I’m not a fan of holding X to do stuff in modern shooters. Please give us the option to tap to pick things up and to do things. Keyboard users get to just tap. Why not controller users? What different will it make. Please?
Well I guess mainly because your X button has a double function (tap for reload/hold to interact).
In some cases you actually want to be able to reload while being in a vehicle for example, that wouldn’t be possible if both functions are programmed to a single tap.
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There’s also the important factor of Hold X giving more flexibility to the player to cancel the current interactive action.
For example Stockpiles need you to hold X to steal nodes, but if you tap X and are locked into it, you can’t possible react in time to someone attacking you.
" X " is used for wayyy too many things as it is: interacting with doors/buttons, reload/vent, pick up grenades, pick up weapons, pick up equipment, pick up objectives, get in vehicles, get out of vehicles…
Last night, I was trying to pick up Oddball but ended up switching equipment and weapons several times which meant I got killed right as a I finally picked up the damn skull… it was so damn annoying.