User blog comment:Airos/Rant: Why I dislike PC gaming/@comment-2249418-20110608112623/@comment-164376-20110608174653

I understand that it's an issue with all games, although perhaps I should have made that point clearer in my rant. I feel many of these issues exist on consoles because they've evolved to the point where they're closer to "computers that play video games" than "video game machines".

It's like comparing VHS to MKV. Used to be I just stuck a tape in a machine and I watched a movie. Now I need make sure I have the right codec, a player that will read the format, enough video ram to ensure smooth playback, ensure my settings are correct, oops the frame rate is off, let me fix that, oh god why is it tearing now, okay the audio is off by about 0.7 seconds I think I can live with that.

That's what I'm seeing happen with console gaming. All the issues that have plagued PCs for years are now showing up on consoles because consoles are trying to act like computers.

re: MetaCritic. FO3 got a 93 for Xbox360. So FO3 is as equally PERFECT as StarCraft 2 by that measure.