...because the controls are dreadful. If you played them on Mac or PC originally then they're interesting to revisit, but they're nearly impossible to get into otherwise. Can you believe they made an FPS without a reload weapon button?

Ahah! One of the first habits you learn as a Vidmaster is to waste the last few bullets in your Assault Rifle before going into that room filled with baddies :-)

Haha, I was just playing and was doing this and my roommate walked by and said "Why did you just shoot that wall?"

If 11 year old me could hit those switches on Ingue Ferroque with grenades from a distance, then so can you :-p

It does affect shooting at range, but the issue I have with it is that mouse look feels stuttery. Nine bits means your angular look jumps in incriments of about .7 degrees, which is quite large.

I guess I could try and learn to keyboard it, but I'd really *like* to stick to M&K.

angular precision

If 11 year old me could hit those switches on Ingue Ferroque with grenades from a distance, then so can you :-p

...because the controls are dreadful. If you played them on Mac or PC originally then they're interesting to revisit, but they're nearly impossible to get into otherwise. Can you believe they made an FPS without a reload weapon button?

Ahah! One of the first habits you learn as a Vidmaster is to waste the last few bullets in your Assault Rifle before going into that room filled with baddies :-)

Can you believe they made an FPS without a reload weapon button?

I first played Marathon in 2010 in its Aleph One form, and that's seriously one of my favorite things about the gameplay. It unobtrusively adds a really cool twist.

I do have 2 issues with the controls: angular precision and framerate. A modified version of Aleph One with 32-bit angular precision and the ability to play at 60 or 120fps would be insanely cool.

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