Cronic
04-13-2006, 04:17 PM
How do you think the new remote controller game pad thing is going to work? and if it becomes the standard will you follow it?
I'm all for inovative ideas, but I think there should be a distinguishable line between my game pads and my tv remote ...Playing a video game to me can best be compared to driving ...hands at 10, and 2 you hold the wheel and own the road ...same thing works for the controller ....i love video games with my life ...theyve always been there for me, but if i were to go to the store tomorrow and find all systems were orperated by a slim remote control i just couldn't find it as fun.
I got this thought from the previous thread in regards to the ps3 controller and how they might take a note from nintendo ...game design not being called into it the gamecube had by far the least capable controller ...something like 3 fewer buttons etc ...unfortunatly what they didn't realize is that extra buttons if placed well give you more freedom, and a better sense of moves ...for example having to hit start+another button when there could just be a selct button is gay. I thoought they woulda learned from that but aparently not.
This sisn't to say i think it's a terrible horrible idea, but for the love of god there needs to be the option. this sisn't an N bash session and if the ps3 goes remote on me i'd greatly have to consider not owning one, just because i'm that turned off by the interface.
I guess what i'm wondering is are there currently plans for the revolution to have that as an option? or is it the standard control scheme ...Granted i'm a little older than most of ya, and quite stuck in my ways ....25 years of gaming, and the closest i could compare the revolution to in terms of controllers is the paddle from the old atari ...it just seems that usefull for what it does, and about as comfortable.
And i gotta know am i alone in this thinking? in not wanting to adapt to something so arbitrary?
I'm all for inovative ideas, but I think there should be a distinguishable line between my game pads and my tv remote ...Playing a video game to me can best be compared to driving ...hands at 10, and 2 you hold the wheel and own the road ...same thing works for the controller ....i love video games with my life ...theyve always been there for me, but if i were to go to the store tomorrow and find all systems were orperated by a slim remote control i just couldn't find it as fun.
I got this thought from the previous thread in regards to the ps3 controller and how they might take a note from nintendo ...game design not being called into it the gamecube had by far the least capable controller ...something like 3 fewer buttons etc ...unfortunatly what they didn't realize is that extra buttons if placed well give you more freedom, and a better sense of moves ...for example having to hit start+another button when there could just be a selct button is gay. I thoought they woulda learned from that but aparently not.
This sisn't to say i think it's a terrible horrible idea, but for the love of god there needs to be the option. this sisn't an N bash session and if the ps3 goes remote on me i'd greatly have to consider not owning one, just because i'm that turned off by the interface.
I guess what i'm wondering is are there currently plans for the revolution to have that as an option? or is it the standard control scheme ...Granted i'm a little older than most of ya, and quite stuck in my ways ....25 years of gaming, and the closest i could compare the revolution to in terms of controllers is the paddle from the old atari ...it just seems that usefull for what it does, and about as comfortable.
And i gotta know am i alone in this thinking? in not wanting to adapt to something so arbitrary?