> From: Andrew Crystall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On 17 May 2002 at 1:40, The Fool wrote: > > > > From: Andrew Crystall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > On 17 May 2002 at 1:24, The Fool wrote: > > > > > > > > That's cool. I intend to make them too. (And I study game > > > > > design). > > > > > > > > > > > Better players use the keyboard in Doom Like games. > > > > > > > > > > Keyboard AND Mouse. > > > > > > > > And you'll lose. To. A. Keyboard. Only. Player. > > > > > > > > The right hand was meant to use the keypad in these games. > > > > > > Where HAVE you been for the last 5 years? heh > > > > > > About the only game I play with just the keyboard is Subspace. > > > > There is no fundamental difference between the way doom, quake, > > wolfenstein, heretic, &c. ad infinitum play. The only real difference > > is the power of the processor / gfx cards to display more detail > > faster. There is no reason to change my method of playing, a method > > that is tried and true, that works, and is efficient. It would not > > inprove my game in any way, but would instead interfere with my > > ability to play. > > 99%+ of players use keyboard and mouse. The feeling is that keyboard > simply can't provide accurave enough aiming. Which is true, > especially in my FPS of choice - Tribes 2.
Just because 99% of people don't know how to play, or are not dexterous enough to play properly doesn't mean that it is a better way to play... > In Total Annihiation (RTS), of course, your main tool is your mouse > and in Freespace 2 you use a joystick and keyboard.
