PC Games more Addicting than Console Games?

[Tain]

I can't really say one is more addicting than the other. It's always just depended on the game itself.

Yes. It all depends on the game, really. I've had as many "binge" sessions of VOOT as I have LAN sessions of Quake 3.

[raystorm]

While I do play PC games more often than console games I cant really say whether PC games in general are more addicting than console games..or vice versa.

I guess it depends on the genre.. I do think FPS's, STR, RPG's and certain Driving simulations can be ridiculously addicting on the PC.
No One Lives Forever is a good example, Deus Ex is a another good one.

PC Rpg's are also far more engrossing in my opinion over console rpg's.. they typically have far more depth in their gameplay and with the addition of great mods and addons RPG's such as Morrowind, Neverwinter Nights..etc.. have incredible replay value even after you finish the game which can never be said about a console rpg.

I agree on the comment that games that start on PC are better on PC and vice versa.. there aren't too many exceptions to that.. some I could think of are Fur Fighters (which looks fantastic on pc..bump mapping..32bit textures..etc..great stuff), Spiderman (movie) looks great on PC and Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed is phenomenal on PC.

As for the comment on patches.. well.. I have over 50 PC games and NOT ONE gave me any issues..and its not exactly hard work to download and install a patch. Also, I can understand how people say its too expensive to constantly ungrade.. but if you make the right choices when it comes to hardware purchases you typically wont have to upgrade for maybe 2 or 3 years.. which it slowly turning into the typical lifespan for a console these days and you usually only have to upgrade either the video card or add RAM.

I refuse to say which is better cause I love both PC and console games, but I do find PC games a bit more addicting..but thats cause I'm a PC FPS and RPG fan.

[CybrGamr]

I agree with the comfort level of play - I like lying on the couch to play a game. I work all day at a computer, I don't always want to come home and spend the night on one (like now :-) ).

That said, for FPS, I do prefer keyboard/mouse over gamepad. For platformers and action games I prefer the game pad. For RPG's, console games don't provide me enough options, so I prefer PC games. Sports I prefer the console. So I guess it all depends on the game.

The biggest reason - to me - that PC games can get more addictive is that they can be extended (where console games can't). Once I finish the main campaign for Freedom Force (for example), I can download three mods and play them. PC games with mod creators allow me to play them longer than just the retail release - and for that reason I like some PC games much better (for example Morrowind).

I guess there is no easy answer to this question...

[opa-opa]

Whether PC games are more "addicting" than console games is a bad question. It all depends on what kind of game it is, and its quality.

But I think that overall, PC games are BETTER than console games.

[Stone]

Opa-opa: well, obviously... I'm not suggesting that I could play MDK2 for an hour or so, and Cabela's Big Game Hunter for 4 hours (purely because the latter is a PC game.)

If people are responding affirmatively to this thread, do you think it just has to do with PC games being better on average than console games? Does it have to do with the specific genres that the PC specializes in: PC FPSs, PC RPGs, so on? Or, is it more about the environment - being alone in front of a monitor with a keyboard and a mouse vs. sitting on a couch with a gamepad and a TV?

"Addicting" wasn't really the right word for the thread's topic, but "Does the PC facilitate longer play sessions than Consoles, and if so why?" is a bit wordy, I think.

[opa-opa]

Considering that 90% of console games these days are catered towards attention-deficient 17 yr old skate-boarding teenagers, I would say yes.

IMHO on average, PC games are just designed to offer more depth and longer gameplay time than the average console game.

The average PC RPG is longer, has more areas, more characters, a deeper storyline, than the average console RPG.

The average PC action game has more stages, more weapons, more enemies, than an average console action game.

This is fact.

[EThugg]

When I 1st got my PC, I had Unreal Tourn., Quake 2, Drakan, Kingpin, Unreal, then I later got a couple more, including Black and White. None held my attention especially long, and all though I've tried the occasional game since (Warcraft something or other, some more FPSers, I have decided PC gaming is boring, pretty much the only genres PC's are good for are fps, rts, sims, and none of those are particularly fun. I dug B&W a few days, but really, that's it. Nothing came close to getting me hooked or giving me a reason to not just play on consoles. Besides, the one of the 3 genres that can be ok (FPSers) on occasion, I prefer a gamepad for anyways. I've spent more time playing GBA roms than any actual PC game. Consoles will forever be my way of gaming, hours on end.

[opa-opa]

Black and White sucks.

Have you tried Starcraft, Command and Conquer, Age of Empires, NOLF, Battlefield 1942, or Neverwinter Nights?

[EThugg]

NOLF and Neverwinter Nights, yes. They were ok, but I'd rather play them on a TV with a Xbox pad... :/ Like I will be with BF1942... If Starcraft is like Warcraft, I hate it... a lot.

B&W was the one I liked the most...

[cigsthecat]

Well, since I hate PC games with a violent passion, I'd say no for me. I honestly don't see how anyone would/could enjoy those shitty strategy games with 400 little "orcs" and whatnot all over the screen. Then again I don't understand how people can possibly like a lot of the things that they do.
The only PC games I ever liked were all the Lucasarts adventures (2d) and The Neverhood. And Cho Ren Sha. ;]