Console FPS targeting seems so unwieldy and awkward to me, I have long preferred FPS and RTS with wasd and a good mouse.

For the longest time, I agreed. However; Halo totally changed that misconception. Before Halo most console FPS's were either total Twitch games, or else they were hybrid-style FPS's mixing elements of crazy anarchy and sedate, tedious stealth.

Halo totally changed what a console FPS could be.

But it wasn't until CoD4 that I changed my mind, in fact it was one of the big motivators behind my abadoning PC gaming all together and migrating fully to console-only games.

Now, when I look at PC versions of current FPS games I feel like they totally downplay a players skill. Instead of manipulating two directional pads, thus X,Y and Z axis... PC shooters seem to me like crappy flash/shockwave games where the goal is just to mouse over an object and click. But that's just my opinion.

I say long live the console. PC games can up and die for all I care, take that production money and energy and direct it fully towards console game development and leave the computing to software of a more useful and less gamey purpose.

Paul: Playing the Goulag, where the "prisoner" is revealed... that was such a great moment. I was like, "Holy shit, it's you! I remember you teaching me how to snipe and sneak!"

Honestly, when it happened (the thing with Soap) I got soooo pissed off, all I wanted to do was be able to blast that fucker then and there.

And, did you play the "questionable content" mission? I read the warning and thought, 'No way can CoD be more offensive then the likes of GTA IV (tbogt and tlad) so of course I don't want to skip it.' While, when I got to it, I wasn't offened exactly, I sure was SHOCKED!

Well, I like a good RTS game too. And in those, I think the PC still has consoles beat. FPS, Consoles all the way though.

Hey, it's one thing to have preferences but no need to hate on the PC gamers!


I've never played a modern day FPS on a modern day console because there's no way I can afford a console, but your 'xyz means leet skillz' argument leaves me totally nonplussed. XYZ whatever... just like a console game, FPS on a PC has it's own unique challenges and benefits.


May PC gaming live on forever!



However, this debate leaves me no closer to experiencing the thrill of CoD, because all the local stores are still sold out...

i made it to the midnight release.... been playing ever since. 360 though... level 45 i believe.

it just sucks that level 70 to go presitge. anyway, that game is godly.

I need to add you to my friends, Recon. I have Beff and Om, and Titus already.

I played a game with Beff the other day, and despite the lag issues (I was yellow bars or under all the way through), I thought I did pretty good. I tended to point my gun when I saw an enemy and hold the trigger until they fell or my clip ran out - this spray and pray mentality resulted in kills, as instead of relying on 'precision aiming', I simply filled the immediate area around the enemy with bullets.

Win.

And yeah, Beff, I know what you mean. I was sooo happy with both the prisoner rescue AND how you got back at that asshole at the end - I loved how he looked, shocked, and then BAM!

Complete awesome.

Soap = more manly than I. To the extreme.

1. Recon, you must add me. My Xbox Live ID: Mkolabin
Also, I hate you for being such a high rank... you total dick. I'm the jealous type, you total dick. So stop playing, you total dick. Let me catch up, you total dick. You total dick!

2. Leia, it was just my personal opinion. I'm not hating on PC gamers (and Om makes a valid point - there are very few RTS-style games which, on console, can even compare to PC... but that will change as more and more console gamers desire solid RTS games; as it stands now, RTS gamers tend to be PC gamers with fewer console gamers) and I know that PC games have their niche (such as MMORPG's like WoW) but I honestly believe that anyone, even a solid PC-FPS gamer, will come to change his/her mind once he/she gets used to console FPS and the controller style... and never look back!

3. Paul, I totally didn't even notice we were in the same match until I saw you run past me. Mind you, that was probably one of the worst matches of my MW2 career thus far. I was laggy as hell too, so I think it was the host, because I was playing 'spray and pray' twitch too. I unlocked thermal on my M14 and let me tell you, "What a fucking waste!" Because the thermal-scope is way too long range for the M14 to be very accurate at that range.

Irtar's X-Box ID is Irtar.

I live by a simple code of keeping stuff simple.

Also, the 'questionable content level' is probably the most striking moment in modern gaming.

In closing,

WOLVERINES!!!!

Wolverines! Yes!

And the 'questionable content level' was an interesting direction for the game to play, and I'm surprised it passed the Australian Classification board - in the past they've turned down games for referencing injecting health aid via syringe, let alone what you do in MW2!?

For me, I think it said more by actually being there, doing it, and what it revealed about me personally: I found myself actually resisting and actively not shooting unless I absolutely had to - namely against guards and those trying to kill me.

I don't think it was done distastefully, and they made it very uncomfortable. Most peeps I've spoken to on Xbox Live admitted to being shaken by the experience, and even followed my method of holding fire...

An interesting point Infinity Ward have made, I think.

And Beff, I joined because you were in it. :D I saw the option and thought 'Awesome! I can play beside Beff', and it so happened we got on the same team.

My buddy and I have been playing a lot of party games. Third Person Team Tactical, Team Deathmatch, CTF... we should arrange a threesome (lawl) some time soon.

And as to that level... you can actually make it all the way through without killing anyone. Try and figure out how.

Fo' Sho.

I won't be on the games much this week, as I'm finishing up college for the year, but in the next week or two I should increase my presence online.

Also: Assassin's Creed II in one day! Woot!