The Steam Deck's Funky Controls Prove That Gamepads Are Outdated - Kotaku

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If having more functions at your fingertips can modify and perhaps elevate a game, why not consider a future in which paddles come standard on game controllers? Imagine the expanded features and ease of play we’re missing out on by sticking with the same decades-old sets of inputs every “new” console generation.The Steam Deck offers a glimpse of such a future. In Crysis, the rear paddles let me instantly execute the strength jump, crouch and go prone, swap weapons, or change suit functions, all without sacrificing aiming or movement. Crysis can get rather tough and hectic, so prioritizing agility while still having quick access to the suit functions is not only very convenient, I think it lives up to the spirit of the game’s fantasy of being a soldier with super-powered armor. It’s a shame Destiny 2 is not as easily accessible on the Deck; it’d benefit greatly, too.The front-facing touchpads are just as revelatory. With the ability to recognize simple directional gestures on top of being clickable, the touchpads are my go-to option when sniping. It’s kind of a shame Halo: The Master Chief Collection’s anti-cheat for multiplayer doesn’t play nice with Steam Deck, as dropping to the touchpad under the right analog stick for some quick, precision sniping offers a wild new level of control I’d love to try it out against other players. For now, only the Covenant, Flood, and Prometheans of the campaigns will have to cower in fear of my newly deadly snipes.The Steam Deck control experience isn’t perfect. Halo: The Master Chief Collection in particular doesn’t want you using a keyboard, mouse, and controller at the same time, so you’re still limited sometimes in how much you can rearrange bindings. But even just having a secondary form of analog input to control fine aiming, or zoom level, makes the game feel a bit more complex and nuanced. I’d love to see what a developer could do if it natively factored Steam Deck’s expanded inputs into a game’s design.First-person shooter controls have been long stuck in the mud; the genre has rotated around the same handful of control schemes for decades now. The Steam Deck offers a potent demonstration of how new input styles and button arrangements can offer legitimately better ways of interacting with even these very standardized types of games. There’s a lot to build on here, but first hardware makers have to choose to make such innovations possible by moving beyond today’s antiquated gamepad conventions and actually try something new.

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