Lack of new games

[manveruppd]

I'm not into those types of games. I like shooting and explosions.

If you mean FPSs then obviously the PC is the best platform to be on. (And will probably continue to be for a while yet.) Stop being a graphics whore and give some of the established FPSs on the market a go! Remember, PC games are built to last: when Doom 3 was released, even a top-of-the-line computer couldn't run it at its maximum settings. Crysis, which is out next year, will be the same. Just because you can't run it at max image quality doesn't mean it's not worth playing. After all, even on your PC (which is a lot better than mine btw) it'll probably look as good or better than any game on the 360.

Try Quake 4, COD2, HL2 and its expansions, BF2, the list is endless! All relatively recent games which will look awesome and are fully capable of bringing your graphics card to its knees! The PC gaming scene isn't like consoles, where a game only stays popular for a few weeks and then everyone moves on to the next one. I still occasionally play Rocket Arena 3 (a Quake 3 mod from 7 years ago or so!) and there's always populated servers to play on. If the reason you're yankering for new games is because you want more single-player content, try out some of the free mods for HL2 that are floating around the place - the PC is the only gaming platform where the quantity and quality of the free content rivals that of professionally-developed games!

Maybe you can be convinced to try some of the older FPSs available for the PC? Deus Ex will look like LANGUAGE! to you but is widely-regarded as the best single-player FPS ever, and Quake 3 is still the best online shooter on or off the planet imho.

After your FPS skills have gotten so advanced that your ego has swelled to megalomaniacal proportions, you can then move on to a grander scale of shooting and explosions and try some RTSs like Company of Heroes, Dawn of War, Supreme Commander etc. Then, when even that isn't good enough for you, you will probably want to graduate to a global scale of explosive annihilation and download this

Alternatively, you can try some action-type games that aren't real FPSs, like Dark Messiah, which is supposedly an RPG but it felt more like an action game to me personally.

 

[UKTopGun]

I'm going to get a 360 just as soon as I can afford a HDTV.

The line-up for 2007 for the 360 looks so awesome.

PC 2007 Line-up is even better imo

It's just a shame you're restricting yourself to FPS only.

 

[Lolcb]

Don't bother persuading neocon. He's being stubborn. I don't think it is an issue of liking or disliking a certain genre. I think it is an issue of opening himself up to try out the different genre pc is able to offer.

 

[MNuTz]

i wouldnt say the R6V is a bad console port, my bro has it on the 360 and ive got it on the PC. Mine actually looks slighly better, plays great and other than a gfx driver problem ive had no troubles with it. Cracking game. Now Halo, that was a poor console conversion!!!

What about older games like farcry, Doom 3, Battlefield series etc?

There are quite a few FPS games out there for the PC that are good, not to mention the mods for source and BF2.

There isnt a lack of new games at all, just seems to me you want a 360 and are trying to justify the cost

Once i get my big screen TV i may consider a 360 and hopefully i will be getting a Wii soon (well as soon as i can bloody find one )

 

[manveruppd]

Painkiller +expansion

Ooh, I'd forgotten about this! Absolutely brilliant FPS with hillariously over-the-top weapons dressed in the most deliciously garish B-movie cheesy horror settings imaginable! Plays great too, I think it's currently the game of choice for most pro-gaming tournaments, since Quake 3 is too old and Quake 4 isn't quite as fast and fluid as most cyberathletes like.