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Walking Dead-problem for left handed people

SpacetruckerSpacetrucker
edited June 2013 in The Walking Dead
Just bought the new Walking Dead today.
A left handed person holds the mouse in his left hand and uses the right side of the keyboard.
In Walking Dead one must hit q or e some fight situations therefor a left handed person has to take his hand off the mouse and mash the keys that way.
Their is no way to reconfigure the control settings.
Why did the programmers set it up this way? It ignores a huge number of people.
Aside from the expected inane remarks i'd be most grateful for any help in this regard and implore programmers to not summarly dismiss 20% of it's market.
Thanks

Comments

  • SkandisSkandis
    edited April 2013
    I played the entire series with a broken arm. I could literally not re-position my left hand to hit Q and E.

    Verdict?
    The QTEs are supposed to make you feel anxious and uncomfortable. Having to drop the mouse made me more on edge than the Mario Party'esque tapping ever would.
  • ClordClord
    edited April 2013
    Well to their defense, there is keyboards made for left handed too.

    Also as an left handed, wouldn't you use your right hand anyway to press the keys in games with mouse + keyboard requirement. It is not like right handed people need to left of their mouse to press the keys either (unless you really want to spam them.)
  • gimmeseason2gimmeseason2
    edited April 2013
    Skandis wrote: »
    I played the entire series with a broken arm. I could literally not re-position my left hand to hit Q and E.
    .

    Or just don't play video games with a broken arm :-/
  • AfterlifeAfterlife
    edited April 2013
    gimmeseason2 wrote: »
    Or just don't play video games with a broken arm :-/

    You're talking about The Walking dead not a regular video game
  • Cthulhu42Cthulhu42
    edited April 2013
    I'm left-handed myself, but I played on Xbox, so I never had this problem.
  • thestalkingheadthestalkinghead
    edited April 2013
    game controls should be customisable, it is a fundamental PC rule, that is one thing that should be changed for the next game
  • Master of AeonsMaster of Aeons
    edited April 2013
    Spacetrucker wrote: »
    Just bought the new Walking Dead today.
    A left handed person holds the mouse in his left hand and uses the right side of the keyboard.
    In Walking Dead one must hit q or e some fight situations therefor a left handed person has to take his hand off the mouse and mash the keys that way.
    Their is no way to reconfigure the control settings.
    Why did the programmers set it up this way? It ignores a huge number of people.
    Aside from the expected inane remarks i'd be most grateful for any help in this regard and implore programmers to not summarly dismiss 20% of it's market.
    Thanks

    Q and E are also bound to the left and right mouse buttons respectively. You can use those no problem.
  • Hope_Clems_safeHope_Clems_safe
    edited April 2013
    Do left handed people use the mouse in their left hand? I'm left-handed and have always used mouse in my right hand. Have never noticed anyone to use their left hand on a mouse.
    Is this really a big problem? Think of all the games that use w,a,s,d movement, are left handers excluded from these games? I've never heard of someone being unable to use the keys on their keyboard because they were left-handed before, sounds a bit far-fetched.
  • MornaiMornai
    edited April 2013
    Hope_Clems_safe wrote: »
    Do left handed people use the mouse in their left hand? I'm left-handed and have always used mouse in my right hand. Have never noticed anyone to use their left hand on a mouse.
    Is this really a big problem? Think of all the games that use w,a,s,d movement, are left handers excluded from these games? I've never heard of someone being unable to use the keys on their keyboard because they were left-handed before, sounds a bit far-fetched.

    I'm this way as well, i write with my left hand but i do pretty much everything else with my right(does this make me right handed?).

    Regardless, i think that redefining the key bindings should be mandatory for any and every PC game(as well as manual saving).
  • Toitle_JohnToitle_John
    edited April 2013
    I've never known someone to use their left hand on the mouse. I'm left handed and I use my right hand. Regardless, as someone said, there are almost always a left and right handed version of an 'object' so finding a keyboard for you shouldn't be difficult. I agree however that they should've included a way to change the controls.
  • JakeSt123JakeSt123
    edited April 2013
    I'm left handed but still use the mouse with my right hand.
  • DildorDildor
    edited April 2013
    Yeah, season 2 should have re-mappable keys. I don't think a majority of players would do it but one of my keys broke the night episode 4's release and I had to download an program online to make a custom keyboard map for my computer just to play the game and not fail the quicktime events.
  • xbskidxbskid
    edited June 2013
    While I agree that the buttons should be remappable anyway, why not just move your keyboard so your right hand fits comfortably over the default buttons?
  • Bioshock Infinite WDBioshock Infinite WD
    edited June 2013
    I am sure these problems will be fixed in season 2, I once read somewhere that Telltale promised that Season 2 will have less bugs and the infamous save glitch is not going to be there.
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