cwagdev, 2 months ago

@darth what? 😂

Sonikku, 2 months ago

@cwagdev @darth funny to think of now but the Dual Shock controller was still very new, and this was the first FPS game to use this control scheme.

A lot of articles at the time about this game were befuddled by the controls that are completely common now.

darth, 2 months ago

@Sonikku @cwagdev I can certainly identify with the shock of playing games with a mouse and keyboard all my life and suddenly transitioning to a controller. It's less than ideal and undoubtedly requires readjustment in brain pathways. 🤪

Sonikku, 2 months ago

@darth @cwagdev I was a PC and console gamer back then, although now PC gaming is rare for me and even then tends to be older PC games.

But I never had trouble adjusting since I played both regularly.

darth, 2 months ago

@Sonikku @cwagdev personally I got my first* console in 2017, believe it or not, and I have been gaming since Amiga 500. It was mindblowing (in a very negative way) to try DOOM on XboxOne controller for the first time. 🤯 I did adjust since then, I have no issues now. But I still don’t use controllers in fps games because there is no need.

*I did have a Super Mario Brothers game on a device called Micro Genius as a kid, though. Bit that’s irrelevant for this topic.

darth, 2 months ago

@Sonikku @cwagdev …however, I play almost all 3rd person games with a controller. Somehow it turns out that games “speak to you” about which input method is natural for them. :ablobcatheart:

Sonikku, 2 months ago

@darth @cwagdev my first “PC” and my first console…I’m showing my age.

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darth, 2 months ago

@Sonikku @cwagdev yep, I may be slightly younger but I would love to get my hands on Vectrex!

Sonikku, 2 months ago

@darth @cwagdev hard to find working ones now and non-crazy prices. So many have died over the years.

Still have some older stuff tho

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darth, 2 months ago

@Sonikku @cwagdev I am pretty sure that my Mario device was a Famicom clone, but it’s gone. I am collecting Amigas now 🤪

cwagdev, 2 months ago

@darth @Sonikku fun reminiscing! I don’t recall being weirded out by dual joystick controllers but I mostly played PC and moving the camera and player independently wasn’t unfamiliar.

Certainly still scoff at the idea of FPS on controller compared to keeb and mouse but if it’s not PvP I’ll do it. Somehow I got on fine with CoD4 back on the Xbox 360 with PvP quite a bit though.

Sonikku, 2 months ago

@cwagdev @darth It’s all the same to me. Dont do much online gaming aymore but things like Doom Eternal i did on PS5 just fine on controller, hell, ive done Doom / Doom 2 / Quake /Quake 2 console ports all on harder difficulties with controller in the last year

cwagdev, 2 months ago

@Sonikku @darth I can deal with AI usually fine but real players are spastic jumping and bobbing all over lol

darth, 2 months ago

@cwagdev @Sonikku Counter Strike 2 I cannot play on a controller. I would probably get kicked out of the game if other players would smell a controller on me. Then again HALO Infinite I feel like most people play on controller (me too) and it feels good. Like it was made for a controller.