Orange Box - 360 or PC?

[SiD the Turtle]

Now I understand this is a silly question to ask in the consoles forums, but you guys are on the whole more accepting that those weirdos in PC gaming

PC Orange Box is £15 cheaper, and has the benefit of mouse controls. So a question for you: why get the console version?

How do the graphics compare? Are they washed out at all or at any lower level of detail? How well does it control?

Keep in mind I played HL2 on the PC so I would be quite a hard critic to please when I boot it up.

 

[SiD the Turtle]

Heheh I knew asking this question would bring back some heated replies

I play both the PC and 360 on my Sammy R73 so resolution-wise they'd be neck and neck. My PC is getting on a bit in power however (P4 3.2GHz, 2Gb, 7800GT) which is reasonably powerful I suppose but still.

I'll wait for some more opinions before deciding.

 

[SiD the Turtle]

Well you see both the PC and the 360 are connected into the same TV (26" HDTV) and sound system so the only thing to compare are the controls, graphical quality and of course how it plays.

I watched a side by side comparison vid and I couldn't see much difference except the 360 version looked washed out, though I wasn't sure if that was just a problem local to their TV.

Controls and how well it would run on my PC I think would be the deciding factor. MP TF2 limits don't concern me that much as I'm not really into PC MP gaming much now since enjoying Xbox live.

(P4 3.2Hhz, 2GB RAM, 7800GT if anyone has any idea how it would run).

 

[SiD the Turtle]

Oh decisions, decisions. Having an Xbox and the Christmas gaming silly season is making things expensive.

 

[SiD the Turtle]

Ugh I feel dirty. I just ordered it for PC. This way its cheaper, plus I have a 5% discount code with the retailer and 11% Quidco rebate means more money for next month's 360 games extravaganza.

I bet my 360 3RLODs again in disgust.