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BobSacamano · 02-05-2012, 02:22 PM

I don't necessarily dislike most sports game control schemes today, but I will say that there is one really unfortunate byproduct of these complicated control schemes:

It's near impossible to have any fun playing with a friend unless that friend also owns the game.

There's nothing more fun than explaining controls to your friend for 10 minutes, seeing that glassy-eyed expression of non-comprehension, then playing a crappy game where they struggle to remember all the button presses and you handicap yourself so as to not utterly destroy them. It's just not enjoyable. By the time they get a hang of the controls you're ready to go home.

02-05-2012, 02:22 PM	#38
BobSacamano Rookie OVR: 3 Join Date: Feb 2010	Re: Have Sports Gaming Controls Become Too Complicated for Their Own Good? I don't necessarily dislike most sports game control schemes today, but I will say that there is one really unfortunate byproduct of these complicated control schemes: It's near impossible to have any fun playing with a friend unless that friend also owns the game. There's nothing more fun than explaining controls to your friend for 10 minutes, seeing that glassy-eyed expression of non-comprehension, then playing a crappy game where they struggle to remember all the button presses and you handicap yourself so as to not utterly destroy them. It's just not enjoyable. By the time they get a hang of the controls you're ready to go home.