Comments on: Control Yourself http://www.sporadicrambling.com/2008/07/control-yourself/ Awesome Sauce Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:16:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Andy http://www.sporadicrambling.com/2008/07/control-yourself/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Andy Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:58:48 +0000 http://www.sporadicrambling.com/?p=93#comment-7 Dan, I guess it is a bit much to hope that there will be any kind of standardisation across these games, but it would be nice. I haven't done much PC gaming since leaving Loughborough; perhaps more customisation options for controls in console games is the answer? Rockers Delight, I think the main reason I prefer the location of sprint in Bad Company and CoD4 is because I prefer using LB for using alternate grenades/items rather than having to use Rainbow's awkward weapons menu. Dan, I guess it is a bit much to hope that there will be any kind of standardisation across these games, but it would be nice. I haven’t done much PC gaming since leaving Loughborough; perhaps more customisation options for controls in console games is the answer?

Rockers Delight, I think the main reason I prefer the location of sprint in Bad Company and CoD4 is because I prefer using LB for using alternate grenades/items rather than having to use Rainbow’s awkward weapons menu.

]]> By: Rockers Delight http://www.sporadicrambling.com/2008/07/control-yourself/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Rockers Delight Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:48:59 +0000 http://www.sporadicrambling.com/?p=93#comment-6 I agree. It gets incredibly frustrating when you've got a couple of shooters on the go (for a while I was playing a lot of CoD4 online as well as Rainbow). It takes time for you to adjust to those particular controls, and when you jump to another shooter your brain becomes scrambled again leaving you to completely rewire it. I do, however, prefer the button used for sprinting in Rainbow. Clicking down the left stick in CoD4 means your finger gets really sore if you're doing it continuously, a la Mile High on Veteran. I agree. It gets incredibly frustrating when you’ve got a couple of shooters on the go (for a while I was playing a lot of CoD4 online as well as Rainbow). It takes time for you to adjust to those particular controls, and when you jump to another shooter your brain becomes scrambled again leaving you to completely rewire it.

I do, however, prefer the button used for sprinting in Rainbow. Clicking down the left stick in CoD4 means your finger gets really sore if you’re doing it continuously, a la Mile High on Veteran.

]]> By: Dan http://www.sporadicrambling.com/2008/07/control-yourself/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Dan Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:50:59 +0000 http://www.sporadicrambling.com/?p=93#comment-5 I agree, but I doubt any agreement will rise as to what button should be used for what function. I just stick to playing shooters on the PC, and re-map to keys for all my games so they are similar, generally with the only difference being if a game has lean controls or not. It would be nice to see MS/Sony come out with a control scheme design guide or something, but they'd never have the balls to make it mandatory, and so it wouldn't really mean much. I agree, but I doubt any agreement will rise as to what button should be used for what function. I just stick to playing shooters on the PC, and re-map to keys for all my games so they are similar, generally with the only difference being if a game has lean controls or not.

It would be nice to see MS/Sony come out with a control scheme design guide or something, but they’d never have the balls to make it mandatory, and so it wouldn’t really mean much.

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