Where Are All The New Games ?

actually I'm in a weird place right now. I have pretty much just been
reinstalling older games and replaying them.

for instance I have been kinda dissapointed in how armored assualt is
ruined for me because I think the movement is really awkward so I put
the earlier OPFP back on and have been enjoying that even though the
graphics arent as beautiful as AA.


plus that talk earlier about doom 3 made me fire it up again. I just
want to see GTA 4 for the PC.I figure by the time it hits the PC the
kinks will be ironed out . i'm still LOVING san andreas BTW.
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On Sun, 18 May 2008 01:43:10 +0100, "Trimble Bracegirdle"
<no-spam.RemoveThis@never.spam> wrote:

>I really can't think of a time when there has been so few Games released for
>the PC
>or due in the near future ???
>
>Even Rob has vanished from the Group with his remarkable ability to
>dig out & play the most awful games to be found ...
>Even the East Euro complete rubbish releases seem absent ???
>Or is it me ??
>(\__/)
>(='.'=)
>(")_(") mouse

The ones I'm waiting on are:
Afterfall
Age of Decadence
The Broken Hourglass
Dead Space
Dragon Age
Drakensang
Dungeon Hero
Elveon
Fallen Earth
Fallout 3
Grotesque
HL2 They Hunger
Legend
Mass Effect
Project Offset
Rage
and
STALKER: Clear Sky

Playing LotRO in the meantime
--
Michael Cecil
Now filtering Google Groups, OE and Idiots
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On May 18, 9:43 am, "Trimble Bracegirdle" <no-s... DeleteThis @never.spam> wrote:
> I really can't think of a time when there has been so few Games released for
> the PC or due in the near future ???

The games for PC are released en masse. It is just that they are not
remarkable, so that you perceive there are no games released.
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"Trimble Bracegirdle" <no-spam.TakeThisOut@never.spam> wrote in message
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>I really can't think of a time when there has been so few Games released
>for the PC
> or due in the near future ???
>

I have so many games that I could not buy a new game for 2 years and still
play 4 hours everyday!
How about Assassin's Creed or Sins of a Solar Empire? Also Mass Effect is
going to be out in a couple of weeks. I'm really looking forward to Mass
Effect. This game is a great example of how a developer can take a console
game and make it better on the PC. Gamespot has a interesting article about
what has been improved for the PC.
I just don't buy this whole PC gaming is dead BS. If anything it's going to
get even better between games that are made for the PC and the console
ports. I've really changed my opinion about ports. Back when consoles where
so behind PC's the ports usually stunk. But now that the 360 and PS3 can put
out pretty damn good looking games and they're even getting a little more PC
like in their game play, plus the fact that a lot of games are coming out on
the consoles as well as the PC at the same time, I don't see PC gaming
"dying" If that was really happening then why are $200-300 graphic cards
still selling so well?
As long as some effort is put into making a console game run and look
better on the PC I'm OK with that. JLC
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On May 17, 8:43 pm, "Trimble Bracegirdle" <no-s... RemoveThis @never.spam> wrote:
> I really can't think of a time when there has been so few Games released for
> the PC
> or due in the near future ???
>
> Even Rob has vanished from the Group with his remarkable ability to
> dig out & play the most awful games to be found ...
> Even the East Euro complete rubbish releases seem absent ???
> Or is it me ??
> (\__/)
> (='.'=)
> (")_(") mouse

check the page for 1C, those russians are really keeping PC gaming
alive, while other companies work in 1 game at a time, these guys are
just churning out games of all styles.
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"Trimble Bracegirdle" <no-spam.TakeThisOut@never.spam> wrote in message
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>I really can't think of a time when there has been so few Games released
>for the PC
> or due in the near future ???

Face it, consoles have won this war.

The PC game industry is now a serious turdpit and worse, they know it and
don't care - the big money is in consoles and they'd love it if we'd just go
away. So fine. I could easily spend the next ten years going thru better
titles of yesteryear that I never played when they came out (took too much
for granted, I guess.) And I don't have to wait for patches to fix the 1.0
bugs, there's tons of accumulated knowledge out there for any big issues
that are left, I don't have to rebuild my hardware just to get playable FPS,
I don't have to deal with increasingly ludicrous levels of DRM, and I can
get the whole enchilada at once instead of being drip-fed expansion packs
and sequels over the years. So I'm set - the control freaks that run the
show these days can go to hell.
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"Trimble Bracegirdle" <no-spam RemoveThis @never.spam> wrote in
news:482f7b9f$1_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com:

> I really can't think of a time when there has been so few Games
> released for the PC or due in the near future ???

Actually, have you checked online?

If there aren't any original games that tickle your fancy, there could be
some remakes of the various classics (ie Dungeon Master Java, Zelda
Classic) or a few modifications to existing games that you may have
missed.

(Someone made an 'RPG' scenario for Warcraft II at some point)

There are also a lot of shareware and commercial titles that have been
re-released as freeware. You just have to know where to look. ^_^

Signed,
Warewolf
who is considering taking a 'one game, infinite mods' approach. (or did I
mention that already) ^_^;



P.S. If you're interested, here are a few places to start your search for
(digital) sustenance:

Gamehippo
http://gamehippo.com/

A certain comcast site
http://home.comcast.net/~SupportCD/XPGames.html

Legal Abandonware
http://www.student.oulu.fi/~einokesk/legalaw/

Liberated Games
http://liberatedgames.com/

Classic DOS Games
http://www.classicdosgames.com/index.html

and the 'Caiman Islands'
http://www.caiman.us/

among other places, if you search hard enough. ^_^

Good luck to you.
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While independant vid card manufactures keep pushing out seriously expensive
adaptors, Intel and AMD, processors MS updating DX10 and other component
companies need for survival, it's always going to be in their interest to
urge software companies to make games for the PC. And the games are usually
superior to consoles. Take Assassin's Creed for example. Higher res and more
content. Also the most popular mmorpg, World of Warcraft is only PC with 10
million followers.
I'm looking forward to Age of Conan, DX10 content and a superior gameplay
experience. And where on a console can you get serious simulations? These
are all ongoing and very well supported; Flight Simulator, Silent Hunter
etc.

As an adult, I find many games are just too childish on consoles and when in
a games store, I'm never surprised at how many older people are there. Given
that, and the fact that adults are most likely to require non-games
applications, I think it would be folly for the games industry to turn its
back on the PC. And, personally, I don't think that has happened. There are
still more games for the PC out there than console for the simple reason
that one would require all makes of console to have all the games available.

Let's face it, MS might not admit to the fact, but the mass proliferation of
PCs is purely down to gamers.

There are always periods when new PC games are not appearing especially
towards summer. The arguments about this have gone on for years but we are
still here The PC is more powerful and much more versatile, so I'm
optimistic for its future.

Rand
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"Trimble Bracegirdle" <no-spam.DeleteThis@never.spam> wrote in message
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> I really can't think of a time when there has been so few
> Games released for the PC
> or due in the near future ???

Well, there's Fallout 3 coming, and I'm currently downloading Sins of a
Solar Empire through Stardock.

But generally speaking I know what you mean. After being a Computer (as
opposed to consol) game purest all my life, I ended up getting an XBox 360 a
few months back to to help expand the number of games I had to play.

This isn't helped when companies like Lucas Arts jump ship and stop
supporting the platform.
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Zaghadka wrote:
> On Sun, 18 May 2008 01:55:01 GMT, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg, SpammersDie
> wrote:
>
>> "Trimble Bracegirdle" <no-spam.TakeThisOut@never.spam> wrote in message
>> news:482f7b9f$1_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
>>> I really can't think of a time when there has been so few Games released
>>> for the PC
>>> or due in the near future ???
>> Face it, consoles have won this war.
>
> Hell no. The PC won by converting the consoles. The PC is now the XBox 360.
> There is little difference. PC gaming has become Microsoft's console system,
> with all the bugginess, hardware instability, and headaches, and few of the
> remedies that PC users enjoy.
>
> All it will take is another cheap (or free) OS, and some developers with some
> moxy, and the PC will be back in the saddle again against that platform.
>
> But *Windows* gaming is dead. PC gaming will probably rise like a phoenix once
> the AAA publishers finally cede the market as dead, and the start-ups can
> market their products directly.
>
> I would love to see Cedega add an online software delivery system to their WINE
> support, for instance.
>
> This is a lull, not a death knell.
>

Depends what you define as "*Windows* gaming" if you meaning gaming an
the type of type of PC/OS combinations with have now then I would agree
is so far as much that I believe that that type of platform will be dead
in much the same way as the console only platform will be dead. We are
already seeing strides for both platforms to be able a simple set of
functions (music, videos, pictures, games, e-mail, web browsing etc.)
that the average user can understand and operate. I expect this to
continue in the future until the idea of a home hub (or whatever the
latest name for it is!) is the norm. I mean how many users needs will
you cover with this type of device compared to the situation we have now?

Consoles will have no more won the war than New Labour did in the UK -
you don't win if you become a version of the opposition!
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Here is the list of the games (published or soon-to-be-published)
which support DX10,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_with_DirectX_10_support
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"Trimble Bracegirdle" <no-spam RemoveThis @never.spam> wrote in message
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>I really can't think of a time when there has been so few Games released
>for the PC
> or due in the near future ???
>
> Even Rob has vanished from the Group with his remarkable ability to
> dig out & play the most awful games to be found ...
> Even the East Euro complete rubbish releases seem absent ???
> Or is it me ??
> (\__/)
> (='.'=)
> (")_(") mouse
>
>

Dunno, but found this decent collection of flash games here - disguised as a
desktop for anyone looking over your shoulder!
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