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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Twowolves" data-source="post: 3425964" data-attributes="member: 18093">What are you smoking? You don't have to spend "obscene" ammounts of money to have a "good" gaming computer. Trust me, I have a better than average computer, and I certainly don't have a ton of money to spend on it. Saying you can't run a new computer game on an old computer is like complaining you can't run your Sega Genesis games on your Xbox. Duh! And why would you need to buy a new monitor? I can't even begin to understand why you think you need a new monitor to play newer computer games. I've spent less upgrading my computer over the past 5 years than I would have had to spend on upgrading a console system, and by "upgrading" I mean "replacing", because you really can't upgrade a console. You get what you get, and that's it. With a PC, I can upgrade piecemeal, saving a ton of money keeping the machine current. Not only that, but I can use my computer for a LOT more than just gaming. Not so for the current batch of consoles. Consoles are great at doing things that computers were doing 5 years ago. Seriously, there is about a 3-5 year lag in what a console can do compared to what a computer can do.And where you see PC game controls as "cumbersome", most everyone else sees them more as "unlimited", especially since you can set up macros and keymap a game's controls anywhere you want them. And how much more replay value do you want than an MMORPG? They are constantly being updated and having content added. So basically, you are disappointed in DDO, and then turn around and basically say that no matter WHO did it, you'd be disappointed. Except Blizzard (who has the #1 MMORPG in the US now anyway) and the makers of Ultima Online, the first and absolute worst MMORPG I've ever had the misfortune of playing? DDO isn't the best MMORPG I've ever seen, but it's not bad by any stretch. And it had improved vastly in the past 6 months. One of the biggest problems I heard about it was that it was a little thin in content, and hardcore players had multiple level 10 guys within the first month. They have added huge ammounts of content every other month for a year for free, and increased the level range to 12, and soon to 14. It's a nice, fun little game, and for some of my friends that I've played tabletop D&D with for years, it's a nice intro to MMORPGs that might be a lead-in for some of the other big name games.</blockquote>

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