Moving from PC to Xbox 360?

Post » Wed Jan 02, 2013 3:25 pm

This is the truest thing I've seen on here at all except for one mention "affordable PC".
I spent so many countless hours in Morrowind trying to mod it out to it's fullest and 9/10 times when you mod it too much it just breaks the game.. So mods in itself is good but too many mods just seem to screw everything up even more because of conflicting coding and programming.



The Verdict would be that it is cheaper to play it on a console (PS3 or Xbox 360) although PS3 do not get DLC at this point. But the bugs are just about the same and the gameplay experience is the same also. Graphics does not make a game any better in gameplay nor mechanics even if you do have the 1500 dollars. It's a good game regardless what you play it on but if you have it for Xbox, I'd play the heck out of it anyways.
While it is true that installing so many mods on Morrowind breaks the game because of conflicting code and programming etc this mod might be the solution to your problems.

https://openmw.org/en/

Here are some examples as what can break Morrowind.

I heard if you put way to many items in Morrowind it will lag no matter how good your PC is like if you want to put 1,000 trees in one place with the Construction Set I tried this myself and it lagged badly.

OpenMW is the solution to this it lets modders especially modders with programming skills do things that were never possible in Morrowind like make better graphics than ever instead of graphic overhauls like MGE or MGSO and ability to use all that processing power for many things with this Engine for OpenMW you can now finally put 1,000 trees or 10,000 trees in one place with the Construction Set and not have lag it utilizes multi cores, CPU's, GPU's what ever.
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Tanya Parra
 
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Post » Wed Jan 02, 2013 3:15 am

I really, really don't want to bash any platform, as my previous post detailed. However, I spent £500 on a PC in 2009. I've upgraded the graphics card once at a cost of £120, however that was just because I wanted to play on Ultra settings for everything, and was completely optional. If I still had my base hardware from 3 and a half years ago, then I'd still be playing all the latest games on High settings.

So no, your assumption is incorrect.
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Post » Wed Jan 02, 2013 8:38 am

If you play on PC, you don't have to use mods. Amazing I know.
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Post » Wed Jan 02, 2013 12:27 am

I really, really don't want to bash any platform, as my previous post detailed. However, I spent £500 on a PC in 2009. I've upgraded the graphics card once at a cost of £120, however that was just because I wanted to play on Ultra settings for everything, and was completely optional. If I still had my base hardware from 3 and a half years ago, then I'd still be playing all the latest games on High settings.

So no, your assumption is incorrect.
^ THIS I agree with this also I spent $600 in 2009 on my PC then I bought a graphic card that supports DirectX 11 in June of last year for $150 on sale because my other one broke and it supported up to DirectX 10 this new one I have will last me until 2014 or 2015. I can play all of today's video games on max settings no problems except for video games with PhysX that I can play on medium only.
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Post » Wed Jan 02, 2013 12:35 pm

I really, really don't want to bash any platform, as my previous post detailed. However, I spent £500 on a PC in 2009. I've upgraded the graphics card once at a cost of £120, however that was just because I wanted to play on Ultra settings for everything, and was completely optional. If I still had my base hardware from 3 and a half years ago, then I'd still be playing all the latest games on High settings.

So no, your assumption is incorrect.

Well all computers go bad after a few years no matter what. Every computer I've used, every computer an honest friend of mine has had - and no matter what in 2-3 years you have to replace something on your computer if it be a power supply or a graphics card, sometimes even a new harddrive. You have to have an upkeep of a computer not only to keep it up to date with performance but to keep it running at all. You also say "if you had" which means either you bought a full new computer or your computer fried on you. But the other fact to that is that you wouldn't be able to if you had that same computer from then simply because dirt would have clogged your computer and no computer can resist the enemy of dust and wear with tear. They all bog down in time which makes you have to restore/upgrade operating systems, maintain hardware, sometimes even replace mice/keyboards or monitors. So I'll settle with I'm partially right and I'm partially wrong lol.

Btw - hilarious Ni! that is sooo true!

For example: When I bought my computer I could play the games I wanted to play like Guild Wars, Grand Theft Auto San Andreas and almost GTA 4 - but now days I can't even play Guild Wars for longer than 2 hours and I even struggle with simpler games like Runescape. This same bogging down has happened on 4 other personal computers I've used where they play fine but after years they can barely keep to par from what they are meant to do.
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Post » Wed Jan 02, 2013 4:55 pm

I've gone from Oblivion on PC to Skyrim on Xbox because I got it as an xmas gift.

The look sensitivity is tricky to get used to. It feels like I'm waiting ages for my character to turn, and I sometimes get disoriented in fast paced chases in forts.

The graphics are not nearly as sharp, even when comparing Oblivion PC to Skyrim Xbox.

I might have to get it for the PC if I enjoy it enough.
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Post » Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:00 am

Oi! :stare:

No. Platform. Bashing. Read the forum rules... learn 'em. Love 'em. Kindly don't present random info about PCs that you personally believe as "fact: and then tell people to "shut up."

For the record, I built my PC in early 2009, have only upgraded it once with a slightly better used video card I bought off a friend and updated to Win 7 and a bit of extra memory - over the course of almost 4 years. That's it. I can play Guild Wars, Secret World, ME3, Skyrim, Witcher 2 at high graphics and have no issues. :shrug:. And I did not have a big budget when I built it.

I also own an xbox, which I enjoy as well.

Platform grandstanding is utterly pointless and not welcome in this forum. Play the platform you prefer or can afford and don't be knocking other people's choices.
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Post » Wed Jan 02, 2013 4:56 pm

Well all computers go bad after a few years no matter what. Every computer I've used, every computer an honest friend of mine has had - and no matter what in 2-3 years you have to replace something on your computer if it be a power supply or a graphics card, sometimes even a new harddrive. You have to have an upkeep of a computer not only to keep it up to date with performance but to keep it running at all. You also say "if you had" which means either you bought a full new computer or your computer fried on you. But the other fact to that is that you wouldn't be able to if you had that same computer from then simply because dirt would have clogged your computer and no computer can resist the enemy of dust and wear with tear. They all bog down in time which makes you have to restore/upgrade operating systems, maintain hardware, sometimes even replace mice/keyboards or monitors. So I'll settle with I'm partially right and I'm partially wrong lol.

Btw - hilarious Ni! that is sooo true!

For example: When I bought my computer I could play the games I wanted to play like Guild Wars, Grand Theft Auto San Andreas and almost GTA 4 - but now days I can't even play Guild Wars for longer than 2 hours and I even struggle with simpler games like Runescape. This same bogging down has happened on 4 other personal computers I've used where they play fine but after years they can barely keep to par from what they are meant to do.
An Xbox is also a computer. I said "if I had" in the context of if I had not chosen to purchase a new card, the old card I gave away to someone and it's being used by them absolutely fine.

I clean out the inside of my computer every month from dust. I've not reformatted it, been forced to upgrade any piece of hardware or re-installed anything. Bar the optional graphics card upgrade, the hardware is exactly as it was 3 and a half years ago, and the OS is still the same install from when I assembled it.

Oh, I did have to purchase a replacement keyboard for £5 as I spilled tea over it. But that's hardly a natutral failure.

But I'll refrain from saying anything else as to not turn this into bashing, which I really didn't and don't intend to do. Like mentioned the game is great on any platform, while each has its benefits and weaknesses it's what you chose in the end.
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Post » Wed Jan 02, 2013 4:56 pm

Platform grandstanding is utterly pointless and not welcome in this forum. Play the platform you prefer or can afford and don't be knocking other people's choices.

you're right, I'm sorry. I suppose I'm just a tad biased because I've spent too much money on computers and they all ended up the same way, even 3 times worse for my laptop.
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Post » Wed Jan 02, 2013 11:07 am

Thanks for the replies guys. I should clarify that I own Skyrim for PC and have logged over 400 hours on it, but since I get it for free with the xbox (if the dealer manages to deliver, seems like they sold more than they had in stock) I'm curious to try the life of the "casual xbox 12 year old kiddie with the attention span of a cat" that I've been berating on these forums for the last 8 years or so. lol j/k

What worries me most is the controls, that it'll be too hard to aim etc. I tried Call of Duty on the PS3 once and I was horrible at it.
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