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Does anybody know if there's a company that makes a controller like this? I'm getting cramps in my hands from straining to hover over the shoulder buttons, plus when a game requires I use both analog sticks at once, my thumbs bump into each another.

I did find this, which has trigger buttons on the grip in addition to triggers at the shoulder button location, but I'm a bit skeptical. It's ugly as sin, but I don't care since I wouldn't be looking at it.

Use an xbox pad, seriously, get a converter. Best pad in the world, up there with the wave bird.

o'dium wrote:Use an xbox pad, seriously, get a converter. Best pad in the world, up there with the wave bird.

I hope you mean the s-pad and not the "vanilla" pad, because the one that comes with the xbox is pap.

and won't you lose L2 and R2?

If you have big hands, the original xbox pad is very comfortable, and causes you to go carpal much less often.... so much so, I now prefer it to keybard/mouse for single player fps

Geebs wrote:If you have big hands, the original xbox pad is very comfortable, and causes you to go carpal much less often.... so much so, I now prefer it to keybard/mouse for single player fps

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Transient wrote:

Geebs wrote:If you have big hands, the original xbox pad is very comfortable, and causes you to go carpal much less often.... so much so, I now prefer it to keybard/mouse for single player fps

:icon28:

:icon28: indeed, the amount of frustration far cry instincts caused me on the xbox last week was unparamount.

Transient wrote: I did find this, which has trigger buttons on the grip in addition to triggers at the shoulder button location, but I'm a bit skeptical. It's ugly as sin, but I don't care since I wouldn't be looking at it.

sin doesnt even begin to describe that one :icon3:

Transient, do you already have a Logitech Dual-action USB controller?

If so, I have a utility that will let you switch back and forth - swap analog to be primary, then swap the D-pad back to primary.

Nope, just the regular controller.
I think I'll just stick with this one a bit longer. I can always avoid the cramps by shutting the game off.

phantasmagoria wrote:

Transient wrote:

Geebs wrote:If you have big hands, the original xbox pad is very comfortable, and causes you to go carpal much less often.... so much so, I now prefer it to keybard/mouse for single player fps

:icon28:

:icon28: indeed, the amount of frustration far cry instincts caused me on the xbox last week was unparamount.

I've got through Halo2 on Legendary (one of the hardest fps exeriences EVER); and I just zapped through half life 2 with no problems (I don't own a PC). I get a lot of right wrist pain playing shooters, so I'm quite happy to compromise.

phantasmagoria wrote:

o'dium wrote:Use an xbox pad, seriously, get a converter. Best pad in the world, up there with the wave bird.

I hope you mean the s-pad and not the "vanilla" pad, because the one that comes with the xbox is pap.

and won't you lose L2 and R2?

you so much wont lose them that MS added them to their xbox360 pad

r2 and l2 buttons were a step up. ms thought the black & white buttons were better placed somewhere out of reach. sucks :s

I dont like the new "bumper" buttons on the 360 pad. Its great they added them there because now it wont be so much of a jump for some people. But damn, they just seem a little to "clicky" for me.

Better than the old b&w though whatever they do.... What were they thinking...