The Joystick

[samonix]

I've recently been playing Incoming for the first time since I was a child and have realised a few things.

1. Nostalgia is surprisingly powerful or modern games are all terrible.
2. I must've been a world-class gamer as a kid just to get out of the desert.
3. Joysticks are the most fun controller ever.

I have never used a motion sensor controller and not thought about how much I wish this game didn't need one (Flower being the exception) and even light guns and steering wheels don't seem to have the same effect.

I even bought Combat Flight Simulator 3 just to make sure it wasn't all a nostalgic illusion.

Do people agree with me about joysticks, are they the most immersive controller invented or do I harbour a repressed love for phallic objects?

 

[Tharwen]

Yes! I tried playing HAWX on the PC with a keyboard, and it was impossible! Although... joysticks are less good for anything that isn't a flight simulator.

On a side note, whenever I actually fly a plane, the instructor says something good about my control of it. I'd like to thank years of intense hand-eye coordination provided by the games industry for that

 

[Phoenixmgs_v1legacy]

I'm a HUGE Galaga fan, and I can only play it with a proper joystick.