Goldni said:
I'd like to see someone trying to push those small little 'X' or stupid 'triangle' symbol buttons on the PS2 controller with both fingers as fast as you can double tapping those suckers like you can with the big ole 'A' button on the GCN controller. It was a life saver especially when *spoiler ahead* that huge as$ statue comes to life and starts chasing you or a boulder is rolling down hill at you.
...the heck? Take if from someone who's played a lot of Beatmania over the years... There is
no lack of responsiveness there!
Hitting button combinations is one of the things I would give credit to the Dual Shock over the GameCube's controller--especially since you tended to follow up the A/B hits with L/R combinations, which are MUCH easier on the Dual Shock.
Plus, why on earth would you "both fingers" on either controller with the game? You'd press both buttons with your thumb. That way you don't have to move your hand and be worse at hitting the triggers if that option comes up.
Weird...
A game like Resident Evil 4 should really have NO button complaints. Is the X on Dual Shock so magically hard to hit that you
need the overlarge A to feed good? Are the GameCube's triggers so slow and the game so fast paced that you NEED the extra response time of the Dual Shock's triggers to play up to par? Feh. You can develop preferences, certainly, but in neither case is it worth of real
complaints.
As I said before, the thing that will drive 90% of the controller preference for RE4 comes down to the left analog control (since you use it most and there's a good amount of careful and strategic targetting you'll want to do with it) and just holding the controller in general--the "feel" most people already have their preference on.
Personally, I think both controllers will be absolutely fine for the game, with the DS likely being a bit clunkier with the analog aiming. (Though I'm not sure by how much, since I've rarely run across games that care that much yet to compare. I plan on doing my preliminary comparisons once the PS2/Xbox Monkey Balls are out.
) RE4, however, is not the type of game that will tax any controller. If you already have your preference, there's really nothing about the game that will cause you to change your mind.