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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Kinda pointless for ps2, unless used for a player 2 etc., Because of the lack of pressure sensitive buttons.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Barely any game uses them. And I think it's only needed in MGS. So, far from pointless imo.

[–] helloharu 8 points 1 year ago

I remember finding out Ridge Racer V was using them when it was released, and as cool as it was, it just seemed rather pointless. Sensitivity margin was so thin you had to be quite delicate with it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

and almost all racing games or games with vehicles that use th face buttons for acceleration, think GTA, NFS, Gran Turismo

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@MrScottyTay @Kaan
Though I remember one of the Gran Turismo games had an option to use the right analog stick up and down as an accelerator and break. It was tricky to master, but effective.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I think most racers do that, very hard to get used to in my opinion, but definitely an option

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@MrScottyTay
It definitely was hard to get used to. But with Gran Turismo, it rewards precision. I was also a fan of games like Driver, that were more forgiving.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot 3 points 1 year ago

The Ace Combat games used them for throttle, rudder and radar zoom level.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Silent Hill 2 uses it unfortunately.

[–] Nioxic 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

GTA3 as well

Though its rather pointless IMO

[–] IndiBrony 7 points 1 year ago

It makes me sad that this wasn't carried forward. I feel like I'm the only person who actually enjoyed the pressure sensitivity.

[–] BoxOfFeet 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah. Brook makes a good adapter that supports modern controllers, as well as the PS3, so you can still get those pressure sensitive buttons. I use mine all the time, PS2 is pretty much the only console I play anymore.

[–] Pumpkinbot 1 points 1 year ago

PS2 had pressure sensitive buttons? No shit, I had no idea.

[–] swagstudios 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

yeah I use the brook adapter with PS3 controller which uses pressure sensitive buttons

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does the brook allow pressure sensitive? I never actually got along to testing it properly when I used one cause I wasn't really looking for it at the time. I do have the one previous to the current model though

[–] swagstudios 2 points 1 year ago

yes. make sure firmware up to date