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    From Pr. Mandrake@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 10 21:50:35 2023
    Dragon Age: Origins
    Console: Use joystick on PS3 controller to move character.
    PC: Point at ground with mouse to move player

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  • From rms@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jan 11 08:39:55 2023
    Dragon Age: Origins
    Console: Use joystick on PS3 controller to move character.
    PC: Point at ground with mouse to move player

    Surely a controller can be plugged in to use for the PC version?

    rms

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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to jfwaldby@gmail.com on Wed Jan 11 11:38:06 2023
    On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 21:50:35 -0800 (PST), "Pr. Mandrake"
    <jfwaldby@gmail.com> wrote:

    Dragon Age: Origins
    Console: Use joystick on PS3 controller to move character.
    PC: Point at ground with mouse to move player

    How is that necessarily better? God forbid you'd want accuracy in a tactical-RPG where positioning of your troops can be key to victory.
    ;-) Outside of that, the rest of the interface - inventory, etc. - was
    best used with a mouse. The combat in the console versions was
    supposedly simplified too, because the gamepad lacked the easy
    precision a mouse provides.

    But different strokes for different folks. Although coming onto a PC
    newsgroup with that subject line does imply you're a troll, and since
    you got people to respond, mission accomplished I guess?

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  • From Pr. Mandrake@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Wed Jan 11 13:39:58 2023
    On Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at 10:38:19 AM UTC-6, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 21:50:35 -0800 (PST), "Pr. Mandrake"
    <jfwa...@gmail.com> wrote:

    Dragon Age: Origins
    Console: Use joystick on PS3 controller to move character.
    PC: Point at ground with mouse to move player
    How is that necessarily better? God forbid you'd want accuracy in a tactical-RPG where positioning of your troops can be key to victory.
    ;-) Outside of that, the rest of the interface - inventory, etc. - was
    best used with a mouse. The combat in the console versions was
    supposedly simplified too, because the gamepad lacked the easy
    precision a mouse provides.

    But different strokes for different folks. Although coming onto a PC newsgroup with that subject line does imply you're a troll, and since
    you got people to respond, mission accomplished I guess?

    It's because Assassin's Creed II let me down. I liked that game a lot
    on the console, but it is unplayable on the PC.

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  • From Pr. Mandrake@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Wed Jan 11 13:38:16 2023
    On Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at 10:38:19 AM UTC-6, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 21:50:35 -0800 (PST), "Pr. Mandrake"
    <jfwa...@gmail.com> wrote:

    Dragon Age: Origins
    Console: Use joystick on PS3 controller to move character.
    PC: Point at ground with mouse to move player
    How is that necessarily better? God forbid you'd want accuracy in a tactical-RPG where positioning of your troops can be key to victory.
    ;-) Outside of that, the rest of the interface - inventory, etc. - was
    best used with a mouse. The combat in the console versions was
    supposedly simplified too, because the gamepad lacked the easy
    precision a mouse provides.

    But different strokes for different folks. Although coming onto a PC newsgroup with that subject line does imply you're a troll, and since
    you got people to respond, mission accomplished I guess?

    No I was being sarcastic. IMO it is abysmally worse control, but that
    other guy said we can plug in a controller and get the precision wanted.

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  • From Ross Ridge@21:1/5 to spallshurgenson@gmail.com on Wed Jan 11 22:32:53 2023
    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
    But different strokes for different folks. Although coming onto a PC >newsgroup with that subject line does imply you're a troll, and since
    you got people to respond, mission accomplished I guess?

    It's not entirely clear to me which method the poster thinks is better,
    or even if they think Dragon Age: Origins is a console game ported to
    the PC or the other way around. (The reality seems to be that is was
    always intended to be released on consoles and the PC, and so can't
    accurately described as either kind of port.)

    There might be a language barrier here, or maybe just someone testing
    out their AI.

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  • From Dimensional Traveler@21:1/5 to Ross Ridge on Wed Jan 11 16:12:35 2023
    On 1/11/2023 2:32 PM, Ross Ridge wrote:
    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
    But different strokes for different folks. Although coming onto a PC
    newsgroup with that subject line does imply you're a troll, and since
    you got people to respond, mission accomplished I guess?

    It's not entirely clear to me which method the poster thinks is better,
    or even if they think Dragon Age: Origins is a console game ported to
    the PC or the other way around. (The reality seems to be that is was
    always intended to be released on consoles and the PC, and so can't accurately described as either kind of port.)

    There might be a language barrier here, or maybe just someone testing
    out their AI.

    If its the latter, FAIL.

    :P

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    I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
    dirty old man.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to Pr. Mandrake on Fri Jan 13 10:33:44 2023
    On 11/01/2023 21:39, Pr. Mandrake wrote:

    It's because Assassin's Creed II let me down. I liked that game a lot
    on the console, but it is unplayable on the PC.

    Why didn't you just say that then instead of a somewhat cryptic OP?

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  • From Pr. Mandrake@21:1/5 to JAB on Sat Jan 14 19:50:30 2023
    On Friday, January 13, 2023 at 4:33:47 AM UTC-6, JAB wrote:
    On 11/01/2023 21:39, Pr. Mandrake wrote:

    It's because Assassin's Creed II let me down. I liked that game a lot
    on the console, but it is unplayable on the PC.
    Why didn't you just say that then instead of a somewhat cryptic OP?

    Any number of reasons. That there is support for a controller is all I
    needed to know. Why didn't you answer that instead of asking me about
    what I wrote?

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to Pr. Mandrake on Sun Jan 15 11:18:33 2023
    On 15/01/2023 03:50, Pr. Mandrake wrote:
    On Friday, January 13, 2023 at 4:33:47 AM UTC-6, JAB wrote:
    On 11/01/2023 21:39, Pr. Mandrake wrote:

    It's because Assassin's Creed II let me down. I liked that game a lot
    on the console, but it is unplayable on the PC.
    Why didn't you just say that then instead of a somewhat cryptic OP?

    Any number of reasons. That there is support for a controller is all I needed to know. Why didn't you answer that instead of asking me about
    what I wrote?

    I can honestly say I don't lnow what question you were asking.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to Ross Ridge on Tue Jan 17 09:07:35 2023
    On 11/01/2023 22:32, Ross Ridge wrote:
    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
    But different strokes for different folks. Although coming onto a PC
    newsgroup with that subject line does imply you're a troll, and since
    you got people to respond, mission accomplished I guess?

    It's not entirely clear to me which method the poster thinks is better,
    or even if they think Dragon Age: Origins is a console game ported to
    the PC or the other way around. (The reality seems to be that is was
    always intended to be released on consoles and the PC, and so can't accurately described as either kind of port.)

    There might be a language barrier here, or maybe just someone testing
    out their AI.


    I'm still not sure what they were actually asking.

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