Team sport

There are many ways to control your virtual alter-ego in yet another arcade shooting game: mouse and keyboard. Whoa, that’s a lot isn’t it? Yet many casual players (and even those who call themselves hardcore) totally neglect configuring game controls. They are rushing towards that glowing red “New Game” button! Who cares about the controls?! Leave ‘em at their defaults, the developers know better how we should interface with their game.Well, unfortunately this is a total bullcrap. Default controls are sometimes pretty much far away from being perfect, I mean THAT far. And after struggling through the game with totally uncomfortable controls many players just quit playing and blame the game instead of simple configuring the controls to their likes.What are controls? What a stupid question. Here is a smart-ass answer – controls are physical interface between you and the game. Sort of. It means that this is how you tell the game (or your character) what you want it to do for you. And if it is a shooting game – you probably want to tell it immediately and exactly what do you want it to do right at this moment. Or even a moment ago. Because it’s generally all about action – shooting stuff, evading stuff (occasionally), e.g. your reflexes are at action. And if you are in arena shooter like Crimsonland and trying to aim with keyboard, then my friend you are in deep poop.Fortunately, Crimsonland does not have keyboard aim set to defaults. But anyway, you can imagine what it would look like. If you don’t know what Crimsonland is – shame on you. Go to Google and check that great game out.So, what kinds of basic types of controls do we have for our shooting fun? Well, there are 3 major:
Mouse
Keyboard
Hybrid
Oh, well, there are also some games that supports joysticks and gamepads, but that’s a rarity and does not really refer to cool shooting games I’m talking about – mostly arena shooters.Majority of fun shooting games support keyboard and/or hybrid modes – thought they are not always called like that to be honest. Shooters with mouse-only controls are very rare(well, except the point and shoot ones), and sometimes really challenging. Some games also limit their controls to keyboard only – it sucks. Especially if there is a gameplay possibility for hybrid.So, what can we do with this stuff? Let’s see hybrid. This is the best one – mouse + keyboard, so you can move/shoot with either. If evading is very important in the game, you set movement to mouse. If accuracy is critical, you set aiming to the mouse. I prefer mostly movement on keyboard and aiming/shooting on the mouse. But we are all different, and some may find easier to move with keyboard – like those freaks who were playing Raiden all the time in their childhood. Everyone should pick a set of controls to his/her own taste, and relevant to the gameplay.As I said earlier, some games have keyboard only controls. Sometimes it sucks, sometimes it is ok. In these cases you don’t really have any choice but to adapt and get used to the controls. Also, some games offer exotic possibilities like dual mouse support. For example, Crimsonland could be configured in 2 player mode to use single mouse for both players to aim. That it sure fun, hehe. You should try it.Configuring controls properly has very strong relation to your surviving in the shooting games, and your kills per second ratios, so don’t forget to test some variations, whichever works for you best and use the best one.

When playing video games, controller is one of the most important factors that affect your game experience. When looking back to the past years, you may have seen countless kinds of video game controllers, but your fingers may remember quite a few. A good video game controller can not only help you play the game effectively, but also has a good touch feeling to your hands. Every system has its own unique controller design, picking which video games controller just suitable for you, you should consider several factors.One of the most initial issues may be the cost. Before your purchase, what you want and the price range are your initial consideration.Then the second principle you should know is what kind of consoles you may need. There are mainly three kinds of consoles are prevalent on the market at the minute: Nintendo Wii, PS3 and the Xbox 360. If you already have an idea of which one to choose, just go straight to buy the one. But if you don’t know what’s the difference between them, just think for a while the following tips. Just want to sit and play the game, and then PS3 and the Xbox 360 are suitable for you. Nintendo Wii is for the one that want to do a bit of exercise. But you should know that DVD can’t be played on the Wii at the same time.The primary three consoles are all with superb graphics and the latest technology used. That is not to say that all other game consoles are not good to choose. They are all the sit and play kind, but with out of program.When selecting the console, you may also want to have some additional controllers like digital pistol or optional keyboard, never be daunted when selecting the proper one. Take a look at the hardware’s capability as well as the cost. For me, the additional controllers is not necessary to choose.Online shops are your superb resource for those consoles. Sit at home, you can get the best deals of all kinds of game consoles you have desired. From Nintendo Wii, PS3, Wii In Shape, Xbox 360 and iPod Nano 8GB and lots much more. From the net, you can have a deep comparison of all the details of these gadgets. And the most important thing is you always can get a more reasonable price than on the local shops.