Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Discussion Topic Part 1

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New here but thought I'd share some info I got on A Machine for Pigs from none other than Dan Pinchbeck. I played The Dark Descent and loved it with only one problem I hate Keyboard and mouse controls, I've only been playing on PC for about a year, I grew up playing console games. Anyway I managed to finish the game but it was very hard, so I contacted the chineseroom about controller support and got this reply "Yeah, it'll support controllers", great news right?

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No, that's not good news. Controllers games have relatively been difficult to play if it's not configured correctly and it generally takes the player out of the game due to, well if it's Amnesia, click a trigger and rotate your view. You aren't pulling backwards, you are pulling to the side. It's a bad idea. I'm not saying controllers are bad, but it's like when you port a PC game to Xbox or PS3, it's generally worse than when you keep it on the system it was developed for.

Is it good news that more people will play on consoles = profit for the game developers? SURE! Is it a good idea for the controller to be available, possibly but it takes the person out of the game! Yay for breaking the games enveloping dimensions! Now you don't open a door, you press a button! Woo!




I grew up playing both PC and console games. Console games are great n' all, but they are overpriced for how weak they are. Build your own PC, play with a mouse and keyboard for more tactful, dexterous and cognitive development and... Well you get the point.