Just got this in the mail today. I wanted a tournament-legal wired controller.
My first remark is how big it is (that's what she said)
It's not petite like the Dualshock 3. It's a meaty controller and my hands kind of ache holding it (though that may just be that long set I ran a few minutes ago)
One thing to note, is that this controller is not like the MadCatz fightpad, it is hard to see in the pictures I saw but it has L2 and R2 shoulder buttons (I was only skimming through this topic before ._.). I like my L2 and R2 and I really did not want to give them up and play piano/Tekken claw so this was a pleasant surprise. I play with my thumbs and macros/binding and the R1 and R2 buttons on the face don't seem like they would get in the way.
Cool that there's six buttons on the face though, I might be able to try out 2D games for real!
... Maybe...
The L2 and R2 buttons are flat. Kind of weird, since I am used to playing with the RealTriggers controller mod, but ultimately, this will be more reliable. (Having your R2 [read: A+B+K bind] trigger pop off in the middle of a match is
not cool.)
No analog sticks is nice, I guess. My thumb doesn't have to bump into right analog anymore, not that it did anything.
The adjustable D-pad is kind of weird, I am used to playing straight up and down so I left it alone. Turning the directional register to "wide" kind of makes it feel like my old loose Dualshock though. I guess I will leave it there.
I like how the D-pad feels as of right now. Turning up diagonal sensitivity makes sense on these cross-shaped D-pads, I think so. I think that was pretty smart of them.
The face buttons are big. The tactile response is kind of nice... the Dualshock's buttons are raised a bit too much to be comfortable sometimes, but they're analog buttons. Then again, I really cannot remember the last time I played a game that used that function, the only one that comes to mind being Metal Gear. Really, every other game, it's just on-off or mashing. Maybe Sony needs to do something about that.
The start button is hard/awkward to hit and you really can't half-ass the press. Which... is a good thing. The Dualshock's start button might be responsive, but you don't want a responsive start button in a tournament.
I will have to get used to it, but, it seems solid. For $35-45 it's most certainly cheaper than a stick...
I donno if I can recommend it right now. I want to see how long it lasts. Hori's got a good rep for quality products, don't they?
There are no A+K commands on this game
Yoshimitsu has one, I think.
But a majority of A+K commands have been removed. (Good riddance, now I can bind taunt instead.)