The Gamecube was disappointing?

[Rob2600]

I have to comment on this... while the tank controls are difficult to some, they are recognized as the staple of the RE series. ... I really think the "tank controls" are fine by the way. They're just FPS controls from a third person perspective. They're the exact same controls in RE4 as well, but the camera has been moved to behind the character. Does that really change it that much?

Pushing up to move in the direction the character is facing is entirely unintuitive in a series like Resident Evil. If the character is facing left, why should I have to press up to move? If the character is facing right, why should I have to press up to move? Camera placement makes a huge difference in how useful a control scheme is. The old Resident Evil control scheme doesn't make sense, but it was implemented out of necessity because of the PlayStation's controller. Remember, the first two Resident Evil games were released on PlayStation before Sony had introduced their new Dual Shock controllers.

If Super Mario 64 had Resident Evil's control scheme throughout the entire game and not just as a parody in the Ghost House, nobody would have bought or played it.