the font problems, most PC exclusives are designed for playing from no more than 3-4 feet view distance. I tried Tera ( has native controller support) on TV the other and I couldn't read shit at all.
Vulcano's assistant
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A console only player probably wouldn't know the majority of the games they would like to play, just because they are not informed about those things, so you'll get responses about the more visible or recent internet era stuff.
You have to stop thinking of a PC as a third console, and instead of it's own platform with it's own priorities. I originally bought a PC back in 2008 primarily for the better visuals, the unique differences of the platform is what keeps me from going back to primarily console, the multiplats are barely a blip on the radar. It's not really like anything else out out there, when in Rome etc.
PC is the best gaming platform even though it has extremely uninteresting exclusives. It's not even a contest.
I don't know why you would even say that unless you want to rile people.
jim-jam bongs
Member
Well obviously, but that argument was tangential and initiated by this post:
Which, honestly, I don't take issue with at all. Preferences are preferences, I would always prefer to play keyboard/mouse FPS over controller if my circumstances allowed it. My only issue is framing the near total avoidance of an entire platform as an inevitable result of their occupation, especially given that it's based on a variety of misconceptions about it.
Definitely and of both sides of the coin, the current PC line-up is insanely good right now.
PastorOfMuppets
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Eh, who cares?
I know the mods can get a little wary of these types of threads because nobody likes to have their tastes questioned but I'm a PC gamer with extremely specific tastes - I can accept that console gamers find my taste in video games baffling and bland. What PS4 owner is looking at FTL or the next Civilization game and is wetting their pants in jealousy (aside from the ones who already own PC's of course).
I find Nintendo games childish and am not affected by their attempts to appeal to my nostalgia. I think most modern AAA games are more akin to interactive movies than video games and I'm cheering for Microsoft to leave the console industry because I think as a company, the video game side holds them back. <--- Last time I said something like this I was temp banned.
This thread is just about wanting to see if console players are interested in any PC games being consolized. I think the answer so far has been "Not until they are consolized." Not to patronize console gamers but for the most part, I think your collective ignorance of PC gaming closes a lot of you guys off to a huge potential goldmine of IP's and you guys often don't realize it until somebody brings a PC franchise to the home console - ala Bethesda with the Fallout series or Activision with the Call of Duty series.
J'aime Fils-Aime
Neo Member
For me, it would be great if a real Civilization was on the PS4. Sims too, but the console version might already be just like the PC versions sans mods.
I already have those two on Windows, but I'd much rather play them on my PS4 than on my notebook that's not built for gaming.
I already have those two on Windows, but I'd much rather play them on my PS4 than on my notebook that's not built for gaming.
I'd rather see all-new IPs and not simply ports/sequels.
Are there people here saying PC games have to be 'consolized'? I haven't read the entire thread beyond the first page so I wouldn't know, but you should really quote and specify who you're talking to with a statement like that than make a blanket claim that console gamers are just too ignorant to bother with. That's just as wide and sweeping a generalization as saying all PC gamers are elitists or some similar insult.
Because that guy wants to build a PC but is worried about the lack of appealing exclusives to him? PC is the greatest platform and I don't even give a crap about strategys, MOBAs or MMOs. If people get upset over that then they should grow the fuck up.
OnimaruXLR
Member
I want a portable X-Com.
I REALLY WANT A PORTABLE X-COM.
Also, a new portable Civ would be nice. Maybe something a little meatier than Civ Rev, but Civ Rev 2 would be fine if that's asking too much.
I REALLY WANT A PORTABLE X-COM.
Also, a new portable Civ would be nice. Maybe something a little meatier than Civ Rev, but Civ Rev 2 would be fine if that's asking too much.
X-Com is on iTunes for your iPad. Just sayin.
digoutyoursoul
Member
Football Manager would be good, it works nice on Vita from what I tried
Codeblew
Member
My PC is upstairs i my office.
By 'exclusives' he probably means the hardware-movers like Mario, Halo and Uncharted.
Come to think of it, PC has plenty as well. Like Dota 2, I have been helping friends pick up rigs to play it.
CitizenCope
Member
Just went through 6 pages of game names and was surprised nothing caught my interest. So I guess my answer is no. Not saying they are bad games but busy enough with what I'm getting on consoles.
Solid Samus
Banned
Dude, I just want XCom: Enemy Within on Android. If I washed up on an uncharted island with that shit I'd be golden
Karak
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System Shock
Yup. I would simply stroke out if they announced a remake of SS2.
jim-jam bongs
Member
Fuck remakes, SS2 is still GOAT tier gaming. Just add a Deus Ex: Human Revolution style inventory for controllers, and drop it like it's hot.
jim-jam bongs
Member
Don't be sad little pug. Despite the fact that EviLore is a devout PC gamer, and almost every mod games on PC, this is still a console-centric forum. It's not representative of gaming as a whole, if anything it's a place where an increasingly niche demographic takes solice in disappearing up one another's anuses.
Finaika
Member
Use a wireless controller.
SkeptiMism
Member
Is it really hard to think why and who would do that? If you have a budget then you go by that budget. Seriously, you don't have to build a rig that costs 2 grants to be an enthusiastic PC gamer. And actually it's really not that common to have a super expensive PC.
Even a cheap PC can play hundreds or even thousands of games (both from the past and present), including some of the biggest names like Dota 2 at the moment.
I think it's really weird when some people have this notion "what's the point of building a PC if you don't go all out on it?". I really don't think many PC gamers think in that way at all. There are so many great things about PC. It's not just about the power.
anonymous_abc
Member
Exactly I don't really see any dumbing down being required to play SS2 on a console.
Ghost was a console game.
It's 6 pages of games from a demographic who knows barely anything about PC gaming, not the greatest sample. I mean nobody here mentioned Divinity once, and that's likely the most promising wRPG of 2014. Sure if you're already content that's fine, but looking for that kind of stuff here would be like looking for info on Xbox games at RPG Codex.
Sentenza
Member
I have genuinely no idea of what you're talking about.
Your "typical gaming setup", be it for a console or a PC, doesn't happen to be comfortable or uncomfortable by chance.
It's always as comfortable as you make it.
To me it's very easy to be relaxed when I play on my PC. I have a reasonably large desk and a sweet armchair. That's pretty much all I need.
Beerman462
Member
I know man. I mean when I come home and game on my PC I sit in my recliner and I have to use my mouse for 3 whole seconds to wake up my PC and click the Dark Souls 2 shortcut, before I can pick up my 360 controller to never touch the mouse again. Hardly seems worth it to play the game at 1080p/60fps vs the PS3 version which is sub HD and 30fps or less.
Speaking from experience, that sums it up amazingly well.
I'm thankful this generation of consoles started off so terribly. Out of a mix of boredom and curiosity I decided to delve back into PC gaming and it's unbelievable what I've missed out on. I got sick of PC gaming around the era of "same shitty game but better graphics that require a $500 video card to run on medium AKA Doom 3" or "Hey we're going to totally fuck over your computer because you might be a pirate. Of course if you are a pirate all of this will be completely bypassed on day 0" aka StarForce and other similar DRM software that had Morrowind end up breaking my PC's disc drive. Not to mention Steam was little more than this annoying thing I had to connect to for CounterStrike authentication and eventually match making.
Until about 6 months ago I'd never heard of (or knew nothing about) Paradox Interactive, Crusader Kings, King's Bounty, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. or Distant Worlds. I don't think their obscurity is going to be something unique to me if you were to survey console gamers. Not that those are the top 6 games of the past decade or anything, but 6 games I've semi-randomly ended up picking up for the PC. And not only that, but those games alone have already far surpassed the past decade of console gaming for me. Kind of reminds me in a way of that Harriet Tubman quote - I freed a thousand slaves but I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves. Yeah probably a bit hyperbolic but gotta say I personally feel emancipated... emaciated too come to think of it - damn CK2.
In a nutshell I doubt most console gamers have any idea what they want because PC games spend next to nothing on marketing relative to the 9 figure marketing budget we get for every lackluster and generic "The Next Big Thing" console title. The absolute zeal of dedicated PC gamers also makes it difficult to take their opinions seriously since it
josecitoxnyo
Member
Goat simulator pls.
LapinAgile
Member
Killing Floor 2.
Wouldn't work. KF is all about no crosshair, and very sensitive aiming.
I have a PC now and don't worry about games not coming to consoles, but back when I was console/handheld-only I wanted:
-Japanese Doujin games and Visual Novels
-Valve games like TF2 and L4D2 with all of the updates the PC versions get
-Some way to play Stepmania, Osu!, and other rhythm game clones on console (or handheld in the case of Osu!) through homebrew.
-Japanese Doujin games and Visual Novels
-Valve games like TF2 and L4D2 with all of the updates the PC versions get
-Some way to play Stepmania, Osu!, and other rhythm game clones on console (or handheld in the case of Osu!) through homebrew.
Beerman462
Member
One thing this thread has taught me. Many PC game simply won't work on consoles, yet every console game can work on PC.
I had the same issue well sans the RSI concerns. I just like having a bit more of a disparity between work and play.
My solution was to drag an HDMI/USB hub from the office to the living room and setup a controller hotkey to load up Steam Big Picture when I don't want to touch a kb/mouse at all. Only issue was I had to daisy chain the USB hubs using a couple of USB hubs (which conveniently also work as signal repeaters) in the middle since apparently USB doesn't deal so well with 15+ meters.. at least not the cheap ass cables I use. It's also for this exact reason that I'll be picking up a Steam Box. It's being designed for this exact scenario.
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LapinAgile
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you can also sight in the weapons, and you can aim with sensitivity on console, maybe not to the degree you like. It's a shooter, shooters can be done on consoles.
Because games like Civ are heavily UI centric and focused on being able to do what you want accurately and quickly. Managing a late game empire with a controller would likely take a lot of extra time compared to a mouse.
If you want to take it for a spin, try something like Xpadder and say, map right analog stick to mouse movement, and time how much longer it takes you to do stuff. Let's limit hotkeys to say, "end turn" and "next action." There's a reason why the game even on PC has innate touch based controls too, and not controller support. Touch is not exactly ideal but still a far better method than a controller for that type of game. I mean there's a reason why so many of the hotkeys are displayed in the game's screen, because they know a large majority of their playerbase barely uses the hotkeys. There are some pretty in depth gamepad profiles out there already, just from a quick search, but even the creators of them tend to have reservations about it.
Of course, that's not to say a dev couldn't work around some of this stuff. Contextual menus mapped to the buttons would speed things up. But overall without cutting things out, most actions would take a lot longer with a pad. Though, again I agree it could be done, I just don't think we'd ever see a company do it in fear of people finding it cumbersome (because it would be) especially in the later stages of the game. Or they'd just neuter it completely.
Not just Valve games. Payday 2 immediately came to mind when reading your post. It's a fun game on the 360 yet I felt somehow cheated when I saw all the completely free updates that the PC received that the 360 has not and likely never will receive due to obtuse update requirements and red tape on consoles. Speaking of updates yeah I suppose that's another thing you don't really realize when you're playing on consoles where you get used to being expected to pay ever more money for every single update that includes anything more than bug fixes.
It's kind of funny thinking about how much companies try to get console players to pay for such minimal content after I just paid $50 for Crusader Kings 2 + all extra content and naturally the seemingly nonstop free game updates.
Anos Voldigoad
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Just this on PS4
