The controls of horror games tend to be deliberately clumsy to heighten the sense of desperation and helplessness. It's not a bug, it's a feature.
I can understand how some people find these controls hard to tolerate, especially when the typical PC FPS, for example, gives you more control then you could ever possibly have in real life (ie, firing rocket launchers while running sideways. Having any accuracy with any weapon while running in any direction, really).
Time to try Metroid Prime 3, IMO.
"The worst part about these reviews is they are [subjective]--and their scores often depend on how drunk you got the media at a Street Fighter event." — Mona Hamilton, Capcom Senior VP of Marketing
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