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"Timesplitters 2 is...."

APPARENTLY better on the Gamecube... Don't we just love the old Goldeneye guys :)

It probably has little to do with any updates the Cube might or might not get but rather the analogue placement. The Gamecube controller is far more comfortable than the X-box one and the PS2's analogue sticks are parralel making the controls sightly fiddily. Which is why the cube rules for FPS's

Or†ega wrote:
> I guess the xbox pad is harder to hold when you play it in a shop
> becasue its fixed in a certain position.

If it's on an official pod in the shop, you can lift it out of the stand - or I have in Game, Dixons, etc in Cardiff anyway.

Like Strafex I was gonna get Turok, but TSP2 has replaced it. Plus Mario of course.

;)

Personally. *i* know it runs best on the GameCube, and plays better on it as well.

Personally *i* think that rules.

Although I don't care, I could really choose what to buy it on. :P

Am I the only Ninty who doesn't hate the Xbox controller?

Other than the little bumpy "action" buttons (which you don't really need much for FPS) I think it's fine.


As for Timesplitters 2, after Turok's pretty bad reviews (especially from Digitiser), the fact that it's [Turok] only out a week before Mario Sunshine (so it's not worth getting it to bridge the gap), and the fact that a friend of mine is getting Turok (so I'll get to play it anyway! :-)), I'll be changing my order to Free Radical's game.

Don't get me wrong, I still don't think they're a patch on the lads from Leicestershire, but those Nottingham based devellopers can be considered a very good second best. :-)

> I also like the controls for Halo, they really are easy to use once
> you've learned them.

I completely agree, the trigger and everything feel almost perfectly placed, even though I've only played it my mates house and I have a GC :-D

cookie monster wrote:
> As long as the controls are more refined than Agent Under Fire it
> should be quality, AUF's controls are quite awful.

What did I tell you!?!?

I told you not to waste you're money, but noooo!

Anyway, I like the XBOX controller, it isn't as comfortable as the GC one but then I use the GC one a lot more!

I also like the controls for Halo, they really are easy to use once you've learned them.

Personally, i feel that the Gamecube is the best controller-It seems to just mould into my hands.The PS2 pad is prbabaly the worst, but has been out the longest so Sony didn't realise that the staggered analog design was better.

Don't argue against me I was trying to help... according to IGN, SR, Gameradar and Cube europe (the latter is a bit iffy) the Gamecube version is the best one. I presumed it was because of the fact that the analogue sticks aren't in the same position so it is easier to work with them both as opposed to the PS2's. Maybe it would have been better if i said Timesplitters 2 is better cause it has extras?

Like Gridloch, I have been playing on the PSX and PS2 for so many years now that nothing else even comes close. Red Faction on the PS2 was great once I adjusted the rather weird default settings.

But of course, there's nothing better than the ol' PC for FPS'. The combination of keyboard and mouse is a main reason why games like Tactical Ops, Deus Ex, MOH: Allied Assault and Unreal Tournament 2003 are by far the best FPS' in the gaming market.

well i find the PS2 pad fine for FPS. Just wack the stick sensitiity up if your finding it tricky. I've never played on an Xbox so i can't comment on how it plays but it did feel a bit big in my hands, i am used to a PS2 controller mind.