(03-06-2014, 03:23 PM)pagan Wrote: It's slightly worrying that looking around in the news sites, the main platform seems to be ps4, and pc seems to be an afterthought. I love the physical manipulation mechanic in Amnesia, it just feels so natural with the mouse. I can't imagine it works quite as well with gamepad, so if Soma is primarily designed for the ps4 (and its controller), i fear this mechanic will be dumbed down quite a bit.

(03-06-2014, 05:10 PM)pagan Wrote: Well, i'm not sure amfp is a good example, it didn't really used this mechanic to the full extent, the environmental interactivity was fairly minimal (possibly partly because it was designed for working with gamepad).

I'm rather talking about things like the water chase part (quickly opening and closing the doors), or the box stacking part in Justine, where you had to be quick and/or accurate with the object manipulations. I don't think the required precision is possible with a gamepad, so similarly complex or 'difficult' gameplay elements wont happen in a game designed with a gamepad in mind.

(03-06-2014, 02:38 PM)Sampyli Wrote:

(03-06-2014, 12:30 PM)Kein Wrote: There is more than a year of waiting ahead, you probably should put your train to some slow, steady pace yet, haha.

Might not be over a year, all we've got so far is "2015". (Probably is, tho )

(03-06-2014, 11:48 PM)Iipee Wrote: I'd rather wait for them to polish the game even if it takes longer time than get a game full of bugs at launch like many big companies do...

(03-07-2014, 12:27 AM)Ethelros Wrote: If I remember rightly, AAMFP cut down on the interactivity because of the enhanced visuals over TDD. Or at least, that was their explanation. Simplicity was never given as a reason, whether that was actually the case or not.

As for controllers, far as I know nobody's tried to play Frictional's games with one, so do we really know for certain that they can't handle it?

(03-07-2014, 08:09 AM)JustAnotherPlayer Wrote: TCR made AAMFP, not FG. Besides, AAMFP is compatible with controllers and AAMFP is HPL2.5. SOMA is HPL3.

(03-07-2014, 10:29 AM)Googolplex Wrote: That doesn't matter to the engine version. A controller is simply restricted in its controls and you will never have the precision as you would play with mouse. And this could have a big influence of the gameplay, so that it will be limited to easier interaction. That means there are no complex physics/object movement or even events like the water part.

(03-07-2014, 11:55 AM)Sampyli Wrote:

(03-07-2014, 10:29 AM)Googolplex Wrote: That doesn't matter to the engine version. A controller is simply restricted in its controls and you will never have the precision as you would play with mouse. And this could have a big influence of the gameplay, so that it will be limited to easier interaction. That means there are no complex physics/object movement or even events like the water part.

I don't really think something like the water part would be that bad with a controller. For example: left analog stick for moving (obviously), grip a door with L1 or so while pulling it back right analog stick, repeat on other side when closing the door. The gates with the rotating handle would actually be easier to use with a gamepad.

(03-07-2014, 12:59 PM)JustAnotherPlayer Wrote: Controllers can't demonstrate real life physics like mouses do.