Alien Swarm in First Person - guide and video

How to play Alien Swarm in First Person mode. A guide with a video example.

[Wizziokid]

love this game!

[Fred-G-Sanford]

I wish this game had controller support.
I would much prefer to play it with my 360 controller.

Maybe (hopefully) it will be patched in later.

[Drjft]

Keyboard and mouse offers a shit tonne more control then joy sticks.

[Fred-G-Sanford]

I'm well aware of that, but I don't want a "shit tonne more control", I want to play the game with a 360 controller.

[tdrules]

It does have controller support.
They just released a patch today that improved it, stop whining.

[BattleAxe]

The great thing about PCs is the versatility which allows people to use whatever for of controls they want. Personally if the game supports the 360 controller, then thats what I like to use.

[Redgehammer]

used to scoff at the notion that a controller should even be mentioned in the same breath as the venerable KB&M. However, the last 3 years of 360 ownership has completely softened my stance toward the controller as a viable input method. The controller requires a little more practice to master, and although the KB&M is more accurate, IMO it is a marginal difference. If a person is good with a KB&M then I believe they can become good with a controller.

[Tikicobra]

Can you change it back after doing this?

[TABSF]

Yes it only does it for the time game running the game, restarting the game will most likely reset it

Also I would imagine a code in the console to return it

[Spenok]

Most likely there will be.

[Neo Nugget]

I'd imagine.

[distorted_reality]

Looks absolutely terrible in 1st person. I don't know why anyone would want to play like that tbh.

[SuperStrokey1123]

Looks are not everything

[distorted_reality]

I didn't say the gameplay was lacking - I actually love the game.

But when we're talking about a pure cosmetic change, looks ARE everything, and I think the first person mode totally takes away any atmosphere the game creates in 3rd person.

[lucifon]

Have to agree, the lack of skybox etc. I think the whole charm and atmosphere the game conveys is from its top down perspective, looks like putting it in first just loses all that. Awesome game though :) Hope the modding community really takes to it.

[SuperStrokey1123]

Thats pretty cool

[Spenok]

Nice find. Looks to be worth playing once or twice in FP.