Ryjmont
Crux Special Tasks Group
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.08.12 12:51:00 -
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I am a console player, not a hard core but I've spent some time with CoD, Battlefield 3 and others.
Ussualy when playing CoD I am in top 5 so I am not bad with controllers at all.
I came to this beta thru Mercenary Pack simply because I liked the idea of the game, always been dreaming of a MMORPGFPS  something with economy like WoW, quests etc. But in First person shooter format, so Dust 514 scratch my itch, and the fact its also Sci-Fi made my day, never been interested in EvE before.
So when I found out there is beta of the game I jumped straight in, I bought mercenary pack, and joined the community.
First I noticed is the bad controlls, and I felt like the game is in Alpha stage, I felt cheated by how it was advertised, but gave it a chance. It's been like a month or so since I started playing it and the main issues haven't been resolved yet, force feedback being the biggest one for me. So I noticed this should be PC game (or made by people who aren't familiar with PS3)
Back to the topic:
I think KB+M could actualy work well for Dust simply because it is F2P, its revenue doesn't come from the sales of the game just from the supporters who are willing to pay to improve their characters. So if they are ready to pay for in-game benefits they would definitely be willing to pay for a IMHO a superior and more acurate way to controll the game.
This could create a niche in PS3 gaming community, who are fed up with FPS on a controller and would like to get back to how it was before, it is cheaper to buy a mouse and keyboard than gaming PC (and then maintaining high spec so you can play games on it). I hate that PS3 became mainly FPS oriented platform where it was the opposite in the past, I rarely find a two player game on console any more and most of the games released are FPS, this is crazy, and yet ps3 supports KB+M so it is obvious to give players a choice.
It will create a balance issue, for sure, but looking from the bussiness perspective... they don't need causal gamers in Dust, they need people who are willing to improve their gameplay, and KB+M is the way to improve it.
Giving a chance to try a game without a KB+M is a great feature but if you want to stay, you probably would appreciate the effort made to allow you using a more comftable way of playing FPS.
One request if I may, since force feedback is lacking, could you please at least make the screen shake or whatever when you are in scope mode? or something to tell you you are shoot at.
If you want to play on the sofa get a computer tray table or whatever... pice of board or something and put it on your lap, or sit in a armchair with a board on top, there is pleanty of things like that.
computer tray desks- google search
Do not nerf KB+M to balance to controller, just improve aiming aid for controllers slightly and everybody will be happy.
PS. I haven't got a KB+M yet. so my opinion is not biased. |
Ryjmont
Crux Special Tasks Group
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.08.12 13:57:00 -
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@Darkz Azurr
Aim assist is not an option on a consoles it's given, maybe you don't even know it's there, but without it you wouldn't be able to aim at anything with a controller. If you want to check it out yourself play any console FPS, ask a friend to join a match, tell him to stand in some distance from you, aim at him, and tell him to move slightly, you will see that the reticule will move in the direction he's moving - this is also called aim stick. I think the only game on console that allows you to switch it of is CoD: back ops, so play this one and turn it off, you will see how hard it is to play that way.
In CoD that's almost the only reason why to take holographic sight over red dot, because you can see a @#%*# thru holo, but it's got better aim assist
Its not a cheat, it's there so you can play FPS on consoles, your reticule is like a magnet, the better aim assist the better it is drawn to a target.
This is not the best vid but the only reasonable I found.
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