I'll just come out and say it: this is one of the reasons I hate PC gaming. Just such a chore for my feeble mind to have to weigh all these things I barely understand.
One of a handful of reasons, but eh. I still PC game every now and then, and it's fun, but things like that serve as a headache sometimes.
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you don't need to do any of this, you can just pick one of the preconfigured settings in the options menu.
That screenshot is of a config tool that changes settings in the game's config files, it is optional and it isn't even included with the game.
Do you hate your car because someone can mess with the timings of the engine and tune it with new parts?
Unless you have severe OCD I don't see why more options can be considered a downside by anyone ever.
You can always just pick 'medium' in the options menu (or not change anything from default) and it'll still shit on the console version graphically.
I'm playing through deus ex : HR again right now and I was able to turn off the yellow pissfilter and increase my inventory size by replacing 2 files.
Which was optional....
I didn't have to do that but on ps360 you'd be stuck in pissfilter mode with no way to increase inventory cap if it bothered you.
Look at it like this, if you happen to have an itch the consoles don't allow you to scratch it, that makes the closed box consoles inferior.
I don't hate PC gaming at all, but configuring .ini files and cvar files is not something I'm interested in whatsoever.
And you don't have to... and many people never do...
All pc ports run better than all console ports out of the box, it's win win.
It won't be any different next gen.