[DoctorEldritch]

@Telomina What was wrong with controller-adjustment?

[Telomina]

@DoctorEldritch I meant the buttons for focus/action/ have been switched between the games. And it can be really hard for me to get adjusted to the new controller scheme.

[DoctorEldritch]

@Telomina Is it not possible to remap the layoup there?

[Telomina]

@DoctorEldritch you know what, I'm gonna go check, as soon as I remember which console I got it to (and if it was ps5, then after the Disney dreamlight event has ended).

[DoctorEldritch]

@Telomina I could never quite get used to the controller gameplay, keyboard is my preferred way to play. Makes me wonder sometimes why, my guess is that my thumbs are not as developed (as in agile) as they are for people who have used controllers since childhood. After all, when using a mouse and keyboard, it is more often that other digits are at work rather than thumbs. Maybe there is some sort of training regimen? 🤔

[Telomina]

@DoctorEldritch I wouldn't know. I used both growing up as we both had consoles and PCs. I never knew you could plug a controller to a PC until 2019 when someone recommended it to me, since I suffered from severe inflammations in my arms. So now I just very rarely use keyboard and mouse when I game, since I developed fibromyalgia and controller causes less issues for me.

That said, I did play so much Playstation 2, you can actually see my fingers being a bit bent for controllers! Which, as a gamer now with controller, I do believe to be a perk.

I don't know about your thumb, perhaps, perhaps.

[DoctorEldritch]

@Telomina I would imagine the choice and benefits of controller vs keyboard (and vice versa) in your case may be different, but it does bring up a point that some devices may be more accessible than others.

Oh my. Maybe you are the next step of human evolution, homo ludens, with a set of adjustably bent fingers? 😉

It's just that they cramp and start to hurt if I use the controller too much. Actually, now when I think about it, keyboards come in a reasonable variety of shapes and sizes, from size to form to button height and press depth. But I am not sure the same applies to controllers. Do they come in different sizes? The impression I got when using one was that my hands are a bit too large for the one I had, and that's why they cramped. Maybe there are other, bigger models I could try...

[Telomina]

@DoctorEldritch ah yes, sounds like the keyboards have been your accessible choice then!
I struggle a bit with the recent ps5 controllers (it feels like its double the size than the one my hands were modeled after, the ps2 one), so they might be a good fit. I think there are some even bigger, however, because I have smaller hands than most, I mainly tried to get small controllers, for me right now the Xbox series controllers have fit the best. I can still use the ps5 ones but it's a stretch.

[DoctorEldritch]

@Telomina Oh, so each new console version comes with its own new controller designed specifically for it? I did not know that, I thought it was like with PCs: the main device separate from the accessories. My controller is the Xbox variety, back in the day @GoLLuM13 helped me pick that up, it was my first controler and I've been occasionally using it since. Do you maybe know how that one compares to the PS5 size-wise?

[Telomina]

@DoctorEldritch Well, because Xbox has normal and pro per generation, it pretty much depends on which generation's Xbox controller you got.