• Rayspekt@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    I played Doom 2016 on the couch with. Touchpads for large camera movements and the gyro for precise aiming. Worked very good after getting used to it, felt better / more dynamic than a classic gamepad.

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      I dunno what nanoUFO is aiming for, but for your use case, can’t do that with dual touchpads alone, then. You’re after a touchpad+gyro. Hmm.

      searches a bit

      It does look like there is at least one touchpad+gyro input device out there other than the Steam Controller.

      https://www.amazon.com/DarkWalker-Controller-PC-Mac-Linux-Unix/dp/B0CM5YXYZM/

      That might take some remapping to glue the inputs to a given game, as I bet that it’s presenting itself to the system as a USB hub with an attached keyboard, gamepad, and touchpad.

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        5 days ago

        That gamepad look like an ergonomical nightmare.

        I mean I still have my Steam Controller but I wish they’d just rerelease the thing. For the 60 bucks back then it was an absolute bargain considering ehat you can do with it. And I have to say, it felt also really nice to hold with the kinda grip you’d have on it, which is really different.

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          4 days ago

          it felt also really nice to hold

          Straight up the only controller that doesn’t give me hand/wrist fatigue. I was a little disappointed they didn’t try something similarly whacky with the ergonomics of the deck.