Re: What happened to force feedback and rumble?

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From: Shawk
Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 13:12

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Andrew wrote:
> On Sat, 05 Jan 2008 04:44:02 +0000, Shawk <shawk@clara.co.uk.3guesses>
> wrote:
> 
>> Played various games on consoles with FF and I've only ever thought it 
>> added to a game in driving sims (as Tim says).  Felt it was nothing but 
>> annoying in anything else.
> 
> It definitely adds to the experience in shooters on consoles if only
> for giving you feedback that you are being shot. I don't always
> appreciate it when playing games with a controller, but you soon
> notice it when it isn't there.
> 
> Personally I really lament the death of FF in mice, the Logitech iFeel
> mouse was superb and the FF really added to the experience in games
> like UT.


Never tried it on PC.  But I'm a grumpy old bastard now and the fingers 
and wrists are starting to suffer from arthritis (says he after another 
couple of hours of Crysis).  It really wouldn't be my kind of thing.

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