Thanee
First Post
You can get a completely capable gaming PC for about the price of a console.
You need to upgrade (well replace) consoles, too, every now and then.
Not really seeing the big deal here.
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Thanee
Dragon Age: Origins
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You can get a completely capable gaming PC for about the price of a console.
You need to upgrade (well replace) consoles, too, every now and then.
Not really seeing the big deal here.
Bye
Thanee
Punnuendo
First Post
Yeah, that is just for me though. Might be some strange setting on one or the other I had set differently that made DA run better. So who knows?
Remus Lupin
Adventurer
Well, what makes (a bit) of sense in D&D has always made for frustratingly slow computer gaming. You can handwave an 8 hour rest in game, but Baldur's Gate made you sit there for 30 seconds doing nothing and watching a camp fire in order to get back your health.
Plus, I get the impression there's less D&D-eseque healing magic in this game, so quick health recovery is a very good thing.
Plus, I get the impression there's less D&D-eseque healing magic in this game, so quick health recovery is a very good thing.
Mustrum_Ridcully
Legend
Certainly the same design philosophy, but I am not sure it was taken from there directly.One interesting feature about the game is that your hp/mana regenerates very quickly outside of combat, so you will almost always enter a fight at full life.
An attempt to simulate the healing surge/encounter power system of 4e?
You can get a completely capable gaming PC for about the price of a console.
You need to upgrade (well replace) consoles, too, every now and then.
Not really seeing the big deal here.
Bye
Thanee
Except that when the economy bailed last year, my entire division was shut down.....so, I decided to start my own small company....money's a little tight while I work on building up sales.....so my gaming PC is also my business desktop, and I am paying off a laptop I bought for presentations. So, until that's paid off I'm trying to be careful about expending too much cash in too many places.
The PC needs an upgrade anyways.....I damaged the mother board by shorting out some ports while working on a client contract.....and if I have to replace the MoBo, I need to pretty much replace the CPU as well.
Maybe prices are cheaper in the U.S......in Canada, a decent PC generally costs about $800-1000.....twice the cost of a console....at least from the price research I've been starting to do.
Banshee
That might be a good thing.....(waiting while resting, that is). I find in NWN, resting probably took 3 seconds, and it encouraged a play style where you basically blow all your best spells immediately in every battle, and rest frequently. Making it so that you have to sit there and wait for a "time out" during rest periods makes you at least consider whether to rest, instead of taking it for granted.
Banshee
Cergorach
The Laughing One
Your definition of a completely capable gaming PC is certainly different then mine, an Xbox360 currently starts at $200 and ends at $400 and includes a very new game. You can't get a comparable gaming PC for that price...You can get a completely capable gaming PC for about the price of a console.
You need to upgrade (well replace) consoles, too, every now and then.
Not really seeing the big deal here.
Aus_Snow
First Post
You certainly can. One that will kick any given console's ass every which way, in fact. That isn't asking much, you see.
Minus monitor, that is. . . Still, it's not like consoles include a monitor / HDTV, so.
edit --- hm. actually, if you bought a fairly cheap (i.e., small) LCD monitor, you might even be able to squeeze that into that price too ($400, not $200.)
John Crichton
First Post
That's gonna be one crummy little rig for around $200-400. 
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