RetroGaming

I remember hating Metroid Prime's controller scheme on the Gamecube. The controls felt so stiff. But I was so in love with the universe and gameplay that I just accepted it, kind of like every Rockstar game.

Now I wish I played it on the Wii.

Yeah. I spent an ungodly amount of time on halo 3 and ODST on the 360 back in the day. Then I eventually got a PC and in just a couple years trying to play a shooter with a controller gave the game feel equivalent of nails on a chalkboard.

"Good luck! You'll need it!"

Surely you can flip it in the emulator’s settings, right?

I too only play with inverted viewing. My friends hate it lol

Yeah, it's just wild to me, that we went full-force ahead with the whole 3D thing, when you lock out so many potential players with it.
With 2D games, you can chuck someone a controller and even if they're just haphazardly pressing buttons, they can still participate in the game. With 3D, no chance.

And even those who do have practice still struggle with it. Think of a difficult 3D game and I bet it's a valid joke that the true end boss is the camera.

I've seen this happen with 20 and 30 year olds.

Its an entire learned skill that a large segment of the population never learned.

... unfortunately, much like reading and writing, these days.

But yeah, the idea that... you can move your position in 3d, with wasd or a dpad or a stick... and also orient your view angle with a mouse or stick ... at the same time?

This is utterly baffling and disorienting to a lot of people who've never played a first person perspective game before.

Its ... part of why AAA games are more often than not third person, in the last decade.

Its easier to pickup for a noobie, because you have a constant point of reference, you can always see the avatar of the player, camera movements are less sensitive and less drastic because you have a wider FOV.

I've seen many boomers either stare at their feet or the ceiling & they have no clue how to solve their situation because they are disoriented. Same with young kids learning.

Any last words, Jim?

I've always wondered what's specifically going on their minds when that happens. I remember getting into shooters and pretty much immediately understanding the two separate axes in Duke Nukem 3D at like age 7-8 (yeah I played violent games when I was young my parents only restricted movies). Maybe that's why? My brain was just better able to learn at that age? Or is it that I am autistic? Is neurology a factor?

Quake 3 on the dreamcast with M&KB! Spent like 50 bucks to gain a edge! I was even online with it!

Unfortunately I'm trash and people are just really good at Quake.

I tried to replay PS1 Tomb Raider and nearly threw the controller away.

I don't know how I did it as a kid.

Silent Hill 1? But I don't remember the camera being horrible. I definitely prefer that to the fixed camera RE games.

1.2 solitaire controls. The other fools using C to aim ate my dust.