by Cosmitz » Sat Mar 24, 2012 11:09 pm
Hello,
I've played and finished Anomaly Earth on my Android-device and it was a great game, one of the best i've played on my smartphone, with wonderful mechanics and beautiful effects and a challenging difficulty curve. After seeing a few videos of the PC version and seeing how many things, including the missions, are different, i went on Steam and bought it.
Still, even after reading this thread, i'm having trouble understanding why was it thought that the controls should be Keyboard OR Mouse.
Moving comes naturally with the WSAD keys because it allows the mouse to be free to wonder the screen without bothering with basic movement. It allows me to keep moving and also pan my view to see where i'm heading. It allows me greater flexibility to drop power-ups at my location and also at any location within mouse range while still controlling the character.
If i choose keyboard, i lose the fast map/squad changes that i would have done with the mouse, while if i choose mouse, i lose the flexibility that a keyboard 'sharing the load' with the mouse has. I love the mouse mode, it does feel faster and more dynamic in the whole UI, but clicking to move is a hindrance, especially in a heated battle where you have to manage a lot of things at the same time.
I can see that the game is sort of hardcoded with either control interface, seeing how it 'reloads' each time i change the control, but as it is right now, i'm really sorry but i find it a chore to play.
Just to make sure, i fully understand how the controls work and how to play the game, and i do have a certain gaming background so i'm not just fussy for no reason.
Thanks for the read,