1. Games that use the triggers often use them because it makes
sense to use the buttons in those locations. Try to play
Wacky Races using the face button that corresponds to the right trigger as gas, and you?ll see how pointless the buttons are. There are a
few games where they might be useful, but not many.
2. The left trigger ?replacement? is too close to the A button. You?ll find yourself hitting it accidentally, and even when you don?t hit it, it rubs up against your thumb. Not nice.
The triggers are still there where you?d expect them, but they don?t have half the range of motion that the standard DC triggers do. They just don?t feel as good, and they make an annoying ?grinding? noise when you press them as well. I could still use them in games, but I didn?t feel anywhere near as comfortable with them as I did with the standard DC triggers.
The other problem that I had with this controller was the digital thumbpad. It had pressure issues, especially when pressing down. Often, it wouldn?t read that I had pressed it, and I felt like I had to wail on the little pad to get it to register my actions. As I?ve said in previous reviews, when you need absolute precision you switch to the digital pad, so it?s a pain that it lacks the very precision you need. It?s not as bad as the Nyko Omega 2 for the PS2, but it?s almost as annoying.
The extra features that the Dream Controller offers are nice (turbo, mainly), but they don?t make up for the controller?s inadequacies. Which is unfortunate -- a little better quality of design, and this controller would really rock.
