Volition wants to do Freespace 3

[lestatdark]

Squilliam said:

lestatdark said:

Squilliam said:

It'll be on consoles also, so the extra 1-3M sales would be a bonus they cannot ignore even if the PC version with Eyefinity / 3D vision surround is the superior choice. Besides, the engines etc have matured to the point where they can easily create the high definition assets quickly and efficiently.

Even though I don't disagree with your point of view, when it comes to consoles, I believe the biggest challenge for a game like Freespace 3 to come out on consoles would be it's control scheme.

As far as I can remeber, Freespace 2 had 25 inputs for Targetting, 22 inputs for Ship&Weapons and 44 inputs for misc controls such as Squad orders, different energy outputs for shields, engines, weapons, etc. 

Memorizing them all on the Keyboard was a challenge unto itself, and I seriously don't see how they can be simplified into the limited options of a console controller without losing the amount of control that you had in the previous games.

When I played it I barely used any of them. They could easily be rationalised for consoles, theres no question about that. The fact that all consoles come with joysticks is a bonus in reality.

It can be done, but as Thranx suggested, some sort of voice command would be a far better choice. That could take care of the more complex inputs, which a lot are necessary to pass some of the missions (escort missions, bomber runs, the Endgame mission is quite hectic to survive in the first few minutes if you aren't constantly switching between shield and weapon intensities).