Hi Dark, Ouch! You definately seem to have a serious grudge against gamepads. Lol!
As for myself I am totally the opposite. I love gamepads, prefer them over a keyboard, and generally play games like Mysteries of the Ancients exclusively using my Logitech F510 gamepad. So that is my personal comfort zone. I suppose the reason for that is I got hooked on gamepads when Nintendo introduced them with the original NES. I could use my left thumb to move around using the POV hat, and the right thumb to press the A and B buttons. Essentially, modern gamepads like the F510 aren't that much different accept for the fact there are 10 to 12 buttons to choose from now plus a variety of extra controls available depending on gamepad make and model. In any case I just find gamepads way more flexable than a keyboard. Especially, when it comes to adding special moves that can't easily be performed on a keyboard. For instance, in a game like Double Dragon you might push the POV hat up while pressing the fire button to deliver an uppercut. Push down and fire to deliver a jab to the stomach. Press up with fire and jump to deliver a flying kick. I suppose the same could be accomplished on the keyboard, but doesn't seem as natural to me. Cheers! On 11/14/11, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > For me, who has always been an arcade joystick fan even the keyboard took > some getting used to! > > I hate joypads with a passion after trying for many years, but I just cannot > cope with the hole business of using only your thumb for most of the > buttons! I don't know if it's my typing, my playing of instruments like > piano and flute that make extensive use of all! fingers, but the hole > methodology behind joypad holding I've just not got at all, and that's after > trying right back to the days when we first got our snes. > > Thus, when i began playing games on the pc, while a million miles better > than a joypad the keyboard took significant getting used to, indeed i used > to get finger ache from using the curser keys. > > now however, I'm extremely! happy with the key board, so much so I haven't > even bothered buying the usb adapter for my x arcade joystick to plug into > the pc, though it deffinately has one. > > So personally I'm all in favour of trying the mouse. it'll stil take getting > used to, but is a long way from impossible, afterall if I'd stuck to my > comfort zone I'd have never played pc games on the keyboard at all! > > And whatever way I think of it, the mouse is better than a joypad, ---- heck > for me, playing a game with my nose would be better than a joypad :D. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > > > > --- > 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://mail.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]. > --- 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://mail.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].
