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[–] 36 points 9 months ago (12 children)

My best friend still uses “Legacy” (goldeneye) controls and gets mad when games don’t have that option. He has even emailed developers about it. Half of them have no idea what he is talking about because they are not old enough to remember the before time.

We roast him for his special controls but he is better than all of us so I guess, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    I remember Goldeneye but I played it on GameCube so have no idea how more traditional controllers handled input.

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

    N64 only has 1 joystick so games had to work around that. The joystick makes you walk forward/backwards and look left/right. There are also the C buttons that act as a D-pad for your right hand. Up/down is look and left/right is strafe. There were considered advanced movements that the majority of casual players could ignore.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    I remember goldeneye. And yeah it would be annoying. You could probably plug the snipe commands onto the right thumbstick. But yeah trying to emulate 90s single stick controls onto double stick controllers is a pain. Almost as bad as trying to emulate a Wii lol.

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Thats because he discovered the secret that we all eventually discover when playing with dual sticks:

    You don't actually aim with the right stick, you aim by strafing.

    Think about it, when you've lined up the perfect shot in the distance but the enemy keeps moving, do you readjust your aim? Or do you duck walk in a little circle whilst prone until the crosshair lines up

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