I’ve mostly done joy sticks.

  • Olhonestjim@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Ixion seems to require them. It’s playable on Steam Deck, but probably much easier on PC with a mouse.

    I’m curious how people use the 4 buttons on the back. My ring and pinkie fingers can just barely press them.

    • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyzMEnglish
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      8 months ago

      My fingers naturally rest on the back buttons, and I find them really easy to use. I usually have them set to mirror the face buttons for shooters (so I don’t have to take my finger off of the right stick to jump/reload/etc). In some other games I have them set as dpad buttons (Elden ring for example) to swap gear and use items.

      Finally I don’t like button mashing, so in games where you have to mash a button I will often set the back buttons to be turbo buttons, where I can hold to spam a key.

  • solberg@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I use the right pad instead of the right stick for any game that could use it for pointing/aiming. Really, the only ones I wouldn’t use it for are games that use the right stick for other stuff, like Skater XL or Session maybe

  • marlowe221@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Turn based strategy games. Especially 4X games like Civilization or the Master of Magic remake.

  • Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    The right one as mouse, in RPGs, mostly isometric ones without gamepad support. Currently Pillars of Eternity 2. Works surprisingly well.

    Also the left one I started using for virtual menus in games where I need to use lots of quickslots and/or abilities. The customisability is awesome, you can even add little icons to show what each menu item represents.

  • nycki@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    right pad for mouse, left pad for hotkeys, all the way. Great for games that use the entire left half of the keyboard.

  • Eggyhead@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    There’s a community profile for Monster Hunter rise that maps the quick access wheel to the right touch pad really well. I wish I could do whatever that guy did but for world as well. It’s really useful.

  • euphoric_cat@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    8 months ago

    I like using the left pad in 3ds emulation, to quickly save, fast forward, freeze, etc.

    the right one is reserved for mouse input and click

  • n0xew@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Age of empires II, I’ve cleared a few campaigns with it! Left pad as mouse region on bottom left icons, right pad as mouse.