Starting Gaming on pc

I have just started gaming on pc my current rig has an i3 2100 and 4GB of ram I am using the Intel integrated graphics until the hd radeon 7000 series is released I will buy either a new 7000 series card or a 6000/500 series card that will be discounted when the hd 7000 series is released.

I have been playing Oblivion 5th anniversary,crysis maximum edition, company of heroes and a few free games off of steam.Now speaking of steam I don't really want to use it as I don't own an actual license to play the game and so far I have only bought disc based titles.I have the license to play oblivion on the disc and the product key and disc for crysis.If I buy games on steam and something happens to my account I would lose the licenses to play all of my games so I will stick to discs.I have really got into oblivion and at first I spent quite a lot of time trying to figure out how to configure my controller( in the picture above) to work with the game eventually, I decided to use keyboard and mouse as the pc version wasn't designed for controllers and I have been enjoying using my keyboard and mouse to play it.Crysis ran well with everything on low except textures which was on medium @  1024* 768 and it used my controller well.

Pc gaming is a lot of fun and there are many exclusives on the platform mouse and keyboard is best for some games and controller is better for some games.I can't wait until the radeon hd 7000 series releases so that I can get my upgrades and max out crysis 1 and play games with graphics superior to the hd twins.Its not as expensive as people make it out so I recommend gaming on pc as you get great exclusives,great gameplay and great mods.

My gaming pickups 4/1/12

Rage disapointed me.

I really enjoyed rage alot and as the story moved on things got more serious too quickly. I began to think that it couldn't be coming to and end so soon as I assaulted the last base after playing for only nine hours! The reason I believed this was because the game is 22GB in space so I thought that surely that if the game was that big it would be long and have many hours of game play.The games game play was fun, the enemies were not too repetitive, the weapons were interesting one of them was a shotgun shell that was half a slug and half a grenade.The sound was pretty decent when things got intense,graphics were amazing not as good as crysis 2 or Gears of War 3 but very good still.When I played the multilayer mode it wasn't that good just short co-op missions and the racing I found to be quite boring and pointless as if you destroy an opponents car they just come back from out of nowhere and overtake you if you make a small mistake.There is little to no replay value as it is not something alot of people would play multiple times. I would say you should rent rage if it interests you but I am glad I did not buy it back at launch for £40 as the game is definitely not worth that much money.Ultimately rages downfall was how short it was.I think I will get an exchange on it and get something else with the £7.98 I spent on it at game station hopefully it will not be over in 10 hours.

Rage first impressions.

Rage was a game that when it came out initially interested me because it was so big the Xbox 360 version takes up 22 gigs of hard drive space.So I thought it had a decent chance of being a long lasting game.The graphics of the game are some of the best on the Xbox 360 and when combined with my ampx amplified gaming headset the gaming is truly immersing.It has many missions that give you new weapons,amour,abilities,vehicles etc these keep you coming back to rage as you keep on getting new shiny toys to wreak havoc with.The missions usually want you to go and collect or deliver things or wipe out a base.The missions don't get repetitive as what happen on the way to get the said item is always very different as new enemies are always thrown at you and the environments are very varied.The variation in enemies and environments is probably due to the massive 22gigs of game that is rage.I am four hours in and will write a follow up verdict post when I beat the campaign and feel I have experience all the game has to offer but from what I've gather from my first four hours this is going to be a long time.A must buy as it can now be found for under £10 my copy was £7.98