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I saw a thread like this on a psx EMU forum, and figured, what the hell, let's see what the PC gaming community thinks of the pads out there!
My top two would have to be either the Dual Shock pad, or one of the aftermarket XBOX stype pads floating around.
Till recently, I couldn't stand anything other than a PS2 pad. Others were either too large, too small, or just made my fingers scream when they saw that the button they needed was all the way on the other side of the controller. I loved the PS2 pad because it was small, sleak, and fit my hands perfectly.
Just a few weeks ago, I bought a 10 USD XBOX gamepad from Radioshack (Pelican Eclipse) and i'm having second thoughts on my Dual Shock love. This specific pad works very well for PC gaming, as it's very large, and you can just let it sit on your desktop while you play, no strain on your wrists.
My biggest gripe though, would have to be the pressure sensitivity on the AB XY buttons. In games that don't use the sensetivity (emulators), I end up having to press extra hard to get the buttons to register, and that means twitch reflexes can say bye bye. While games that DO use it (trackmania nations... and um... Trackmania Nations...), well, it's still annoying. The buttons have such an incredibly large pressure detection range, that it's ****ing hard to tell if you're slowing down because you're pressing too weak. Then, when you think you are, you jam on the button and it digs into your thumb
Which brings me to my next problem, the buttons are rounded. Not much of a problem in anything but racing games. In fact, I like it, in everything but racing games. In racing games, constant pressure on that dome shape button means that there's constant pressure on your thumb, but it peaks in the center and goes outwards. Now, usually button pressure on my fingers isn't an issue, but that's because most gamepads have flat buttons. On this, it's just the fact that it's in a small cone shape that makes it annoying.
I could easily fix the pressure sensetivity issues by installing the Digital only version of XBCD, and I might.
Worst gamepad would have to be the GC gamepad. In terms of ergonomics, it's in fact the BEST gamepad i've every used (never gotten a single cramp using one), and if you give me enough time with one, i'll stop caring about WHY I hate it, but...
I despise the pad because the buttons are placed too damn confusingly. "Oh, so that big one is A, that explains allot" "wait, why's the B small? The A should be small too, easier to push" "wait, so the TOP one is X, and the one on the right is Y?" "NO NO NO WTF I PRESSED Y! Wait... No that was X" "What? It says to push the Z button. Where the **** is the Z button?"
Typical gaming session at my cousins house (he has a GC). From reading the above, you might just say that I haven't gotten used to the pad, since I don't own one, but it's far from that. I'll get issues with the buttons 6 hours into a session at his house. It's so damn confusing, most likely because the first Nintendo gamepad I touched was an N64 pad, and those are probably the closest thing to a GC reciprocal you can get. C stick is on the left, instead of right, Z button is all the way on the other side of the controller now, A button is green, B button is red (opposed to A green B blue of the N64), and let's not forget that they switched the ****ing A and B buttons around.
*clears throught*
ANYWAY...
What is/was your favorite gamepad, and why?
If it's the PS2 gamepad, then what's your second (I can tell we're going to get allot of Dual Shock fanboys)?
What's the best PC gamepad you're used?
And while we're on it, what's the WORST gamepad you've used.
Keep in mind these are all oppinions, so if you say, don't like X gamepad because your finger won't fit over the R button, don't just say "OMFG BUTTONS ARE TOO SMALL", say that they're too small for your hands, otherwise we'll just get confused.
No polls. I despise polls.
My top two would have to be either the Dual Shock pad, or one of the aftermarket XBOX stype pads floating around.
Till recently, I couldn't stand anything other than a PS2 pad. Others were either too large, too small, or just made my fingers scream when they saw that the button they needed was all the way on the other side of the controller. I loved the PS2 pad because it was small, sleak, and fit my hands perfectly.
Just a few weeks ago, I bought a 10 USD XBOX gamepad from Radioshack (Pelican Eclipse) and i'm having second thoughts on my Dual Shock love. This specific pad works very well for PC gaming, as it's very large, and you can just let it sit on your desktop while you play, no strain on your wrists.
My biggest gripe though, would have to be the pressure sensitivity on the AB XY buttons. In games that don't use the sensetivity (emulators), I end up having to press extra hard to get the buttons to register, and that means twitch reflexes can say bye bye. While games that DO use it (trackmania nations... and um... Trackmania Nations...), well, it's still annoying. The buttons have such an incredibly large pressure detection range, that it's ****ing hard to tell if you're slowing down because you're pressing too weak. Then, when you think you are, you jam on the button and it digs into your thumb
Which brings me to my next problem, the buttons are rounded. Not much of a problem in anything but racing games. In fact, I like it, in everything but racing games. In racing games, constant pressure on that dome shape button means that there's constant pressure on your thumb, but it peaks in the center and goes outwards. Now, usually button pressure on my fingers isn't an issue, but that's because most gamepads have flat buttons. On this, it's just the fact that it's in a small cone shape that makes it annoying.
I could easily fix the pressure sensetivity issues by installing the Digital only version of XBCD, and I might.
Worst gamepad would have to be the GC gamepad. In terms of ergonomics, it's in fact the BEST gamepad i've every used (never gotten a single cramp using one), and if you give me enough time with one, i'll stop caring about WHY I hate it, but...
I despise the pad because the buttons are placed too damn confusingly. "Oh, so that big one is A, that explains allot" "wait, why's the B small? The A should be small too, easier to push" "wait, so the TOP one is X, and the one on the right is Y?" "NO NO NO WTF I PRESSED Y! Wait... No that was X" "What? It says to push the Z button. Where the **** is the Z button?"
Typical gaming session at my cousins house (he has a GC). From reading the above, you might just say that I haven't gotten used to the pad, since I don't own one, but it's far from that. I'll get issues with the buttons 6 hours into a session at his house. It's so damn confusing, most likely because the first Nintendo gamepad I touched was an N64 pad, and those are probably the closest thing to a GC reciprocal you can get. C stick is on the left, instead of right, Z button is all the way on the other side of the controller now, A button is green, B button is red (opposed to A green B blue of the N64), and let's not forget that they switched the ****ing A and B buttons around.
*clears throught*
ANYWAY...
What is/was your favorite gamepad, and why?
If it's the PS2 gamepad, then what's your second (I can tell we're going to get allot of Dual Shock fanboys)?
What's the best PC gamepad you're used?
And while we're on it, what's the WORST gamepad you've used.
Keep in mind these are all oppinions, so if you say, don't like X gamepad because your finger won't fit over the R button, don't just say "OMFG BUTTONS ARE TOO SMALL", say that they're too small for your hands, otherwise we'll just get confused.
No polls. I despise polls.
