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[Baron Aloha]

Me and a friend have been playing Killer7 lately and this topic came up.

I prefer inverted controls (down is up/up is down) and he prefers normal controls. I use this setup in both FPS and flight games (StarFox, etc). It just makes more sense to me, especially in flight games since pulling down on the analog stick is similar to pulling up in a jet or whatnot.

Just wondering what you guys preferred.

 

[dark10x]

Normal controls for most games and inverted for actual flight games.

 

[Johnas]

I always switch to inverted...just feels better to me that way.

 

[..pakbeka..]

hum.... I know I always use inverted for flight games, but for shooters I really can't remember.... what's the default for re4? inverted or normal? whatever it was it seemed right to me

 

[radrelic]

Normal all the way, there was a time when I played with inverted controls but those days are long gone.

 

[pj]

I noticed while playing one of the minigames in KUF that I prefer non inverted for my left thumb and inverted for my right thumb..

 

[sangreal]

I get used to whatever the game's default is. Except for flight games, which I must play with inverted controls.

 

[Hellraizah]

I've always played normal. Even in flight games, I don't like inverted.

 

[Kleegamefan]

I always invert the Y axis....

 

[Johnny Konami]

I get used to whatever the game's default is. Except for flight games, which I must play with inverted controls.

Same here. I like to just use the default mode. Funny, the same thing came up with my friend and I last night - also while playing Killer 7. I just left at the default, while he absolutely insisted on changing to reverse. I can play either way myself. Including flight games, but if I'm not mistaken they almost always default to reverse controls anyway.

 

[M3wThr33]

3rd person, Inverted
1st person, No.

 

[Dachande]

Always invert. It just feels harder the other way.

 

[GitarooMan]

Normal controls for most games and inverted for actual flight games.

Ditto.

 

[Gregory]

Inverted.
I also need inverted for left/right in many games too. Especially 3rd person games.

Problem is not all of them lets you change it, just up/down. Hate that.

 

[Jive Turkey]

Normal controls for most games and inverted for actual flight games.

Yeah. ALL flight games NEED inverted controls for me to play them.

 

[Pimpwerx]

I always invert the Y axis....

What this guy said. I hate jumping into an FPS where someone is using normal controls. I have gotten supremely owned in Halo thanks to this mess. PEACE.

 

[..pakbeka..]

Inverted.
I also need inverted for left/right in many games too. Especially 3rd person games.

Problem is not all of them lets you change it, just up/down. Hate that.

ever tried holding you're controller upside-down? or.. maybe.. you already are

 

[Nameless]

Inverted Controls=The Anti Christ.

 

[The Main Event]

Inverted. Always.

 

[Striek]

3rd person, Inverted
1st person, No.

^

 

[cvxfreak]

Inverted myself.

 

[Barrage]

Must have been painful.

 

[Friend]

Inverted on any game with a crosshair. It just feels more natural.

 

[ToyMachine228]

I can't play very much with inverted controls. I am a pretty skilled Halo 2 player, and I use normal controls so any first-person game I play I play with normal controls because that's where my skills are honed best. If I try to play Halo 2 with inverted controls...I absolutely suck.

The only game I remember playing with inverted controls is Max Payne 2.

 

[Link]

Always inverted. I can't even play a game if it doesn't offer it.

 

[The Guivre]

For anything that doesn't involve flight I'm un-inverted all the way. If I can specify inverted controls for flight I'll go with that.

 

[Defensor]

Invert.

 

[Ironclad]

Normally I prefer non-inverted controls but for any type of flight game, I can't tolerate anything but inverted controls.

 

[Wario64]

Normal (non-inverted)

 

[Sagitario]

Inverted +1

 

[flsh]

Inverted.

 

[element]

normal

 

[Sanjuro]

I enjoy having the option of both.

 

[Vormund]

Inverted.

In 3rd person games though I can live with either.

 

[kevm3]

No thanks to inverted controls.

 

[Ristamar]

Controller/Flight Stick - Inverted
Mouse/Keyboard - Normal

 

[Late Stage Marxist]

Mouse - yay
Gamepad - nay

 

[Drinky Crow]

inverted for gamepad, nay for mouse

 

[Mejilan]

Gamepad - Aye.
Mouse - Nay.

 

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

I don't know why the hell you'd want to play with an inverted mouse. That just feels way too fucked up.

But depending on the game I don't mind it on a gamepad.

 

[Gattsu25]

Flight games are the only ones that need inverted controls...you guys are no0bs

 

[Beer Monkey]

A guy I know never switches the axis or any of the other settings from the game default. As a result, he plays some FPS inverted and some 'normal'. It doesn't seem to affect him a bit, but I can't imagine it!

Me, always inverted, regardless of genre.

 

[Error Macro]

Honestly, I don't know how anyone could play without the Y-axis inverted.

 

[DIrtyWeasel]

Flight is the only time I ever use inverted, I can't play flight games without inverted controls. I probably got this from Starfox.
Other games with 3rd person perspective, I don't mind either way... but inverted controls for FPS doesn't make sense to me at all.

 

[Tellaerin]

Always inverted for a first-person game, whether it's an FPS, a flight sim, or an MMORPG, console or PC. Trying to use so-called 'normal' controls leads to me staggering around blowing holes in the turf and killing myself with rocket launchers when I'm trying to shoot down flying enemies.

 

[Duck of Death]

Inverted

 

[belgurdo]

Inverted feels more natural to me

 

[Laguna X]

Inverted Y-axis for me

 

[The Faceless Master]

Inverted

 

[Dez]

I do inverted if it's the left analog stick, non inverted if it's the right.. no idea why.