Metro II is a sweetheart compared to the III and 23 as both of the newer models have a wing extension but designers left the ailerons in the same place as they are in the II.
Try the 727 for manual reversion... hahahah.
Regarding DC8 and itīs controls. My dad after he transitioned from the 8 to the DC10 was asked about a month later to fly the 8 to replace a sick Capt,later he told me that at first he had thought that he had jammed controls. Apparently DC10 is a delight to fly.
JJ