The only problem with this is, generally speaking, there is a new generation of gamers who can't say they remember such days as we can. There are even gamers who never even touched a Mario game, let alone a beaten up yet strongly made pinball machine within a practically run down "recreation center".
The newer generation of gamers are less forgiving than the older generation as far as I've seen; more prone to go after a quick satisfaction over grindan sessions as well as take the time to figure out in-depth puzzles (I'm looking at you PS1-SH1's piano puzzle). I even got over the tank like controls of SH1's as well as the RE series.
That said, I was not bothered by HR's controls.
Seriously though the old resident evil's controls were not so bad it became impossible to play. Hell the controls in that game were the least of my worries; even less so when it came back in the Resident Evil REmake.
Fucking reanimating zombies turning into the epitome of "rage".
edit. And for some reason I responded to a month old or so post...
what the fuck...