Board 8 > What genres is the 360 dpad bad at besides fighters?

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The 360 dpad is much maligned, and deservedly so because it is pretty bad. But I've been playing some 2D platformers on it lately and it hasn't really been an issue. Which made me wonder: what kinds of games does it obstruct you from playing well? Obviously 2D fighters is the big one. The dpad is bad, the buttons aren't set up ideally, having bumpers and triggers is bad, it really is not a fighting game controller. But what else is out there?

It gives me an issue with DMC4 sometimes when switching styles as Dante, as you use the d-pad to swap styles and you'll sometimes hit two directions at once or press one and it snaps back in a different direction and you get a double swap when you didn't want one.

That's the only game that isn't a 2D fighter that has given me trouble, really, but I like me some DMC and 2D Fighters so it is a most grievous sin.

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Sometimes for platformers and beat-'em-ups.

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Anything 2D, really. When playing the Mega Man games, I sure wished the dpad didn't suck so bad.

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I had no issue playing MM9 on the pad really. *shrug

Or maybe I played it on the stick. Either way it wasn't an issue!

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I managed MM9 with 360 pad but it was not an optimal experience

Wii was a lot better for me

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Is it still the case in MM9 that you can't duck? If so, how does the dpad mess with you? My problems with the 360 dpad usually involve getting diagonals when I mean to get one direction, but it doesn't seem like that'd be an issue in MM games.

Lopen got it. DMC4 was my first real experience with the 360 d-pad. That convinced me that there was no good in that thing.

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Ladders are the main issue in the Mega Man games, as he'll grab sometimes when I don't mean to. It's not really a huge problem for normal gameplay, but when you try to speedrun the game it's a huge pain in the butt.

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All of them.

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From: OmarsComin | #008
Is it still the case in MM9 that you can't duck? If so, how does the dpad mess with you? My problems with the 360 dpad usually involve getting diagonals when I mean to get one direction, but it doesn't seem like that'd be an issue in MM games.

Ladders and directed attacks. But the even worse would be when you're playing as Bass or Protoman and dashing/sliding when you don't want to.

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