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 Send to email | Five Ways to Simplify Complex Controllers [Controllers] in ControllersFeaturesGameproListsNunchukPlaystation 3WiiWiimoteXbox 360 |  By Owen Good
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 Arriving yesterday in the mail, as if laughing at me, was Assassin's Creed, courtesy of my restarted Gamefly subscription. I had forgotten to change my game queue (I also got The Warriors on PSP. WTF?) So, really, if I were to seriously play Assassin's Creed within a week after getting GTA IV, we're talking about a length of time spent indoors that borders on being incarcerated.
Anyway, this is hardly news, but AC has a control system that will take me a week to get comfortable manipulating. The game is a perfect example of how increasingly complex controllers will give rise to increasingly complex-to-control games. GamePro has a list of 5 suggestions for paring down the buttons and options.
? Reduce the number of face and shoulder buttons
? Merge "Start" and "Select" into one button
? Lose the D-pad
? Use motion-sensing controls (Newton, anyone?)
? Add attachment peripheral (Newt-chuk, anyone?)
Sounds good to me, but I think this is more a question of developer discipline in keeping character control lean and uncomplicated. A lot of extra buttons on a controller will eventually be used of course, so a redesign that strips out some of the lesser-employed options can't hurt. But the controller is not the game.
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| Five Ways to Simplify Complex Controllers [Controllers] | | Arriving yesterday in the mail, as if laughing at me, was Assassin's Creed, courtesy of my restarted Gamefly subscription. I had forgotten to change my game queue (I also got The Warriors on PSP. WTF?) So, really, if I were to seriously play Assassin's C [..] Read complete article | | Published 04-May-2008 by Owen Good in ControllersFeaturesGameproListsNunchukPlaystation 3WiiWiimoteXbox 360
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If controllers were measured by the number of buttons, the 32-bit Atari Jaguar had one of the best controllers ever. It is rivaled only by the Xbox 360 controller (with chat pad) and the Ste [..] Read complete article | | Published 21-Jun-2008 by Ross Miller in what-are-you-playingwrup
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| Samba De Amigo Wii Maraca Controllers Appear [Sega] | | In our previous encounters with Sega, reps have told us that they were "thinking" about maraca controllers for the Wii version of Samba de Amigo. They're "looking into it," they say. Well, if this box art from UK retailer HMV is right, they're pretty much [..] Read complete article | | Published 27-Jun-2008 by Michael McWhertor in Sega gearbox studios Retail Rumor samba de amigo Top Wii
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| Skate It on November 19 |  Filed under: Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, Sports
Those looking to roll down the streets of San Vanelona and perform some flips, ollies and [error: skateboarding lexicon gap] via nontraditional controllers should be pleased to note the [..] Read complete article | | Published 31-Oct-2008 by Ludwig Kietzmann in Balance-BoardEASkateSkate-It
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| The Best Fake Wii Controllers Yet! [Piracy] | | And by "best", I don't mean most awesome. This is no Vii. No, by "best" I mean most slavish attention to detail, because these Wii Remotes and Nunchuks aren't trying to look like the Wii's peripherals. They're trying to be the Wii's peripherals. Though r [..] Read complete article | | Published 10-Jun-2008 by Luke Plunkett in NewsNintendoWii
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