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| Ginsu Victim:
I haven't tried the octagonal, but I love the circular plate with hard spring. |
| u_rebelscum:
It depends on the game and the person. And I don't have the octagon restrictor. I'll give my 2 cents anyway. ;D All of the restrictor plates limit the u360 to (basically) the same throw. The throw with any restrictor is close to other medium to long digital sticks; between about 10 & 15 degrees (short throw is around 5 degrees). Without restrictor, the throw is very long for a digital stick, but within normal range for analog sticks. (In my books, "throw" is physical movement range, "engage" distance is when the "switch" closes; u360 can change the engage distance in software.) IMO: No restrictor: great for what I call "full" analog joystick games (normal analog sticks like space harrier, after burner, terminator 2, starwars, etc). Okay for "reduced" analog games (mostly 49-way games, but also food fight). Too long throw for digital joystick games (2, 4 or 8 way). Circle restrictor: great for shmups, great for food fight and other reduced analog games. Okay for fighter, platform, sports and most other 8-way or 2-way games. Poor to okay for 4-way games. Poor to okay for full analog games. The only choice between restrictors for 720 (skate or die). Square restrictor: I don't like it except for qbert and other diagonal 4-way games. Diamond restrictor (square mounted 45 degrees): Great for 4-way games. Don't like it otherwise. Octagon restrictor: (don't have, so guessing) Great for fighter, platform, sports 8-way games. Okay for shmups (others may feel this should be "great"; I grew up with circle 8-ways on my favorite shmups, though). Okay to great for 4-way & diagonal 4-way games. Okay to poor for reduced analog games. Poor to okay for full analog games. I'm a shmups & platform & analog games person, and don't really like fighters. So I have a CP with one u360 with circle restrictor (for shmups & platforms) and one without restictor (for full analog games). I'd like to try the octagon restrictor, as it looks to me to be a great all around restrictor, but for me and my games the circle is hard to beat. So what type of gamer are you? What type restrictor did you grow up using? |
| cadmium:
I'm using no restrictor and the hard spring and it's really not that bad. The throw is long, but not uncomfortably so. |
| Ummon:
--- Quote from: cadmium on November 14, 2008, 02:49:01 pm ---I'm using no restrictor and the hard spring and it's really not that bad. The throw is long, but not uncomfortably so. --- End quote --- --- Quote from: whynotpizza on November 13, 2008, 09:53:45 pm ---Hi all, Anyone have experience with U360 restrictors to know which one works best for general use across most games? I have 2 U360's here: one with no restrictor and one with octagonal plate. Of course I have tested multiple 4-way and 8-way games with each, and personally the octagonal plate feels better, although the stick does not move much with the plate in place. --- End quote --- It depends on what you're used to and what you imagine is okay. 5 degrees is not short to me. Doesn't matter what kind of game it is, unless it's analog, of which I play very few. I have the circular, as I'm used to P360s. Is the octagonal's aperture smaller you think? |
| fjl:
schmups? |
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