Re: RE: [GD-Design] FPS console controls

[Jan E. <ch...@in...>]

On Fri, 4 Apr 2003 ge...@ub... wrote:

>didn't actually play halo, but i can't see how this is any different.  
>the fatal flaw is in the control scheme period.  console manufacturers
>simply created bad controls...

I think that console controllers are excellent. Thinking about the
requirement for a small controller with a lot of functionality and the
need to be able to take a lot of punushment, I think they have succeeded
very well. Who the h*ll would like to sit in your favourite TV couch with
a bulky keyboard and a mouse on the floor just to play some game? Not
doable. Mouse an keyboard are better for a selected few game types, such
as FPS and RTS-like games, but they need so much more *clean* space (for
the mouse to work) so that the combination is useless in front of a TV
(where at least I want to play my games).

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