{"id":8708,"date":"2013-04-05T14:10:02","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T22:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/?p=8708"},"modified":"2013-04-05T14:22:01","modified_gmt":"2013-04-05T22:22:01","slug":"the-best-fps-controls-for-the-ipad-the-drowning-this-is-how-it-needs-to-be-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2013\/04\/the-best-fps-controls-for-the-ipad-the-drowning-this-is-how-it-needs-to-be-done\/","title":{"rendered":"The best FPS controls for the iPad! The Drowning. This is how it needs to be done"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ipad<\/a>I have played my fair share of FPS games on the iPad and never enjoyed any of them.\u00a0 When it comes to the UI for games, only SimCity like games seems to make the natural leap to iPad.\u00a0 Well I think that has changed.\u00a0 Enter ‘The Drowning’.\u00a0 This game is not out yet, which really kills me, but just by watching the video and listening to how they went about this, its clear to me we have a break through with iPad gaming controls.\u00a0 Check out the video at the end of this post.<\/p>\n

What I really love about this new approach is that they threw away the typical convention of the joystick controller and instead embraced swiping which is more common and natural with a slate display.\u00a0 Also, position navigation now using point and go which we have already seen on some desktop games.\u00a0 As with these games when you click on a spot in the environment, your POV goes to that position.\u00a0 If there is something in the way, it goes around it.\u00a0 The biggest change for me dropping the concept that when you shoot, your target must be in the middle of your view frame.\u00a0 Instead, you press two fingers to the place you want your bullets to go.\u00a0 The further away the target is, the harder this shot will be.\u00a0 You can also strafe by two touching one position to another.<\/p>\n

All these changes may seem like you are being asked to relearn how to use a FPS, and in a way you are.\u00a0 But you are not holding a controller or using a mouse, so asking a player to try to use a virtual joystick is worse then trying to learn a new system.\u00a0 Also, as you can see in the video, it does not look all that hard.\u00a0 I would bet that with a few hours of practice, one would be able to master this quite quickly.<\/p>\n

When I first watched this was ready to jump up and get my iPad … till I found out its not ready yet.\u00a0 GRRRRR>>>\u00a0\u00a0 Hurry up then!<\/p>\n

BTW, check out this really well done interview of Ben Cousins by\u00a0Dean Takahashi <\/a>on GamesBeat.<\/p>\n

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