Halo Wars' controls trump the mouse and keyboard

The above statement better be a case of this:



There's no way. It's impossible. Just give up already.

[/PC Fanboyism]

Console gaming proves how much better it is than PC gaming.

There's no way I can get my micro on with a damn joypad. But I'm a Halo whore so I'll definitely give it a try.

I fully agree with the guy above me. ^ He's awesome and is probably also well endowed despite the lack of avatar.

Ha! That's what they always say

yeah... we shall see, I tend not to trust what the developer says about their own game.

On a controller it is damn near impossible to have the precision, speed, micro, and macro required to play an RTS game properly . . . it just doesn't work.

Lawlz, believe it when I see it.

I await the PC fags' wailing and gnashing of teeth.

I don't know... RTSes are the only PC games a mouse and keyboard are good for. We shall see.

"I await the PC fags' wailing and gnashing of teeth.

I don't know... RTSes are the only PC games a mouse and keyboard are good for. We shall see."

I'm not going to jump out the damn window if the consoles finally get RTS's right. I just don't think it can happen, at least not unless the RTS's play radically differently.

Also, while I've played FPS's both ways, there are still lots of people who prefer FPS's with keyboard mouse.

Finally, I have yet to see console games embrace modding like PC games have. Sure there's shit like LittleBigPlanet, but I've heard very mixed reviews about the extent to which modding is really open and such. Nothing comes even close to the wholescale game conversions that are commonly attempted with PC games.

@joetom

Sharpless just lives up to his name, too Dull in the mind to handle more than 8 buttons at once and don't know a thing about PC games so I just learn to ignore him.

and the rest of the console boys have a 99.9% chance they never used or been with in 12 feet of real PC hardware to play a game with in there life and most likey there PC is something like this from wallmart or best buy.





http://www.idg.no/multimedia/archive/00020/Mattel_Barbie_PC_20283a.jpg



yes If I had this I would hate PC games and there controls too.




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So how many lies and false hype do game makers say before there game ships?

@Zeno: I have to put on my nerd glasses for this. _Technically_ mice don't give coordinates; they give directional vectors just like joysticks do. The trick in using joysticks for an interface is that the magnitude of these vectors is bounded while mice can send numbers as large as you can move your hand quickly. So you have to do things like determine what your maximum speed is, but still maintain control in slow speeds. This is done by a non-linear remapping of the magnitudes, which can be a bit of an art and when done poorly leads to sluggish or overly zippy controls.

Tablets do use absolute coordinates, and touchpads work in coordinates internally but usually convert them to vectors when communicating the input.

blah blah blah, long story short is I suspect we'll only see a genuine improvement on the fundamentals of RTS control when multitouch hits critical mass. How awesome would it be when one hand holds down the unit type you want while the other hand places it. Rapid context switching is rapid.

SO Unless they added AI crap that plays the game for you like they do with HALO 3 that almost aim for you with it's lame ass AI so you have a chance at hitting any damn thing with a controler.


It will suck.... hell if they do make most of it auto play it will still suck like halo 3 and it's damn auto aim.

Here is what I don't get.All Xbox360's have three fucking USB ports!!! Why can't Microsoft just let us use mouse and keyboard?!?!Would it be so fucking difficult to send a patch out with some drivers!?!

Pisses me off.

"Okay, so a million PC dipshits can parade around Destructoid spouting their arrogance and bile, and when I say something against the pricks, suddenly I'm the one who's being a twat? Hey, congrats, guys. Way to turn a blind eye to your own stupid fanboyism. "

Since when do PC fans dominate Dtoid? If anything, 360/PS3 fans seem to have made this place their playground a long time ago. Not that any of this matters. I still can't believe the childish regard people have for their favored platform (PC, 360, PS3, Wii, DS, PSP, whatever). It's like some retarded version of our political process.

Where's all the people saying:
"HALOEZ SHOULD HAVE STAYED AN FPS!!!11eleventy1!!one!1!11

dissapointment.

Ah well, at least the developers seem to thing the control scheme is top notch, Hopefully there's gonna be a demo so I can test it out myself.