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GTA V has awful gameplay mechanics
- Thread starter Dr. Doom
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I'm so tired of reading hyperbolic junk like this on this forum constantly.
Yes, it's an opinion-based thing. Not every game has the same priorities and design, and that applies to movement mechanics too. Is it really that crazy to believe that of the 100+ million people who bought GTA 5 and the millions that play it activfely every day, there are people who.... like how it feels?
It's one of the few games that simulate intertia, sense of weight with amazing animation on top of it. A lot of people clearly enjoy this... it's nice to look at, and it gives the game a grounded, planted feel.
"weight"
ah there it is, that ol' kryptonite.
But yeah, you'd think there would be control mods for GTAV and RDR2 on PC at the very least, but maybe that stuff is rooted too deep in the code to fix. I mean, it's bad. Not 'gotta wait for the universe to be reborn before the character responds to my input' bad. But bad.
ah there it is, that ol' kryptonite.
But yeah, you'd think there would be control mods for GTAV and RDR2 on PC at the very least, but maybe that stuff is rooted too deep in the code to fix. I mean, it's bad. Not 'gotta wait for the universe to be reborn before the character responds to my input' bad. But bad.
What is this? We're not supposed to like how RDR2 and GTAV play on this forum?
Haven't been able to enjoy any similar games after GTA IV and V. Driving especially feels so god damn good in them.
My kryptonite, not yours!
I'll admit that I'm especially sensitive to input lag/delay. To the point where I the moment I pressed a direction on the title screen of FF12: The Zodiac Age, I just let out a unprompted 'fuck'.
(the rest of the game is sorta better but wow at that title screen)
I don't think it feels as bad as RDR2, because you're mostly exploring man made environments rather than variable natural terrain, but yeah the on foot stuff sucks. The most egregious thing about R* is their early 2000s console game mission design though - it feels so primitive and restrictive and straight up boring compared to almost every other major open world game and immersive sim since like Deus Ex. Even the heists give you basically zero agency.
Driving in Sleeping Dogs is fucking awful.Cut it out.
Thank you.
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eh, it seems to me like they all get a lot of shit on here, but RDR2 mostly
i love TW3 and RDR2 in spite of their gameplay, i just love the worlds and characters. don't care for GTAV but not necessarily because of the controls. just don't find the modern city setting appealing and hated the characters
Yes. It makes up for it in story, and incredibly in depth open world and a bunch of variety in the gameplay and missions.
Well you are right it's not an opinion based thing, they factually have good controls even if you don't like them
Yep, those games controls are really bad. But people buy them, and even defend that shit ("realism" lol), so Rockstar won't care.
I mean, we have many people willing to rematch after a one bar underwater laggish game in Fighting Games, I'm sure they enjoy that weighty realistic feeling !
GTA and RDR got many other strenghts, but we don't have to act as if the gameplay is one of them.
I mean, we have many people willing to rematch after a one bar underwater laggish game in Fighting Games, I'm sure they enjoy that weighty realistic feeling !
GTA and RDR got many other strenghts, but we don't have to act as if the gameplay is one of them.
So you guys aren't pretending the intentional input delay isn't there. You're just calling it "weight", and saying that it's fine. That's like being the people who are okay with not playing videogames in game mode on their TV because they don't notice the input delay.
They might be fine for you, but that doesn't make them good controls. Intentionally delaying user input isn't good, and the games would play significantly better if you had direct control over your character's own actions.
It's one thing to enjoy Rockstar's games. It's another thing entirely to try and claim that intentional input lag is good. I enjoy The Witcher 3, but I'm not gonna die on a hill trying to claim that the gameplay is any good.
As I've mentioned in this thread and as many have mentioned before me, game developers like Naughty Dog have proven that you don't have to sacrifice player input for quality animations.
They might be fine for you, but that doesn't make them good controls. Intentionally delaying user input isn't good, and the games would play significantly better if you had direct control over your character's own actions.
It's one thing to enjoy Rockstar's games. It's another thing entirely to try and claim that intentional input lag is good. I enjoy The Witcher 3, but I'm not gonna die on a hill trying to claim that the gameplay is any good.
As I've mentioned in this thread and as many have mentioned before me, game developers like Naughty Dog have proven that you don't have to sacrifice player input for quality animations.
Unless GTA5 is the only driving experience you've played in existence, stop kidding around.
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Hell, even Rockstar themselves have a better driving/racing experience:
What are the J-turns like in those games? I really enjoyed some of those, and others there not so much, but I still prefer the GTA V controls over all of them.Unless GTA5 is the only driving experience you've played in existence, stop kidding around.
Hell, even Rockstar themselves have a better driving/racing experience:
With RDR2 on console you can map sprint to L3, but no such luck with GTA V unfortunately.
To be fair it's not something I would've mentioned had you not been posting about how important intelligence is.
The irony was amusing to me.