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Why do developers keep adding virtual cursors to console games? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world
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It just feels lazy to me, like the developer couldn't be bothered adjusting the UI for consoles so they copied the PC interface and bound the mouse cursor to a stick. Some games do both at the same time, having menues navigable both with buttons and a cursor, but usually that makes all menus unreliable and unprecise as hell.

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[โ€“] joyjoy@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The only game I can think of is Minecraft.

[โ€“] brsrklf@compuverse.uk 5 points 1 year ago

No Man's Sky's UI is almost entirely through cursors, drag and drop etc.

Even choosing between a couple dialog options used to require moving a pointer over buttons but they finally fixed that at some point. Now with a controller you can just select the answers right away.