I have held a controller in my hand once in my life, half my life ago, and somehow don't have an issue with the chain and don't see how it's "designed for consoles". Both of the D:OS games, from what I've seen, control like absolute arse with a console setup (what a surprise!...). It's not as bad as Wasteland 2 and 3, but it's a masochistic experience from the looks of it.
There are worse party control schemes out there, you know. Have you played NWN2? That stuff is horrific. It's Bioware's Aurora contol scheme hammered into having a 4-6 character party, with you having no control over who goes where when you click somewhere, and you being better off just moving a single character with WASD and having the rest follow.
Of all things to not like, this one seems like an overblown one, honestly.
