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    controller game advice

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by shadman1, Jul 27, 2008.

  1. shadman1

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    so ive hooked up a 360 controller to my laptop and wondering what are some good games that work well with controllers/360 controller
     
    shadman1, Jul 27, 2008
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    The "Games for Windows" branded games of course. Emulators work well. Racing games such as Grid or DiRT, sports games.
     
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    Anything that was an Xbox/360 game and has been ported to the PC and has controller support I would think.

    Madden NFL series springs to mind.

    I'd also recommend if you haven't installing XBCD drivers to get rumble features and some very handy tweaking options like deadzone settings.
     
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    Devil May Cry 4 works better with a controller than with a keyboard.
     
    Harleyquin07, Jul 27, 2008
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    Gears of War worked pretty well, as does Assassin's Creed. It's like having a 360 on your computer!
     
    PocketAces21, Jul 27, 2008
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    Gears of War, but it's a horrible port so don't even experiment.

    I like to use it for racers because it's really hard to use the keyboard.
     
    Zee_Ukrainian, Jul 29, 2008
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    You pretty much NEED a 360 controller for Grid, DMC4 is integrated perfectly with it.

    I also used it for phantasy star online/universe.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Jul 29, 2008
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  8. Ttime20

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    Madden and Assassins Creed would be good with a 360 controller (I know this because I have them on 360) ... but also pretty much any non FPS or RTS game would be great with a controller.
     
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    I like the accuracy of the mouse, yet the distribution of buttons on the controller is more comfortable.

    My 2 cents...
     
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    So the answer is a contorller-mouse all in one? Sounds good to me ;)
     
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    YES!!! You want to invest...lol.
     
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    third person games.. sports games... driving games...

    it is a heavenly bliss.. the 360 controller and gives my keyboard a longer life!!
     
    choy, Jul 29, 2008
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    Surprisingly my 6 year old Dell keyboard that came with my Desktop has withstood 1000's of hours of gaming ... it's really quite amazing for how cheap of a keyboard it really is.
     
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