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Vas Crabb
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Re: Metro 2033 for free
12/14/12 03:02 AM


> > I just downloaded and played a bit of it. The seamless DOSbox wrapper is nice, but
> > that game hasn't aged gracefully at all. The controls feel horrible. If you want to
> > use the mouse, you have to keep rolling it forward to walk! That’s nasty!
> > Looking/aiming up/down is horribly cumbersome, too. I'm going back to TF2.
>
> LOL!(really)
>
> Back when it was new, I played it with a Sidewinder flight stick. I think it was the
> more advanced of the two I owned. Hatswitch on the top augmented the stick (which
> twisted) for full move/look access.

I don't know what it is about this game in particular - the iD (Doom) and Bungee (Marathon) shooters don't feel anywhere near as bad. Duke's aged far worse than the others. It's like, "WTF I actually enjoyed this?"







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* Metro 2033 for free DMala 12/12/12 05:26 AM
. * Re: Metro 2033 for free DMala  12/13/12 07:52 AM
. * Re: Metro 2033 for free TriggerFin  12/13/12 08:51 AM
. * Re: Metro 2033 for free Dullaron  12/13/12 03:06 PM
. * Re: Metro 2033 for free DMala  12/13/12 02:12 PM
. * Re: Metro 2033 for free Vas Crabb  12/13/12 04:19 PM
. * Re: Metro 2033 for free TriggerFin  12/14/12 01:03 AM
. * Re: Metro 2033 for free Vas Crabb  12/14/12 03:02 AM
. * Re: Metro 2033 for free TriggerFin  12/14/12 07:28 AM
. * Re: Metro 2033 for free Vas Crabb  12/14/12 08:33 AM

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