Darwinia, a computer-y game from Ambrosia SW, looks pretty cool. I’d like to play it. I downloaded the demo, and gave it a shot until I realised the program, in which view is controlled mouselook-style, maps “mouse up” to “look up”, and does not allow you to flip Y-axis on the mouse.
I cannot fucking stand games that insist on the completely counterintuitive behaviour of mouse up = look up, and I consider anyone who plays any kind of game in that mode to be an utter moron. How fucking hard is it to understand? Head moves forward = LOOKS DOWN. Head moves back = LOOKS UP. Same for the god damn mouse. How can anyone think any differently? Why don’t you try the push forward = go up concept next time you fly a plane, retards?
So maybe Darwinia’s a good game! Maybe not. I’ll never know, because the control system is fundamentally broken for anyone with a good – nay, correct – conceptual understanding of 3D space.
Seriously, it is impossible to convey in mere words the primal fury that wells, nay, boils up inside me when I am confronted with such an insult to the basic motion laws of the whole fucking universe. It makes me want to flay the programmer alive. Man, have you ever watched someone playing a game using this retarded setup? It makes you want to club them from behind. Argh!
Oh, and Ambrosia’s web page looks heaps cool if it’s 2001! Pinstripes! Woo.