The only time I would use inverted controls, is in a flight sim. And only planes. Spaceships I still want up for up.

Played flying games first. Inverted ever since.

If the first game you ever played with a stick was a flight simulator, then down is up.

Every time someone tries and pull out the “just imagine flying a plane” explanation all I can think is motherfucker you’re playing a fucking video game

The best games shuffle your controller inputs at random on startup to promote mental flexibility and problem solving skills.

Never heard of the airplane explanation, but I invert both if it's third person. I'm controlling the camera's position behind the character, not where they're looking.

Only when controlling flying crafts.

It’s largely an age gap I think. The first generation of FPS games on N64, PS1, etc used inverted controls, so if you’re an old man millennial like me, that’s how you learned to play.

Then in later generations (PS2/3 and on) this changed and inverted became an option, rather than the default (or in some games, only!).

Thus younger gamers are used to “standard” and older gamers used to inverted.

I exclusively play inverted. I find it also gives better control while playing FPS games.

The real monsters are the ones inverting their X-axis.

Videogame cameras in 1st person it's supposed to work like this:

The REAL inverted would be move stick down and then you see down.

some old-school players because they learned mouse/controller camera movements on simulators. think what a pilot does when they want to tilt up: they pull, so you pull the mouse toward you, ie "down"

It’s how games with flying should control but that’s the only application it should be used in to me. I believe this since that’s how it works in IRL.

And by inverted you mean inverted from their proper inverted position. So uninverted. Which is the inverse of correct.

I use inverted Y look with pad controls. Because that makes so much more sense. (Normal mouse look is fine)

I like how many new games show accessibility settings on start but it's still rare for them to have both subtitle settings and invert Y right there. And always a celebration when they are.

Games that don't even let you invert Y are hella silly. I'm so glad Xbox lets you force the invert. Gotta figure out if you can do that in Windows/Linux.

Some people visualize their Y tilt "lever" as in front of the fulcrum of their neck, and some people visualize it as behind the fulcrum. Thus some people find an inverted Y axis to be intuitive, while others don't. At least, this is how the reason for the preference has been explained to me.

I still think all you inverted Y axis people are monsters.

I used to play inverted. If it wasn't inverted, I'd flail around helplessly. Then one day, inverted didn't feel right, and I had to switch. It's been that way ever since. Sometime during the PS2 era I think. I played equal numbers of PC and console games up to that point. Dunno why it happened.

Halo CE "recalibrating your MJOLNIR suit"

I recently built a tp camera rig for a game and in the process completely lost orientation and somehow converted myself into inverted. Games that I had in progress suddenly felt wrong for a while after that. I think I'm just very aware of the camera now instead of the view.

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This just feels natural. It's kinda like using "natural scrolling" option on a touchpad. Why would you ever want it to move the opposite direction?