Let's All Hate Lucasarts Day to become Let's All Hate Lucasarts, Period?

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Yes they do, actually.

From ign's head-to-head comparison of the game:

If the games industry has learned one thing from the Superman comics, it's that bizarro world does exist. The PC is the bizarro console...or is it the other way around? Point is, where first-person shooters play brilliantly on the PC, adventure games have a habit of running into trouble -- when they don't support controllers, for example.


Yes, you heard right. Somehow, for some reason, the PC version does not support controllers. You have to assign everything to the keyboard and mouse. You can get by, but it's entirely awkward to play this kind of game this way. There's certainly no confusing that the PC version is a port of the consoles in this case.

Following, we list all of the primary functions, but bear in mind the buttons do several different things. Still, this should give you an idea of how things control (and how our mouse/keyboard was setup by default).

Load Point GameCube PlayStation 2 Xbox PC
Crouch L L1 L CTRL
Move L. Stick L. Stick L. Stick W-A-S-D
Camera/Zoom R. Stick R. Stick R. Stick Mouse/Up-Down
Photo/Aim Z R1 Y Shift
Run/Accelerate R R2 R Space
Action/Attack A X A L. Click
Dive/Roll/Release B Square X R. Click
Ask/In-Hovercraft Y Trianble B E
Use X Circle Black Q
Inventory Paging D-pad D-pad D-pad 2/3
Menu Screen Start Start Start ESC
Objectives/Maps N/A Select Back TAB



The only red-flagged portion of the table applies to GameCube. Why? Because it's a button short. When you get a new objective, map, or anything of the sort you can quickly navigate in a one-touch manner on PS2, Xbox, and PC. But with GameCube you need to press Start then select Objectives & Maps. Think you handle it? Because the stuff accessed in this menu is not something you will live or die on for the seconds saved, it's almost irrelevant.

However, GameCube doesn't have a center-camera luxury, which the PS2 and Xbox activate with the Right Analog Stick button. Again, it's something you'll use rarely, but it is missing nonetheless.

In short, GameCube, PS2, and Xbox are all quite suitable over the PC. But, consider that GameCube is missing some very minor peripheral functionality.

Winner Ranking:
1. PS2/Xbox
2. GCN
3. PC

Difference between 1 and 2: minor
Difference between 2 and 3: major