The worst control designs you can imagine.

Wall jumping in Super Metroid

Some of the best mechanics ever in a game. 12/10 controls

I gotta ask as someone who's done a great job at insulating my childhood joys from the internet, what's up with people hating wall jumping so badly? I get it's probably tougher sequence break stuff, but it always seemed pretty consistent. Hit the wall, hold the other direction right before jumping. I dunnooooo

Because it's very inconsistent in most applications as the amount you are traversing is too high.

HUH?

There are three rooms off the top of my head that can't be reliably traversed because the wall jumping mechanic is too inconsistent.

Press Square and Circle simultaneously to jump. Press Triangle and X crouch and hold them to crawl.

Hold Square on a selected armor set in your inventory to equip it. The armor stays equipped as long as you continue to hold Square. Press R3 and Circle simultaneously to use an equipped armor set's special attack.

Use R2 to strafe left and L2 to strafe right. Press Start to fire your main weapon.

Tap L3 to reload your weapon. Hold L3 to fire your weapon. Tap L3 repeatedly for rapid fire. You cannot fire your weapon while moving.

What game is this?

What game is this?

Just a few ideas for games with god awful controls. But I feel like I have played games that want you to press opposing face buttons at the same time before.

I've played a few where a given special ability was tied to Y+A or X+B.

I usually just accepted that I wouldn't be using those.

Also sprinting with Circle in Souls games is fine until you need to turn the camera with the right stick. -_-