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« on: May 14, 2005, 06:30:07 am »
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General Discussion / MY Thoughts as a Noob
« on: May 14, 2005, 03:50:15 am »
Alright I tried out the game today and thought i\'d write down my thoughts on what needs to be done to improve it to keep the noobies interested from the get go and keep them hooked all the way through.
It was just small things that would of made it alot better to play and not a struggle to control.
Navigation:
The first thing that annoyed me when i logged in was all the buttons cluttering up my screen. I couldn\'t get a full sense of my environment cause all the buttons and options looked it it was just splashed about and no real care was taken in tryin to keep them nice and tidy into an easy spot on the screen.
The buttons running along the top basically IMO all look the same. There is no real distinguishing colours or marks to tell me in a glimpse of an eye what they are for.
Camera Angles:
Starting out in Third Person is really bad. As a noob playing he wouldn\'t know what to do when trying to move his avatar through the world but the camera doesn\'t adjust accordingly. IMHO Third person camera angles shouldn\'t be used in any game EVER. They look tacky and really lowers my expectations on the overall greatness of the game.
Controls:
Using the W,A,S,D Keys now days in gaming for navigation should be a must. Its so much easier when you jump into a game and they are already mapped (Like Planeshift) and Mouse look is already enabled with the mouse in First person. But the one thing i really struggled with was the Strafing left and right. It was realllllllllllyyyyyyyy Slow and frustrating plus you couldn\'t use forward and strafe at the same time.
Moving forward and back aswell was really slow. It just needs to be sped up a touch and then it will feel really smooth. When i used sprint i didn\'t see much of a difference to just walking normally.
Also another little small adjustment, The mouse sensitivity should have a slider adjustment instead of a value one in the options.
Overall it really felt like a struggle to just walk 5 meters. A nooby who tries this game for the first time when it is released is going to play it for 10 minutes then chuck it in the heap if these basics are not adjusted.
The navigational buttons on the screen are not visually appealing and lack outstanding markings to quickily and easily distinguish them.
This game still needs ALOT of work therefore i really do believe if you fix up these foundational things then the rest of the game should follow in the same precise and awesome manner. Thank you.
It was just small things that would of made it alot better to play and not a struggle to control.
Navigation:
The first thing that annoyed me when i logged in was all the buttons cluttering up my screen. I couldn\'t get a full sense of my environment cause all the buttons and options looked it it was just splashed about and no real care was taken in tryin to keep them nice and tidy into an easy spot on the screen.
The buttons running along the top basically IMO all look the same. There is no real distinguishing colours or marks to tell me in a glimpse of an eye what they are for.
Camera Angles:
Starting out in Third Person is really bad. As a noob playing he wouldn\'t know what to do when trying to move his avatar through the world but the camera doesn\'t adjust accordingly. IMHO Third person camera angles shouldn\'t be used in any game EVER. They look tacky and really lowers my expectations on the overall greatness of the game.
Controls:
Using the W,A,S,D Keys now days in gaming for navigation should be a must. Its so much easier when you jump into a game and they are already mapped (Like Planeshift) and Mouse look is already enabled with the mouse in First person. But the one thing i really struggled with was the Strafing left and right. It was realllllllllllyyyyyyyy Slow and frustrating plus you couldn\'t use forward and strafe at the same time.
Moving forward and back aswell was really slow. It just needs to be sped up a touch and then it will feel really smooth. When i used sprint i didn\'t see much of a difference to just walking normally.
Also another little small adjustment, The mouse sensitivity should have a slider adjustment instead of a value one in the options.
Overall it really felt like a struggle to just walk 5 meters. A nooby who tries this game for the first time when it is released is going to play it for 10 minutes then chuck it in the heap if these basics are not adjusted.
The navigational buttons on the screen are not visually appealing and lack outstanding markings to quickily and easily distinguish them.
This game still needs ALOT of work therefore i really do believe if you fix up these foundational things then the rest of the game should follow in the same precise and awesome manner. Thank you.
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