How do you control ToMI?

[Woodsyblue]

How do you move Guybrush around? W,A,S,D keys? Arrow keys? Mouse drag? A zany combination of mouse and keyboard?

If you feel like it, explain why you gravitated towards your control method of choice.

I personally mouse drag. I find it more relaxing using only one arm.

Edit: Apologies to my Wii brethren for not including you in the poll. The controls are a big deal for many PC users so the aim of this poll was to test the demographics of the different PC controls.

[The Commissioner]

I like using the mouse drag. It just feels easy to just use the mouse to walk as well as look around rather than using a combination of the mouse and keyboard.

It was quite easy to pick up - I had Guybrush walking around the ship instantly in Chapter 1 and I think it's a pretty clever solution. I'm now quite spoiled by it - I was playing Wallace and Gromit and trying to drag them around lol. I've used the running more as well in Chapter 2 - especially that bit where the melted pyrite needs to get through the jungle quick.

[Jazzy]

Same here, and while I was put off by it at first once you get the hang of it I find that I like it better than the old point'n'click method in getting around.

[Sanin92]

I'm using wasd the whole time, can't get used to the mouse.

[coolsome]

I just do any :P but I keep point clicking by instict

[SupahFly]

As I mentioned in other thread - I'm already a big fan of the mouse dragging. I find it a great alternative of the p&c and I like to play the game relaxed with one free hand.

[Woodsyblue]

Originally Posted by The Commissioner

I'm now quite spoiled by it - I was playing Wallace and Gromit and trying to drag them around lol.

I was playing Wallace & Gromit the other day and was thinking, Dammit, why won't you mouse drag? I think just having the option is good.

I like the control method in Sam & Max Season 2, where if you hold the mouse button down (and double click to run,) Sam follows the cursor. The old point and click method was unbearable in sections where screen panned. You just had to keep clicking at every newly revealed inch of screen until you got to where you wanted to be. I understand why Telltale is trying to veer away from that control method, even if what they have tried so far hasn't been a smash success with the fans.

[Haggis]

I use WASD, I'm used to it from other games.

[Hayden]

W,A,S,D keys are what I used. I've used them a fair bit ever since playing Star Wars KOTOR and I must say that I prefer them to the arrow keys. The mouse drag thing is just stupid in my opinion... but hey, If it suits you them who am I to complain or critisize?

[StarEye]

WASD. Though it's a bit annoying that you cant scroll the dialogue options with W and S. If I want to use the keys for that, I'm forced to use up and down arrow keys.

Mousedragging still feels completely unnatural, and with the constant change of cameras it's confusing as well. Maybe someday, I'll get used to it, with a little bit of practice.

[Derrick]

I find dragging quite natural and provides much more precise control then WASD. Trying to easily change direction while moving using WASD is a PITA. While it is quite easy to do so using mouse dragging such as in the jungle.

Originally Posted by Woodsyblue

I was playing Wallace & Gromit the other day and was thinking, Dammit, why won't you mouse drag?

I drag W&G around using a script I made when the game first came out. See this post.

[homerjs]

i use pointnclick as much as i can (clicking objects to walk)
my hand hurts holding down the mousebutton(s) all the time, i will never get used to clickndrag
its an abomination and hopefully it wont be ever used again for an adventure game

[shref]

i use wasd. arrow keys are just wrong.

[Guinea]

Whatever I feel like.
And in narrow rooms I prefer the keys.

[Tyraa Rane]

Arrow keys. I never use WASD if I can help it. I'm left-handed, so my mouse is on that side of the keyboard already, meaning that switching back and forth between the keys and the mouse gets awkward--I prefer to keep one hand on the control keys and another on the mouse. (It's a habit I picked up from too many hours of Half-Life, what can I say.)

I tried just using the mouse, but the click-and-drag always feels clunky to me. Like I'm trying to lasso Guybrush and drag him across the screen.

[manicm]

I refuse to use the keyboard for an adventure game in the 21st century, so it's the mouse drag - with emphasis on drag

Telltale, while not as bad as Wallace and Gromit, the control scheme is still dumb - why could you not adopt S&M's ?

[SHODANFreeman]

Originally Posted by SupahFly

with one free hand.

Gross.

[Javi-Wan Kenobi]

Nunchuck and WiiMote

[niptweak]

I miss the ability to click on the screen and have him walk there, but the the mouse draging works.

I tried using the keyboard for W&G but couldn't get the hang of it, I ended up using my 360 controller.

I got a bit stuck with running round the calender in EP1 and the controller was still easiest.

[SHODANFreeman]

Is everyone aware that clicking a hotspot makes Guybrush walk to it? You only have to walk to move the camera around the scene or to go to another scene, it's not really a big deal and I actually prefer it greatly to mashing my mouse button all over the screen to walk around and accidentally clicking hotspots I didn't mean to.