Comments on: FPS games, a look back and why I seem to still need a keyboard + mouse http://raanan.com/2007/04/04/fps-games-a-look-back-and-why-i-seem-to-still-need-a-keyboard-mouse/ all about the VIP Tue, 15 May 2012 05:06:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mark http://raanan.com/2007/04/04/fps-games-a-look-back-and-why-i-seem-to-still-need-a-keyboard-mouse/#comment-3925 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:23:34 +0000 http://raanan.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/fps-games-a-look-back-and-why-i-seem-to-still-need-a-keyboard-mouse/#comment-3925 I vote we have set company games: Racing, FPS, Golf. I’m sure once we accept Anthony will be #1 we can all battle for #2 :)

]]> By: John James Jacoby http://raanan.com/2007/04/04/fps-games-a-look-back-and-why-i-seem-to-still-need-a-keyboard-mouse/#comment-3916 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:40:10 +0000 http://raanan.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/fps-games-a-look-back-and-why-i-seem-to-still-need-a-keyboard-mouse/#comment-3916 lol this post is awesome…

I remember when a new FPS shooter would come out, and I would say to myself “This is the coolest game ever.” Wolfenstein, Doom, Duke Nukem, etc… At one point all of them were my favorite games on my poor little Pentium 100 Mhz Packard Bell. :)

Lately I’ve been totally addicted to Fallout3 for xbox360, which doesn’t have any player vs player, but the combo of it being a FPS and RPG works really well, and the game is FOREVER long, but you can accomplish tons of weird little things in an hour or so…

]]> By: Mark http://raanan.com/2007/04/04/fps-games-a-look-back-and-why-i-seem-to-still-need-a-keyboard-mouse/#comment-3915 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:56:59 +0000 http://raanan.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/fps-games-a-look-back-and-why-i-seem-to-still-need-a-keyboard-mouse/#comment-3915 It’s like Donncha says in that you can aim better by pressing a button but that costs you time too. I will check the map and pick the gun accordingly. Close quarters map? Submachine gun – who needs to aim when they’ll be right in front of you? :) But it’s still about being sure your reticule is close to the right height – I shoot legs far too often in Socom – but also about reactions just like a PC version.

But everyone else on the console has the same controller as yours so the field there is as level as the PC.

We should all get MW2 and have company deathmatches. Have an clan even :)

]]> By: Donncha http://raanan.com/2007/04/04/fps-games-a-look-back-and-why-i-seem-to-still-need-a-keyboard-mouse/#comment-3914 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:16:02 +0000 http://raanan.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/fps-games-a-look-back-and-why-i-seem-to-still-need-a-keyboard-mouse/#comment-3914 In the Call of Duty games they have “aim assist”. If your crosshair is close to an enemy and you zoom in (press LT isn’t it?) your gun will lock on the enemy.

If the enemy moves the crosshair doesn’t follow them, it remains in the same locked in position (until you move it) so it’s not a cheat, and it helps.

I expect that some people have the discipline to use the analog nature of the controller to press it lightly in the heat of battle but I rarely do.

I had Operation Flashpoint 2 with me in Quebec, had bought it in Heathrow and was dying to try it out. Great game, and would have been great if someone had an Xbox and 2 controllers – I think it does 2 player split screen!

]]> By: Raanan Bar-Cohen http://raanan.com/2007/04/04/fps-games-a-look-back-and-why-i-seem-to-still-need-a-keyboard-mouse/#comment-3913 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:14:57 +0000 http://raanan.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/fps-games-a-look-back-and-why-i-seem-to-still-need-a-keyboard-mouse/#comment-3913 Yup — the whole PC upgrade cycle was insane.

But how do you get around the whole “aiming” when playing with a console ? On a PC with a mouse it was all about perfect aiming / precision — something I just don’t see possible with a controller.

My xbox360 is collecting dust right now — but we should get some company online gaming thing going — maybe a racing game given our recent Quebec get together :)

]]> By: Raanan Bar-Cohen http://raanan.com/2007/04/04/fps-games-a-look-back-and-why-i-seem-to-still-need-a-keyboard-mouse/#comment-3912 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:13:13 +0000 http://raanan.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/fps-games-a-look-back-and-why-i-seem-to-still-need-a-keyboard-mouse/#comment-3912 ya, I agree

]]> By: Mark http://raanan.com/2007/04/04/fps-games-a-look-back-and-why-i-seem-to-still-need-a-keyboard-mouse/#comment-3910 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:46:12 +0000 http://raanan.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/fps-games-a-look-back-and-why-i-seem-to-still-need-a-keyboard-mouse/#comment-3910 MW2 on PS3 here, also play SOCOM.
Not used a kb/mouse combo since I tried Wolfenstein back in the olden days. I’ve been using consoles since the Megadrive (Genesis) and SNES days to trying to go back would be impossible.
I also gave up any sort of battle to keep a PC up to date. Better and cheaper just to have the console. It used to irritate me that they would code against new hardware for their new game instead of looking at the userbase they actually had. At least with the consoles you and they know what is there.

There is also the fact that a PC is a computer. Sounds daft but I sit in front of two monitors all day every day so a computer = work. The consoles are hooked to the family TV. It means I have that divide which if I played games on a pc I would not have.

And fps? There’s lots of other stuff. How many in the company have a ps3 or 360? We could all get online for some shooting :)

]]> By: Donncha http://raanan.com/2007/04/04/fps-games-a-look-back-and-why-i-seem-to-still-need-a-keyboard-mouse/#comment-3909 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:34:59 +0000 http://raanan.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/fps-games-a-look-back-and-why-i-seem-to-still-need-a-keyboard-mouse/#comment-3909 I went looking at that XCM XFPS last week. It’s on Ebay and Amazon and a bit pricey. Seems to be laggy too which sucks. If it was half the price I’d risk buying it just to try it out.

]]> By: raanan.com - This past week, a few firsts: WordCamp, Stinson, Wii, ‘Trapped http://raanan.com/2007/04/04/fps-games-a-look-back-and-why-i-seem-to-still-need-a-keyboard-mouse/#comment-10 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:27:06 +0000 http://raanan.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/fps-games-a-look-back-and-why-i-seem-to-still-need-a-keyboard-mouse/#comment-10 [...] had it hooked up to a projector and loaded with sports game, notably tennis.  As a somewhat old school gamer I really loved the change of pace with the Wii.  It’s simple, fun, and way more social than [...]

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