Comments on: Blog Banter: Conquered when I should be commanding

By: Terry

Terry — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:26:54 +0000

@Crazykinux FPSes work on the console, but you don’t get the user-generated content.

@Jason O I still don’t know why the keyboard thingy that plugs into the 360 controller isn’t used.

@deckard47 Yeah, I tried BFME also and was hoping the source material would be enough to draw me in. It wasn’t.

@Silvercube D’oh, I have Advance Wars 2 from GameFly, but I’ve been playing FFIII too much to try it yet.

@bs angel Don’t you have Xbox power? Make it happen! :)

@Blurvaven79 It felt the same way to me. Plus the graphics were a little meh.

@Triage Effect Okay, now I want to play something using my blender.

By: Triage Effect

Triage Effect — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:41:45 +0000

We can hook up cameras, headsets, and plastic instruments to our consoles. I wouldn’t be surprised if one day we’re able to connect kitchen appliances. I think an RTS peripheral will be available some time in the future.

By: Blurvaven79

Blurvaven79 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:52:41 +0000

Agreed. I like RTS’ and would probably play them more if there was a peripheral of some sort. I also played that LOTR:BFM2 demo, and didn’t like how awkward it felt in my hands.

By: bs angel

bs angel — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:57:43 +0000

I don’t think I could ever complete a game with a poor user interface. It’s just too basic of an issue. Speaking of an RTS peripheral, why the heck isn’t there one? There are so many third party peripherals available these days. If you can buy fake drums, you should be able to buy something like that as well.

By: Silvercube

Silvercube — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:31:46 +0000

They had a huge controller for that Mech game (Steel Batallion) on Xbox. Looked awesome too!

Yep, some games just don’t fully translate well onto consoles..

RTS can be done well on consoles… the DS games are pretty good (Advance Wars) ^_^

By: deckard47

deckard47 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:09:22 +0000

It’s funny, I was just trying an RTS demo for the 360 (Battle for Middle Earth 2, I think), and thinking the same thing. Can’t you plug in a keyboard to the PS3 as a peripheral, at least? THey should just package a keyboard with their games! OR something.

By: Jason O

Jason O — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:59:02 +0000

The problem is that RTS needs the keyboard for an interface. The mouse is also too useful for selecting units. Anything in a typical console setting is too obtuse to be anything but frustrating.

I don’t agree with Crazykinux though. I’ve found FPS games to be just as good if not better on the consoles once I got the controls down. The only thing stopping MMO’s from going console is the on-line support and I’d say that’s there now. Not that Blizzard is going to want to pay MS fees though.

By: Crazykinux

Crazykinux — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:37:43 +0000

Some games are meant for the PC, while others are better on the console.

MMO –> PC
RTS –> PC
Racing –> Console
FPS –> Console (though this one is a tough call)