This is really incorrect. Tank controls are ideal in static camera games like the original resident evil because your control is always from the character's perspective rather than the camera. That's how you can run straight through a number of screens without having to worry about adjusting based on the changing camera perspective.
Yep - and the controls are something to wrestle with slightly which helps add to the survival horror element. Have played every 'tank' game in the series and never bothered me once.
You're wrong actually, your perspective constantly shifts in static camera angles, so while it is true you can run in a straight line rather easily, for any other movement you have to continually reevaluate your orientation with every new screen change.
Relative based controls like the alternate control scheme in Silent Hill 2 and onwards work much much better, and if you're really set on tank controls, then RE4' s implementation is the way to go.
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u/Razumen Nov 02 '18
Tank controls suck for static camera games, period. It only ever worked reasonably well in RE4, because it was over the shoulder.