| Sharky54 said: Who says you HAVE to switch weapons and call in anything. All you need to do is walk aim shoot and reload to play the game. Also I have played an Atari. It was easy sure. But whats not easy about a few different buttons and two sticks? Also look at the PS3. What needs to be changed for the local market for the system? The default language is all. I can move to japan and still know the symbols for the controllers. Can you with the wii/360? Also as I said, if my 4 year old cousin who is of average intelligence can play a PS3 and understand the controls fine. Then everyone should be able to. If you aren't then perhaps you have some sort of metal defect. Oh one more thing about the shapes. The human mind is wonderful at remembering certain things. Learning shapes are the same as learning the names of animals. Do you know anybody who can't tell you what a bird/cat/dog/snake is? I am fairly certain everyone knows what an X and a Square and a Circle and Triangle are. Also they are color coded as well. So if you aren't color blind you can still fall back on to that. |
Not switching weapons and calling in strikes/dogs, etc is like going through Super Mario Bros without using star power or fireballs. Sure, it could be done, but you're making the game much harder on yourself and ignoring part of what makes the game work.
As far as 2 sticks, everything is not necessarily easy. If you'd like a comparison, play Resident Evil 4 on the GameCube and then on the Wii. Try to get 10 headshots in with both. MUCH easier to do with the Wii controls. As for going to Japan with a 360 or Wii, yes, I could adapt to it because I know the button layout already, and at its core, letters are nothing but symbols, so I can map out what A and B were in the US and learn those letters that correspond to the same buttons in Japan. =) Why would you be travelling just to play videogames anyway?
Never underestimate the technological skill of a 4 year old, they're smarter than people 4 times their age and absorb information 10 times as quickly. Never assume that youth=ignorance. Truth of it is, the older you get the dumber you become, thus my initial point on older gamers and simple controls.
I doubt anyone has a "metal defect", unless their iron levels are off. 
The funny thing about the human mind, as you discuss, is that it's like a hard drive. Great at storing things when you're young, but eventually wear and tear breaks it down, and you lose some memory sectors, and eventually you fill it up and have to erase stuff. Before you know it, you're only storing important info you need in life. The problem is, all those song lyrics you learned in high school are part of a a memory sector that can't be erased. 
