Well, I personally have absolutely no problem with direct control. Alright, so I'm an UT2004 junkie, and pretty good at it, so that moving around with arrows and turning with mouse is instinctive. Yet, point and click can be good as well. For example, all the RTS games I'm played are esentially that, although efficient use of keyboard shortcuts can change the tide. I think this last type of games really goes back to that "executive" feel of using p n' c, while direct control is like using your own body to do things. However, the GK3 system felt like a hybrid of both, controlling the camera in a direct control way, yet using a p n' c to interact with the environment. I absolutely adored ths scheme, but I don't think it was that widely accepted, maybe because people want one or the other.
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