Shareefruck
Registered User
That's fair, and that's always something that's in the back of my mind when people talk about things being dated. Often people talk about nostalgia being a factor that clouds perception, but it's never brought up that modern conventions that people are used to but may not actually be an objective improvement can play just as large of a role. It's treated like a one-way thing but in reality, there can be just as much bias in either direction.True, I guess my point is that the criticism is overblown, it's very similar to modern 3rd person cameras, just without the second analog stick. It's much easier to get used to then people claim, imo it's because so many games today control so damn similarly that people just find it so jarring going back. Every single game controls either like assassins creed or far cry or splinter cell if it's a stealth game (which people really don't give enough credit for how much it influenced the stealth genre), so when something is different they consider it bad.
It's like how halo started the 2 weapon slots and regenerating shield. Every game copied it when it didn't even make sense, just because it was popular and people were used to it.
Maybe I'm wrong but that's how I see it.