Is there some sort of secret? No matter what sensitivity my mouse is set to I seem to get stuck when turning. On a controller I can turn completely in a circle, but not with a mouse unless i’m missing something. I’m willing to accept that I might be an idiot. But seriously how to people do it? It just feels so unatural. Sorry if this is a dumb question, because I think it’s a dumb question too.
I’ll use a controller if I’m emulating a console game(obviously.) The only PC games I use a controller for is strictly driving a vehicle in GTA5 and Cyberpunk, or racing games. WASD isn’t pressure sensitive, and it does my head in trying to feather the throttle to take a corner, or creep past an enemy so my companion can shoot them from the window. Just makes more sense to use a controller for that. Also too broke to buy a decent wheel and pedal setup.
I can definitely relate, similar experiences were my initial reason for getting a controller for myself. I ended up becoming a controller geek, though. Right now, I have a PS3 DualShock clone, a Logitech controller with DualShock ergonomics but Xbox face buttons, and then I have retro controllers for Sega Genesis and the SNES. Looking to expand beyond that eventually but virtually any game type works flawlessly with that setup haha
I have a 3bitDo SNES style controller. I barely use my computers for emulation these days though. I’ve got a plug-in/clip-on phone controller, and my phone is beefy enough to do everything up to the switch. Obviously some games and systems run better than others, but I mostly play PS1/2 with some 3/DS and SNES occasionally. I own the actual hardware for all of those, and for 3ds and ds they’re portable. It is a bit of a faff lugging around multiple handhelds though…
I’d love to set up emulation on my phone but I don’t have a controller for my phone and I have a Steam Deck for portable emulation. Still, using the actual hardware is ideal, I just wish I knew where my DS and its charger went!
When I moved from Canada to the UK, my now wife and I had our very first actual fight. She didn’t understand why I wasn’t willing to give away or sell off my game collection. I have NES, SNES, N64, OG Xbox, 360, PS1, PS2, PS3, PSP, Vita, GB-DMG, GBC, GBA, DS and 3DS. With a load of games for each one. It was when she was helping do research on reasonable value for all of them for insurance to ship it all she finally got why I wasn’t willing to sell it and try and rebuild the collection over here.
Yeah, a lot of people don’t seem to understand just how valuable our retro game collection can be. A lot of people think it’s just about holding onto the past, but it’s more than that. Not to mention the fact that the games you really loved for the consoles you really loved can hold very deep sentimental value that you shouldn’t be forced to give up.
The monetary values were what convinced her…but
I couldn’t give a fuck about the money. Some of those consoles were gifts from now long dead relatives. Some of the games I have memories of playing with friends who passed away, or we drifted apart. That collection is like a story, every game in it has held a special place in my life. Be it having a session with my younger siblings on a week night, trying to be super quiet because dad told us to go to sleep 2 hours ago. Or trying to beat Masa and Mune in chrono trigger with Brandon every day after school, handing the controller back and forth. Or having our little minds blown that we had to physically switch the controller to beat Psycho Mantis.
It’s a huge part of who I am, and when I said I would rather stay in Canada than ditch my collection? It hurts that she only understood when she found out what it was “worth.”
We’ve had long chats about it since, and she gets it now. Took a while though…
Well said. A lot of people just don’t get it, which is sad.
I’m sure they’d get it if it was something that they cared about. Most of us just can’t fully equate what matters to other folk to stuff that matters to us. Was just channel surfing the other week, stopped randomly. Was a kid, he got a lot of attention on YouTube for getting super emotional while train spotting. Now he’s a presenter for the BBC. In the segment I watched he was in Malaysia. A rare engine went by with freight, and the guy was vibrating, tearing up, and all the hair on his arms was standing up.
I look at that, and I just don’t get it, to me it’s just a train. You could clearly see, it was one of the greatest moments of his life. While the situation didn’t spark the same reaction in me, I can absolutely understand the feeling. And I think that a lot of folk just don’t take the time to try and understand.