Rainbow Six isn't in the same category as Wolf-3D/Quake/Doom/Unreal.
Same genre.
But let's be honest: most of the "big sellers" games are usually the same games over and over again. How many games are almost the same as Rainbow Six, for example?
Sure, lots of FPS games are the same, but that's hardly the same thing as saying that modern FPS games are all the same as Wolf3D.
I guess my complaint is that companies don't want to take risks these days, though sometimes they surprise us with things like Katamari Damacy, Locco Rocco and Pikmin.
Why do games have to be risky and offbeat? I never bothered with Katamari and Pikmin but I'm sure I'll play the shit out of Far Cry 2 and Dawn of War 2.
They're all first person (most of the time at least) and you shoot at stuff, but that's where the similarities end. The gameplay complexity of something like Rainbow Six Vegas makes it a completely different game than Wolf3D, Doom or Quake.
You're either lying about playing post-Wolf3D games or you're just intentionally spouting absurd bullshit.
When the 360 was launched its hardware was better than what most PC gamers had. It's still very competitive, and there isn't a whole lot of difference between PC, 360 and PS3 games.
Besides, the console hardware is designed to do specific tasks and do them well. The PC hardware is designed to do so much more than just gaming tasks, and it has to do them well.
And this is something that the aforementioned idiots don't even know about. They just directly compare spec sheets.
I suspect a lot of PC gamers are in the same boat as I am. Console games are just too easy today. Their only limitation are the crappy control schemes which is what adds any sort of challenge. I shouldn't have to be challenged by the control scheme. The game itself should be the challenged.
All games are too easy today, and with all the cross-platform business there isn't a very distinctive difference between PC and console games.
I don't think it's fair to say that the hardcore gamers don't "want to play games" and only brag about their system.
There are plenty of morons who refuse to play consoles because they supposedly have such inferior hardware, even if there's often little if any difference between PC and console games. I imagine that these people don't even play any games, at best they just run timedemos and stare at the pretty lights through their case window.
You responded to a select piece of the post which had precious little to do with the overall point and argued against it as though it were a complete statement in it's own right. This is taking statements out of context. It's stupid, and it's wrong.
It was a complete statement in its own right, that's why I "took it out of context." Duh.
You keep talking about some wild mind-reading insinuation, and you keep failing to provide evidence for it (likely because it is, in fact, not there). Either explain it or shut up about it.
What possible "evicence" could there be for something like this? He was simply insinuating that somehow the OS should know exactly what settings you want. That's it. End of story. It's not very complicated.
Then what is it you're talking about?
I was talking about... are you ready for this? The things I was specifically talking about. Woah!
No. It's hardly random or nonsensical, it's quite pointed. You see, what I'm trying to do is convince you that baseless statements, wild accusations, and other lies aren't just irritating to other people, but also by consequence provide irritation for yourself and are all-around a bad idea. There it is, spelt out for you very clearly. You're of course welcome to disagree if you like, but continuing to defend yourself on this is going to go nowhere.
So yeah, you're basically just wasting my time because you have nothing better to do.
There isn't one, and I never once suggested that there was. You're welcome to respond to whichever points you care to respond, but you need to respond to the actual points presented in their original context, and not bullshit you pretend was there by means of selective cut-and-paste.
I didn't take anything out of context.
The stuff you made up. There's no such insinuation in the original post; in fact, he even talks about configuration options requiring user input in both cases, so your bit about some sentient will-sensitive OS is a lot of stool-coated nonsense - it didn't enter into it until you pulled it out of your ass.
I didn't make anything up.
Your accusation of the above non-existent insinuation is clear evidence that you are in fact talking about configuration in operating system install processes, whether or not your response is entirely based on anything presented in the original post. You can believe what you'd like to believe but that doesn't eliminate the fact that you're either lying or delusional.
No, I was not talking about the thing you think I'm talking about.
Where in fuck's name are you going with this random nonsense? Are you just wasting my time for shits and giggles?
Even if the XP install process was more streamlined I would still have to spend hours settings things up. Why? Because I use very specific settings, it's not just a matter of choosing a theme. It's utterly ridiculous to expect XP to choose those settings for me.
Irony alert: you're accusing me of arguing against points that were never made while acting as if I had taken any part in the discussion about XP's installation process. I never said anything about it.
I'm also not arguing against points that were never made, so I don't know what you're talking about or why you even made this post.
When you finally get the OS installed you have to go into Control Panel to configure it like you want it (standard Windows or new kindergarten Crayon style, should the start menu pop up or cover part of the screen, etc.)
Then you have to install all your applications.
Are you expecting Windows to read your mind and then autoconfigure itself and install all the software you use?
With Linux (with Suse or Mandriva, ymmv on other distros) you insert the first CD, choose how you want it to act in a single screen (LILO or GRUB, KDE or Gnome, etc)
Some of us like to configure our operating systems in very, very specific ways instead of just choosing from a few presets. Unless Linux can read your mind, it's no better than XP.
and what apps you want installed, and since it's all your apps as well as teh OS you have to change CDs when prompted.
I dunno man, I think it might be slightly impractical for an XP installation to come with basically every piece of software ever made for it.
My point was that the current bounds of science were largely drawn by men, and there are huge benefits to having people who, by virtue of the population from which the are drawn, think differently.
What makes you think gender has anything to do with this? You clearly have no idea how science works.
These fields have been dominated by men for hundreds of years and it is far more likely they progressed primarily in directions most concordant with the distribution of male modes of thought.
Or, you know, maybe you're just projecting your own ideology on science. You say you're a man but you sound like a textbook example of a feminist.
The value of someone who can think outside the box should not be underestimated, and up until now the box is largely drawn out by testosterone junkies.
You're saying that men can't think outside the box and can't do science because they're all just dumb testosterone junkies? Do you even live on the same plane of existence as the rest of us?
Feminism is not about gender equality, it's gender war, and they are winning.
It's not really a gender war either. Feminists are against anyone who isn't a feminist, and that includes women. Just consider all the ways that feminists want to limit what women can and cannot do. Feminism is nothing more than a fascist political movement that wants more power for feminists.
Just make a really wide assortment of questions with lots of random variables, and utilize images and flash objects. You could have a video clip or just an image and then a bunch of questions about it (containing many random variables of course). You could have some sort of simple flash game with randomly generated victory conditions.
There's really no end to the amount of things you could do to deter bots, but practically noone has progressed beyond CAPTCHAs that are becoming increasingly difficult for humans to comprehend. From the top of my head I can only remember one site that used something different (it linked to an article and asked you a question about it).
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I'm sure they already have, like, a robotic schoolgirl who launches radioactive explosive panties from an arm cannon.
They already have so much cool shit that they probably don't need anything.
Same genre.
Sure, lots of FPS games are the same, but that's hardly the same thing as saying that modern FPS games are all the same as Wolf3D.
Why do games have to be risky and offbeat? I never bothered with Katamari and Pikmin but I'm sure I'll play the shit out of Far Cry 2 and Dawn of War 2.
Wouldn't you rather be delivering one?
They're all first person (most of the time at least) and you shoot at stuff, but that's where the similarities end. The gameplay complexity of something like Rainbow Six Vegas makes it a completely different game than Wolf3D, Doom or Quake.
You're either lying about playing post-Wolf3D games or you're just intentionally spouting absurd bullshit.
When the 360 was launched its hardware was better than what most PC gamers had. It's still very competitive, and there isn't a whole lot of difference between PC, 360 and PS3 games.
And this is something that the aforementioned idiots don't even know about. They just directly compare spec sheets.
All games are too easy today, and with all the cross-platform business there isn't a very distinctive difference between PC and console games.
Have you actually played any games released after Wolfenstein 3D?
There are plenty of morons who refuse to play consoles because they supposedly have such inferior hardware, even if there's often little if any difference between PC and console games. I imagine that these people don't even play any games, at best they just run timedemos and stare at the pretty lights through their case window.
So it's either casual gaming on the Wii or jerking off to your PC/360/PS3's hardware? There are no other possible choices available?
Hell yeah man, the imperialist pigs of America totally fucked over Japan, Germany and the rest of Europe. How dare they.
It was a complete statement in its own right, that's why I "took it out of context." Duh.
What possible "evicence" could there be for something like this? He was simply insinuating that somehow the OS should know exactly what settings you want. That's it. End of story. It's not very complicated.
I was talking about... are you ready for this? The things I was specifically talking about. Woah!
So yeah, you're basically just wasting my time because you have nothing better to do.
I didn't take anything out of context.
I didn't make anything up.
No, I was not talking about the thing you think I'm talking about.
Where in fuck's name are you going with this random nonsense? Are you just wasting my time for shits and giggles?
Even if the XP install process was more streamlined I would still have to spend hours settings things up. Why? Because I use very specific settings, it's not just a matter of choosing a theme. It's utterly ridiculous to expect XP to choose those settings for me.
Please point out the law of nature which somehow prohibits me from only addressing specific points that I'm interested in.
What horseshit? He was clearly insinuating that somehow the OS should be able to read your mind and autoconfigure itself.
I'm not talking about that particular subject, and the fact that I'm not talking about it is exactly why you initiated this argument. Jesus Christ.
Irony alert: you're accusing me of arguing against points that were never made while acting as if I had taken any part in the discussion about XP's installation process. I never said anything about it.
I'm also not arguing against points that were never made, so I don't know what you're talking about or why you even made this post.
Really, now? I've never had to wait even one hour.
Are you expecting Windows to read your mind and then autoconfigure itself and install all the software you use?
Some of us like to configure our operating systems in very, very specific ways instead of just choosing from a few presets. Unless Linux can read your mind, it's no better than XP.
I dunno man, I think it might be slightly impractical for an XP installation to come with basically every piece of software ever made for it.
Uh... what? I was merely pointing out that the comparison was flawed.
That's not the same thing. A better comparison would be: without using a calculator, 10,000 meters is how many kilometers?
What makes you think gender has anything to do with this? You clearly have no idea how science works.
Or, you know, maybe you're just projecting your own ideology on science. You say you're a man but you sound like a textbook example of a feminist.
You're saying that men can't think outside the box and can't do science because they're all just dumb testosterone junkies? Do you even live on the same plane of existence as the rest of us?
It's not really a gender war either. Feminists are against anyone who isn't a feminist, and that includes women. Just consider all the ways that feminists want to limit what women can and cannot do. Feminism is nothing more than a fascist political movement that wants more power for feminists.
Since when has the US government prohibited women from practising science?
Just make a really wide assortment of questions with lots of random variables, and utilize images and flash objects. You could have a video clip or just an image and then a bunch of questions about it (containing many random variables of course). You could have some sort of simple flash game with randomly generated victory conditions.
There's really no end to the amount of things you could do to deter bots, but practically noone has progressed beyond CAPTCHAs that are becoming increasingly difficult for humans to comprehend. From the top of my head I can only remember one site that used something different (it linked to an article and asked you a question about it).
We didn't have 512 Mb cards in the nineties. Right now 512 Mb is what most gamers seem to have.