21st June 2007, 8:02 PM
It's a little too late for that. Really you have one stick that gives you extremely good control with both speed and angle, and the other gives you perfect angular control for firing in any direction, combined with it working instantly and intuitively. A d-pad or the keyboard equivalent is just not going to cut it. Too many subtle movements have I navigated to think that'll keep me alive for very long. As for firing direction, a mouse could do that, but I suspect it won't be quite as easy. I just point in the exact direction I want to fire and I do. With a mouse, I'd do that but I couldn't just let it go to go back to center. In fact I might end up shoving the mouse right off the pad. If it's "zoned" so that rolling it up past a "center" position that way did it, I don't have quite the accuracy without the feedback of the stick.
Of course, the PC can use a 360 controller so none of that matters.
Of course, the PC can use a 360 controller so none of that matters.
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