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-Newcloud- on 04 April 2009

yep i hate the 360's d-pad aswell i was playing gears 2 and trying to change weapons and ending up with granades and that can prove to be fatal



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Zomb1337 on 05 April 2009

They will hopefully redesign the D-Pad and add Gyroscopic motion control to the next Xbox controller.



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DiplomaticImmunity on 05 April 2009
jake_the_fake1 said:
Squilliam said:
The D-Pad is fine, if you have a problem with it its because you have a problem with yourself.

 

Dude, that just retarded logic.

 

thanks for stating that, the logic fails



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sega4life on 05 April 2009
-Newcloud- said:
yep i hate the 360's d-pad aswell i was playing gears 2 and trying to change weapons and ending up with granades and that can prove to be fatal

 

To add... when playing Warhawk, I have problems selecting weapons with the PS3's D-Pad. Example: pressing right and down for the sniper rifle, but I select knife instead (which is just down)...

so to each his own when it comes to controls i guess.

 

 

 



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Gearbox on 05 April 2009

d pad isnt too bad, all good patents are taken... but still for a figthing game what r u gonna pick

bad d - pad less lag because servers are better
OR
good d - pad with lag because servers are utter shit



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darklich13 on 05 April 2009
badgenome said:
I think every possible good d-pad design was patented by someone else.

Yea but Microsoft has released a way better d-pad on the Sidewinder for the PC way before Xbox. This thing goes for over $150 on Amazon.

 



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badgenome on 05 April 2009
Gearbox said:
d pad isnt too bad, all good patents are taken... but still for a figthing game what r u gonna pick

bad d - pad less lag because servers are better
OR
good d - pad with lag because servers are utter shit

Doesn't matter. Only casual newbs use d-pads for fighting games.

 



-Newcloud- on 05 April 2009
sega4life said:
-Newcloud- said:
yep i hate the 360's d-pad aswell i was playing gears 2 and trying to change weapons and ending up with granades and that can prove to be fatal

 

To add... when playing Warhawk, I have problems selecting weapons with the PS3's D-Pad. Example: pressing right and down for the sniper rifle, but I select knife instead (which is just down)...

so to each his own when it comes to controls i guess.

 

 

 


thats true i have that problem aswell but with gears its just up down left and right and with warhawk its more understandable to make a mistake

dbot on 05 April 2009

The dpad is essential in RE5 and GeoW2. It is a problem when the controller can't identify if you are pressing up, down, right, or left. The 360 dpad is awful. I don't really think any of these threads will bring any new information.



Thanks for the input, Jeff.

 

 

NinjaguyDan on 05 April 2009

Try playing Dance Dance Revelation on The Simpsons Game and you will discover how bad the 360 D-Pad really is.

BTW, is there a 3rd party controller with a decent D-Pad?



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