It isn’t though. Tank controls mean only being able to walk forward and having to stop and turn to change directions and then walk forward again, no moving and aiming at the same time etc.
No it isn't. Do you consider DMC1 or the old school God Of War games tank controls? They are fixed camera as well.
Love hearing stuff like this. And while it's good to read some reviews good or bad, it's a good feeling to say you love something just by trying it out for yourself. Granted it's on Gamepass of course lol
first controller felt off table because vibration on intro was so strong.. feels like old school horror games i guess. camera fixed , control kinda wooden as in old good times.
Plenty in the thread for you to read through...
So far I love it. Fixed camera kinda sux but you get used to it pretty quickly. I'm really sucked into the story and the way it's unfolding. Love the visuals and sound. People have complained about the voice acting, but I think it's pretty decent. I would say it's my favorite horror game in this genre and my 2nd favorite of any genre after Dead Space.
I've played all the games you mention and the first thing The Medium reminded me of was Resident Evil. Yes, if old RE games are tank controls, so is this. I am not using fixed camera as a basis for tank controls btw.
Dino Crisis 2 had the same controls as RE with the added benefit of moving & aiming. Basically, it was an improvement of what we now like to call 'tank' controls. In Medium, you have to be careful of the direction after a camera switches (same thing as RE) and later RE games allowed a little more freedom in movement but people still describe those games as having tank controls. This isn't really different just because there is a little more freedom in movement.
It does have tank controls. You should go back and play all the Resident Evil games (all the way to RE: CV) and then switch to DC. The argument you guys are making is artificial. I can give examples upon examples but I don't think its gonna help here. lol.
The camera's are not fixed like the same position and dont move, they move with you most of the time.
Its not really tank controls like the early Resi Evils. Its more like the controls in the Resi Evil 1 remake.
RE4 is considered to have Tank Controls. Just an over the shoulder view that made them a smidge more tolerable. But having to spin and then walk forward rather than the character just going in whatever direction you push the analog is the main thing people mean by the term tank controls. The not being able to move and aim was another limitation of tank controls, rather than a defining characteristic IMO.
Yeah, but still tank controls lol. I am not saying they limited themselves to the template of old RE games strictly. That would be silly.
It controls more like, well exactly like, the David Cage games like Detroit and Beyond Two Souls.
I was actually shocked, shocked that he didnt like it.Tag and post history checksout
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Then you might as well call every third person game a tank control, the only difference is fixed or not fixed camera
When was the last time you played the old Resident Evil games? I don't remember having to spin/then walk, what do you mean exactly....or perhaps this is what I am not getting, the reason we're basically talking over each other?
I think you really should go back to the old RE games as a refresher.
I haven't played those but I'd say or agree with calling those tank controls too.
Lol I am not sure what 'tank' controls are anymore.
quite a shock that you dont like an xbox exclusive
The reason why tank controls are called tank controls is because tanks have to stop moving forward to turn, so tanks stop, turn left ot right on the spot, then go forward.
No, not really lol
Ok, hm, then maybe I have to go back and replay the games or find a side by side comparison. I don't remember ever struggling with that. I guess, time to put in some of my old games! If that really is the case, I would still say the game is closer to the Resident Evil games in control, specially if the 'having to stop to turn etc' is the only distinction.
It's sounds more like you've only played the remakes, rather than the pure early RE games with actual tank controls.
I started with the PS1. Stuart clarified that a little bit but if that is the only distinction, I would still say I was correct in saying it controls similar to the RE games, but obviously with some improvements. So, basically, Dino Crisis 2 didn't use tank controls is what I learned today.It's sounds more like you've only played the remakes. Rather than the pure early RE games with actual tank controls.
Think of RE1 back in the day on PS1 with a d-pad and not an analog stick. Tank controls meant you pressed left or right on the turns your character in place. Pressing up moves you forward in which ever direction you're facing and is the only way to move. That's tank controls. Spin, then move forward in a straight line. Stop and spin another direction and then press up again to go that way is the only way to turn.
This is a far cry from that as you just press the analog stick in the direction you want to like in any 3D game, just a bit awkward sometimes due to the fixed camera. But it's a damn sigh better than having to stop and spin and only be able to move forward in a straight line from whatever direction you are facing and having to stop and spin to move forward in another direct.
In any case, no point in going back and forth on it. You're welcome to keep using the term incorrectly.
Most likely. Never played that series.Dino Crisis 2 didn't use tank controls is what I learned today.
Ahh, okay. The way people were wording things gave me the wrong impression. Thanks for clarifying!
I kinda wanna try detroit, is it too easy to kill characters becuase you miss a qte?! or characters die mostly for bad choices?
There's a difficulty option and you can set it so it's mostly (or maybe solely) only the latter.
Nah. I don’t think it changes anything. I think it just makes the QTEs easy and very hard to fail. Just avoids unwanted bad outcomes that most probably want to avoid unless they’re won that will play a bunch of times to sell all options/outcomes.
I mean, in theory i play as it come, my objective is not necessarily to save everyone...in this type of games gut choices are a must, if i think that a protagonist is wrong i have no problem in letting him die if you get what i mean.
