So. I have 2 I hate.

I had this old gamesube one for the switch. It was a wired one by powerA. Buttons would get jammed, accidentally broke the stick by leaving it in a bad position overnight (my bad) the cover of the cstick randomly slid off (had to glue it) and the while thing was hollow.

Also, I have a keapster explorer and the dpad is awful. Sometimes it jams to the left but its just a plain bad dpad, no physical feedback at all

  • @coffinwood@discuss.tchncs.de
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    251 year ago

    Hot take: Nintendo Switch Joycons. They’re a nice and clever concept but in reality they’re bad.

    Too small even for casual games. The Wiimote was much better at it.

    Very expensive at 80 € per set. Yes, you get two of them but in most games outside of Mario Kart you also need both. And even then they’re fine at best.

    4 out of 4 of my controllers got stick drift. Nintendo had to be sued into repairing them.

    • @JillyB@beehaw.org
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      141 year ago

      On the other hand, you can play with your hands in completely different locations which is nice for being lazy on a couch.

      • @cRazi_man@lemm.ee
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        11 year ago

        All the cool kids hate Joycons.

        Seriously though, I replaced them immediately and never took them out of the drawer again.

        • sleepybisexualOP
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          11 year ago

          I used them for s bit before I got something better. The sticks have less travel than a fucking 3ds slider

    • @_Lory98_@discuss.tchncs.de
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      211 months ago

      I hate the Joycons so much. The clicky buttons are terrible, the split dpad sucks for games that use it for movement, the sticks aren’t great either for precision (ignoring the drift issues), and I find them painful to hold.

  • @whoisearth@lemmy.ca
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    61 year ago

    The original Xbox controller for the North American release. I swear it was made for Paul Bunyan it was fucking massive.

    • @GrindingGears@lemmy.ca
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      21 year ago

      I agree. That thing was HUGE. I have tiny hands too, and always struggled with it.

      I also didn’t really like the N64 controller, it was kind of a weird size too, and it just had a weird layout.

  • apotheotic (she/her)
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    51 year ago

    Those roll-up dance mats from the old ps2 dance dance revolution style games. They were unreliable as all hell.

  • @megopie@beehaw.org
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    51 year ago

    Any controller that has asymmetrical joysticks. I get they’re all copying Xbox, Xbox was wrong.

    If you’re using one to look around and one to move, having them require your hands be in two different positions is dumb.

    • sleepybisexualOP
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      11 year ago

      I disagree about it being the worst but after trying symmetrical its better

  • Thelsim
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    411 months ago

    The very worst controller I’ve ever used was this no-name joystick in the 90s. You had to grip like a claw, which looked kind of cool and futuristic but was awful in use. The base was tiny and it had these suction cups that didn’t work at all.
    But the very very worst thing about it, was that the input was binary! It was either on or off, no gradual movements or anything. Basically it was an oversized d-pad.

    I borrowed it from a friend so I could try Rebel Assault, which looked so awesome what with CD-ROMs being a new thing. But that joystick ruined the experience so much! Try flying a ship through a canyon when all you can do is hard turns in 8 different directions. I constantly crashed within the first 10 seconds of the game and kept thinking it was my fault for being a crap player.
    I still hate that monstrosity with every fiber of my being.

    • @Grimpen@lemmy.ca
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      211 months ago

      Flashbacks! This reminds me of my first Gravis Gamepad (IIRC). Was a disappointing joystick, even compared to old Intellivision controllers.

      It was okay with fighting games, and I do recall a nineties PC giant robot fighting game (One Must Fall maybe?)

      Still, my first joystick that I actually loved and made a game much better was an old CH Products flightstick. Early flightstick, so it only added a throttle to the base, so no rudder control.

      I remember playing Comanche Maximum Overkill with that stick and just popping in and out of canyons. Also Earthsiege and Strike Force Centauri. I ended up with a Saitek Flightstick, and it was even better (Independence War is a fond memory) but the difference was not as revolutionary as going from a regular joystick to that first CH Products flightstick.

  • @uymai@lemmy.ca
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    411 months ago

    Switch controller hands down— the drift is annoying, but the worst is when half your controller just disconnects

  • Stepos Venzny
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    41 year ago

    N64

    I got no beef with the three prongs like you see so many fuss about but those analog sticks were extremely fragile and would inevitably go completely limp over time and wind up 99% deadzone.

    • @HeartyOfGlass@lemm.ee
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      41 year ago

      Super Mario 64 - a launch title, iirc? - murdered my control stick. Spinning that around to swing Bowser was a great game design idea, but yeah they didn’t build those controllers to withstand it for long.

      • SeaJ
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        1080 Snowboarding forced me to get an Interact Superpad 64. It had a metal joystick.

  • Xbox Series X/S.

    It isn’t even particularly bad by itself, but compared to its predesessors (Xbox One and Xbox 360) the Xbox Series X/S gamepad is a clear step back when it comest to build quality (just try pressing the D-Pad buttons without thinking “this is cheaply made”), and that comparison is what makes me hate it.

    And what adds insult to injury is that the quite expensive Elite version of the controller is just as cheaply built as the regular model…

    • sleepybisexualOP
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      21 year ago

      Oh lol. For the price of an elite you could get several 8bitdos or a used switch lol. 179 for a non custom controller is insane

  • @DarthYoshiBoy@beehaw.org
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    211 months ago

    The U-Force

    Got one for $10 at a yardsale as a kid and that $10 was 200% too much, they should have given me $10 to take it off their hands and I still would have dumped it in a dumpster afterwards.

  • @kralk@lemm.ee
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    111 months ago

    I switched from Xbox 360 controllers to PS5 controllers (on pc). They weigh at least twice as much and the battery maybe lasts 4 hours if you’re lucky.

  • @along_the_road@beehaw.org
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    11 year ago

    I haven’t used much controllers but I don’t like the xbox controller. It doesn’t get too comfortable to grip after a while and it doesn’t react well to sweat.