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[Deft Beck]

This is a counterpart to the other thread I have with the opposite premise.

There are quite a few games, especially Japanese games in legacy series, where you can use a d-pad in 3D space. So, you can play many of the modern Persona and SMT games with the D-pad. I just wonder if anyone does this on purpose. I find that when it is available in games where you need to have discrete inputs, it is essential. So, perhaps I would play a turn based strategy game on a modern console with the D-pad, if possible.

How about you?

 

[Aizo]

This also feels inaccurate. I personally really don't like it. Felt very awkward on the DS.

 

[Mistouze]

Well... 3D Fighting games like Virtua Fighter, Tekken or Soulcalibur.

Mario 64 DS was playable I guess. Did not play it back then on N64, still enjoyed my time with it.

 

[maxcriden]

Yes. Sly Cooper. On PS2 it plays terrifically with the d-pad.

 

[gelf]

Classic Resident Evil and Tomb Raider. Tank controls need a good D-pad.

 

[Peltz]

3D Fighting games? (Only when an arcade stick is unavailable though).

 

[GurgleBot20]

I've always played the first Metal Gear Solid and the PS1 Resident Evils with the D-Pad.

 

[Sapiens]

I loved using it to sneak in mgs3

 

[sixteen-bit]

Any 3D PS1 game pretty much. I never has a dual analog controller or Dualschock until the PS2 era.

 

[PsionBolt]

On PSP and PC, everything that lets me -- because my PSP analog nub is broken.

A lot of PS1 games, too. Mega Man Legends, Metal Gear Solid, and so on. They made 3D games for that thing before they made an analog stick for it, y'know.

 

[LeleSocho]

If it's a game where you don't have to move the camera i could see myself using the D-Pad sometimes... not often though.

 

[SatoAilDarko]

I'm feel like I may have with the Tony Hawk games. But I also don't think I did.

 

[DPB]

I did sometimes on the PSP, as the analogue nub is in a terrible position that makes it uncomfortable to use for long periods of time.

 

[Mr-Joker]

I use it in Pokkén Tournament as it works fine in the 3D phase and is great in the 2D phase.

 

[butman]

PES.

 

[Yarbskoo]

Steering the character is best done with analog.

On PC, WASD works well enough for strafing, but the mouse still needs to be the primary means of determining the direction of the character's movement.

 

[Z..]

Yes. Sly Cooper. On PS2 it plays terrifically with the d-pad.

What? Oo Why? What do you gain?

I get it in grid based games like 3D Dot Heroes or the original Tomb Raider. Works well with tank controls, too... both Resi and Onimusha pull it off quite nicely.

On PSP and PC, everything that lets me -- because my PSP analog nub is broken.

A lot of PS1 games, too. Mega Man Legends, Metal Gear Solid, and so on. They made 3D games for that thing before they made an analog stick for it, y'know.

Never tried MGS with dpad but I could definitely see it.

MML is painful to think about.

 

[retroman]

Well...

I used to play the original Doom with a Gravis gamepad.

Yep.

 

[Zebei]

Just beat Other M yesterday.


In that game you don't have a choice. For that it's D-pad or bust.


Showed me how much analog sticks were a blessing.

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Depends if the game uses how far you're pulling the stick like SM64 does for walk/run. If it does, obviously yes. If it doesn't, then sometimes no. An SRPG with the classic chessboard layout I'll always play with the dpad for example, as it's more likely to go to the square I'm trying to get to.

 

[Rich!]

yes, I own a saturn

 

[EmilioLargo]

Well...

I used to play the original Doom with a Gravis gamepad.

Yep.

Brings up some long forgotten memories

 

[Pif]

Gran Turismo 6 I did configure the D pad to be the steering.

Bad habits carrying over from the good old PSone days.

 

[11redder]

Classic Resident Evil and Tomb Raider. Tank controls need a good D-pad.

These were the games that came to mind for me as well. Not that you had any choice with the earliest entries given the lack of analogue stick on the original PS controller.

When they did implement analogue control for TR3 (I think) - it felt terrible, really woefully calibrated. All the resident evil entries on PS definitely controlled better with the D-pad as well.

REmake and the RE2 and 3 ports on GameCube actually played better using control scheme c, which utilised the analogue shoulder buttons and click for walk/run and the analogue stick for turning.

 

[maxcriden]

What? Oo Why? What do you gain?

I get it in grid based games like 3D Dot Heroes or the original Tomb Raider. Works well with tank controls, too... both Resi and Onimusha pull it off quite nicely.

I'm not sure how to explain it. I find the PS2 d-pad infinitely superior to the stick so I just found it more comfortable that way. Also I'm more comfortable with making precise movements in a 3D space using either a d-pad or an analog with an octagonal gate, and PS2's stick has no such gate, so it's easier for me to make careful movements that way, especially in a game reliant on stealth.

 

[Yoshi]

If it is on a Dual Shock controller, then yes, because I hate both, the stick quality itself (improved now with PS4, though) and the positioning of the left stick (still shit). Otherwise: no. As long as you mean games with 3D movement. Fire Emblem for instance has 3D graphics , but it has grid based movement. D-pad there.

 

[PsionBolt]

Works well with tank controls
[...]
MML is painful to think about.

Mega Man Legends uses tank controls! A lot of folks seem to agree with you regardless, but I can never really understand it.