Static Shooter games are dying hard and fast on PCs becaue they can't compete with Consoles.
However MMORPG's are making the PC market Rock!
Posted on 07/15/2004 7:51:30 AM PDT by Paradox
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Any racing sim fans should check GTR out, it is going to be fantastic. Not out yet, but they put together a Mod for the F1 racing games that was amazing...
Link to SimBin site.
It drives it in many ways:
First, the purchase of the game itself.
Second, often people need to upgrade their video cards to play the latest and greatest 3d games. That's anywhere from $150 - $500.
Also, computer ram / cpu upgrades can be necessary. Some people just buy whole new systems.
In the categories above, the higher end the purchase, the larger the profit margin for the manufacturers.
Additionally, there are other smaller impacts, on things like monitor sales (people want a bigger / better monitor), OS upgrades (getting rid of win ME to run on win XP), or internet connections (ditching dialup and getting broadband).
A breakthrough video game is just like any other major innovation - in sparks demand and purchases of related items.
Heh heh, they were known for that.
Also, if I recall correctly the cassettes were only good for several loadings. Then the quality of the cassettes degraded to a point where you'd get loading errors.
And forget about graphics. All you got were a bunch of simple ASCII characters.
Speaking of ASCII characters, I still play Rogue ("You scored an excellent hit on the bat") once in a while, for nostalgia's sake. I wasted quite a few hours playing Rogue on a VAX 11/780 in college in 1982 - that's how I got started with all this gaming stuff!
Doom player AND Latin Mass advocate? Who would have thunk it? ;-)
My only problem with GR is the realism. Going up against trained military, I usually wind up dying like a dog, crawling on the ground, never knowing who the killer was or even where he was.
That game is TOUGH.
Hm...maybe it's whether or not you feel like you accomplished something? I'm insufferably smug after I get past something nasty playing Thief (ask Moose4, who had to put up with me after I took out four guards the other night), and I think that's largely because it's a well-designed game with lots of surprises. On the other hand, I played Master of Orion 3 and am thoroughly unimpressed - I've never been able to do anything other than fumble my way to a win, and it doesn't feel like you do anything other than push buttons.
And I've never been good at FPSs. I can play the Thief games because there's little to no combat involved, but twitch-gaming isn't my style. :shrug:
I used to DOOM online up to 12 hours a day.
I used to have too much time on my hands.
I had an Atari 400 (McDonald's Cash register keyboard, no keys) with a cassette drive.
Used to play Avalon Hill's "B-1 Nuclear Bomber" with it. No graphics, just text messages....
The new economy is making this country soft and squishy around the middle.
I haven't bought a game in 3 years or so because nothing really comes out that excites me.
I like games (am 21 and still play them sometimes), but am too cheap to get Playstation or something like that. There just aren't that many good games out there it seems like.
Static Shooter games are dying hard and fast on PCs becaue they can't compete with Consoles.
However MMORPG's are making the PC market Rock!
My word........that is some awesome graphics.
Yeah, it can be a bit addicting. I just had to put it down myself (catching a glimpse out of the corner of my eye, Morrowind gleaming with an inner light). It's been months since I've played it. I'm sure I'll pick it up some time later(as my hand reaches over to caress the game box...........)
I had Hammurabi. No graphics either. You entered in how much food you'd distribute, how much you'd save, etc. Depending on how you answered, your population would either grow or starve out.
Doktor? Is that you? Hehe...
I'm a very active WW2OL gamer...it needs improvement...but hands down...the most immersive game out there. Steepest learning curve...but most rewarding experience out there.
I will buy Doom 3 for nostalgia though...
"My only problem with GR is the realism. Going up against trained military, I usually wind up dying like a dog, crawling on the ground, never knowing who the killer was or even where he was.
That game is TOUGH."
Try the following. In the set up screens, select the modern sniper rifle for your TWO snipers, one for each "team". Select the option that gives you extra ammo, unless its a scenario that requires going through a town or village, if thats the case select the grenades (great for clearing those small buildings and huts).
Next, immediately upon entering the scenario, take a kneeling or prone position for both teams. Then select one of the snipers, and begin to scan the surrounding area. Don't stand til you identify exactly where the target(s) are and you take them out.
Normally, I use the sniper's 85% of the time. End of scenario stats from last night were along the lines of "32 kills" for the sniper, and the remaining few divided between the rest of the "team".
I also normall switch out any "team member" who's accuracy is registered as a "one". When playing campaign, I always give one point to accuracy, then use the remaining point as needed (stealth for the snipers is a big plus, leadership points for the team leaders magnifies all the teams attributes).
btw, make sure you switch initially between both teams to give the "prone" command, else the "other team" will remain standing or kneeling.
Its worked for me.
Where do you guys get this stuff from? Counter-Strike/Condition Zero is the most popular online multiplayer game in the world and has been for quite some time. It's a first person shooter, btw, and the XBOX version blows.
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