As days pass by, I notice myself playing less and less of my 360. The only game I play off it is Rock Band 3 (thanks to 800+ songs) and the occasional Mass Effect 3 and BF3. Ever since I played Battlefield 3 at my friend's house, it's hard to look back considering BF3 PC had AMAZING graphics. I have never been that much of a graphics whore, until now. Not really 100% graphics whore, but more like seeing things a bit clearer on the PC version. I've also played a lot of OnLive recently and I love it. True, people hate it but only because they have crappy connections. Whilst I do have the occasional blur and lag, I don't mind. I like the fact that people can watch you and cheer/jeer you, seamless switching between mouse+kb and controller, and the little microconsole only uses up 10% power of the 360.
I am tempted to sell my games for the PC versions. I have been also taken a little more interest in the mouse and keyboard control scheme as of late, and I'm loving it again. Last time I played mouse and keyboard was about 12 years ago, playing Warcraft II, Age of Empires II, Doom, Hexen, Return Fire, the list goes on!
At the same time, I don't have a very powerful machine. I use a Macbook Pro 13" 2010 model, which has subpar specs. I can run the old games like Deux Ex GOTY, Viva Pinata, Microsoft Flight and Batman Arkham Asylum. I can run Batman smoothly on 1280 x 800 res, with high quality and it runs fine. Microsoft Flight, with V-sync off and high quality, suffers some hiccups but when I set the quality to Medium it's smooth. I do have a HDMI monitor, but I don't mind playing on the 13' screen as it's one of the best screens I've ever seen and I'd favor performance over size for this one.
Here are the specs of the MBP:
2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo
4 GB RAM
nVIDIA GeForce GT 320M
Windows 7 SP1 64-bit
250GB HDD, 120GB partition for OS X and Win 7
Also, if you will recommend me to switch to PC, I plan to split it between native PC and OnLive version. Basically, the ones I want to have physically are Battlefield 3, Mass Effect 3, Skyrim and a bunch of old games (Mass Effect and the ones listed before). If my Mac won't run it, I'll buy it on OnLive (if it's there)
Finally, I've done tests via systemrequirementlab.com and when I tested the games, all specs are PASS except the graphics card. Important question: which looks better: game running on 360 or on PC with Low Quality settings and V-Sync off?
So, should I switch to PC/OnLive for games or should I remain on the 360?
I am tempted to sell my games for the PC versions. I have been also taken a little more interest in the mouse and keyboard control scheme as of late, and I'm loving it again. Last time I played mouse and keyboard was about 12 years ago, playing Warcraft II, Age of Empires II, Doom, Hexen, Return Fire, the list goes on!
At the same time, I don't have a very powerful machine. I use a Macbook Pro 13" 2010 model, which has subpar specs. I can run the old games like Deux Ex GOTY, Viva Pinata, Microsoft Flight and Batman Arkham Asylum. I can run Batman smoothly on 1280 x 800 res, with high quality and it runs fine. Microsoft Flight, with V-sync off and high quality, suffers some hiccups but when I set the quality to Medium it's smooth. I do have a HDMI monitor, but I don't mind playing on the 13' screen as it's one of the best screens I've ever seen and I'd favor performance over size for this one.
Here are the specs of the MBP:
2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo
4 GB RAM
nVIDIA GeForce GT 320M
Windows 7 SP1 64-bit
250GB HDD, 120GB partition for OS X and Win 7
Also, if you will recommend me to switch to PC, I plan to split it between native PC and OnLive version. Basically, the ones I want to have physically are Battlefield 3, Mass Effect 3, Skyrim and a bunch of old games (Mass Effect and the ones listed before). If my Mac won't run it, I'll buy it on OnLive (if it's there)
Finally, I've done tests via systemrequirementlab.com and when I tested the games, all specs are PASS except the graphics card. Important question: which looks better: game running on 360 or on PC with Low Quality settings and V-Sync off?
So, should I switch to PC/OnLive for games or should I remain on the 360?