1A tall walking stick with a forked thumb rest at the top.
顶端有叉状拇指托的手杖
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You'll need a stout thumb stick, Gortex hiking boots, multicoloured knee length socks, bobble hat and that all important indispensable piece of equipment - the cagool.
Synonyms
walking stick, cane, staff
2A basic control lever for audio and televisual equipment.
（视听设备的）控制杆
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Too many developers treat the right thumb stick as if it were a mouse - if you want your game to play well on a console, you simply can't do that.
R1 is used in association with the left thumb stick to perform counter attacks.
Once you've passed to a receiver, you can control that receiver with the right thumb stick.
Like the first game, Hitman 2 is played predominantly from the third person, but in the sequel, gamers also have the option of depressing the right thumb stick to switch to a first-person view.
Pressing the thumb stick inwards is equivalent to pressing the left mouse button.
This version finally implemented the use of the right thumb stick for freestyle moves, but the addition seems a little to late and sloppy.
You can fill your meter and activate your special move via the right thumb stick.
Above the thumb stick is a four-way rocker pad that serves as your cursor keys, while there's a button in the centre that selects the highlighted option.
The only thing to prevent you from reading a novel while you wait for your turn to end is that you'll occasionally have to wiggle the left thumb stick to receive points instead of losing them.
I can't remember the last time I was on a star ship and someone told me that we were being shot at, and then calmly told me about using thumb sticks and buttons and what not.