Hiya,
We've come across a conundrum whilst developing our SpaceShooter game (which now has a name, to be revealed soon).
The game has a lot of controls - we're using all the buttons on the PSP for various functions, and someone suggested we ditch movement from the DPAD, and force players to use the Analog Stick for movement, which will free up the DPAD for cooler stuff, like weapon switching, and hot-teleporting to the nearest previous telepod - stuff like that.
What do you think?
Thanks!
James
I am virtually unable to play any scrolling shooter while using the analog stick. The only time I use it that I can think of is during the Stage 5 boss fight in Gradius V (when swimming backwards through the asteroid barrage). In every other instance, every other game, the directional pad provides superior precision. Granted, I don't have an arcade stick, which may work even better. Or worse?
How about using one of the shoulder buttons as a [Shift] key? That is, so that you can stack a second function onto each face button.
Cheers for that - nice idea the shift key...
We'll ponder :)
THOTH
Member
Can't wait till this comes out! I'd like to have the option but a lot of it depends on the game. I used both on Coconut Dodge and other minis like WTF, sometimes you gotta take advantage of the loose control with analog and the more precise control of the d-pad. It's difficult to choose a preference till I actually play it... but like I voted; if the game is good I'll learn the control system.
:)
Ok, we'll keep you updated!
I'd also like to point out that the [Shift] key concept can also be applied to the directional pad. In Gradius V, the Type 2 options have it such that when you hold down a specific button (in my configuration, the R button), the directional controls switch to being used for changing the aim of the options' fire. Naturally, you can't move the ship while you do that, but that's a minor trade-off.
To illustrate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsFAacScBRE (watch what he does whenever his ship stops moving)
Identity25
Member
I really dislike games that only have the analogue stick as for nearly every game which has the choice I use the d pad. I wouln't rule out the game if it was forced analogue stick, but I'd certianly be considering whether to get it alot more, as I dont personally think it would be good for me.
confuletlyf
Member
I prefer to have the d-pad for swithing weapons/camera views etc.
It kinda bugged me in ASSF2B that you had so many abilities but had to rifle through them with shoulder buttons, rather than just assigning them to the dpad/'o'.
Thanks for asking for input btw!
Carson
Member
someone suggested we ditch movement from the DPAD, and force players to use the Analog Stick for movement, which will free up the DPAD for cooler stuff, like weapon switching, and hot-teleporting to the nearest previous telepod - stuff like that.
I use the dpad whenever I can. So please use on-modeky's suggestion and don't get rid of it! I'm really looking forward to this mini.
p.s. Why is called a dpad? It doesn't look like a d...
It's actually referred to by Sony as the Directional Buttons, because it's not a pad like the ye old days Sega MegaDrive.
D comes from Directional :)
@onmode-ky:
That video is intense... :)
I am a massive MASIVE fan of fully customisable controls, I mean, everybody’s different… right! ;)
ChaosRandom
Member
How cool is it that FuturLab is actually asking us about this? I mean that means a lot to me anyway. They wont be able to please everyone though.
@FuturLab
Maybe you could please everyone. Just make multiple releases with multiple control schemes and do away with the options menu all together.
It's actually referred to by Sony as the Directional Buttons, because it's not a pad like the ye old days Sega MegaDrive.
Sony can say that if they want, but under the hood, those four buttons are actually still a single pad. :)
That video is intense... :)
James, I actually only watched the first ~10 seconds myself, and I didn't expect anyone else to watch any more than that. . . . I just made sure that it was a good demo of the [Shift] concept applied to the control buttons.
Having watched the full video now, I gotta say, that's actually a pretty poor demonstration of Gradius V Stage 3. That guy was lucky not to die until the boss fight; he made so many stupid mistakes and poor tactical decisions, and then he got himself killed before the really rough part of the boss battle. Would it impress you if I told you that, at one time, I could easily survive that stage, plus its two predecessors in the game, without a single lost life (that's including the whole boss fight, which gets a lot more difficult)?
Of course, from the middle of Stage 4 onward, it was always just a downpour of lost lives . . . especially the soul-crushing Stage 7.
This guy does a much better job on Stage 3. He's playing Easy mode, but from a tactical perspective, he handles it better.
wrestlinggamer
Member
OMG Im playing WWE Smackdown vs RAW 2008 and OMG when im either playing with a manager at ringside or playing in a tag team match my manager or tag team partner always interferes how do I change controls so that I can play with Analog stick D-Pad is just annoying me , by the way im playing the game on psp , please someone make some suggestions on what to do
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