Hey Guys! Recently took a break from the battlefield and retreated to forge for a bit of brain storming. I’m a bit late with my opinion of forge, personally I think it’s completely mind blowing! Its also nice to see 343i constantly adding more features to it with each update, the Memories of reach tease look interesting with some horror themes too it. It has so much potential and I can understand why people are frustrated with the huge amount of content in then new forge, making it rather intimidating to both new and old forgers! But its nothing a little bit of practice can’t take care off. However, there is one in particular issue which seems to stand out more than others. The Controls.
I spend my evening analysing each of the controls in both the old forge modes and the new. It seems the movement of your player in monitor mood is particularly challenging and this all comes down to four buttons which have been switched around.
In Halo 3, 4, Reach & 2 Anniversary, The ability to fly up and down was use primarily in the bumpers, selecting an object was with ‘A’ and to drop it was ‘B’. In Halo 5, these controls have been switched around causing a few mobility problems. Because you are using both analogue sticks when moving an object, you then have to remove your right thumb in order to move up or down, this make the work flow incredibly frustrating!
I know a lot of people have become used to the new controls and other are still in the same boat as me. But what do you guys think of my analysis? could the control switch help your forge experience or are you comfortable how it is now?
Personally I prefer the new controls over the old ones. Just give it some more time and you will get them down, It took me a few hours my first day before I was fully use to them.
I still can’t get used to the new controls they just feel uncomfortable to me. I particularly hate how items are selected now, it just doesn’t work with my mindset and it’s really put me off Halo 5 forge.
I really really love forge in all the Halos and I spent so many hours messing about in it but with Halo 5 I just can’t enjoy it because I can’t use the controls and I just can’t seem to learn them no matter how hard I try.
The only problem with selecting things with A instead of RB is you can’t hold A and sweep over objects to select them all with the right stick very easily. Thing is, you use the right stick to look around not move (by default). I basically never need to move up/down while also changing which way I’m looking, especially when moving an object. I much prefer the grab/drop being on the bumpers and up and down on B and A respectively.
Also, you can use the Xbox Accessories app on your Xbox one to change the controls however you like. Even if you don’t have an Elite controller. Just keep in mind if you switch A/B with RB/LB, it’ll effect how you navigate menus. Not perfect, but an option if you’re interested!
I have gotten used to the new controls and I think that they are awesome! However it might make things easier if they had a classic mode without some of the new features like grouping to make it easier to get into. However all roads should lead to people learning the new controls, because once you know those, forge is easy!