I'm looking to get a gaming console and like to play games like Baldur's Gate and Medieval Total War. What would you folks recommend?
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What is the best console and why?
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RPGs - PS2
Shooters & sports - Xbox
Platformers - Game Cube
That was the last generation, though each console has some of everything and the Xbox had a handful of really good RPGs (KOTOR 1&2 and Fable). There were some that were on all of them like the Baldur's Gate games. PS2 has the Champions of Norrath games as well as tons of Japanese style RPGs. I've heard Battle for Middle Earth is good but I've never tried an RTS on a console.
If it's PC type RPGs and strategy you are looking for, you'll need a PC, though some 360 titles are looking promising.
Shooters & sports - Xbox
Platformers - Game Cube
That was the last generation, though each console has some of everything and the Xbox had a handful of really good RPGs (KOTOR 1&2 and Fable). There were some that were on all of them like the Baldur's Gate games. PS2 has the Champions of Norrath games as well as tons of Japanese style RPGs. I've heard Battle for Middle Earth is good but I've never tried an RTS on a console.
If it's PC type RPGs and strategy you are looking for, you'll need a PC, though some 360 titles are looking promising.
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Get a PC, if you can afford it get one specifically designed for gaming. Consoles have fixed technology and can not be upgraded. A PC whether or not it has been specifically designed for gaming can be upgraded as the games demand upgrades. The new PS3 is said to retail between five and six hundred dollars. Think about that. In three years, maybe less you will be in line for the PS5, since Asians believe that the number four is bad luck, it's their equivalent of our number thirteen. That's why you never see the number four in anything from Asian manufacturers in the way of electronics.
I never saw a number four in the Palm Pilot lineup, the went from the Palm IIIxe to the Palm V, skipped right over number four. Anyway, a thousand dollars now will last alot longer than six hundred now and then who knows how much more in a few years. Plus the games are just incredible on a PC as opposed to what is offered on the consoles. Consoles have been trying to catch the PC market for years and they always come up short and always will. That's why the console manufacturers have to try and out-do each other, cuz they can't out-do a PC.
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I'd guess go for a 360. Fully rigged gaming PCs are too expensive, and you have to be proficient in working on computers just to make games play correctly, if at all.
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There are gaming PCs to fit every budget. You can pick up a decent gaming desktop for $1000, which ain't that much more expensive than a PS3 that's gonna be obsolete by next year. And your last statement about needing to be proficient in computers just to get PC games to play if even at all is just silly. Yeah there might be some tweaking of power settings and frame rates if you're looking for bleeding edge performance, but if this person is someone that is happy with consoles and the games they offer, bleeding edge technology and 90 fps frame rates are not something they are not going to be concerned with.
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ALL Asians?
That's just silly.4 in Japanese sounds similar to death, so it's bad luck. That doesn't mean that the number 4 does not appear in electronics. Ever heard of Resident Evil 4? Devil May Cry 4? Virtua Fighter 4? Tekken 4? Those all come from here. Most elevators here also have a 4th floor (not all, but most).
Ironically, Japan had Super Mario Brothers 4: Super Mario World, while the western versions all dropped the "4" from the title.
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I don't consider video games to be electronic devices and I gave the example of Palm Pilots in my post, something you've chosen to ignore. Perhaps I should clarify more in my posts just for you and said the Asians that work for PalmOne. And just how do you drip a number 4 from your title?ALL Asians?
4 in Japanese sounds similar to death, so it's bad luck. That doesn't mean that the number 4 does not appear in electronics. Ever heard of Resident Evil 4? Devil May Cry 4? Virtua Fighter 4? Tekken 4? Those all come from here. Most elevators here also have a 4th floor (not all, but most).
Ironically, Japan had Super Mario Brothers 4: Super Mario World, while the western versions all dripped the "4" from the title.
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It's a video game forum.
Since you consider video game consoles to be an electronic device, you'd be interested to know that Sega released that Master System II as the Mark IV is some countries (ie. Taiwan).
If you look at cars, the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV came out here in Japan. They did not skip from III to V. The IV, while it is sometimes thought of having to do with death, isn't really a huge deal here.
You do realize that Palm is an American company, don't you? It has never been Japanese.
Slower than you'd drop it.And just how do you drip a number 4 from your title?
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Old school glory. I found demos of thoes games in a Goodwill!!!!!!!!!!
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