Tonight was my first shot at Gears of War. I used my digital camera to record. Coming from a FPS background where I always played with ASWD on the keyboard, space key to jump, Q to crouch, and used the mouse to move my head around in the game makes it difficult to even think about a game pad. How do you jump or look around, let alone shoot? I uncomfortable using the right trigger key because I used the same finger when I shoot with my mouse key.
I remember the first time I tried Halo on the Xbox. Oddly enough I was at id Software’s office at the time. I recall the guys telling me to try Halo and I laughed because out of all people these guys would have to understand how weird it was playing without a mouse and keyboard. It took me about an hour before I felt okay in the game.
Ready for my humiliation?
Youtube doesn’t allow more than 10 minutes so it’s a series of two videos.