i thought it was a good controler.. only complaint i had was the joystick seems to wear down after about a year of use. But for a first time using a joystick on a console it wasnt half bad. Now for ur comment.. why in the hell would u need to use the L, dpad, z and the joystick at the same time? if u used the dpad u could just put ur hand over there and use it along with the L button. If u were using the stick then u held the middle handle. How hard is that? its not rocket science. Just cause it had 3 handles does not mean u needed to use them all at once.