Exterminatus In Extremis
Black Thorne Militia
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Posted - 2012.08.26 23:28:00 -
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Hi all,
Been away for a while, decided to come back to see what the Precursor stuff was like.
PS Move in-game has improved, although it's still a bit fiddly hitting all the buttons (especially when it's put into a PS Sharpshooter), but it does feel epic. Menu navigation is a tad tricky and the loss of other shoulderpad buttons just makes things even trickier. It's one of those things that feels epic, and once you've gotten used to it, would probably be fantastic, especially for running around and shooting, but not so good for maybe driving or flying. I'd like the ability to hot-swap between control systems i.e. if I want to start using the pad, just put the move down, and when it's out of frame, the joypad activates fully again and the 'out of frame icons' fade out after a few moments.
I then put in the Keyboard and Mouse and proceeded to get VERY CONFUSED by the controls as there was no explanation as to how to navigate some menus. Some keyboard mashing later and I got to the configuration screen, but couldn't figure out how to scroll the right hand menu, so had to use the pad to scroll down and look at all the keybindings. It might be handy to have either controls labelled for whatever control systems are plugged in for all actions (and by all, I mean ALL actions, spawning, choosing spawn location, accepting revive, menu options, firing, maybe even like a tutorial shooting range or something in your quarters.)
Also, I ****ING LOVED THE MCC BATTLE. Felt like I was part of something much bigger. The game to me looks pretty shiny, the combat is good, but I'm worried the KB/M combo will unbalance things somewhat, however that doesn't bother me too much as I'll most likely be using the KB/M when I want to kill things properly and using the PS3 Sharpshooter when I want to feel like a BAMF. (I might end up relagating the PS3 controller to when I want to be able to navigate things if the interface hasn't improved by release.)
Also, I find the chat interface painful. If using a KB/M, I don't necessarily see the need to pop up a load of screens to be able to do text input. I should be able to press T, start typing, hit enter, and then it appear. I appreciate that might be a limitation of the PS3, though, and if that's the case then >_< someone update the PS3 design eh? : P
Oh. And paying Aurum to be able to use my mic to talk to people... really O.o That's just... ... I don't like it : P Microtransactions are all well and fine, but that personally is a step too far. But then I have a PC and I'll probably just use Mumble/Teamspeak if I join a Corp, so it ultimately won't bother me all too much, but still, just... *sigh*
Other than that, I love it. I really do. I have to admit my enthusiasm for grinding and resetting has dwindled a bit, but now this new stuff is in, I'll probably stick around for a bit, especially as I might be able to persuade the gf to put together a Medic build. Boy does she love playing Medic... |