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You mean those casual players who, after a bit of time spent familiarizing with controls, can control things like Flappy Bird or all those running-jumping-three
by pferde 4y ago
You mean those casual players who, after a bit of time spent familiarizing with controls, can control things like Flappy Bird or all those running-jumping-three-lanes-with-obstacles mobile games with near-pixel perfection, putting even seasoned "serious" players to shame? :)
The Outer Wilds ship controls are not too complicated, but the player needs motivation to get used to them initially.
- sanitycheck 4y agoHmm... In Outer Wilds your ship is moving in 3D space, close to objects with gravity (some of them moving) and you control thrust and rotation on multiple axes while looking through a small porthole. In Flappy Bird you repeatedly press a single button to flap. I don't think they're remotely comparable, but YMMV!
- NineStarPoint 4y agoYou’re talking about games that have extremely limited axis of movement, while yes anyone can eventually go extremely fast with them, initially your options are so limited that learning is trivial. Outer Wilds is one of the few games with truly 3D movement as part of it’s blood. Not just a jump but a jetpack and ship that demand traversal of the third dimension. And I’ve taught enough people who are new to games over my life to know how hard they find using a controller in a game with more simple set ups initially. Outer Wilds…a casual gamer could probably learn it, but to someone who has rarely used a controller or mouse/keyboard movement in a gaming context it would be quite a bit more difficult. Game is totally worth it though.