Twinstick 2D Xbox 360 games

[moonwhistle]

Is it just me or does anyone else find the 360 analogue sticks absolutely rubbish for robotron / smash tv style games? Geometry Wars in particular seem unnaturally difficult to play.

They seem horribly inaccurate due to the circular gates that the sticks sit in. I'm thinking if they had octagnal gates like a gamecube pad things would be alot more accuarate.

Are any of the 3rd party pads better for this?

[averybluemonkey]

Hated the analogue sticks on the Gamecube myself and much prefer the greater freedom the 360's allow for this kind of game. The Gamecube's made it too difficult to select angle's in between those of the gate I found.