History Main / SomeDexterityRequired

** ''GuitarHero'': [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6Im0x8MpLQ]]

** Well it IS the debug mode, it isn't meant to be easy at all, but a tool for the programmers and testers. I used my chin, BTW.

** This game has a rather severe case of YourMileageMayVary, due to a combination of being the first shooter EVER on the Wii's completely new control scheme (with the inherent programming challenges), and many players unfamiliarity with said control scheme (and an expectation of 1/1 controls). As someone who played it a year after release and directly after playing the Wii RE4, I can honestly say I had no difficulties with the controls.

* There's a general consensus among many gamers that when someone is surprised by an enemy, any {{FPS}} interface may as well be controlled by hopping on one foot while spinning a hula hoop at exactly the right speed. ''FEAR'' and ''{{Doom}} 3'' are frequent offenders due to their emphasis on horror.
** This has less to do with the interface being difficult than the player panicking. If you're playing on a PC with a mouse, a quick flick of the wrist can bring a target directly behind you right into your sights. Now dual thumbstick FPS controls are terrible, period.
*** Which is why most FPS have a sensitivity control. At the highest setting the slightest tap on the analog stick can swing you around in a circle.
*** At the [[SarcasmMode minor impediment]] of making fine-aiming nearly impossible; mouse controls can do large movements and fine control without major changeups, but thumbsticks will inevitably require you to find a compromise between being able to be able to quickly turn at surprises or be able to accurately hit small heads in the distance.
*** I'd argue that ''FEAR'' has crappy controls anyway, since they put the Use, Holster and Throw Grenade buttons next to each other.

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* Earlier ''ArmoredCore'' games were plagued by laggy and complicated controls. They were mostly polished down by the ''ArmoredCore 3'' series.
** Which was completely destroyed with the initial control schemes for ''AC4''.
* This was hardly a major flaw for the ''AceAttorney'' games, since use of the microphone was purely optional, but it's not unusual to hear someone screaming "Objection" into the DS in an accent/voice that is nothing like the one they normally use. Sometimes it takes a few tries to get a pitch that Mr. Wright will recognise.

** Rage as the computer uses Summon Suffering on your multiple times in a match, when doing it with human controls takes several hours of practice and generally needs to be worked into a combo to keep opponents from just running away from it.

* In the early days of ''{{Runescape}}'', things like mining and doing other things required numerous clicks to execute and were painful to fingers. This was gradually reduced as the time went on.

* Entering the debug mode in the N64 version of ''{{ShadowsOfTheEmpire}}'' requires the entry of a specific name on the entry screen. Then, pause the game and hold down the L, R, Z, all four C buttons, and Left on the N64 control pad. Got all that? Now move the analog stick left until a confirm tone is heard, then right, and repeat until the menu pops up. If you have managed to pull this off without resorting to doing the analog stick moves with your nose or having someone else do it, we salute you.

* The ''SonicTheHedgehog 3'' level select code. In theory, you enter Up, Up, Down, Down, Up, Up, Up, Up during just the right time interval on the title screen. In practice, it's more like: Up, Up, Down, Down, Up, Up, Up, Up, Oops, Reset, Up, Up, Down, Down, Up, Up, Up, Up, Crap, Reset, Up, Up, Down, Down, Up, Up, Up, Up, Argh, Reset, Up, Up, Down, Down, Up, Up, Up, Up, Freaking Hell, Reset, Up, Up, Down, Down, Up, Up, Up, Up, Aaaaaaaargh, Give Up, Use The ''[[GoodBadBugs Sonic 2]]'' [[GoodBadBugs Cartridge Swap Trick Instead]].
** ...Or just use the ''other'' level select code that can be accessed while swinging on a vine on the first level.

* The "press", "tap", and ''especially'' "scratch" controls in Nintendo DS game ''TheWorldEndsWithYou''. And while we're on the subject, some advice: ''never'' have "tap rapidly" pins in the same deck as "touch" pins. '''''Ever'''''[[hottip:*:Or at least use subslots so they're not active at the same time]].

Other games may require a certain level of experience or skill because the input isn't as straightforward as hitting a button. Some systems may call for drawing shapes, shaking the controller at exactly the right time, or even yelling into a microphone, which can be a bit of a hit-and-miss affair. It might take a while to be able to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p_UtfOmp9E draw exactly the right shape]], and meanwhile you find your character doing everything other than what you wanted them to do. Or you might find yourself adopting a number of silly accents in an attempt to get the microphone to register your voice. An unintended consequence is that sometimes clumsy players end up blaming the control scheme over their own coordination/stability problems.

Other games may require a certain level of experience or skill because the input isn't as straightforward as hitting a button. Some systems may call for drawing shapes, shaking the controller at exactly the right time, or even yelling into a microphone, which can be a bit of a hit-and-miss affair. It might take a while to be able to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWmnehkzRCo draw exactly the right shape]], and meanwhile you find your character doing everything other than what you wanted them to do. Or you might find yourself adopting a number of silly accents in an attempt to get the microphone to register your voice. An unintended consequence is that sometimes clumsy players end up blaming the control scheme over their own coordination/stability problems.

** The first DS game has a particularly [[{{TvTropesWikiDrinkingGame}} egregious]] example in the magnification tool, which requires the player to draw a circle around the area they want to magnify. Having this go wrong even a few times during the first operation in which it crops up means a game over, never mind frustratedly scribbling what you think is a perfect circle maybe eight or nine times before the game zooms in on the wrong area.

* ''Mr Gimmick'' and its pentagram firing mechanic takes a while to get used to.

** And you have to do all those crazy touch screen motions while simultaneously commanding your partner on the upper screen through combo-based button presses. Those are easier to pull off, but doing it while keeping track of Neku's (assymetrical) battle on the bottom screen can be quite the feat.

* For most of the game, ''[[SonicTheHedgehog Sonic Rush]]'''s controls were a treat, but right at the penultimate boss fight, when you're one hit short of victory, the game abruptly degenerates into an insane dual button-tapping fest that can't possibly lie within the dextrous abilities of the target audience.
* SNK is the mother and father of all impossible FightingGame motions. Back in the days of ''FatalFury'' and ''TheKingOfFighters '94'', characters always had impossible controller motions for their [[LimitBreak Super Moves]] - the crowned king of which was Geese Howard's Raging Storm, executed as follows: Down-Back, Half-Circle Back, Down-Forward + Punch. They call it [[FanNickname The Pretzel]] for a reason. In addition, super moves were actived by hitting ''two'' attack buttons, which is reasonable in an arcade but ludicrous at home. As of later KOF installments, SNK has gotten much better at this (by KOF '96, most characters have less insane motions for their attacks), but it lapses sometimes - try using Duck King in KOF XI. (Geese Howard's Raging Storm has ''never'' changed its motion, primarily due to nostalgia.)

*** Also, playing the Spirit Flute can be a real pain in the ass as it plays a note whenever you blow into the mic (which note depends on which tube you moved to the center with the stylus), meaning ''breath control'' is a major factor, '''especially''' when you have to go to two notes not next to each other without hitting the one inbetween.

** The targeting system in OcarinaOfTime and MajorasMask can be quite the pain in the ass when you're trying to target the boss and not these pesky little things around him. FakeDifficulty ahoi!

** There's also the "quit match" command in ''Brawl'' when you're using the Wii Remote + Nunchuck controls - pause and hit Z, B, 1, and plus at the same time. This generally requires the participation of your pinky and ring finger, and it's rather uncomfortable to accomplish. And you have to hold it for about a second before it registers, because apparently it's entirely possible you might hit those buttons by accident.

* CursedMountain for the wii requires you to perform Mudras by waving the Wiimote, otherwise the angry ghosts would regenerate health instead of being banished. In theory, these were simple slashes performed in sequence, but while diagonals were easy, horizontal and especially vertical required you to have nearly architectural precision, in the middle of frantic combat, however it is generally acepted that holding the wii-mote like the pickaxe (upside up) while doing the rituals improves the detection a lot.

* ''SteelBattalion'' came with a controller that was bigger than most desks and was, basically, a "vertical tank" (mech) simulator.

Other games may require a certain level of experience or skill because the input isn't as straightforward as hitting a button. Some systems may call for drawing shapes, shaking the controller at exactly the right time, or even yelling into a microphone, which can be a bit of a hit-and-miss affair. It might take a while to be able to draw exactly the right shape, and meanwhile you find your character doing everything other than what you wanted them to do. Or you might find yourself adopting a number of silly accents in an attempt to get the microphone to register your voice. An unintended consequence is that sometimes clumsy players end up blaming the control scheme over their own coordination/stability problems.