Games with hotkeys?

[pathospades]

I love Age of Empires II because their hotkeys are visually mapped to QWERTY.

But you know, tons of RTSs have hotkeys. Are there other games that use hotkeys? Kinda like Cook Serve Delicious?

 

[Zloth]

I don't get what you mean by hot keys? Do you just mean the RTS convention of selecting a bunch of units then assigning them all to a single key press? Sacrifice and the newer (meaning not-1980's) BattleTech games both did that, but those were essentially 3D RTS games.

 

[Pifanjr]

Dwarf Fortress and Angband are all about memorizing hot keys.

 

[Brian Boru]

Do you mean things like rubber banding leading to quick unit group selection, assigning keys to map locations, next unit, previous unit, jump to attack location, etc?

FPSs have hotkeys for selecting individual weapons and ordnance, for healing and crouching and running, for bringing up the map, etc.

4X like Civ have plenty also—next idle worker, next wounded unit, next unit with a promotion available, next city etc.

 

[pathospades]

I mean games that are more accessible to the keyboard, so if you would choose. Something like Diablo or MMOs, where 'I' brings up Inventory, 'P' for Party.

In RTSs, it's pretty much a must-have. Minecraft/Terraria and crafting games have 1-10. But I was kinda hoping for games in a different genre that goes above and beyond to include keyboard hotkeys.

It's not like I can say "every PC game has hotkeys."

 

[Pifanjr]

I stand by my previous suggestions, but I've also recently played a bit of Sunless Sea and while you have to use your mouse while in port, you don't have to touch it at all while at zee.

 

[OsaX Nymloth]

I mean games that are more accessible to the keyboard, so if you would choose. Something like Diablo or MMOs, where 'I' brings up Inventory, 'P' for Party.

In RTSs, it's pretty much a must-have. Minecraft/Terraria and crafting games have 1-10. But I was kinda hoping for games in a different genre that goes above and beyond to include keyboard hotkeys.

It's not like I can say "every PC game has hotkeys."

Try playing StarCraft II - you will use hotkeys for everything, including micro and macro. Without them you will play like a turtle. A very sleepy turtle. With hotkeys memorized your hand will fly through keyboard like a madman and genius pianist.

 

[sabo87]

hahaha, yes that's right I also think so, with hotkeys playing games will be easier