Favorite PC Game

[XPostFacto]

Steam does have some nice looking games, but I am relegated to just window shopping. My satellite system caps me unless I want to wait until the early morning hours to download something. I envy the folks with their sophisticated broadband connections, but that's the choice I made living in the remote areas.

 

[Dajjal]

I played a demo for Serious Sam. Later I picked up the game, Pain Killer, where you die and end up in Purgatory. You're just not quite good enough to get into Heaven so you have to earn your way up by killing demons for God. The good part of that game is that you have no friendlies to get caught in the crossfire. You are told at the beginning of the game, "if it moves, kill it." That is a romp of a game, but the boss sections are extremely tough. It's a first person shooter and well worth it.

Pain Killer sounds like my type of game, although I get a bit pissed off if I am stuck because I cannot kill a boss. I usually end up using a cheat. I did not use any cheats in serious sam 3 because I used strategy, like running away. But I could not finish the final big boss and gave up.

Well there was no place to hide, and loads of enemies firing rockets at you from all directions, as well as huge blasts from the boss. I could not survive.

 

[Dajjal]

Steam does have some nice looking games, but I am relegated to just window shopping. My satellite system caps me unless I want to wait until the early morning hours to download something. I envy the folks with their sophisticated broadband connections, but that's the choice I made living in the remote areas.

I am only on ethernet connection, because I did not fit a radio card when I built my computer. So I get about 1 megabyte a second on a good day. So it takes a while to download several gigabytes.

Damma yamma, while trouble shooting steam on their web site I see it says that radio connections are not suitable for online gaming anyway. So it looks like my ethernet connection is the way to go.

Still cannot connect to steam though.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Since I found out there is going to be a steambox, I am not buying anything.
Neither a console or a new computer. I am going to wait it out and see what happens next year. In the meantime I will check out what games I can download from steam.
Only problem I will have is I am still using windows xp with two gigs of ram.
Reading this thread has been useful, thanks.

I was going to get a SteamBox but after seeing the controller with haptic thumb pads I dunno. I'll have to demo the unit first to see how awkward it is.

 

[Dajjal]

Since I found out there is going to be a steambox, I am not buying anything.
Neither a console or a new computer. I am going to wait it out and see what happens next year. In the meantime I will check out what games I can download from steam.
Only problem I will have is I am still using windows xp with two gigs of ram.
Reading this thread has been useful, thanks.

I was going to get a SteamBox but after seeing the controller with haptic thumb pads I dunno. I'll have to demo the unit first to see how awkward it is.

Yes, I had the same idea. I might go to a big store where you can try before you buy.

I am not going to make any decisions any time soon though, its a project for next year.

I also wonder if my 32 inch TV is going to work with consoles, because it is not totally high definition. It says in the manual that it is. 1366x768 pixels.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

If it has HDMI inputs you'll be fine. If not you may need an adapter

 

[Dajjal]

If it has HOME inputs you'll be fine. If not you may need an adapter

It has a computer input socket, and a scart socket.

 

[Dajjal]

I got steam working. I uninstalled and reinstalled it, and it worked.

Just one snag, I lost Black Mesa, and I was only half way through it.

 

[XPostFacto]

If it has HDMI inputs you'll be fine. If not you may need an adapter

Don't these consoles support RCA ports, anymore? If it's HDMI, that would mess me up using my old analog 20 inch TV.

 

[Dajjal]

If it has HDMI inputs you'll be fine. If not you may need an adapter

Don't these consoles support RCA ports, anymore? If it's HDMI, that would mess me up using my old analog 20 inch TV.

Forewarned is forearmed. At least you know you might have a problem, and you can look into it.

I have 3 HDMI sockets and a USB socket on my digital 3DTV so I figure it will be ok.
It would be fun to play games in 3D. Or simulated 3D, because my TV will convert any picture into 3D.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

If it has HDMI inputs you'll be fine. If not you may need an adapter

Don't these consoles support RCA ports, anymore? If it's HDMI, that would mess me up using my old analog 20 inch TV.

I don't believe they do anymore. In fact the Xbox One also has an HDMI pass through so you can control your cable with voice commands and air gestures

 

[IrwinWaterfie]

I often spend my spare time in playing games on my PC and thus I don't get bored. I have a big collection of games and I like most racing games. taxi driver is one of my favorite games and I like to play it again and again to earn more dollars.

 

[Uncensored2008]

If it has HDMI inputs you'll be fine. If not you may need an adapter

Don't these consoles support RCA ports, anymore? If it's HDMI, that would mess me up using my old analog 20 inch TV.

With all due respect, the cost of running a 20" CRT is higher than the replacement cost for LCD.

Here is a 32" LCD for $150.

Element ELCFW329 32 Class LCD HDTV - 720p, 60Hz, 3x HDMI (Refurbished) at TigerDirect.com

Cathode Ray Tubes are energy hogs, they suck up electricity. If you run the thing 4 hours a day, the LCD will pay for itself in lower power costs in 6 months.

 

[XPostFacto]

If it has HDMI inputs you'll be fine. If not you may need an adapter

Don't these consoles support RCA ports, anymore? If it's HDMI, that would mess me up using my old analog 20 inch TV.

With all due respect, the cost of running a 20" CRT is higher than the replacement cost for LCD.

Here is a 32" LCD for $150.

Element ELCFW329 32 Class LCD HDTV - 720p, 60Hz, 3x HDMI (Refurbished) at TigerDirect.com

Cathode Ray Tubes are energy hogs, they suck up electricity. If you run the thing 4 hours a day, the LCD will pay for itself in lower power costs in 6 months.

Just looked at Xbox 360 at Best Buy yesterday. It would appear that I also need an internet connection to connect to the box. I wouldn't be able to play the Xbox in the living room, anyway with the 40 inch Sony. My only internet connection is in my computer room. So, if I'm to switch to consoles, not only will I be spending money for a console and games but will have to fork out more money for a TV, and where to put it? My computer room is already cluttered as it is. I think I will hold out as long as possible with PC games.

 

[Moonglow]

If it has HDMI inputs you'll be fine. If not you may need an adapter

Don't these consoles support RCA ports, anymore? If it's HDMI, that would mess me up using my old analog 20 inch TV.

With all due respect, the cost of running a 20" CRT is higher than the replacement cost for LCD.

Here is a 32" LCD for $150.

Element ELCFW329 32 Class LCD HDTV - 720p, 60Hz, 3x HDMI (Refurbished) at TigerDirect.com

Cathode Ray Tubes are energy hogs, they suck up electricity. If you run the thing 4 hours a day, the LCD will pay for itself in lower power costs in 6 months.

and they get very hot.

 

[Moonglow]

Don't these consoles support RCA ports, anymore? If it's HDMI, that would mess me up using my old analog 20 inch TV.

With all due respect, the cost of running a 20" CRT is higher than the replacement cost for LCD.

Here is a 32" LCD for $150.

Element ELCFW329 32 Class LCD HDTV - 720p, 60Hz, 3x HDMI (Refurbished) at TigerDirect.com

Cathode Ray Tubes are energy hogs, they suck up electricity. If you run the thing 4 hours a day, the LCD will pay for itself in lower power costs in 6 months.

Just looked at Xbox 360 at Best Buy yesterday. It would appear that I also need an internet connection to connect to the box. I wouldn't be able to play the Xbox in the living room, anyway with the 40 inch Sony. My only internet connection is in my computer room. So, if I'm to switch to consoles, not only will I be spending money for a console and games but will have to fork out more money for a TV, and where to put it? My computer room is already cluttered as it is. I think I will hold out as long as possible with PC games.

Hang it on the wall.

 

[Uncensored2008]

and they get very hot.

You're taking electrons and firing them at high speed to excite phosphorus - yep, that's going to get hot.

CRT's are obsolete technology.

 

[StashMan]

Though not really a game I would say Second Life is pretty cool indeed. Nothing could ever beat the old arcade games IMO. StashMan showing his age!

 

[Uncensored2008]

Though not really a game I would say Second Life is pretty cool indeed. Nothing could ever beat the old arcade games IMO. StashMan showing his age!

Spend a month playing Fallout 3 and tell me that....

 

[XPostFacto]

and they get very hot.

You're taking electrons and firing them at high speed to excite phosphorus - yep, that's going to get hot.

CRT's are obsolete technology.

Back before I retired, my old office was always cold. The heat never worked too well. Having those old CRT's came in quite handy. You didn't need a heater with enough of them fired up. I remember when we all updated to LCD 20 inch monitors. I think the temperature dropped 10 degrees.