old.Tohtori
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Why the living f*ck are these gaining so much ground?
I mean wigglywaggly wij controls and touch controls on apps, especially gaming apps.
We've spent ages on perfecting the mouse+KB combo, the controllers on consoles and they're more perfect outside getting mindcontrol into the mix. On the phones even, the numpad and rocker have worked on everything from platforming to quiz games, now it's touch this and suck that to press 5. This allowed the game-devs to concentrate more on depth, story, graphics, gameplay and other needed elements. No more worrying about controls, they were pretty much universal. A to jump, B to kick ass.
Now we've got a new generation of touchyfeely apps and wigglywaggly crap that kills all the development and basically starts over. It will take a good 10 years to perfect these new tools and they gain ground every day.
Now developers are looking into new and innovative ways to use "Touch This" controls and new "amazing" waggly ways to improve your gaming, while leaving ACTUAL innovation and gaming advancements in the past.
It's like they odn't need to put in effort to create an innovative or exciting title, with next gen graphics and depth, because they can put a ball on the screen and ask the player to hump it. And the player, with glee in his eyes, does just that, not noticing that all this kiddie casual bullcrap is zombifying the gaming nation.
Is it just a false fear, or should i actually be worried that the future of gaming is waving your arms like an idiot, or dryhumping your screen to get a reaction from your avatar?
I mean wigglywaggly wij controls and touch controls on apps, especially gaming apps.
We've spent ages on perfecting the mouse+KB combo, the controllers on consoles and they're more perfect outside getting mindcontrol into the mix. On the phones even, the numpad and rocker have worked on everything from platforming to quiz games, now it's touch this and suck that to press 5. This allowed the game-devs to concentrate more on depth, story, graphics, gameplay and other needed elements. No more worrying about controls, they were pretty much universal. A to jump, B to kick ass.
Now we've got a new generation of touchyfeely apps and wigglywaggly crap that kills all the development and basically starts over. It will take a good 10 years to perfect these new tools and they gain ground every day.
Now developers are looking into new and innovative ways to use "Touch This" controls and new "amazing" waggly ways to improve your gaming, while leaving ACTUAL innovation and gaming advancements in the past.
It's like they odn't need to put in effort to create an innovative or exciting title, with next gen graphics and depth, because they can put a ball on the screen and ask the player to hump it. And the player, with glee in his eyes, does just that, not noticing that all this kiddie casual bullcrap is zombifying the gaming nation.
Is it just a false fear, or should i actually be worried that the future of gaming is waving your arms like an idiot, or dryhumping your screen to get a reaction from your avatar?