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Post by mancity on Sept 21, 2012 21:31:36 GMT
Pretty self explanatory. Im a pad man myself, I find I can control better . If your stick, which one?
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Post by neogeo123 on Sept 21, 2012 22:18:29 GMT
Pad..
stick purely for fighting games!
Sent from my Xoom using proboards
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Post by buckoa51 on Sept 21, 2012 23:05:18 GMT
Obviously a stick given the option, you have a lot more control with something you can hold in your entire hand vs something under your thumb. None of the best players play on a pad by choice.
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Post by Yart on Sept 21, 2012 23:39:50 GMT
Gosh... I don't know!
Probably a stick, but I'm competent with a pad too. I've used pads far more often than sticks, but...
I think Buckoa is right, if you were to have the same level of experience with both methods, ultimately the joystick would be better because you get full hand control. You can switch parts of your hand to be on the stick for different movement types.
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Post by zyrobs on Sept 22, 2012 0:11:31 GMT
too used to pads to ever become good at using an arcade stick.
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Post by NeoGeoNinja on Sept 22, 2012 11:03:09 GMT
too used to pads to ever become good at using an arcade stick. ^ THIS also: None of the best players play on a pad by choice. WHILST THIS IS TRUE... and I don't disagree at all, I think you'll usually find that there are usually cultural differences that separate long term arcade stick players who play on a tournament/pro level vs pad users. It's only mere hypothetical thinking, but most of the really good fighting game played I speak to, who use sticks, usually come from an arcade-based background growing up - living in city locations, near arcades, with the arcade being the choice place to hang out as a kid. I often hear tales of 'I used to go by my local arcade on the way home from school' often to play one of the most popular arcade genres of the 90's - 2D fighters... SF2, SFA, SShodown, FFury's etc. All these played on a cab using arcade stick & buttons. By comparison, all my friends growing up used to go home after school and play on their SNES/MD's and do 'whatever', with games played at home at the weekends. I feel that city landscape/lifestyles combined with easy arcade access has a lot to answer for such high level tournament players and the obvious employment of arcade sticks for gameplay use. INTERESTINGLY... the guy who I watched decimate everyone at Electronic Dojo's T6 tournament a couple of years ago (on PS3) took everyone out with a stock DS3...
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Post by mick_aka on Sept 22, 2012 11:50:30 GMT
Stick, but it has to be the right stick, and by that I mean on an individual basis, find the one you're comfortable with.
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Post by buckoa51 on Sept 22, 2012 11:58:31 GMT
It only takes a hour or so play to get used to using a stick, as a gamer you should be able to adapt easily. It's not like the difference between mouse vs analogue stick for aiming in a FPS but there's definitely a degree of accuracy on a stick you can't get with a d-pad.
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Post by NeoGeoNinja on Sept 22, 2012 12:01:47 GMT
It only takes a hour or so play to get used to using a stick, as a gamer you should be able to adapt easily. It's not like the difference between mouse vs analogue stick for aiming in a FPS but there's definitely a degree of accuracy on a stick you can't get with a d-pad. LOL... the usual, well thought out and respectful comeback I have come to expect from 'Robo-Bucko'...
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Post by zyrobs on Sept 22, 2012 14:23:55 GMT
That all depends. Games feel totally different even between my Xbox360 pad and the saturn pad (one has better controls but the other is much more comfortable).
An arcade pad is even less comfortable, though its fun to use.
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Post by Syntesis on Sept 23, 2012 13:36:00 GMT
MD 6 button, Saturn or arcade stick.
I am happy to use either of these three at home. I do think however that the best and most comfortable experience for shooters is playing on a candy cab.
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Post by bradcap1 on Sept 23, 2012 21:50:20 GMT
I have played a lot with the virtual stick and was pretty happy until I switched back to a pad. It seems like I get way more precise control with a pad. I don't like to play Radiant Silverhun at all with a stick. It's way easier to use the sword with the shoulder buttons of a pad.
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Post by buckoa51 on Sept 23, 2012 22:47:17 GMT
Radiant Silvergun is one of the few shooters I do play with pad by preference, just because it has so many buttons.
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Post by MIK on Sept 24, 2012 10:31:32 GMT
I like a stick mostly for shooters purely because I'm not one for using Auto Fire. If I get a chance to hammer the fire button I'll use both hands meaning I can't hold anything. I can play or used to be able to play a keyboard, amateur-ish but know how to alternate fingers on a button rabidly as if I'm doing a Drum Roll haha! Arcade machines are sticks anyway. Coming from the likes of the 1980's Commodore era when Joysticks were the only way then it's never been an issue. I can use both pad or stick, but for rapid fire you can't beat something you don't have to hold, that's if there is time in the play to let go.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2012 15:50:26 GMT
A stick is good enough for a pilot - so its good enough for me. Depends on the pad of course - the Saturn's is excellent. I remember seeing the NES controller for the first time - after being a 2600 gamer for years I never thought I would get the same level of control with a pad - but then that was before I tried Super Mario Bros - couldn't imagine that with a stick - although the Playchoice 10 used that scheme...
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