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PC FPS games are different from console FPS games

May 8, 2010 12:54PM PDT

For a while now, I've noticed that PC first-person shooters are a lot different from console first-person shooters. I'm not talking about graphics wise, but rather gameplay wise and by their look and feel. Below I'll put some screenshots comparing PC FPS games to console FPS games. I do not own any of these screenshots, I just found them via Google Images. Now, when I said "look", I didn't mean graphics, I just meant like how PC games are like polished and console games are just like "big guy in colored suit" and how their guns/crosshairs are a hell of a lot different, along with everything else look wise. Anyone else notice this?


standard PC FPS games
SWAT 3
http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/screenshots/gs/news/000830/swat3ee_790screen001.jpg

Unreal Tournament 2004
http://www.file-extensions.org/imgs/app-picture/2977/unreal-tournament-2004.jpg

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Rogue Spear
http://image.wareseeker.com/software/cdi/games/first-person-shooter-games/details_tom-clancy-s-rogue-spear-black-thorn-demo-1.jpeg


standard console FPS games
Halo 3
http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/803/803187/halo-3-20070711001714637.jpg

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/104/1043366/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-20091109113930495.jpg

Geist
http://images.fragland.net/screenshots/1335/14.jpg

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