Gears of War (PC) $19.99

[SneakyStuff]

Circuit City

Seemed like a good deal, thought i'd pass it along

 

[duragezic]

I think COD4 for PC is also in the weekly Circuit City ad, but it's only $10 off, so $39.99. Not a great deal but I've only seen it sold for $49.99 anyway!

 

[cheapherk]

Tempting- but if the pc controls suck like I've heard, I might as well give my wife the $20.

 

[SneakyStuff]

Originally posted by: cheapherk
Tempting- but if the pc controls suck like I've heard, I might as well give my wife the $20.

A pal lent me a wired 360 controller for my comp, i'm eager to try gears and assassin's creed with it

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: SneakyStuff

Originally posted by: cheapherk
Tempting- but if the pc controls suck like I've heard, I might as well give my wife the $20.

A pal lent me a wired 360 controller for my comp, i'm eager to try gears and assassin's creed with it

please report back w/thoughts

 

[videopho]

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug

Originally posted by: SneakyStuff

Originally posted by: cheapherk
Tempting- but if the pc controls suck like I've heard, I might as well give my wife the $20.

A pal lent me a wired 360 controller for my comp, i'm eager to try gears and assassin's creed with it

please report back w/thoughts

Been using 360 controller with several PC games ie. Crysis.
Many games are still not compatible with it so it goes (COD4, UT03).
Very happy with the game(s) I've tried so far.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: cheapherk
Tempting- but if the pc controls suck like I've heard, I might as well give my wife the $20.

i didn't have any problems with keyboard/mouse

 

[cheapherk]

Originally posted by: cheapherk
Tempting- but if the pc controls suck like I've heard, I might as well give my wife the $20.

I decided my wife didn't need my $20 so I took a trip to Circuit City. If I don't like the keyboard/mouse, I do have an Xbox360 controller I can try.

 

[murban135]

Thanks OP.

 

[videopho]

Local CC stores were out of GOW (St Louis metro) but BB PM'ed it anyway.
Played this game on 360 long ago, just wondering the PC version any better or worse.

 

[videopho]

EDIT: duplicate./
My DSL just went nuts.

 

[videopho]

EDIT n/a

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Will this work fine with my system?

 

[SneakyStuff]

Originally posted by: Scholzpdx
Will this work fine with my system?

If your CPU is overclocked I imagine that it would run just fine as long as you're playing at a reasonable resolution.

Gameplay on a 320MB 8800GTS (provided that guy has a nuts processor overclock that's still your video card)

 

[Raider1284]

Originally posted by: videopho

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug

Originally posted by: SneakyStuff

Originally posted by: cheapherk
Tempting- but if the pc controls suck like I've heard, I might as well give my wife the $20.

A pal lent me a wired 360 controller for my comp, i'm eager to try gears and assassin's creed with it

please report back w/thoughts

Been using 360 controller with several PC games ie. Crysis.
Many games are still not compatible with it so it goes (COD4, UT03).
Very happy with the game(s) I've tried so far.

what is wrong with you people! Using a console controller for fps games?!?!?! The mouse and keyboard DESTROYS every console controller ever in existence when it comes to fps games. The controls in gears of war are a thousand times better with the keyboard and mouse compared to the stupid console accelerated joystick for the x360. Not only is the mouse a hell of a lot more accurate its alot faster to aim as well.

For racing games and third person (non-fps) games like assasin's creed and grid, controllers actually do work better since they are pressure sensitive and work well for turning. For FPS games though, you are just slapping them in the face by using a controller.... especially crysis since it was made only for the computer.

 

[SneakyStuff]

Isn't gears sort of a 3rd person though?

 

[cheapherk]

Yes it is. I find it kind of weird because you just kind of shoot- there's no crosshair or anything. Probably why I was never a fan of console games.

 

[Denithor]

Off-topic and probably slightly stupid but how do you use a 360 controller with a PC? Just plug it into the USB and it works? Or do you need special drivers?

 

[Ricochet]

Originally posted by: Denithor
Off-topic and probably slightly stupid but how do you use a 360 controller with a PC? Just plug it into the USB and it works? Or do you need special drivers?

For the wired controller you just need to download & install a driver from Microsoft. The wireless controller, however, you need a special USB device + driver.

 

[Ricochet]

Originally posted by: cheapherk
Yes it is. I find it kind of weird because you just kind of shoot- there's no crosshair or anything. Probably why I was never a fan of console games.

Say what? The 360 game has crosshairs. How else are you suppose to aim? Keep in mind there's two method of shooting. One is shooting from the hip (no crosshair) and the other is an aimed shot (w crosshair).

 

[nyker96]

just awesome game!

 

[quadomatic]

Originally posted by: Raider1284

Originally posted by: videopho

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug

Originally posted by: SneakyStuff

Originally posted by: cheapherk
Tempting- but if the pc controls suck like I've heard, I might as well give my wife the $20.

A pal lent me a wired 360 controller for my comp, i'm eager to try gears and assassin's creed with it

please report back w/thoughts

Been using 360 controller with several PC games ie. Crysis.
Many games are still not compatible with it so it goes (COD4, UT03).
Very happy with the game(s) I've tried so far.

what is wrong with you people! Using a console controller for fps games?!?!?! The mouse and keyboard DESTROYS every console controller ever in existence when it comes to fps games. The controls in gears of war are a thousand times better with the keyboard and mouse compared to the stupid console accelerated joystick for the x360. Not only is the mouse a hell of a lot more accurate its alot faster to aim as well.

For racing games and third person (non-fps) games like assasin's creed and grid, controllers actually do work better since they are pressure sensitive and work well for turning. For FPS games though, you are just slapping them in the face by using a controller.... especially crysis since it was made only for the computer.

The thing is, Gears's control scheme was designed specifically for the 360 controller. Every aspect of the control system keeps the controller in mind. I could definitely see gameplay in GoW on pc getting really screwed up since the control scheme wasn't set up for keybaord+mouse.