Originally posted by jonnin:

you need to face where you want it, which is not the same as where your camera is facing. It takes a little practice.

That would be great if it were true, but then it wouldn't take any practice. It would just go forward, but it doesn't. It doesn't even seem to go in the direction that the character is facing. It's at least a bit off to the side, but you can't even tell the direction that the character is facing if you're in an enclosed space, since you can't see your character.

Ohh, if they would just give us true first person view...