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gila, do gaming w How to get good at FPS with a controller, coming from a PC gamer?

Moving a joystick is fundamentally different to moving a mouse. With a joystick there is a spring constantly acting to center it - no equivalent force when using a mouse. So you need to get a feel for estimating that force and accurately counteracting it in various gameplay scenarios. That’s a completely different “muscle” to have a memory of vs. using a mouse I think

Also, modern controller joysticks generally are not great. Most have medium to large deadzones in the center by default. I’d recommend reducing them for more responsiveness. It comes with the tradeoff of being more susceptible to stick drift. But that isn’t something you should be afraid of. It’s a physical impossibility for their design to not wear over time. I’d recommend recalibrating and adjusting settings regularly. At the end of the day, replacing joystick modules only requires screws (no soldering) so it’s cheap and relatively easy.

If you’re really serious you could get some hall effect joystick modules. That way you wouldn’t need to recalibrate often and could keep a consistently small deadzone setting without encountering drift. i.e. default settings from like dualshock 2, when stick drift was just as apparent but people hadn’t gone crazy over it yet.

Minecraft would be fine for learning fps movement in a relaxed setting.

xavier666,

Thanks! I’ll try to understand the concept of deadzone. I have Minecraft, this should be perfect!

gila,

It can become surprisingly complicated with axial deadzone settings, but that’s not really important to understand. The simple concept is it’s the zone in which the stick is moved but no change in movement is registered in-game. The complication that is added is mostly related to more precise calculation of where that zone is

MutatedBass, do gaming w What are your favourite controllers?

I’m using a Thrustmaster Eswap X Pro. The joystick and dpad modules are hot swappable and can be put in any orientation you prefer. They sell replacement joystick modules for $20, which is nice because you don’t have to replace the whole controller if one gets stick drift.

JPAKx4, (edited ) do games w Are there any good casual/low-stress mobile games that aren't filled with microtransactions?

One time purchase:

  • Peglin ✨
  • Luck be a landlord ✨
  • Forager
  • Dicey dungeons
  • Dead Cells (optional DLC)
  • Bloons Tower Defense 6 (out of the way IAP) ✨
  • Terraria
  • 20 minutes till dawn (has a non premium option with some micro transactions)

Free:

  • Antimatter dimensions (long idle-ish game) ✨
  • Legends of Runeterra (just play the story modes) ✨
  • Team fight tactics (cosmetics only)
  • Plague inc (and probably rebel inc, but I haven’t played that yet) ✨
  • Super Auto Pets (cosmetics and extra optional sets) ✨

Star on the ones I’d specifically recommend for casual play

CrayonRosary,

You need to make a bulleted list because your lists came out as jumbled paragraphs. At a minimum you need to put two spaces at the end of each line to preserve line breaks.

I’ll fix it since you put in all the effort to write that up.


One time purchase:

  • Peglin ✨
  • Luck be a landlord ✨
  • Forager
  • Dicey dungeons
  • Dead Cells (optional DLC)
  • Bloons Tower Defense 6 (out of the way IAP) ✨
  • Terraria
  • 20 minutes till dawn (has a non premium option with some micro transactions)

Free:

  • Antimatter dimensions (long idle-ish game) ✨
  • Legends of Runeterra (just play the story modes) ✨
  • Team fight tactics (cosmetics only)
  • Plague inc (and probably rebel inc, but I haven’t played that yet) ✨
  • Super Auto Pets (cosmetics and extra optional sets) ✨

Star on the ones I’d specifically recommend for casual play

SoGrumpy,

^^ A real Bro!

JPAKx4,

Had no idea, thanks

verity_kindle,
@verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works avatar

Bro, kind and generous.

DragonTypeWyvern,

I reached Challenger on Teamfight Tactics in a couple seasons and I’ve gotta say it honestly gets a bit tiresome how often they change the game. Mortdog and Co do a great job on balance but you just can’t swap from set to set that often and expect things not to break. Plus they like to nerf the things I like the most, and that’s inexcusable.

I also didn’t really care for it as mobile game because you can’t hop in and out, you start a match you need to finish the match and they’re not short. Even the “quick” mode is like fifteen minutes long.

In other words? Great desktop game for people that don’t mind the meta changing entirely every six months. Great “mobile” game if you want to kill no less than thirty minutes.

JPAKx4,

I didn’t star it for a reason lmao, it’s a good game but not great casually

wer2, do gaming w What are your favourite controllers?

N64 controller. It’s insane, but I love it.

sleepybisexual,

Wasn’t expecting that

Obi, do games w Are there any good casual/low-stress mobile games that aren't filled with microtransactions?
@Obi@sopuli.xyz avatar

Not sure if it fits your criteria but the only mobile game I play is pinball deluxe. If you like real pinball, then you’ll love it, it tries to stay as true to real pinball as possible on some/most tables, it does have small transaction stuff you can buy but I still haven’t bought any including all the additional tables etc after playing it 6 months + and if you did, then it’s just an 8€ one time buy to get all the content and remove the ads, I’m gonna get that once I actually get bored of the “free” tables.

verity_kindle,
@verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works avatar

Yass, this was a daily driver for six months straight. The missions are actually fun and help you get access to free tables. Nice surprise, graphics are gorgeous.

thefrankring, do games w Are there any good casual/low-stress mobile games that aren't filled with microtransactions?
@thefrankring@lemmy.world avatar

Tetris

jelloeater85,
@jelloeater85@lemmy.world avatar

Low stress??? More like, where is that damn long piece!??

thefrankring,
@thefrankring@lemmy.world avatar

That stresses you out bro?

jelloeater85,
@jelloeater85@lemmy.world avatar

When you get it, it’s life, when you don’t, despair ❣️

thefrankring,
@thefrankring@lemmy.world avatar

Damn, I hope you’re not too traumatized

squidspinachfootball,

Tetris with touch controls is not my favourite way to enjoy Tetris though

PlexSheep,

Foss alternative with a really good UI: Lightblocks

verity_kindle,
@verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works avatar

You animal. have you no mercy? XD

UndeadSlayer, do games w Are there any good casual/low-stress mobile games that aren't filled with microtransactions?

Some good games I recommend are Alto’s Adventure / Odyssey, any bejeweled game, Cell to Singularity, Idle Slayer, Monument Valley, Reigns, Sky Force Reloaded, and Stick Fight Shadow Warrior. Hopefully that’s enough!

verity_kindle,
@verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works avatar

Reigns is so stressful, do not want! What are you trying to do, I’m spiraling just being reminded!

minimalfootprint, do gaming w What are your favourite controllers?

I recently upgraded my XBox 360 Wireless controller and got the Flydigi Vader 3 Pro. Hall Effect Sensors trigger guqrd. Picked it up for und er 50 bucks on Aliexpress. They are available on Amazon US, but not in Europe.

vaionko, do gaming w What are your favourite controllers?

PS5 controller. Bought a broken one to fix and replace my xBox 360 controller I’d been using and it feels so much better. The trackpad is also useful for games with partial controller support like My Summer Car.

brandon, do gaming w What are your favourite controllers?

I always thought the GameCube controller was ridiculously comfortable and ergonomic, so that’s my choice. The C stick might not be for everyone though.

Any Dreamcast fans here? Those controllers had similar ergonomics in the hand, although the lack of a second analog stick was a pretty big drawback in hindsight.

Pxtl,
@Pxtl@lemmy.ca avatar

Honestly the 2nd analog stick I didn’t mind too much because the face-buttons made a decent D-pad for the tiny handful of shooters on the DC. The bigger flaw was the lack of shoulder-buttons.

Also that putting a screen into a controller has always been a solution looking for a problem. It was on the DC, it was on the Wii-U, and there’s a good reason they abandoned the idea to put a screen on the PS4 touchpad controller.

Sylvartas, do games w Are there any good casual/low-stress mobile games that aren't filled with microtransactions?

Mindustry is amazing, and free somehow

ICastFist,
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

Definitely not casual or low stress, especially as you progress through the planet, but a great game nonetheless

Sylvartas,

Whoops, yeah I skimmed over that part

Thavron, do gaming w What are your favourite controllers?
@Thavron@lemmy.ca avatar

PC game for decades with a recent (5 years?) Switch purchase. I was never a fan of controllers and still aren’t for anything to do with aiming, but the Switch Pro Controller impressed me as a real nice piece of hardware. Battery life is phenomenal too.

jarfil, do gaming w What are your favourite controllers?

Keyboard and mouse… but the Steam Controller is cool too.

Other than that, any PS clone. The long thin horns fit my hands better than others.

SeramisV, do gaming w Anyone know any good shooters for switch?
@SeramisV@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Splatoon is pretty fun

twoface, do games w Are there any good casual/low-stress mobile games that aren't filled with microtransactions?

I really like Usagi Shima. There is not much gameplay, but it’s a nice game to just relax for a few minutes. Also “Really Bad Chess” is a nice twist on chess. :D

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