I'm debating whether or not to purchase the game for PC or Xbox. I enjoyed my Morrowind and Oblivion experience on the PC a great deal. I like the precision controls that I had on the PC, as well as the sound, graphics, and overall feeling of immersion I got. I also liked being able to download mods that people created.

I did however feel somewhat disconnected from my friends who played the Xbox version. Can't really point to why, but it seems that somehow our experiences differed. When I finally did play the Xbox version, I really struggled to get the same precision out of my controller (mainly in ranged combat). I've also had this experience with the 360 version of Fallout 3. The controls seem VERY clunky to me. I have enjoyed the control scheme on games like Halo though, which makes aiming and shooting much easier. Now I know TES games are not shooters, but Fallout does have lots of gunplay and it's tough unless you use the VATS.

One other factor in my mind is that I'm married, and I hate to be cooped up my our computer room playing when if I'm on my Xbox I could be enjoying the game and in the company of my wife. Anyways, what do ya'll think? Anyone else had similar experiences? Basically I'm looking for an overall immersion in the game as well as the best possible controls I can get.

They sure do, but PCs and Laptops can be hooked up to HDTVs just the same as consoles and look three times as amazing because they can do twice the resolution that consoles are capable of.

No one is saying "Consoles svck", certainly not. We are just making you aware of what PCs are capable of and trying to give the topic creator the information he is looking for. In his situation, the better choice is clearly PC.

As I said, he can just use it exactly the same he would his 360, Plug it into his television and use a 360 controller and then he can sit next to his wife and play all night long while also having extremely improved graphics, frame rate which is worlds better than what you see on the console and of course.. MODS! I only ever played one Bethesda game without mods and that was Fallout 3.. I returned the game 2 days after buying it and bought the PC version. Playing a Bethesda game without mods makes me a very, very sad panda. It's like getting a plane to go on on holidays but never actually stepping off the plane, you just look out the window when you land then go back home.

Mods are a must.



Once again my friend, you seem to not be informed of what PCs are capable of (And what consoles aren't).

Todd said himself in that podcast with Game Informer that the PC version will be shipping with higher res textures than the console versions will, also the consoles will play the games graphics on low-medium where as PC users will be able to play on Very High graphics and also use their Graphics card control centers to use 24x Edge Detect Anti Aliasing (It means the game will look twenty bazillion times better) and with 16x Ansiotropic filtering (Once again, a HUGE difference) not to mention all the other nifty things PC Graphics cards can be configured to do whereas 360s and PS3s struggle to have 2x Anti Aliasing and have no Ansiotropic filtering.

If you are wondering why I said the consoles will be playing on low-medium graphics it's because on Oblivion that's the way it is, The consoles play Oblivion on mostly low-medium graphics.

Well it wasn't anything you said, but the other guy is saying there is no need to think about it, its obvious he should go with PC, no question. But he wanted to hear reasons for both sides, not [censored] claiming "PC is best".

Oh I agree the graphics will be better on PC, I understand how the technology works. I'm just saying I've seen HD footage of Console Oblivion and PC Oblivion (and PC Oblivion with graphics enhancing mods) and the only one that looked noticeably better was PC with mods.

And I know how to install mods I just find that every game I've ever played that I've used mods on, I found that the mods didn't feel like they belonged in the game world. The extra content feels alien, not of the same style or quality as the rest of the game, and so for me, using mods breaks the immersion. And we all know how important immersion is in TES!

This really shouldn't be any competition at all. You want to be in the same room as your wife when you play on computer? Easy. Plug it into your television where you would normally play your xbox360 and play it in there. You can use a 360 controller on a PC if you prefer those controls/find it more comfortable at times too.

On PC you have hardware which is 10-25x better than what is in 360s/PS3s (No I'm not exaggerating, the hardware in them is 5 years old and even then it was extremely cheap budget stuff they put them together with, less so on the PS3) and the graphics will be so much better it is jaw dropping. With full edge-detecting Anti Aliasing and 16x Ansiotropic filtering on Oblivion and a few texture packs, the game looks like it came out in 2011(And looks better than most games that actually have). Even if you have a really bad computer, it will play Skyrim ten times better than the 360/PS3 will on the same settings. You can get frame rates far above 30 (Which the consoles are locked at).. Some people that are quite uninformed seem to think there is no difference between 30-100 but that really is just untrue, the difference is amazing, it brings so much beauty to the game with those sort of frames.

Do I even have to mention mods? Elder scrolls games are MADE to be modded. The things done with mods mean that this game will last you years, just like Oblivion has for so many people. Theres a reason I still play Oblivion more than anything else I buy, MODS. Mods are absolutely amazing and there is basically no limit to what can be added to the game with them. Mods, mods, mods! Playing a Bethesda game without mods is a tragedy!

You want to talk to your friends playing 360 on LIVE while you are on your computer? You can do that too, install Games for Windows LIVE (Live for PC) and then just chat to them on that. Xbox360 microphone can still be used if you use your 360 controller on the PC.

Playing your PC can be just as comfortable as the consoles are by plugging it into your television and using a console controller on them. People who argue that consoles are more "comfortable" are uninformed of what PCs are capable of.

Did I mention the game is also cheaper on PC because of Steam not overcharging customers for their "brand name" like Microsoft and Sony do on the consoles?

PC > 360 in every single way. Every. Single. Way.

PC by default looks much better just because you can play it on very high with a resolution twice as detailed as the consoles along with full edge detect AA and ansiotropic filtering.. There is no competition Consoles are 5 years old and have extremely weak hardware, sadly.

And that's sad that is how you have felt with mods, I think you must of been directed towards bad mods then or ones that just didn't fit/weren't very complete because with every mod I have downloaded they only INCREASED immersion.

For example I have mods in Oblivion that add all sorts of life, seaweed, fish, tiny crabs and such to Oblivions waters, where as by default they are just empty blue liquid. Now the water is just as alive as the rest of the world. I also have a mod that makes the weather a hundred times better than it was by default, it also adds all sorts of life to the world like bugs, birds, tiny creatures, making the world feel much more alive. I have another mod which is called BetterCities and makes the cities feel like real cities instead of tiny villages with ten houses and a brick wall around them, you can get mods to make the cities in the same cell as the outside world instead of in their own separate one.. the possibilties are endless! They all increase immersion for me greatly.

Sure I can understand if you download "Lukes Lightsaber mod" or something that it would break immersion, but if you pick the right ones they make the game one of the most amazing things to ever be created! (More so than before )

I really, really doubt the graphics are going to be so much noticeably better on PC (at launch at least).

Btw not everyone has thousands of dollars to buy and upgrade their PC.