Gamesdomain.co.uk have posted a four part look @ online gaming for your console be that a Xbox, PS2 or a Gamecube. Here's a byte:
PC gamers have been the guinea pigs where online gaming is concerned. A once notoriously frustrating, laggy and tiring experience, it's only relatively recently that things have smoothened out to the point that the more mainstream gamers can join in - you know, those not overly excited at the prospect of experimenting with ping times and setting up servers. Strategy games, racers, sims, first-person shooters, massively-multiplayer RPGs... they've all delved online. Who needs AI, or indeed, a live companion anymore?
Consoles Online Round-up: Part One
Consoles Online Round-up: Part Two
Consoles Online Round-up: Part Three
Consoles Online Round-up: Part Four
PC gamers have been the guinea pigs where online gaming is concerned. A once notoriously frustrating, laggy and tiring experience, it's only relatively recently that things have smoothened out to the point that the more mainstream gamers can join in - you know, those not overly excited at the prospect of experimenting with ping times and setting up servers. Strategy games, racers, sims, first-person shooters, massively-multiplayer RPGs... they've all delved online. Who needs AI, or indeed, a live companion anymore?
Consoles Online Round-up: Part One
Consoles Online Round-up: Part Two
Consoles Online Round-up: Part Three
Consoles Online Round-up: Part Four
