Comment on What games popularized certain mechanics?

• SplashJackson@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s such a pain remapping controls on every. single. new. install.

  But it’s worth it. Fuck wasd

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  • mPony@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    it’s one key over, is it really swear-word level different?

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    • SplashJackson@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If naughty words cause you a level of righteous indignance, my recommendation is to abstain from online activities until one reaches the age of majority

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• offspec@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Asdf is just better for general key availability imo

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  • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I never understood this for shooters. You can’t walk forward and backward at the same time, so I don’t see why being able to press the forward and backward movement keys at the same time would be useful at all.

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    • offspec@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s not about being able to push both movement buttons at the same time, it’s about being able to push more buttons in general. For hero shooters, mobas, MMOs, and other games with lots of inputs spreading out your reachable keys is really good.

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• WhiteHairSuperSaiyan@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I am glad I am not alone!

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  • teft@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There literally dozens of us!

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    • WhiteHairSuperSaiyan@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      But for real, i struggle to play games with wasd default and now keybind changes. Part of it is as simple as my hand is just used to using esdf and I constantly hit the wrong keys in those games. But the loss of useable keys on my pinky just feels so bad.

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      • GriffinClaw@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        ^ This. So much this.

        Used to play Warframe pretty religiously with wasd, where shift was part of a key movement combo. After a year or so, developed significant pain in my left pinky.

        Shifting to esdf was damn awkward for about 2 weeks. The sheer pinky comfort though.👌

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      • dogslayeggs@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I am unable to play Fallout 4 because E is hardcoded to be “Use.” You can change all the movement keys, but for some reason you cannot change that keybinding. So you can make E be forward movement, but every time you approach a door or chest or person you will automatically open or talk whether you want to or not.

        It made the game completely unplayable for me.

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• Chef_Boyardee@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Been RDFG since about 2002. One of my roommates in college was in the top thousand on Unreal Tournament. He talked me into it. God, I get good at that game playing against him.

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