Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!foo.mel.cybec.com.au!nobody From: Toby Hutton Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: how do you do, PS2? Date: 14 Sep 1999 16:10:08 +1000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 31 Sender: toby@foo.mel.cybec.com.au Message-ID: <867lluja67.fsf@foo.mel.cybec.com.au> References: <7rilo6$g0d7@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <7rjlhh$g0d16@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <7rk19h$g0d18@chuka.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.103.154.60 X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.6.45/XEmacs 21.1 - "20 Minutes to Nikko" "Scott Ward" writes: > I agree with Nigel, I would have liked them to come up with some new > analogue pads. I've never really felt comfortable with Sony's analogue > system. Even though I don't rate the N64 much I have to admit that the N64 > pads are much better than the Sony ones when it comes to analogue. It's a I totally disagree with you (and Nigel :) here. The PSX analogue controller feels more balanced and robust, and has two sticks which is great for GT - analogue acceleration/breake, and for MDK - turn with one, strafe with the other. Are there *any* games out there which use the d-pad on the N64? That left prong is useless. The middle prong on the N64 means your left hand is slightly closer to you than your right and I find I naturally tend to hold the controller at an angle, pointed slightly to the right. Consequently when pushing the analogue stick up, it's actually a little to the left of up. I don't have a rumble pack for my N64 (but a friend does), and without it the N64 controller feels like a toy. That ugly little analogue stick doesn't help. With the added weight from the rumble pack it feels a little better, though the dual shock rumbles better. The nice rubber tops of the fatter Sony analogue sticks feel nicer under your thumbs too. Wow, until I'd written this I didn't realise just how much I prefer the Sony pads. I'm glad they're sticking with them, I reckon they're pretty tops. -- Toby.