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On Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 5:05:36 PM UTC-7, Trimble Bracegirdle wrote:
> Xbox 360 Controller on a PC.
> The Buttons & sticks ! , the buttons sooooo! many buttons ??!!!
> 
> With so many PC games reviewed as essentially designed for Game Pad control
> I decided it was time I brought one.
> Didn't want to spend to much as I'm not convinced I will feel like using it.
> I've had no experience of modern Gamepad controllers.
> 
> The Xbox 360 seem to divide into 3 groups .
> They all work the same with the same stick / buttons arrangement.
> There are Wired & Wireless (more money & complexity) versions
> 
> @The very cheap copies for as low as £5 inc postage. Widely bad reviews for
> both feel & reliability.
> @The 'Microsoft Licensed' ones often with different cosmetic looks /
> styling.
> Reviews find these maybe good .Research carefully. Cheaper than Official
> ones.
> @And then there's the 'Official Microsoft' ones should all be all the same &
> OK quality.
> 
> There are a lot of used ones on Ebay around £12+ inc post.. Approach with
> caution
> For PC play it needs to be an Xbox 360 type not older Xbox or Xbox One.
> 
> I settled on an wired 'Afterglow A1' Licensed one.
> Around £18 UK - Amazon or
> http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/m.html?_odkw=xbox&_ssn=homeandgardenltd&item=191578554453&_osacat=0&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_from=R40&_trksid=p2046732.m570.l1311.R1.TR6.TRC1.A0.H0.Xxbox+con.TRS0&_nkw=xbox+controller&_sacat=0
> 
> I paid just £10 inc post.
> Its got flashy green lights in a transparent casing that accompany the
> Vibration effect.
> That's Fun n Silly n Annoying & can be turned of !
> 
> Driver installation may be 'Plug n Play' or if not
> You should install it manually in Windows Device Manager .
> Select the "Microsoft Common Controller For Windows Class"
> from the list of Device Drivers & it will offer the Xbox 360 Controller.
> You should have 1st got the appropriate driver for your Windows version from
> Microsoft's site.@@
> 
> I thought there would be annoyances with going back & forth from Keyboard /
> mouse to Gamepad.
> Not so .
> If I'm running a game (that recognises Gamepad) then I pick up the
> Controller & that controls.
> Go to Keyboard Mouse & that controls.
> Not always - in Fallout 3 have to switch between them.
> 
> I tried assorted games.
> Borderlands games & Singularity & Wolfenstein 2 - felt lumbering / tiring /
> uncontrollable.
> A real struggle aiming sniper rifle accurately .
> Allowing for my lack of experience with Gamepad I don't think I will ever
> choose it for that type of shooter
> tho in Crysis 3  : I felt more comfortable in a sneak hide shoot type level.
> 
> Shadow of Mordor: I'm really struggling to understand how to play this & I
> really want to get into it.
> The Gamepad does feel better than Kb + mouse .
> Also OK in Bioshock Infinite
> 
> So I think I will use the Xbox Controller but only rarely & certainly never
> a complete replacement for kb + Mouse.
> I think I will need a lot of practice to feel OK with it.
> 
> (\__/)
> (='.'=)
> (")_(")  mouse (All Mass Effect Games Know It Not (shock !)

I got one as a present for my birthday as there were some of the 8-bit cheapo platformers on steam I like that using the keyboard was just too difficult for.  

I switched between it and kb+mouse quite a bit playing Saints Row series, controller for driving, mouse & kb for walking.  But the vibration starting pissing me off when it would rattle on the desk, I found there was no way to turn off vibration in those games, and no individual control to shut it off in the OS after hours and hours of searching and trying things, and I got tired of pausing the game and unplugging it, and plugging it back in when I needed it.

So I took it apart and took the vibrators out.  I'm far happier with it now, it weighs considerably less now and is far less fatiguing to use too. 

I've found some games like the south park one default to it and don't seem to work with the mouse & kb though, and the controls for that were pretty weird, and other games like to use weird buttons like lb etc.

I wonder if one of the Logitech or Razor controllers would work better as they are typically far more customizable. It works well enough though and is pretty comfortable though, so I can't see myself getting one, although my son is getting close to playing some of the games with me, and I could sure use a second one then, so maybe I'll try one of those then.

- Justisaur