Comment on 3rd-person shooters optimized for controllers?
Lembot_0005@lemy.lol 3 weeks agoDoom could be played with a mouse, but it was made for the keyboard. Because of the only horizontal freedom of turning, the mouse was just uncomfortable.
Comment on 3rd-person shooters optimized for controllers?
Lembot_0005@lemy.lol 3 weeks agoDoom could be played with a mouse, but it was made for the keyboard. Because of the only horizontal freedom of turning, the mouse was just uncomfortable.
Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I suppose it depends on perspective, but I feel like if John Romero says it was made with mouse controls intended as the default, he’s probably right, as he would be one of the few people to know what they had in mind when making it.
Lembot_0005@lemy.lol 3 weeks ago
Are you sure you’re not talking about Quake? Because Quake, while perfectly playable with the keyboard only, can get some nice usability nuances from the mouse.
Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 3 weeks ago
Did you miss the screenshot of John Romero himself saying that Doom was made for mouse input?
Lembot_0005@lemy.lol 3 weeks ago
I did. I have no idea what screenshot you’re talking about.
Anyway, even if he told something like that, the keyboard-only input was more convenient for Wolf3d and Doom 1-2.