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    Quote Originally Posted by Razor88 View Post
    I see merit in consoles, even though I don't own one.

    But one thing that always annoys me is that I suspect that they are the main reason for the slow decline of the RTS genre. It's just too tricky to port to console (the controls aspect) imo. And I never enjoy other genres as much as I enjoy RTS.
    Excuse my ignorance, but what does RTS stand for? Real time simulation? As in The Sims, SimCity etc?

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    Quote Originally Posted by brendanvb View Post
    Excuse my ignorance, but what does RTS stand for? Real time simulation? As in The Sims, SimCity etc?
    Nope. Real time Strategy. As in Warcraft 3, Command and Conquer Series, Age of Empires series etc. Please do not put Sims in that category :P (Sims is a pet hate of mine).

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    Quote Originally Posted by brendanvb View Post
    Excuse my ignorance, but what does RTS stand for? Real time simulation? As in The Sims, SimCity etc?
    :O Please revoke you gamer card at this instant! You heathen!
    (but srsly dude... wtf man. -_-)
    That's just like, your opinion, man.

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    Yes I played Half Life 2... Your point?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pooky View Post
    Yes I played Half Life 2... Your point?
    Really?

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    You do realise I'm not putting every PC game under one blanket right?

    There's no need to be so hostile.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pooky View Post
    You do realise I'm not putting every PC game under one blanket right?

    There's no need to be so hostile.
    No one is being hostile.

    I'm just surprised that even though you have played hl2 you failed in seeing that that title already brought to the table that which you said is lacking.

    Hence you are whipped by worries of candy.
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    When it comes to FPS/Action/Sport and some sims, yes consoles are holding the PC's back but only because most of the developers target quantity over quality, I am looking at you EA!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by AlphaJohn View Post
    When it comes to FPS/Action/Sport and some sims, yes consoles are holding the PC's back but only because most of the developers target quantity over quality, I am looking at you EA!!!
    Sore point for me and Bf4 dude, wow. Getting more pissed off by the day. Part of me just wishes they had left out current gen consoles and just pushed for PC and next gen. Would've been better and maybe made the game more stable. Just another example why (cur gen)consoles hold back games.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AlphaJohn View Post
    When it comes to FPS/Action/Sport and some sims, yes consoles are holding the PC's back but only because most of the developers target quantity over quality, I am looking at you EA!!!
    I can't agree with that statement.

    Play Fifa, 2K (NBA), SSX or any sports game on PC and then try them again consoles, the controller was made for sports games. There is just no way you'd get the same level of immersion on a PC with m/kb as opposed to console and a controller.

    I'm gonna assume you mean action/adventure here, if that is the case then you just need to look at Uncharted.

    FPS here I agree with you in spirit. I am a CoD fan and it works wonderfully on console but it has been designed with consoles being the primary platform. But yeah, I do believe games like BF could be better if EA didn't try and cater to last-gen.
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