Symmetrical or asymmetrical analogue sticks?

[Louie]

Manlytears said:

Louie said: 

Yes, whit the side of my index. Most of the time I hold the control in a "standard" manner and when I need to use the D-pad I slide my index onto the D-pad and press the desired button easily. Believe me, it works very well and in many situations this option is much better than removing the thumb from the analog stick (something that can leave your character immobile and defenseless, or make it difficult to execute a command). I use this technique for about 10 years, I never felt pain and i agree that it is not perfect, but man... it is much better than dropping the analog stick in the middle of the action to press the D-pad.

Truly, i can't see myself using Asymmetrical, it contains a inferior level of access to the buttons, i mean it is certainly possible to play on a Asymmetrical control  but... I would undoubtedly feel uncomfortable and maybe I could not do some advanced moves.

This video shows a bit of what i'm talking:

Thanks for explaining! It still looks weird to me and I doubt I could get used to holding a controller this way. But it's interesting to see some people prefer this as I never gave it a thought. To be honest your comment initially reminded me of my dad trying to play Super Mario 64 with an N64 controller. At one point he rotated the controller 180 degrees and played that way haha.I'll never get that picture out of my head.