Comments on: Dead Space PC Controls Suck

By: Doesn't matter

Doesn't matter — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:30:05 +0000

Tried the game. Put a good 2 hours into it, trying to get accustomed to the awful controls. Just can’t do it. I ran out of ammo because I can’t hit anything in this game. If you move the mouse just slightly (in order to aim precisely on an enemy’s limb, for example), then the cursor just stays where it is! It has zero sensitivity and won’t budge! The only way to get it to move is to swing it almost wildly and then it starts accelerating across the screen, well beyond the target you’re intending it focus on. Besides the sensitivity issue, there is a terrible lag, as well! It feels as though my mouse has devolved into a shitty joystick! Even the most primitive shooting games from decades past haven’t had such horrendous controls. I tell you, though, it makes the game really scary not being able to aim!! Also makes the game pure shit. Uninstalling!

By: i like the game

i like the game — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:02:35 +0000

i think all here maybe have a bad configuration because i passed this game and all the controls are correctly like call of duty and all that kind of games W,A,S,D that are the correctly keys and if you cant play it with that keys you suck because all the games are configurate with that keys.

By: phoenix

phoenix — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 12:55:47 +0000

this is the most ridiculuos thing I’ve ever seen in a game (MADE IN 2008!). Not being able to change you movement controls. I’ve you’re used to your arrow kays for 10 years already it’s horrible to play like this. the lamest thing I’ve ever seen. I’m going to install this game and NEVER play it again because of the lacking developpers! *** you very much!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:17:50 +0000

By: Steven

Steven — Sun, 31 May 2009 22:46:20 +0000

I just bought this game today for the PC and the first chance I got to save I closed it to come online and see what the hell was wrong with the controls. I’m tempted to throw the damn thing out the window. The third person view is horrible, aiming impossible, and I’m so busy trying to get the bloody idiot to walk I don’t have time to look at anything. Looks like a decent game totally ruined by a stupid control system.

By: Gany9

Gany9 — Thu, 21 May 2009 03:15:52 +0000

Epic FAIL on these controls – one alien = fine. Mo aliens = worst experince evah!

Makes me go :/ as the game’s story and graphics are fine

By: Tinmann

Tinmann — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:36:16 +0000

It would be a nice game if I could remap the keys to my liking. It takes away the advantage of having a gaming mouse with more than 3 buttons.

By: Azeroth

Azeroth — Mon, 04 May 2009 10:18:41 +0000

The worst controls of the century in any 3rd person game. This evolves to a gamer needing to actually render him or herself to a steep learning curve. Mind you, the ’steep learning curve’ relates to learning to push the buttons that aren’t user-friendly at all.

If EAs proposal was to bring challenge towards the gamers then they have definitely failed, PC version at least. It becomes frustrating having to move so weirdly. Challenge the gamers with aliens that strafe endlessly or an in-game puzzle to complete a mission, do watever!, but at least, in the arkin’ least, give us complete control of the characters mobility. I love and enjoy 3rd person shooter games but unlike any other titles like “Gears of War” or “Splinter Cell” or even old skewl “Max Payne’ for gdness sake! juz went a notch because i actually enjoyed moving my character.

Its a pity, Dead Space by EA had superb graphics and alot of people here dont have too much trouble setting everything to max. The audio is spine-chilling, the game play and interactions were perfect. This comes to show that actual-serious work has been put into it, but yet they lagged on one area and it ain’t becoming a challenge, its becoming ignorance.

To those who actually enjoyed or ‘gotten used’ to the controls of Dead Space, yea well. Kudos to you! Glad u managed to control urself outta this one and for the love of who-ever, stop bragging that it takes a true-blue-gamer to be playing this game oh-so-well. If majority of the people here find the controls uber-sucky, then i would suggest that theres just something wrong with the you who finds it uber-ok, either that, or ur all juz plain boring.

By: pete moss

pete moss — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:05:32 +0000

after playing video games for the last 25 years i finally found a game that is the ultimate rip-off piece of sh!t! ea has sunk to a new low in taking credit for this pile of horse droppings! we hardcore pc gamers find it laughable that the creators of this travesty foisted upon the masses a new “formula” for pc game control – we’re not cons-holes! from a true pc gamer standpoint the controls make this clunky joke-of-a-game unplayable!

i wish i could get my money back for this waste-software – unfortunately the sellers realize it’s a piece of (rap and won’t let me return!

ea sucks! i’ll think long and hard before paying money for ANY title with the ea logo!

By: OJ

OJ — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:21:39 +0000

I never understood why people turn into such asses in these chats. People are frustrated with the game. The keyboard & mouse issue are pretty bad. Why are you guys who love the game EVEN in this chat? Do you love the game so much that you have to search every chat about it and spew crap all over anyone who might have a diffrent opinion? EA needs to learn to use industry standards for navigation or they are going to loose PC players. It’s that simple. I buy a game because it looks fun to play. I just want to load and go, and not have to spend an hour memorizing a new set of keyboard controls. This game moves fast, and having slow to respond devices takes the fun out of it since you have to do so much precession shooting.

By: Osten

Osten — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:52:19 +0000

Seriously guys….

Thoose of you complainng about ths games controlls and so forth…
Can you not appreciate variety?

NO ALL GAMES SHOULD BE FPS, CUZ I’M TO FU**ING STOOOPID
TO DEAL WITH ANY OTHER TYPE OF ENVIROMENT.

Shit, can you guys even drive?

NO! CARS SUX, THEY SHOULD FLY AND MY EYES SHOULD BE ON
THE BUMPER, ALSO, NO BRAKES; THEY’RE JUST IN THE WAY. IT GETS
CONFUSING WITH TWO OR (in case of stickshift) THREE PEDDALS.

Your poor skills (and then blaming anything else than YOURSELF)
reflect poorly on all REAL gamers, some games are meant to be hard
(4 U) and/or give a more claustrofobic feel, as intended here.
How about GoW, that suck to mabye?

Grov the hell up children, your complaints are invalid, just invalid.

Stick to your one-peddal cars fukken apple freaks.

By: Koolakkapoulatsaritzekt

Koolakkapoulatsaritzekt — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:57:33 +0000

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By: bob

bob — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:45:17 +0000

why should we buy a gamepad?? We have a mouse and keyboard that can work far better!

By: AllThePostersHereSuckShit

AllThePostersHereSuckShit — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:13:49 +0000

? can you use a gamepad with this?
If so, then everyone baying like a fucking diseased donkey just needs to buy a Logitech RumblePad and quit being such a fucking cripple insisting on playing everything with a keyboard and mouse; devices that were never meant for gaming.

Seriously. Dinosaurs like you are killing the PC gaming industry. Fucking cripples.

By: Robin

Robin — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 03:52:11 +0000

DEAD SPACE PC CONTROLS SUCK BIG TIME. It is so bad I uninstalled it. This is terrible! Come on designers, I know that xbox and PS and Wii are popular, but those of us who love our PCs are sick of your lazy I don’t give a f***’ attitude towards the rest of us gamers! Its the last time I buy a game from these clowns.

By: Alt

Alt — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:01:52 +0000

Thanks killer yoshi for that link. Was not one of the people working on this game left handed??

By: Lu-Tze

Lu-Tze — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 06:06:17 +0000

Fully agree with P3pp3rmint so far: there are some niggles (arrow keys to navigate the menu’s and lack of mouse side-button support are my main gripes) but apart from those, DS is shaping up to be a great game. I won’t deny the problems are there – and as an avid PC gamer it is disappointing to see yet another port missing essential features – but I see no reason for the ridiculously negative reactions from a lot of people here.

By: johan

johan — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:16:38 +0000

Fucking worthless controls. Played 10 mins. Hopefully I can be refunded by steam >.> damn Im an idiot to think a ported game would not suck.

By: shearn

shearn — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:18:59 +0000

i take back some of what i said.

im really liking this game alot. once you get used to it the controls arent bad.

whoever said its like resident evil 4 in space was way off. more like resident evil 2 in space or maybe one.

thats the thing with the controls… its setup just like old school resident evil. you turn ur character in the direction you want him to go then press up to make him move. once you understand it you can rock it pretty good… u can turn good too.

it is still a step back without the 180 turn but its not bad. once u figure it out… u can perform the 180 manually… its just very old school.

this game is great… a welcome change from the same old crap… dont listen to the bad reviews just give it a shot…

By: shearn

shearn — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:32:34 +0000

stop complaining about the 3rd person view… i like it. pc games need more diversity. only having FPS’s is gay as hell. thats why console games will always be superior in terms of gameplay.

that being said i agree that the devs really dropped the ball when it comes to the controls. i turned my mouse sensitivity up to full and that did really help but it also made me realize the real problem with the controls.

its clunky… when u turn just the camera it works fine. u can turn 180 without having to pick the mouse up and move it. its when you try to move and turn at the same time is when it gets screwed up.

this forces every turn to be two seperate motions. thats gay as hell. what is this 1989 or something?

also its obvious they modeled this game after resident evil 4 which is the pinnacle of the genre. one of the greatest games i ever played. so why no 180 degree turn?? (it would have nixed this whole problem) after all that was one of the greatest evolutions of the series…. not incorporating such a simple and innovating movement makes it feel like taking a step backwards instead of forwards…

overall this game seems pretty awesome though. the graphics and gameplay seem pretty solid so far.