TEKKEN (and some fighting game) is bad for our hand?

[VINCENTALIM]

I can't play Tekken 7 more than 10 rounds / day, coz my wrist and fingers feels hurt after that. Feels like lil bit shaking and shock. That's a bad news for me, because I works as an Illustrator and a Writer. If I keeps playing, I can't use my hand and finger as usual (and some activity that use finger )

I use Logitech F310, I know it isn't expensive one, but not cheap too...
Any recommendation for alternative gamepad that won't make our wrist and finger hurts?
Or every Tekken players here always feels the same pain? whatever the controller is...

[Jork]

I just use a regular 360 controller, my hands and wrists are always comfortable.

My fingers will lock up sometimes but that's a problem I have completely unrelated to using a controller.

[VINCENTALIM]

Originally posted by Jorkfriend:

I just use a regular 360 controller, my hands and wrists are always comfortable.

My fingers will lock up sometimes but that's a problem I have completely unrelated to using a controller.

I will try using gamepad with XBox layout later, then.
This F310 have the same design as PS4 controller.
Maybe not comfortable for fighting games.

[Skiptro]

get a fightstick, most comfortable way to play. The stick sits on your lap so your arms are in a natural position, your hands are always relaxed and comfortable and your right hand lies flat and fingers out stetched. Your left hand is anchored to the surface of the stick while your fingers are relaxed, no tight grips and no awkward positions for hands.

[VINCENTALIM]

Originally posted by GungZA:

get a fightstick, most comfortable way to play. The stick sits on your lap so your arms are in a natural position, your hands are always relaxed and comfortable and your right hand lies flat and fingers out stetched. Your left hand is anchored to the surface of the stick while your fingers are relaxed, no tight grips and no awkward positions for hands.

Do you means "A Joystick" ?

[Skiptro]

Originally posted by vincentalim:

Originally posted by GungZA:

get a fightstick, most comfortable way to play. The stick sits on your lap so your arms are in a natural position, your hands are always relaxed and comfortable and your right hand lies flat and fingers out stetched. Your left hand is anchored to the surface of the stick while your fingers are relaxed, no tight grips and no awkward positions for hands.

Do you means "A Joystick" ?

no a joystick is something you play flight sims with. A fightstick or arcade stick is something you play fighting games with, like razer atrox, hori rap 4, madcatz tf2 etc.

[Jork]

Originally posted by vincentalim:

Originally posted by GungZA:

get a fightstick, most comfortable way to play. The stick sits on your lap so your arms are in a natural position, your hands are always relaxed and comfortable and your right hand lies flat and fingers out stetched. Your left hand is anchored to the surface of the stick while your fingers are relaxed, no tight grips and no awkward positions for hands.

Do you means "A Joystick" ?

A fightstick is basically a special type of joystick designed specifically with fighter games in mind, rather than an all-purpose type of design like ps4/360 controllers

I've never used a fightstick but it might be a good option

[VINCENTALIM]

Originally posted by Jorkfriend:

Originally posted by vincentalim:

Do you means "A Joystick" ?

A fightstick is basically a special type of joystick designed specifically with fighter games in mind, rather than an all-purpose type of design like ps4/360 controllers

I've never used a fightstick but it might be a good option

Thanks GungZa. Noted!

Jorkfriend, you use common gamepad right?
Do you feel the same "pain"?

[Jork]

Originally posted by vincentalim:

Originally posted by Jorkfriend:

A fightstick is basically a special type of joystick designed specifically with fighter games in mind, rather than an all-purpose type of design like ps4/360 controllers

I've never used a fightstick but it might be a good option

Thanks GungZa. Noted!

Jorkfriend, you use common gamepad right?
Do you feel the same "pain"?

I don't feel any pain or discomfort with a regular 360 controller

[JohnnyShoulders]

You sir have rhumetoid arthritis. Playing Tekken should be least of your worries.

[4FCG]

If you havent played osu on high level you don't know what hand pain is.

[clappa]

As someone who has switched from the exact same controller you have (Logitech F310) to a much better one (Hori Fighting Commander) - the pain does not go away. Wrists and thumbs will always hurt until you train your muscles enough to deal with this kind of pressure.

On a different note - DO NOT USE THE 360 CONTROLLER. I swapped to HORI Fighting Commander from Logitech F310 because F310's D-Pad is horrible + 6 button layout is nice (though not as needed for Tekken). But 360 D-Pad is even worse, the worst you could get for a fighting game.

That being said, I think I will make a switch to a fighting stick soon as well. Don't get me wrong, I love Hori FC controller, but I think in terms of comfort and fun-factor, a fight stick might be tons better. Dunno, never actually tried one, but my friends say so.

[Henry Swanson]

Originally posted by JohnnyShoulders:

You sir have rhumetoid arthritis. Playing Tekken should be least of your worries.

Something like this might very well be the case indeed. Human hands shouldn't hurt like OP described when playing videogames, even for hours on end.

Originally posted by Lolifister666:

As someone who has switched from the exact same controller you have (Logitech F310) to a much better one (Hori Fighting Commander) - the pain does not go away. Wrists and thumbs will always hurt until you train your muscles enough to deal with this kind of pressure.

On a different note - DO NOT USE THE 360 CONTROLLER. I swapped to HORI Fighting Commander from Logitech F310 because F310's D-Pad is horrible + 6 button layout is nice (though not as needed for Tekken). But 360 D-Pad is even worse, the worst you could get for a fighting game.

That's funny. This post proves how opinions are just opinions and things are different for everybody, including myself of course.

In my life, I have tried NES controllers, SNES controllers, Sony PlayStation controllers (DS1, 2 and 3), SEGA Genesis controllers, SEGA Dreamcast controllers, Atari Jaguar controllers, Thrustmaster controllers, Hori FC controllers, Nintendo Gamecube controllers and more. I have also played on arcades with all kinds of different sticks. The Logitech F310 is, by far, the best controller I have ever tried in my life, especially because of the d-pad with Logitech's unique design:

http://www.4gamer.net/review/chillstream/img/14.gif

Yes, to me it's the best d-pad I have ever tried and hands down the best controller because of that. Every direction clicks subtly and feels very defined. Much less "mushy" than any other gamepad I have ever tried.

That being said, I think I will make a switch to a fighting stick soon as well. Don't get me wrong, I love Hori FC controller, but I think in terms of comfort and fun-factor, a fight stick might be tons better. Dunno, never actually tried one, but my friends say so.

By all means, try it! But if you're not used to using sticks, I believe you will have a hard time getting adjusted to it.

But, as always, to each their own!

[clappa]

Logitech F310 does indeed make the clicks you mention. Definitely my own dislike of it's D-pad, to be more specific I felt it was a bit too "sensitive" as in only a very light thumb press was required to get the input. Hori FC you have to press harder, which for me meant less missed inputs. Not by a lot, but by a small margin.

As for the stick, I fully expect to suck on it for quite some time :P

[ZetaZaku]

Don't want to sound rude, but do you mash buttons a lot? I've been playing Tekken for hours and never had problems. However, I do have problems in games where I do mash buttons. I'm using DS4 for Tekken, while I used the 360 and One controllers when my wrist and fingers hurt.

[재호(꽃만)]

Try these wrist exercises, maybe they'll help! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYGfDCGrJ4A&t=10s