Its an entire learned skill that a large segment of the population never learned.
… unfortunately, much like reading and writing, these days.
But yeah, the idea that… you can move your position in 3d, with wasd or a dpad or a stick… and also orient your view angle with a mouse or stick … at the same time?
This is utterly baffling and disorienting to a lot of people who’ve never played a first person perspective game before.
Its … part of why AAA games are more often than not third person, in the last decade.
Its easier to pickup for a noobie, because you have a constant point of reference, you can always see the avatar of the player, camera movements are less sensitive and less drastic because you have a wider FOV.
I’ve seen this happen with 20 and 30 year olds.
Its an entire learned skill that a large segment of the population never learned.
… unfortunately, much like reading and writing, these days.
But yeah, the idea that… you can move your position in 3d, with wasd or a dpad or a stick… and also orient your view angle with a mouse or stick … at the same time?
This is utterly baffling and disorienting to a lot of people who’ve never played a first person perspective game before.
Its … part of why AAA games are more often than not third person, in the last decade.
Its easier to pickup for a noobie, because you have a constant point of reference, you can always see the avatar of the player, camera movements are less sensitive and less drastic because you have a wider FOV.