scott <sco### [at] scottcom> wrote:
> I bought gta4 for the PS3 (because my PC at the time wasn't up to it) 
> and found it uncontrollable compared to all the previous GTAs I'd played 
> on my PC. I just suck at doing anything that requires fine control on a 
> console controller. I managed a few missions but once they got 
> moderately difficult I rage quit after not being able to aim on a person 
> quick enough or something like that.

You never get as good at aiming as with a mouse (unless you are very,
very dedicated), but it gets easier with time and practice with a
controller.

When I bought my Xbox 360, one of the first games I tried was the
demo version of Battlefield Bad Company. I was unable to even complete
the demo because playing a first-person shooter with a controller is
basically impossible for a beginner.

A couple of years later I tried to play the demo again, just for
comparison, and it was almost *trivial* to complete it. (Sure, it
was still not as fluent and comfortable as with a mouse, but it
was enormously easier after having a couple of years of practice).

(Actually this is pretty much the same with the mouse, even though
we usually don't realize it. Put a person who has *never* used a
mouse to play a first-person shooter, and they will have even a
harder time than you have with the controller. And it does take
quite some time to get used to the mouse. Depending on the person,
of course, but it can take months. The mouse is, however, much
easier to master.)

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                                                          - Warp

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