this is a rip off of the how do play thread. but anyhow.

on controllers to you prefer:

A. the arrow buttons

B. the joysticks

I like the Analog Sticks much more than the D-Pad. The D-Pad is too restrictive. It's too difficult to go from one direction to the opposite fast enough. The Analog Sticks are a whole lot easier to manipulate. Plus, they allow for more in-between movement (the type needed in flying games).

oh, yea. analog sticks. thank you.

Yes, Analog sticks are much preferred. Playing VII and Xenogears, it is always on my mind.

/awaits VII jokes :D

Depends what I'm playing. For normal Adventure, Platform, RPG games, Analog does the trick. For shoot em up like Point Blank and such, a gun is excellent. A joystik is good for flying games. All in all however, I love the Analog.

Both. I tend to switch to the Analog stick when my thumb start to hurt and then switch back after a while because my thumb isn't hurting anymore and the analog sticks aren't as precise as I wanted them to be.