Comments on: Media Molecule boss “annoyed” by LBP controls

By: Syrok

Syrok — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:00:13 +0000

That is the x axis, though. I thought most have problems with the z-axis. Surely wakling and jumping in a straight line isn’t to hard (apart from being floaty)

Edit: Actually that can be a problem. It’s still the z-axis though.

By: morriss

morriss — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:57:51 +0000

The one that goes left to right.

By: Syrok

Syrok — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:55:52 +0000

I think you both mean the z-axis

By: morriss

morriss — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:47:20 +0000

I never said they were floaty, I said the x-axis was borked ‘and’ it was floaty!

By: ecu

ecu — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:03:41 +0000

I bet you morriss is laughing his arse off right now. Before he was an idiot when he was talking about the controls being iffy… now he has the backing of the MM head honcho.

A lot of people had a problem with the x-axis. Personally I didn’t, but I haven’t played the game as much as I’d like.

The complaint that most people made about the controls is that it’s too floaty, which is not what he’s said here. The floatiness is just part of the game, it’s no problem, and people shouldn’t expect Super Mario-ish controls because it’s not how the game was designed. The same as people who play Halo shouldn’t complain that you can’t turn around as fast as you can in Half Life.

By: Esha

Esha — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:57:26 +0000

I like the controls too.

I know why he’d say that though, I suppose. It’s an artist/creative director thingy. I’m an artist, and something can be absolutely brilliant but the most minute of flaws will result in this:

IT’S TERRIBLE. HORRIBLE. A MONSTROCITY. A CRIME AGAINST ART. BURN IT! BURN IT NOW!

Without that, one’s work never improves.

I still don’t agree with him, though. Bah!

I’m just glad he said that the problem exists and that he didn’t apologise for it. I always envision a dev with his hand in the cookie jar when that happens.

By: Gamoc

Gamoc — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:35:56 +0000

Don’t get it, I like the controls.

By: No_PUDding

No_PUDding — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:03:50 +0000

Lionhead boot camp xD ‘How to be a fan favourite but a PR nightmare’.

Yep, well that was intentional.

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:54:16 +0000

It was the “admitting issues” thing that made me laugh. You make it sound like it’s drummed into you in Lionhead boot camp.

By: deftangel

deftangel — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:37:35 +0000

Have to say I don’t get it either!

By: morriss

morriss — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:28:27 +0000

I’m saying nothing.

By: No_PUDding

No_PUDding — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:58:19 +0000

I don’t get it, which part do you disbelieve.

Mark Healey was from Lionhead.

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:56:15 +0000

Never mind pud. Never mind.

/pats head

By: No_PUDding

No_PUDding — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:44:52 +0000

He is ex-Lionhead.

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:38:35 +0000

lol… ex-lionhead. Nice one.

By: No_PUDding

No_PUDding — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:35:21 +0000

Not only is it awesome that the guy can admit that (obviously Ex-Lionhead). But this is most likely a resposne to those criticisms.

And I don’t even think I was involved the that conversation with morriss, because I realised then it’s not a platformer akin to MegaMan where pixel perfect matters.

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:25:55 +0000

I bet you morriss is laughing his arse off right now. Before he was an idiot when he was talking about the controls being iffy… now he has the backing of the MM head honcho.