May 3, 2021 · This might be a weird one (and might be nostalgia) but I've always liked the D-Pad on the original model DS. It was nice and flat, comfortable, easy to use. Trying the raised ones on the DS revisions/3DS never quite felt right. It's also the D-Pad that makes Super Mario 64 DS actually playable, so it's got that going for it.

Dec 25, 2020 · Started with stick, went to D-Pad but also played plenty with keyboard, which works perfectly fine honestly. Gamepad is a bit easier for comfy leaning back or so, but keyboard certainly has no disadvantage with assignable hotkeys.

May 3, 2021 · Good circle D-pads has to have precise horizontal inputs with minimal accidental diagonal presses. So imo, The best Cross D-Pad is the Vita (this not up for debate) followed by the Snes and the best Circle D-Pad is the Saturn followed by the Series X|S.

May 27, 2018 · After I went hard on Dreamcast in 2015 and preferred the dpad for 3D games, the New 3DS having a dpad worth a damn and in 2016 becoming obsessed with Taiko which needs a d-pad made me love the classic controller/pro, and all of this sort of got me into doing anything 2D with a dpad, with my main controllers being GameCube and Xbox 360 the ...

May 3, 2021 · The Vita D-Pad is one of the best D-Pads ever made with extremely clicky and responsive input but the console itself is not a controller so it's hard to recommend for most people. For arcade beat-em-ups or fighting games, I really enjoy the feel of Neo Geo Controllers, they have a harsh but satisfying clicky response that is quite addictive and ...

Mar 14, 2023 · The 360 D-pad is mushy and vague in stock form but if you put a plastic shim between the top plastic and the rubber membrane it becomes clicky and responsive. I don't mind a modified 360 controller but stock ones are painful to use. I like the One D-Pad and recently bought a Design Lab Series controller to try. It looks weird but it feels good.

Jun 20, 2021 · I was listening to a podcast where someone was saying the Series D-pads are bad for platformers. I have exactly the opposite experience. To me, the Series D-pad is the most precise D-pad I’ve ever used. It might even be the most viable for fighting games, as the diagonals are so easy to hit...

Jan 4, 2021 · It's the best d-pad I've ever used. It's really, really good. The shape, the feedback, it all just feels right. I'll be using my Xbox controller for fighting games and 2D games in general from now on because it feels so easy to just dial in inputs with this d-pad consistently and quickly.

May 27, 2018 · The X360 d-pad was atrocious and made me appreciate analog inputs more. Also, games in which you have to input quarter-circle motions - like Castlevania Symphony of the Night - are better played with an analog too. For all the other cases, D-pad all the way. What kind of Barbarian inputs a double-forward dash inpuy with the analog?

Apr 8, 2020 · Also, the DualSense d-pad looks more like a DS4 or DS3 d-pad than the Vita d-pad. I'm not really sure why people are jumping to the Vita for comparison points - although all PlayStation d-pads do resemble each other to some extent, the Vita d-pad is the d-pad which is visually the furthest from the DualSense d-pad.