Hi Simon, Good point. One thing nice about joysticks is the fact they are generally intuitive when it comes to gaming in general. Push the stick forward to move forward, pull back to move backward, and left and right turn or move in that direction. Its both more comfortable than using a keyboard, and chances are most games will use the exact same input commands where with a keyboard it depends on what keys were assigned to the action.
With a keyboard there is no certainty that the arrow keys up, down, left, and right will do the expected action. Some developers use alternative keys like a, s, d, and w or j, k, l, and i. In any case you won't know about it until you crack open the manual and read what keys do what. Something else that makes joysticks cool is many developers include profilers so that the end user can assign actions to buttons. This is in my opinion preferable to keyboards, because you can choose what works for you rather than a developer assigning keys he or she thinks are good for the game. Cheers! On 8/8/14, goshawk on horseback <[email protected]> wrote: > agreed! > I also originally came from things like the sega megadrive and Saturn, > before good accessible games came out. one can pick up a reasonable joystick > > or controller for a good price, especially somewhere like ebay, so the > "don't have the money to get one" argument just doesn't hold water. > given that with a keyboard, one is always having to remember which keys do > something in a game, which gets harder and more confusing the more games one > > has, I would say that having joystick/game controller access can only be a > good thing, as one wouldn't have that issue then. > > Simon > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
