Shooters - Better on Computers or Consoles?

[Swein Forkbeard]

I know most of you will disagree, but I personally think playing a shooter on a Console makes a little more sense than on a computer. Partly because I can't imagine this pop-up coming while I'm in the middle of a big fight.

 

[ArneHD]

Computers: Because it is simply better with a mouse and keyboard.

 

[Say_my_name]

Computers: Because it is simply better with a mouse and keyboard.

QFT. Console shooters will always be crippled by the lack of mouse control, and will have to make up for this by either Auto Aiming or some kind of other smart-ass solution.

 

[Aramazd]

Computers, did you even have to ask?

 

[Leonel]

Computers. You just can't get the level of precision on a controller that a mouse and keyboard can give you. I mean you could get something close on the controller but it's usually auto-aimed and takes practice.

 

[Maniacal]

Computers, thread closed.

That's not to say that console shooters are all bad, they just cheat.

 

[Oatse]

Water - Better in our lungs or outside of them?

Computers of course.

 

[Metromonkey]

Partly because I can't imagine this pop-up coming while I'm in the middle of a big fight.

What's that suppose to mean? Sounds like you have some serious spyware problems.

 

[Sarcasticon]

Same here, computers all the way because of the much better and accurate controls.

 

[Swein Forkbeard]

Now to throw up a joke.

What do the 2007 National Geography Bee Winner and the main character of Half-Life 2 have in common?

 

[Maniacal]

Er, now to get horribly off topic do you mean?

Anyways, thread has served it's purpose, it can rest now.

 

[D0NIMATRIX]

Consoles, the sound system and the feel of the controllers are just so much more satisfying than a mouse and keyboard. Plus the TVs are meant for that kind of stuff, computer screens just don't seem to capture the game. This is based on Halo, but it should be the same for other games.

 

[Gilder]

I haven't played a computer shooter in years. I can't really say.

 

[Maniacal]

Consoles, the sound system and the feel of the controllers are just so much more satisfying than a mouse and keyboard. Plus the TVs are meant for that kind of stuff, computer screens just don't seem to capture the game. This is based on Halo, but it should be the same for other games.

Halo is 100% designed for a console, and it fails miserably as a PC FPS so it's not a very good comparison to the PC.

I don't see how TVs are any better then computer screens, especially as they aren't meant for games (although now with the LCD and higher resolutions they are better). The mouse is a LOT more accurate than the console controllers so there's no auto-aiming for the PC as well there's more aim down the sights (nesecary for the goold olde bolt action rifles).

 

[Leonel]

Consoles, the sound system and the feel of the controllers are just so much more satisfying than a mouse and keyboard. Plus the TVs are meant for that kind of stuff, computer screens just don't seem to capture the game. This is based on Halo, but it should be the same for other games.

You're obviously a heathen and must be put to death by burning.

 

[sir_schwick]

You simply cannot replace a keyboard for serious shooters. The lack of controls really limits what can be done with console shooters.

 

[azzaman333]

The precision of a mouse, and the additional buttons with a keyboard, makes it a non-contest.

 

[Thrawn]

Computers: Because it is simply better with a mouse and keyboard.

QFT. Far easier to aim with mouse/keyboard.

 

[King of Town]

After playing goldeneye with my friends at all of our parties for about a year and a half, I can't play shooters anymore.

 

[Swedishguy]

1# Mouse and keyboard.
2# Better customization options to controls.
3# Easier to connect to the internet.