There was an interesting comment made the other day over in the consoles sub forum.
I’ll paraphrase –
“PC gamers spend more time tweaking, modifying and looking to gain an extra few fps then actually playing their games. Also, PC gamers seem more concerned about screen resolution and how configurable the games graphics options are then actual gameplay”
Interesting and almost valid comment I felt.
I’ve been guilty of this, when F1 2010 by codemasters was released I’d search the internet for high res texture mods, Skyrim has been the same… I’ve spent more time modding F1 2010 and Skyrim then actually playing the game.
Batman Arkham City however, not a single mod – result is, game was completed. I played the game on my laptop with a gamepad and thoroughly enjoyed it. I purchased as an impulse via Steam – Yesterday. An indie graphic adventure, not a single mod applied, played with very little graphics options as the game offered pretty much one option – screen resolution. Game completed.
Played F1 2011 with very little modification, just ENB series and I’ve completed a championship. F1 2010 was highly modified and I never did get very far with it.
Which brings me to the point.. as a PC gamer its more important I feel to just play the game you’ve paid good money for then endlessly trying to get them modified with excessive eye candy to obtain that ultimate screenshot, or tweaking them to get that extra fps when the game could run at 30 or 60fps if you just accepted default settings or knocked the res down a little.
Anyone agree they spend too much time modding and not enough time actually playing their games?
I’ll paraphrase –
“PC gamers spend more time tweaking, modifying and looking to gain an extra few fps then actually playing their games. Also, PC gamers seem more concerned about screen resolution and how configurable the games graphics options are then actual gameplay”
Interesting and almost valid comment I felt.
I’ve been guilty of this, when F1 2010 by codemasters was released I’d search the internet for high res texture mods, Skyrim has been the same… I’ve spent more time modding F1 2010 and Skyrim then actually playing the game.
Batman Arkham City however, not a single mod – result is, game was completed. I played the game on my laptop with a gamepad and thoroughly enjoyed it. I purchased as an impulse via Steam – Yesterday. An indie graphic adventure, not a single mod applied, played with very little graphics options as the game offered pretty much one option – screen resolution. Game completed.
Played F1 2011 with very little modification, just ENB series and I’ve completed a championship. F1 2010 was highly modified and I never did get very far with it.
Which brings me to the point.. as a PC gamer its more important I feel to just play the game you’ve paid good money for then endlessly trying to get them modified with excessive eye candy to obtain that ultimate screenshot, or tweaking them to get that extra fps when the game could run at 30 or 60fps if you just accepted default settings or knocked the res down a little.
Anyone agree they spend too much time modding and not enough time actually playing their games?