Review Review
I once read an article on The Onion called "Point/Counterpoint: Reservoir Dogs is Awesome vs. Reservoir Dogs is the Best Movie Ever. The first guy talks about how great the movie is and the second guy is outraged that the first guy thinks it's merely great rather than the best movie ever. I feel somewhat the same way about Gamespot's review of the Logitech Cordless Action Controller:
http://hardware.gamespot.com/Story-ST-5266-1169-x-x-x
They only gave it a 9.0 and put it in the hardware of the year section. That's really not enough. It's the first wireless game controller that is incredibly good and has no drawbacks at all. The review lists two negatives: 1) the receiver is too tall for the slim version of the PS2 (no it isn't, who cares?) and 2) the d-pad isn't as good as the Sony Dual Shock 2's especially for fighting games that "require the utmost precision." I almost fell out of my chair when I read that. Maybe they should be asking me which d-pads work well with fighting games, not the other way around. The d-pad on the Logitech controller is far better than the weird 4 separate buttons disaster that the standard PS2 controller uses. Actually having diagonals at all is way better than not having them when you are trying to do a quarter circle motion to throw a fireball.
I use the Logitech wireless controller all day every day at work, and I have two of my own at home. Seriously, what does a controller have to do to get a 10? Anyone who doesn't have one is missing out.
--Sirlin
PS--Logitech, please contact me so I can be your celebrity spokesperson.
http://hardware.gamespot.com/Story-ST-5266-1169-x-x-x
They only gave it a 9.0 and put it in the hardware of the year section. That's really not enough. It's the first wireless game controller that is incredibly good and has no drawbacks at all. The review lists two negatives: 1) the receiver is too tall for the slim version of the PS2 (no it isn't, who cares?) and 2) the d-pad isn't as good as the Sony Dual Shock 2's especially for fighting games that "require the utmost precision." I almost fell out of my chair when I read that. Maybe they should be asking me which d-pads work well with fighting games, not the other way around. The d-pad on the Logitech controller is far better than the weird 4 separate buttons disaster that the standard PS2 controller uses. Actually having diagonals at all is way better than not having them when you are trying to do a quarter circle motion to throw a fireball.
I use the Logitech wireless controller all day every day at work, and I have two of my own at home. Seriously, what does a controller have to do to get a 10? Anyone who doesn't have one is missing out.
--Sirlin
PS--Logitech, please contact me so I can be your celebrity spokesperson.
