Does Anyone Invert Their Controls For Shooters?

I just find it weird when you invert controls. Does it make it easier for some people to invert? I find it very difficult.

I know a friend or two that do. It makes it a total pain when we are taking turns playing CoD4 online.

When playing on consoles, I do. It's quite annoying as none of my friends use inverted controls so it's annoying when we take turns playing Nazi Zombies or whatever.
On the PC, I use normal, except for flying vehicles.

Yes i use inverted, i can use normal sticks with a controller but much prefer inverted. With a mouse i use normal though.

The way i look at it is if you ram a stick in the back of your head and push that stick down youre going to look up, if you push it up then your going to look down.

I find it a lot easier to make subtle movements and to strafe and shoot while inverted.

I do. It seemed more intuitive when I first started playing console shooters and I haven't gone back. Luckily, every console shooter seems to offer an inverted y-axis if you need it.

Yes i use inverted....

The way i look at it is if you ram a stick in the back of your head and push that stick down youre going to look up, if you push it up then your going to look down.

I find it a lot easier to make subtle movements and to strafe and shoot while inverted.

nitsud_19

I don't see why you kids even invert controls.... what's the point? Is there some advantage?

I don't see why you kids even invert controls.... what's the point? Is there some advantage?

LiftedHeadshot

if you ram a stick in the back of your head and push that stick down youre going to look up, if you push it up then your going to look down.nitsud_19

My brother and I both use inverted controls. I've used them since I was little, so I guess I'm just too used to that scheme now.

always invert for console shooters but don't see why they even add the option for pc shooters unless your using a controller but i don't see why you'd want to on a pc :S

I always use inverted for shooters, both console and pc, I play fine without, but much prefer inverted, it is a taste thing nothing else, I really like when I relax my hands it means that my aim goes up towards head hight, not down towards knee height ^^

It is kinda stupid to think like this tho, because I learned to relax my hands this way because the games I playied in my childhood nearly all were inverted, and I am fairly sure people can relax thier hands and aim just with without inverted.

I used to invert for console shooters. I grew out of that, somehow.

I can't play a shooter without inverting the controls. Pressing up for up and down for down is just crazy talk!!!

Inverted all the way - it just feels right. Having to push up on the stick to make my character look up in a FPS is just totally counter-intuitive.

I know a friend or two that do. It makes it a total pain when we are taking turns playing CoD4 online.

spyroiskool

I guess im just too used to playing shooters with normal controls to have to re-teach myself how to do it the opposite way :P

It just seems more difficult, like when you want to slightly nudge the scope up for a headshot you would have to move the stick down, too hard for me haha

I always invert y axis on console FPS, and when flying planes or helicopters (Battlefield) on the pc.

If I don't invert I will crash and burn, every single time. :P

For normal pc FPS action I don't invert though.

i used to invert my controls back when i played timesplitters 2 and 3 but ever since then ive played normal-DirtySanchez-

I can't play a shooter without inverting the controls. Pressing up for up and down for down is just crazy talk!!!

Dollar75

Truth.

[QUOTE="-DirtySanchez-"]i used to invert my controls back when i played timesplitters 2 and 3 but ever since then ive played normalspyroiskool

funny story regarding that.. the first console shooter I played in years since goldeneye (Im more of a PC guy) was Halo 1 for xbox, the first time me and a friend played it I accidentally inverted my controls durring the opening sequence where you first get out of chryo-stasis and never bothered changing it back. i got used to playing that way and since then always use inverted controls on console shooters. Pc games however i use normal.LokiKTF

Wow. And people think mistakes are a bad thing? Weird.

Yep. Every game. I was raised on computer flight sim shooters, Goldeneye, and Perfect Dark 64.

All I do is envision that my perspective is that of a jet fighter and I do fine. Pew pew!

funny story regarding that.. the first console shooter I played in years since goldeneye (Im more of a PC guy) was Halo 1 for xbox, the first time me and a friend played it I accidentally inverted my controls durring the opening sequence where you first get out of chryo-stasis and never bothered changing it back. i got used to playing that way and since then always use inverted controls on console shooters. Pc games however i use normal.LokiKTF

I don't invert the y-axis but have several friends that do so. It all boils down to what you're accustomed to and feels more natural, like folding your arms. I'd probably have a hard time with inverted at first if I switched, but after about a week, it would feel completely normal.

I don't. I've played so many different shooter so many different ways that my body will quickly adjust to the default controls.

One of the cool things, for me at least, about gaming for so many years is witnessing the changes with each generation that plays them. When I was younger, almost all of the "dedicated" gamers played with inverted controls. I always thought it still held true, yet I come to these boards and see that, for the most part, the newer generation of gamers think that inverted it crazy. I know there are exceptions, there are exceptions to people from both time frames, I'm just speaking generally.

I still play inverted, it's the only way I can. SH Homecoming was impossible for me:-D

I do that only for flight games.

inverted for life, the real question is, when did inverted stop being the default setting :(

I think that timesplitters is a main cause of why people invert the controls today.spyroiskool

[QUOTE="nitsud_19"]if you ram a stick in the back of your head and push that stick down youre going to look up, if you push it up then your going to look down.Black_Knight_00