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[Manlytears]

Manlytears said:

Both options of analog stick work great, but, imho, Dualshock symmetrical desing got one major advantage in games. The possibility of using the Claw grip technique on the D-pad, i realy like to use it while playing games like dark souls, monster hunter or any other game that need quick access to d-pad. On such games the offset stick realy fell like a major flaw.

Never had to use claw grip once, and I have some thousand trophies over several hundred games played on PS since PS1.

you should try, I consider the technique very convenient and, with practice, the movement becomes very natural to do things like changing weapons and selecting items. it's one of the things I like in symmetrical controls, just make a regular grip and slide your index finger into the dpad when needed.