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    Game Controller Support

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by rippeer, Dec 5, 2010.

  1. rippeer

    rippeer Notebook Evangelist

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    Native
    Batman AA
    Bioshock
    Black Light Tango Down
    Blade Kitten
    Blur
    borderlands
    Burn out paradise
    Call of Duty: Black Ops- Have to go into control menu opitions and turn ON gamepad.
    Crysis
    Crysis Warhead
    Dirt 2
    FarCry 2
    Grand Theft Auto 4
    Grid
    Just Cause 2
    Star Wars Force Unleashed 1 & 2
    Street Fighter 4

    Non-Native
    Halo (you have to map all the buttons, including move/aim manually)

    Work Arounds.
    Bad Company 2 - Xpadder profile for the game but it doesn't work well (Syberia)


    I Bought fable on GFWL the other day and it doesn't seem to support.

    I know it will be a big list by I hope we can keep it up to date with the newest games so those of that like to play on gamepads, in home theater situations or other have a nice quick and easy to access list before buying a game. Unless someone knows of a better list.
     
    rippeer, Dec 5, 2010
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  2. seeker_moc

    seeker_moc Notebook Virtuoso

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    Nearly all new games, especially ones that are console ports, will support the controller natively. You can add to the 'native' list: Crysis Warhead, FarCry 2, and Bioshock.
     
    seeker_moc, Dec 5, 2010
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  3. AznImports602

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    AznImports602, Dec 5, 2010
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  4. rschauby

    rschauby Superfluously Redundant

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    This list will be huge btw, it might be shorter if you just put games on here that don't natively support the 360 controller.
     
    rschauby, Dec 5, 2010
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  5. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Any GFWL title should support it.

    For games that do not thats why there are programs like Xpadder.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Dec 6, 2010
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  6. Syberia

    Syberia Notebook Deity

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    Even though it's a console port, Bad Company 2 for PC does not support the use of a 360 controller. Found that out the annoying way when I tried to play it on my HTPC. There is an Xpadder profile for the game but it doesn't work well.
     
    Syberia, Dec 6, 2010
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  7. rippeer

    rippeer Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah I was very disappointed when I had to play bad company 2 with a keyboard mouse. I found the pc controlls really akward.
     
    rippeer, Dec 6, 2010
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    Trottel Notebook Virtuoso

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    Why? The mouse is faster with a lot more precision.
     
    Trottel, Dec 6, 2010
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    Syberia Notebook Deity

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    Not if I want to play it on my TV from the couch from time to time. KB/mouse is great when I'm sitting at my desk, but sometimes I want to just relax on the couch.
     
    Syberia, Dec 6, 2010
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    Trottel Notebook Virtuoso

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    I can understand that, but I don't understand why rippeer thinks a mouse is "really awkward" for a fps.
     
    Trottel, Dec 6, 2010
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  11. Kade Storm

    Kade Storm The Devil's Advocate

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    Darksiders, Dark Void, Dead Space, Devil May Cry 4, Front Mission Evolved, Gears of War, Lost Planet, Metro 2033, Mirror's Edge, Resident Evil 5, Singularity, Transformers War for Cybertron and X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

    I'd also mention Assassin's Creed but the gamepad support is absolutely broken. A bloody shame seeing as this was one of those games that would benefit from proper gamepad support.

    There's also partial gamepad support for Mass Effect. I believe this is about 90% complete and actually exploits the locked XBOX 360 UI that is in the PC version, but just not supported by the developers for the platform.
     
    Kade Storm, Dec 6, 2010
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  12. rippeer

    rippeer Notebook Evangelist

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    Becuase at the time I was using (I think) the MX revolution. So if went to knife a guy with middle click it would switch between regular scroll and hyper scroll which made it really akward to knife or switch weapons. That and I wanted to play it in my home theater and not my desk.

    I don't think its akward in general, just at that time with that game and my hardware setup.
    I love it got GTA. Whenever I decide to play GTA with a mouse and keyboard the shooting is so much easier and rewarding.
     
    rippeer, Dec 6, 2010
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