Hell no lol. It always made my hand cramp and lock up and it came out when I was 11 or so. And the thumb stick giving kids blisters because it’s just a plastic stick with no soft rubber on top. Like wtf is that choice?
N64 has less buttons to work with than it’s predecessor due to this stupid three handle set up. And 99% of games are made with analog stick in mind, so I can’t imagine a scenerio in which holding it is at all comfortable. I don’t know what is there to like here, it’s a step down in every way.
C buttons are meant for camera controls so a good amount of games did have fewer buttons to use. And dpad’s positioning meant for most games it served no use at all. There is no reason both couldn’t have been on the same handle.
It’s not as bad as I thought it was yesterday when I wrote without thinking about it too much but it’s still a big step down from the SNES controller. There is a reason a lot of people prefer modern replacements like Brawler64
I don’t think either were perfect designs, they were both pioneering and can be respected for that, neither were a “mess”. At the time I personally preferred the feel of the N64’s analog stick since it was directionally biased in 8 directions which works better for games of the time, and met expectations of the time. My main problem with the DualShock is that they stuck with it while they should have, in my opinion, swapped the left stick with the d-pad for the PS2 onwards.
Idk if Sony would actively make the worlds worst controller even in an alternate timeline
A lot of people really liked that N64 controller, though I feel it would have been an unnecessary design if that Z button wasn’t included.
Hell no lol. It always made my hand cramp and lock up and it came out when I was 11 or so. And the thumb stick giving kids blisters because it’s just a plastic stick with no soft rubber on top. Like wtf is that choice?
N64 has less buttons to work with than it’s predecessor due to this stupid three handle set up. And 99% of games are made with analog stick in mind, so I can’t imagine a scenerio in which holding it is at all comfortable. I don’t know what is there to like here, it’s a step down in every way.
Hold up. First of all, the word you want is “fewer” buttons.
Secondly, that’s still just incorrect. There aren’t fewer buttons.
C buttons are meant for camera controls so a good amount of games did have fewer buttons to use. And dpad’s positioning meant for most games it served no use at all. There is no reason both couldn’t have been on the same handle.
It’s not as bad as I thought it was yesterday when I wrote without thinking about it too much but it’s still a big step down from the SNES controller. There is a reason a lot of people prefer modern replacements like Brawler64
I would say the DualShock is worse; never liked the placement of the thumb sticks at the bottom but apparently that’s just me.
daaaaang. i like the dualshock 2 and 4. the 3 was garbagio
Personally I don’t see how Dualshock’s subjectively sub-optimal analog stick pla–ement compares to N64’s mess of a controller.
I don’t think either were perfect designs, they were both pioneering and can be respected for that, neither were a “mess”. At the time I personally preferred the feel of the N64’s analog stick since it was directionally biased in 8 directions which works better for games of the time, and met expectations of the time. My main problem with the DualShock is that they stuck with it while they should have, in my opinion, swapped the left stick with the d-pad for the PS2 onwards.
Personally I don’t agree regarding the dualshock, all though I play a lot more 2D games than most so I’m biased.