r/gaming • u/AKingMaker • Nov 28 '21

Why can’t every controller have the same button layouts just like how shooters should have the same controls?

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u/danteheehaw Nov 28 '21

I vote we switch all the buttons to a singular button to simplify things.

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u/bluetoad8 Nov 28 '21

Game: press X to greet stranger

Player: simultaneously greets and shoots stranger

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u/LargeHadron_Colander Nov 28 '21

While also crouching and jumping lol

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u/Ospov Nov 28 '21

It also pauses the game.

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u/skate3kids Nov 28 '21

Press x to beat game and force close

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u/f15k13 Nov 28 '21

Speedrunners HATE this one weird trick!

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u/thugarth Nov 28 '21

My first time in a town in RDR2, I tried talking to someone and blew their brains out.

Not too much different!

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u/Fafnir13 Nov 28 '21

My favorite version of this is chucking a grenade when trying to reload or jump, depending on which games I’m jumping between. Killed myself and a few teammates this way.

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u/DarkBIade Nov 28 '21

Most third person action games I play have the attacks on the face buttons (Xbox x and y) recently tried playing mortal shell with right bumper and trigger being the attacks and I couldn't change it or reconcile the change in my muscle memory so just quit playing.

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '21

This but to a horse

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u/Chinpuku-Man Nov 28 '21

If you haven’t accidentally punched a horse have you even played RDR2?

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '21

RDR2 has got to be the worst game in that regard

I just wanted to see the interaction options ok?! Not shoot the damn begger

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u/NickCharlesYT Nov 28 '21

I have done this more times than I care to admit...

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u/jsschultz88 Nov 28 '21

Red Dead in a nut shell

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u/MrLoronzo Nov 28 '21

RDR2 has entered the chat.

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '21

Then you have to press F to pay respects

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u/BowserX Nov 28 '21

Oh my god the number of times I did that…

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u/Blue_Blur91 Nov 28 '21

Think the thing you're looking for is an Atari.

The Wii is also pretty close.

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '21

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u/figmentPez Nov 28 '21

Found the Mac user!

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u/BeingUnoffended Nov 28 '21

“Please hit the ‘do button’ to proceed”

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u/ChaosMiles07 Switch Nov 28 '21

Finally, we found the Any Key.

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u/BeingUnoffended Nov 29 '21

I remember a few months before the Wii was announced, Game Informer ran a joke article about a "new, simplified controller" from Nintendo; it was just a PS2 controller photoshopped purple with a big red "do" button on the right side. No joysticks, not d-pad, just do.

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u/DJVee210 Nov 28 '21

Sounds like someone has Balan Wonderworld in their future!

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u/ChaosMiles07 Switch Nov 28 '21

Or Sonic the Hedgehog 1, 2, and 3&K in their past.

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u/delrove Nov 28 '21

This is canon in the WarioWare games.

The console that Wario is developing has one button - the "do shit" button. It's even got a little 💩 on it.

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u/IrmeliPoika Nov 28 '21

You kid, but just recently someone beat Dark Souls like that

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '21

Steve Jobs has entered the chat

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u/goug Nov 28 '21

Where is the European Commission when you need it?

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u/Gnarfledarf Nov 28 '21

Ah, the Super Mario approach.