daroamer said:
Let's break this down one more time (with feeling): Having shortcut keys to all 5 object slots in your inventory would be faster than using a controller with less buttons and it also takes less time than having to pause the game: Objective observation Not having hotkeys for all those slots makes the combat mechanics for The Witcher 2 shit: Subjective opinon Having those hotkeys available for instant cast would make The Witcher 2 a better game: Subjective opinion No one else really cares that you have to pause the game for a moment, at worst it's a minor annoyance. Having those hotkeys wouldn't make the game better in any appreciable way, it would just make it easier. You said so yourself. Playing it on a controller the mechanic works just fine and the game plays really well. I don't think they wanted bombs to be a primary attack option therefore they put artificial barriers in the way to make you have to either pick the necessary bomb you want beforehand or risk getting hit during a fight while you switch to something else. As for your definition of normal, I have no idea what you're trying to say. |
It doesn't make it any easier, it makes it less of a pain in the ass. It's easier to use =/= easier difficulty. You don't even risk anything through switching bombs, except for the annoying as hell process of doing so. I am guessing that you think there are no counters on how many knives you have left is also a design choice, and not suckiness?
SO follow through with me, with feeling this time. Unless you are some masochistic type person who enjoys annoyances, keybaord is better for you. Going by the definition of annoyance (irrtation) then it is objectively better in preventing annoyances, and therefore objectively better for the game. Which means that the deisgn is shitty.
Let me lay it out for you nice and simple. If Witcher 2 had gameplay and a clone of me played against me but with a controller with the shitty mechancis currently in game vs me with a keyboard with alrght mechancis. The one with the keyboard will absolutely always, undoubtedly, win. Hell even if the shitty mechanics were part of it, keyboard me will always win. Hence, objectively superior for controlling action RPGs.
Tag(thx fkusumot) - "Yet again I completely fail to see your point..."
HD vs Wii, PC vs HD: http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=93374
Why Regenerating Health is a crap game mechanic: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=3986420
gamrReview's broken review scores: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=4170835