I’ve played a few PC Games recently that just did not work properly, IMO. They don’t perform as well as they should on given hardware, they don’t look right, they don’t feel right, there's reduced savegame ability, underwhelming graphics, weird camera angles etc. etc. and after some research the answer always appears to be that they were developed for console and then ported to the PC (often poorly). Prototype, GTA4, now it looks like Operation Flashpoint 2 has been similarly spolied etc. etc. rant over for now.
However, other games that I know were developed for consoles do perform well on PC, such as COD4 and Psychonauts (but I know there must be more).
Which other games were ported to PC in such a way that they actually feel like PC Games?
I would really like to play some games that just work properly instead of wasting my time trying to solve problems with games that were badly ported. I appreciate that developing for multi-platform must be a very demanding job, but according to developers: 90% of the game code is shared between platforms, so porting would appear to come down to how much of the remaining 10% developers decide to port properly.
Basically I want to support the developers who did a good job of porting their games to PC. Or any games that were actually developed primarily for PC, if such things exist anymore.
Suggestions From The Thread: (thanks to all)
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Valve Source engine games
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Fallout 3
Resident Evil 5
Street Fighter 4
Mass Effect
Far Cry 2
Call of Juarez
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Assassin's Creed
Devil May Cry 4
Lost Planet Extreme Colonies Edition
Burnout Paradise
Trackmania
Stalker
Bioshock
Crysis
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However, other games that I know were developed for consoles do perform well on PC, such as COD4 and Psychonauts (but I know there must be more).
Which other games were ported to PC in such a way that they actually feel like PC Games?
I would really like to play some games that just work properly instead of wasting my time trying to solve problems with games that were badly ported. I appreciate that developing for multi-platform must be a very demanding job, but according to developers: 90% of the game code is shared between platforms, so porting would appear to come down to how much of the remaining 10% developers decide to port properly.
Basically I want to support the developers who did a good job of porting their games to PC. Or any games that were actually developed primarily for PC, if such things exist anymore.
Suggestions From The Thread: (thanks to all)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Valve Source engine games
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Fallout 3
Resident Evil 5
Street Fighter 4
Mass Effect
Far Cry 2
Call of Juarez
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Assassin's Creed
Devil May Cry 4
Lost Planet Extreme Colonies Edition
Burnout Paradise
Trackmania
Stalker
Bioshock
Crysis
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