/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.1166086]

What's the first Resident Evil where directional controls are normal like today? I.e., "up" and "down" aren't the only ways to walk. "Left" and "Right" are not only used for turning.

[Anonymous No.1166089]

4, I think. Though even that is kind of the same way with the turning.

I don't get the hate for tank controls, at least when it comes to survival horror. They're not hard to get used to.

[Anonymous No.1166094]

wait... what was wrong with the controls?

[Anonymous No.1166098]

>>1166089
Damn. 4's the only one I've played. Tried playing 1 right now on my phone.

>mfw the tank controls

[Anonymous No.1166101]

The controls are exactly the same as in 4? Left and Right turn and Forward goes forward and Backward goes backward.

[Anonymous No.1166105]

>>1166101
Oh, maybe it's a bit different because 4 was 3rd person if I remember correctly.

[Anonymous No.1166106]

>>1166105
Yeah, the only real difference is the camera angle.

In the other games you're basically a fly on the wall, in 4 it's like a camera is following you.

[Anonymous No.1166109]

>>1166086
Revelations is the first game to truly have full side stepping. Even 6 still was using a variation of the hybrid tank controls in use since 4.

>complaining about tank controls

[Anonymous No.1166110]

>>1166109
>Revelations is the first game to truly have full side stepping


Thanks, will check it out.

[Anonymous No.1166118]

>>1166110
Now that I think about it, the Outbreak games don't have tank controls either. I never played them personally and online has been dead since last gen so I don't know how good they are. The N64 version of RE2 has a tank-less option for controls too.

If you're interested in RE, you should try to get used to tank controls, they don't seem to be going away. Rev only had side stepping to make it easier to play with the 3DS having only one stick. I never really had a problem with the style myself, but I've been here since 1. After they added quick turn I had no complaints.

ORC has motion like what you probably want, but stay away from that at all costs.

[Writefag Chronicles !42DalLaSf2 No.1166132]

>>1166118

I don't remember if it was the case in Outbreak 1, but Outbreak 2 had the Devil May Cry analog control scheme where you could move in a direction and keep holding the stick in the same direction, and you'd only have to tap to change your facing if the cameras changed angles on you. Gameplay wise, they're okay, but since there's no online play which was half the fun, well, they're nowhere near as entertaining as they once were.

[Anonymous No.1166136]

>>1166086
The N64 version of RE2 had a "first person" control scheme where tilting the analog stick would result in the character walking in the same direction similar to Devil May Cry, if that's what you mean.

[Anonymous No.1166278]

>>1166098
>RE1 on a phone
Holy shit you are retarded

[Anonymous No.1166279]

>>1166118
They were at least more bareable in 4 because of the camera.
Not that they were ever unbareable though

[Anonymous No.1166285]

This is not a good thread. RE controls were part of game design and atmosphere. They were what made RE work. Similarly, even the RE4 controls are uniquely claustraphobic. Neither game is ever unfair, the level design and the difficulty curve expect the control scheme and work with it. If you have problems with RE or RE4, it's you not,t he controls.

[Anonymous No.1166296]

Not all survival horror games need "tank" controls and fixed camera angles(I suppose), but Resident Evil just ain't Resident Evil without them.

[Anonymous No.1166565]

>>1166278
U wot m8