[QUOTE="ianuilliam"][QUOTE="The_Capitalist"]
A few days ago, I paid a visit to Best Buy (I wasn't planning on buying anything) and I walked over the PS3 display. They had a demo unit running, so I picked up a controller and played the Uncharted 2 demo.
The demo loaded up, and despite how awkward using the controller was to control the main character, I managed to get through the part where the main character avoids a truck pummeling at him down a narrow alleyway.
The next part of a demo featured a gun battle. I pressed R1 (or R2?) to enter into the aiming mode. The lack of precision from a controller astounded me! No matter how hard I tried, it was difficult to get a bead on the enemy. The enemies kept moving around and tossing grenades at me, so I eventually ran out of ammo and died.
Question is: Coming from a PC gamer who is more used to the keyboard and mouse way of aiming, how do you guys ever manage to aim?
I am not disaparging the controller in any way... Controllers certainly have their place in certain game genres, but you have to agree, aiming feels very awkward on a controller. I hope the next generation of motion controllers rectify this problem before I get my hands on a PS3 next year.
This just in: PC gamer admits console gaming requires more skill. Archaic and imprecise controls are not a good way to make a game "difficult." Yes, it is difficult, but it is also unreasonably so. I could give you the most difficult control scheme where you have to alternate two different buttons to run and have to be extremely precise with the analog stick in order to jump accordingly. Those are terrible ways to control a game, but hey, it makes it more difficult, right? Not that I agree with the topic creator. Uncharted 2 is my favorite shooter ever and is the second best game of 2009. Demon's Souls takes the top spot, not only for 2009, but for all time. I was happy to see GameSpot pick it as their Game of the Year winner. What a good choice! 
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