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Let's take a moment to remember the time period when everyone had to adjust to using dual-joysticks on controllers. (media.piefed.world)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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[–] 17 points 9 months ago (5 children)

My grandmother owned a PS1 which was the first console I ever played on as a kid.

But it was also the last console she ever owned and she said it was because of the move to thumbsticks made her gave up on gaming. Kinda sad...

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  • [–] 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I gave up on console gaming for the same reason (the last console I owned was a Super Nintendo) but that's because mouse+keyboard is just so superior that using dual-joystick controllers feels like punishment rather than entertainment.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I'm just now exploring PC gaming and i have NO idea how you all use the keyboard and mouse for FPS games. Controller is all i know and so much easier.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    It just takes practice. Once you learn it playing FPS games on controllers feels sluggish.

    I remember when I first played Quake my character wildly looked up and down while I was trying to move because I was used to Doom where it didn't matter if I moved the mouse up or down.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I remember a LOT of people giving up gaming entirely during the transition to 3D because of this. That was when a lot of the people who experienced the arcade era stopped keeping up.

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